James Riley (writer) from Los Angeles, California to Alexandria, Virginia. James Riley's first published novel, "Half Upon a Time", was released on September 7, 2010. It is a fantasy novel centered around a boy named Jack, the fictional son of the main character from the children's story "Jack and the Beanstalk", and a girl named May who is from our nonfictional world. The novel incorporates plot points from various Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White". This is Riley's first story centered around the idea that the fictional and nonfictional worlds are connected, a common theme
Grandpa Read's Quiet Time Tales was to "create calming and soothing children's entertainment which fires children's imaginations and inspires a love of stories, story-telling while providing guilt-free time for parents." The first collection of Quiet Time Tales was released in September 2009 and contains 60 stories with 10 illustrations per story and 13 original songs. The stories in the first collection include: Volume 1: The Three Bears, The Talking Fish, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Polly of the Circus Volume 2: Jack and the Beanstalk, The White Cat, Robin Hood, The Mermaid, Rapunzel Volume 3: Little Red Riding Hood, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Land