EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the 11th chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. It took all of 30 seconds inside of town square for them to be spotted. Elliot Spicer, assistant to Mayor Gingerman, looked up ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the 10th chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Jax and the other boy stared at each other for a moment. Jax rubbed the back of his neck, looking sheepish. “Well, that’s ...

Jax did indeed have a story. His mother and Bash’s mother met during a family day at Sugardrop Beach 30 years prior, striking up a forbidden conversation on the sand, and had remained friends through letters and secrecy. They introduced the boys when Jax was born and Bash was 2 years old, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. When Molly and Jax arrived at the base of the tallest landmark in all of Candyland, they crouched behind a large boulder near ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. By the time they reached the edge of Gumdrop Cove, the air had changed. The scent of cocoa still clung faintly to Molly’s ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. The smell of Chocolate Forest hit long before the sight did. Molly inhaled the intoxicating scents of rich chocolate and ...