Gloria J SampsonWhile I always enjoyed drawing, it was several years later I started painting Christmas Illustrations on bank and store windows.Then when my young son Bobby had to spend a lot of time in the hospital, I started to paint illustrations on the inside widows to the individual children's rooms to brighten their day in what was a very drab ward.

Eventually I started doing Christmas crafts, and in particular hand painting glass Christmas Tree Balls, and started selling them at various Craft shows. Over the past few years my customers were telling me I should write a children's book based on my paintings. Since I didn't consider myself a writer I didn't pursue this.

Then while I was napping one day I had a dream of a little mouse named Bobby who was sitting down surrounded by things that were falling on him.When I woke up I started writing a story of Bobby Mouse, which ended up being the first page written of my book. I then started drawing my illustrations as I wrote stories of all the mice in Mousetown. Read More Read Less