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Michael Bowers is a part-time writer, acquisition program manager, and 30 year veteran of the United States Air Force. He received his bachelor’s in information systems technology from AMU. Originally from Greenville South Carolina, he now resides in Dayton Ohio with his gorgeous wife Diane.
The roots of the “Adventures of Sloppy Slurpy Silly Sally” were cultivated while laying in a hammock with his children, Justin, and Crystal. It was the early 1990’s, in the back yard of one of the many homes they would occupy during his military career. This is Mr. Bowers’ first Children’s Book, but surely will not be his last.
Reviewed by Constance Stadler for Readers' Favorite
What’s in a name? If yours was Sloppy Slurpy Silly Sally, it would mean a lot. While a bright little girl, 5-year-old Sloppy had proven to be a handful for her parents since she was a toddler—mischievous and a bit of a hellion. As author Michael E. Bowers goes on to explain, for Sloppy, that name was a badge of pride in her non-stop acts of disobedience, but she is not the first child we meet in the book. Her exploits comprise a bedtime story capturing the fascination of little Mary, so spellbound by each development that she impatiently keeps asking her frazzled mother, 'What’s next?’ Adventures of Sloppy Slurpy Silly Sally then continue. One evening, Sloppy would not eat a bite of dinner; her father loudly demanded she go straight to her room. Once her tears dried, she devised a plan to hide in the nearby forest and let her worried parents realize why their rules were unfair. Roaming between towering trees, Sloppy strayed from the familiar path and soon found herself lost and scared, a feeling that worsened as she plummeted into a large hole and encountered a giant rabbit. From that time on, Sloppy began to change.
This book will sweep young readers into a journey from ordinary to extraordinary and back again in a way that rivals Alice of Wonderland fame—making the impossible believable and enchanting. The return to normalcy seems the same, but Sloppy is different. The constant pestering by Mary's mother to hurriedly reveal Sloppy’s next escapade illustrates how the book would appeal to young children, hopefully not asking questions every few minutes. When a famished Sloppy digs into the stew made by her rabbit host, in astonishment, she realizes the vegetables she stubbornly wouldn’t eat at home are tasty. No longer choosing to be deliberately trouble-making and committed to listening to her parents made a tremendous difference. Whether finding herself in a seemingly imaginary realm or happy to dig into the stew at the dinner table, Sloppy Slurpy Silly Sally comes alive with new realizations and a touch of magic. Michael E. Bowers ends the adventure with a teaser that there will be more to this tale.
