{"id":81182,"date":"2025-12-12T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/81182\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:00:29","slug":"little-billy-has-fun-makes-friends-in-new-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/81182\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little Billy\u2019 has fun, makes friends in new children\u2019s book"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s just something about inquisitive Little Billy, and the animals he encounters during a stroll through the woods, that has never let go of Barry Farber.<\/p>\n

Farber, a New York author who\u2019s penned 14 business and inspirational books, in over 30 languages, created the story of The Adventures of Little Billy: In Search of the Magic Tree as a gift for his young children. \u201cMy kids always loved when I would make up stories and do voices,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He based the tale on his own childhood summer camp adventures.<\/p>\n

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Barry Farber originally wrote the book for his own children.<\/p>\n

Farber always thought it would make a good book. \u201cAnd when my daughter was 10 she said \u2018Hey dad, I thought you said to finish everything you start.\u2019\u201d Originally, the pages appeared in crayon color-able black and white. A subsequent printing included all-color illustrations.<\/p>\n

Freshly published in its first-ever hardcover edition, from St. Petersburg Press, The Adventures of Little Billy is a vibrant, imaginative story that imparts several gentle life lessons along the way.<\/p>\n

Billy encounters a series of animals, each with a unique problem to solve. \u201cIf you think attitude is important, or that courage, determination, empathy, all these things aren\u2019t important, you gotta be out of your mind,\u201d Farber laughed, \u201cbecause they were big 500 years ago, and they\u2019ll be big 500 years from now.\u201d<\/p>\n

He took additional inspiration from Tamerlaine Animal Sanctuary and Preserve<\/a>, a 336-acre rescue facility in \u00a0Montague Township, New Jersey. Little Billy, in fact, is now the official ambassador for Tamerlaine\u2019s education program.<\/p>\n

Farber, who\u2019s also a radio and TV host, agent and marketing consultant<\/a>, believes that The Adventures of Little Billy might just be his crowning achievement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the hardest thing to write,\u201d he admitted. \u201cA column or a book, that\u2019s one thing, but when you have to put a children\u2019s book together in 24 pages, with something that has meaning, everything to be precise.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he was very careful about it, and sought critiques from teachers and actual schoolchildren. And a hardback edition was always his ultimate goal.<\/p>\n

Barry Farber and Little Billy have another thing in common: \u201cThere\u2019s a saying I have: By the mile it\u2019s a trial, by the yard it\u2019s hard, but by the inch it\u2019s a cinch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Adventures of Little Billy: In Search of the Magic Tree is available from St. Petersburg Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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