Charlie, the Canary Who Couldn't Sing

About the Book

Charlie is the son of a famous Canary couple. Charlie’s parents are professional singers and give concerts. No matter how he tries, poor Charlie just can’t seem tomake himself into “star” material.

His father, in desperation, asks a famous music professor for help. Soon the professor and his daughter arrive. After examining Charlie, the professor finds the way to solve his problem.

About the Author

Marie Elmen Upon retiring after working for forty years as an executive secretary, Marie found herself baby sitting a newborn. Boredom soon set in and she started taking correspondence courses with the Children’s Institute for Writers and completed them. Wanting to learn even more, she attended Dowling for further study. Marie has written two novels both published by Xlibris. The first was “Jaguar”. A story about a boy and the horse he purchases with his college savings without telling his parents. Then he discovers his horse is blind. This is a middle grade book. The other novel is for young adults and is about a family who are devastated to find their father has tuberculosis and the Board of Health wants to pull all the children into foster homes. Their mother vows no-one shall separate her children and she comes up with a unique way to keep them together.