About

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Hello and welcome to the virtual home of Brenda Davis Harsham, award-winning Author and Children’s poet.

Together with her fantastic husband and three story-telling children, she enjoys the unpredictability of life in New England.

Her ever-growing Publications page keeps track of where her stories and poetry may be found in the wild — anthologies and journals and magazines, oh my!

Art Prints are Available at Society6

Occasionally, her busy schedule allows time for school or club visits. Puppets shows with audience participation are her specialty. But don’t ask her to read her poetry! She loves that WAY too much. Craft of Writing workshops are available, one-day or longer as negotiated.

Her fine art photography is available for purchase on the Society6 website, including an Abstracts in Nature series.

She is not soliciting manuscripts from children at this time, but a few are available in the By&4Kids group by clicking here.

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All website content was written by Brenda Davis Harsham, all rights reserved by the Author, unless otherwise noted. Do not copy for commercial purposes without the express written permission of the Author.

Any work of fiction is invention and any similarity to real places and/or people is accidental, unintentional or, possibly, your imagination. 😉

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All photographs were taken by Brenda Davis Harsham unless otherwise noted. Please don’t use without permission and without crediting Brenda Davis Harsham and friendlyfairytales.com.

Author can be contacted at
friendlyfairytales @ gmail . com.

Member of SCBWI and the 12×12 Picture Book Writing Challenge.

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Note: 2013 Photo of Author above, taken by K. Harsham

Woo-hoo!! So Many Awards — 

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    • Thanks! Like your blog too — great pictures, great titles, great spirit. You’re awesome! Reblog taken care of, I hope it introduces you to some new cool people! Warmly, Brenda

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    • Rock on! That makes twice in one day. Friendlyfairytales is turning cartwheels and backflips (I’m too old, but I’m just the writer.) I’ll do an acceptance post soon. Maybe tomorrow if I can swing it. Whew, they are some work, aren’t they? Thanks again, and well done for getting an award so fast! Champ!

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  8. Hello there, Brenda! I really like your blog’s theme. Looks awfully familiar, lol. 🙂 I would like to thank you for following BeLove BeLieve and for ‘liking’ my posts. It’s highly appreciated. Just so you know, I will be making posts pertaining to love and positivity on a daily basis. 😀 Sending tons of loving energies your way! ❤

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  10. Hi Brenda. thanks for the like on my Welcome page. I was wondering if you could leave a comment as well. I start a StumbleUpon campaign tomorrow and need to have the first page filled out. i would love to have a comment from you at the top of the list.

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  11. Nice reading about you Brenda and great to read about your husband and children too

    Thanks for visiting my blog. Be in touch. Browse through the category sections, I feel you may find something of your interest.

    I Nominate you for Bouquet of Super Awards – 27 Nominations

    please choose any 3 awards out of the 27
    accept it and oblige

    there are no linkbacks for this award

    http://ajaytao2010.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/bouquet-of-super-awards-27-nominations/

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  14. What good vibes this site has! I love the nature and sense of magic it shows. I love the wonder. Adults should never outgrow their sense of wonder. The world is too big for them to close their eyes to. The tiniest corners in the garden can reveal delightful surprises. You inspire me.

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  15. Ooh, Brenda, thank you for visiting my little Garden Reverie blog! I am so glad to have found you! I am a lifelong believer in fairies and I am thrilled to find a kindred spirit. Yay. Besto to you and I llok forward to reading on….Cackie

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  19. Welcome! Thank you for subscribing to follow my blog. I hope you are encouraged, inspired and enjoy the photos I take of life’s events as seen through the lens of my camera.
    BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!

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  22. Music, gardens and stories is probably a great combination. No wonder your fairy-tales are so amazing and uplifting.

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  24. Just to let you know I love the concept of your blog, love and understand the storytelling approach to life, as I am one myself) I look forward to reading more from you and thanks for reading mine too ) beth

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  36. Thank you for the visit and the like of my post “Full Frame”. Unfortunately, I don’t have any children who would read your stories, but being a kid at heart, I’ll will likely stop by now and again and read them myself.

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  41. I saw in the Stonehenge and Grandpa story response that you mentioned Upper Michigan. I was born and raised to 18 in and around Bergland, in Ontonagon County. To what UP area did you refer?

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    • My father’s family lived in Engadine, UP. My great-grandfather, John Parker Davis, had a dairy farm. My Aunt tells me that he used to send the milk to a factory that made it into cheese. The farm was sold, and my grandfather, Alfred Davis was superintendent of schools in Engadine, but eventually moved to Owasso so that my father, John Davis, and his sister, my Aunt Mary, could go to high school there. My grandfather and dad built a house in Engadine. We used to visit that house most summers. I have fond memories of the UP, and the very independent, highly creative people who lived there. I remember collecting old coke bottles from an out building, and hauling them down the general store for 5 cents each. I believe I earned enough money to buy gum and a pencil.

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  42. Thanks for your comment on my blog about my sunset picture… Great to visit your site and read the story. Carry on the good work! Deborah

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    • Thanks! I’m planning too many new stories all at once and need to focus. Do you ever have that problem? Congrats on your two stories being published. Would love to read them.

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  43. Hi Brenda! Love this sooooo much. Didn’t know until just now that you were doing this. Can I please forward a link to the EastSide Moms in Syracuse? We have an email group of about 800 moms and I know they’d love it.
    How are things going? We love seeing pics of your beautiful kiddos. Hope all is well.
    Love,
    Mickey (
    and the gang)

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