Pageland: A Story About Love

by David Hutchens

A fable based on the New Testament and God's relationship with humanity, in which the author tries to reconnect with his characters and establish control over the story.

59 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2003

About the author

David Hutchens is an author, business writer and learning designer who creates communication solutions for The Coca-Cola Company, Wal-Mart, IBM, GE, Nike, Bank of America, and others. He served as chairman of Storytelling in Organizations, a special interest group of the globally renowned National Storytelling Network.

He speaks to organizations and leadership teams all around the world on the topic of storytelling as an organizational capacity. His new book is “Circle of the 9 Muses: A Storytelling Field Guide for Innovators and Meaning Makers,” Wiley & Sons 2015

He is creator of the Learning Fables -- a book series that uses narrative and metaphor to illustrate principles of organizational learning. With titles that include "Outlearning the Wolves" and "Shadows of the Neanderthal," the popular business fables have have sold more than a quarter-million copies in over a dozen languages.

He is author of the book "A Slice of Trust: The Leadership Secret with the Hot & Fruity Filling,” which features a foreword by Stephen M.R. Covey.

In partnership with The Conference Board, he is creator and lead facilitator of The Team USA Leadership Experience, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado springs; and he also facilitates The Apollo Leadership Experience at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

A nationally recognized developer of innovative learning products, David's work has been recognized with distinctions such as Training & Development's "Training Product of the Year" award; ASTD's prestigious "Excellence in Practice" award; Brandon Hall Gold award, and more.

David's newest product is "GO Team: Powering Teams to Perform," a just-in-time team training resource. GO Team's library of 18 team-related topics allows you to build your own learning agenda tailored to your team's needs.

Reviews

[Judine Brey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved the concept of this book, which is to explain God and the gospel to young children, without it seeming too terrifying. The characters, especially the "young one" are easy to relate to, and I enjoyed that the "author" was standing in for God, with "Arthur" (who is also the "author") standing in for Jesus. The end times are explained, but in a way that doesn't make them sound terrifying. It's a children's book, but it has a big message attached to it. It's going into my school give away pile; I'd feel too guilty keeping it for myself.

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

The characters of PageLand have varying levels of belief in the author the book. The author sends Arthur to help relay his message to the people. Creative story that tackles a seemingly invisible creator, free will, obedience, and faith. The characters are portrayed participating/viewing in some activity that children will not understand (and will anger parents): gambling, drinking, pornography, drugs, mugging, and general meanness.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

So simple. So important.