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A World Beyond: Books for Kids: A magical children's fantasy series
Jump through an extraordinary painting along with Holly O’Flanigan and share her adventures in the parallel world of Magora, where everything is about magic and art.In the six-volume fantasy series, Holly and her friends Brian, Rufus, and Amanda return to Magora on quests to find out more about the creator of this world—Holly’s grandfather Nikolas.They struggle to master magical brushstrokes at Cliffony Academy of Arts, get to know gloomy Ravenscraig Lane, visit a spooky monastery, and struggle with one mystery after another as they search for answers.Ride along as Holly and her friends are thwarted at every turn by the evil Duke of Cuspidor and are forced to battle the dangerous Unfinished, monstrous beings created when a painting is left undone. They hunger for the one thing that can flesh out their faces and bodies—blood. How could Grandpa Nikolas have created a world with such darkness in it? When Holly finally uncovers the answer in this final book, it will change her life forever.
236 pages, Paperback
Published January 7, 2020
About the author
Marc Remus
35 books26 followersMarc Remus is an award-winning German painter and author. His books have received many literary awards and have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, and Norwegian.
Remus was educated in the United States, graduated with a BA in art and illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and lived in Japan and Central America for some years. He has travelled to more than sixty countries and visited over a thousand cities, of which he has painted over two hundred. His work has been featured on TV and in many magazines and newspapers in Germany, USA, and Mexico.
During his art studies in California in the 1990s, Remus took his first children’s book illustration class. His college teacher inspired him to start writing and not just illustrating. The result was a picture book called Painting Brian, which led to his first book and eventually to the Magora series. In the early 2000s, Remus studied for four years at the Institute of Children’s Literature. In 2016 the Magora book, which he had initially written more than twenty years before, was finally published. During the five years that followed, eight more books were published, and Remus received many literary awards for his achievements.
Having a sweet tooth since childhood, Remus embarked on a new journey in 2019. Surrounded by many overweight friends and family members, Remus came up with an idea to teach children a healthy way of eating without preaching. This idea resulted in The Chocolate Clouds.
Today, Marc Remus continues to work on new children’s books while spending much of his time on a Greek island, studying Greek and Mandarin.
Remus was educated in the United States, graduated with a BA in art and illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and lived in Japan and Central America for some years. He has travelled to more than sixty countries and visited over a thousand cities, of which he has painted over two hundred. His work has been featured on TV and in many magazines and newspapers in Germany, USA, and Mexico.
During his art studies in California in the 1990s, Remus took his first children’s book illustration class. His college teacher inspired him to start writing and not just illustrating. The result was a picture book called Painting Brian, which led to his first book and eventually to the Magora series. In the early 2000s, Remus studied for four years at the Institute of Children’s Literature. In 2016 the Magora book, which he had initially written more than twenty years before, was finally published. During the five years that followed, eight more books were published, and Remus received many literary awards for his achievements.
Having a sweet tooth since childhood, Remus embarked on a new journey in 2019. Surrounded by many overweight friends and family members, Remus came up with an idea to teach children a healthy way of eating without preaching. This idea resulted in The Chocolate Clouds.
Today, Marc Remus continues to work on new children’s books while spending much of his time on a Greek island, studying Greek and Mandarin.
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