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For Immediate Release · September 1, 2026

StoryKeepers Press Releases The Mingles in Wilderland

INDIANAPOLIS — StoryKeepers Press publishes illustrated classics for families who believe stories should make the world brighter. StoryKeepers Press has published The Mingles in Wilderland—or, Timbit’s Emprise, Book One of The Mingles in Wilderland series, by Bob Massie. The richly illustrated all-ages adventure — 85 chapters, 65 original paintings — is available in paperback, while the complete audiobook narrated by Melanie Crawley is already available free to families who join the Storykeepers Guild, along with the free illustrated ebook.

The book follows Timbit Sciurid and an unlikely company of companions as they cross the Wilderland to confront a spreading drought and discover that courage has very little to do with size.

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Behind the Mic · Audiobook Interview

Melanie Crawley Talks Narration — and Her Journey into the Wilderland

Judith D. Collins Must Read Books · July 29, 2026

Audiobook narrator Melanie Crawley joined Judith D. Collins for her “Behind the Mic” interview series to talk about her work behind the microphone. When asked what she had just finished recording, Melanie named The Mingles in Wilderland by Bob Massie — describing it as “a children’s adventure, Watership Down meets The Hobbit.”

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September 1, 2026: Publication of The Mingles in Wilderland