title: Short Stories: Tales of Reality and Imagination
author: Rachel Costantino
description: A very imaginative fourth-grade teacher at Kit Carson Elementary School, named Mrs. Bishop, challenged Rachel to read several books in the Doctor Doolittle series. This ignited a passion for reading that continues to this day. Consequently, she could not restrain her passion from spilling over to these pages and sharing the countless adventures she experienced and explored, both personally and vicariously, over many decades. Rachel has lived most of her life in Southern California with her husband Ralph S. Costantino, and they proudly raised three remarkable children whove remained close by as Southern Californians. Most of her prose was warmly written for her six granddaughters reading enjoyment. These short stories were written between 2002 and 2007.
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
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  Text copyright © 2017 by Rachel Vincent
  
  
  Cover art copyright © 2017 by Gustavo Marx/MergeLeft Reps
  
  
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