When the world falls asleep, Caley Smith\u2019s new story begins.<\/p>\n
Smith, a Berkeley County resident, has released her debut children\u2019s book, \u201cNight Bears: A Starlit Adventure.\u201d The book sold 50 copies in its first four days on Amazon and is also available on Kindle.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs three bear cubs drift into dreamland, they are whisked away on a magical journey through the night sky! With Twinkle, a lost little star, as their guide, they soar past shimmering constellations, dance along the glowing river of the Milky Way, and meet celestial friends like Milo the Moon and Orion the Hunter,\u201d the book\u2019s description reads. \u201cBut when a swirling cosmic storm threatens to pull them apart, the cubs must stick together and shine their brightest to help Twinkle find her way home\u2014before they wake up!\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith said the idea for the book came from a wordplay between \u201cnight bears\u201d and \u201cnightmares.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband pushed me and gave me the actual idea for Night Bears, a play on words \u2018night bears\u2019 like \u2018nightmares,\u2019 but cute. It is lighthearted but is a conflict resolution story for young children,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is the first of the trilogy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three cubs are based on Smith\u2019s three children, Jace, Ellie and Colt. Each character\u2019s clothing, favorite colors, eye color and even nicknames inspired their illustrations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first book, this one, is Jace\u2019s story. He loves the sky, and wonders what is up there, the clouds, birds, the night sky, the stars, planets, constellations,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThe next book will be Ellie\u2019s dream, and the third book will be Colt\u2019s dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith, a former editor at The Daniel Island News, began writing the book in March 2025 and finished it by April. She worked with illustrator Holly Orpin to bring the characters and celestial setting to life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cover. This, to me, captures the reader,\u201d she said. \u201cIf the cover is not appealing, what makes someone want to pick it up and, in turn, purchase it?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the world falls asleep, Caley Smith\u2019s new story begins. Smith, a Berkeley County resident, has released her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[65873,65876,65868,65871,359,65869,54774,18,117,65875,19,17,49615,65870,65874,65872],"class_list":{"0":"post-104764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-amazon-release","9":"tag-bedtime-stories","10":"tag-berkeley-county","11":"tag-berkeley-county-author","12":"tag-books","13":"tag-caley-smith","14":"tag-childrens-book","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-family-inspiration","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-local-author","21":"tag-night-bears","22":"tag-south-carolina-writers","23":"tag-starlit-adventure"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}