A Treasure's Trove
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A Treasure's Trove: A Fairy Tale About Real Treasure For Parents And Children Of All Ages is an illustrated children's book written by Michael Stadther and published in 2004. The "real treasure" was found by deciphering clues in the book that lead to twelve tokens that could be turned in for unique jewels, each representing an insect or character in the book.
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[edit] Synopsis
The book is about twelve forest creatures whose mates disappear after being crystallized by a dark dust that falls every evening. The forest creatures combine forces with Zac (the handsome woodcarver), Ana (his beautiful half-elf, half-human wife), and their timid, chubby, winged "doth" Pook to save the creatures and restore the dying forest.
[edit] Treasure hunt
Inside the book are clues to twelve tokens that were hidden throughout the United States. The tokens could be turned in for jewels that represent the twelve creatures featured in the story. The total value of all twelve jewels is roughly $1 million. This style of treasure hunt is known as an armchair treasure hunt. All of the original twelve tokens have been found, as well as a 13th token ("Pook") that was secretly hidden in the book, and a 14th token ("Rusful"). The finders and locations are:
- The first jewel, the Dragonfly token, was found in Ricketts Glen State Park in Pennsylvania by Evan Pischel
- The second, the Snail token, was found in Lake Anita State Park in Iowa by Randy Pischel and Evan Pischel
- The third, the Butterfly token, was found in western North Carolina by Evan Pischel
- The fourth, the Grasshopper token, was found in James Baird State Park near Poughkeepsie, New York, by Evan Pischel
- The fifth, the Caterpillar token, was found in Lake Dardanelle State Park in Arkansas, by Olivia Lancaster of Radcliff, Kentucky and Bob Burris of Russellville, Arkansas
- The sixth, the Firefly token, was found in Foss State Park in Oklahoma by Jason Davis of Berkeley, California
- The seventh, the Ladybug token, was found in Paintsville State Park, Kentucky by Susan Peplinski of Grant, Alabama
- The eighth, the Hummingbird token, was found in Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Catherine McClure of North Hollywood, California
- The ninth, the Ant, was found in Moab, Utah by Chris Seacord of Atlanta, Georgia and Daniel Ford of Dallas, Texas
- The tenth, the Bee, was found in Santa Rosa, New Mexico by Randall Hartwright of Plano, Texas
- The eleventh, the Spider, was found in Prickett’s Fort State Park, West Virginia by Mark Kunze of Kewaunee, Wisconsin and Scott Kunze and Tim Stone of Tucson, Arizona
- The twelfth, the Beetle, was found in the Badlands National Park, South Dakota, by David Somers of Arlington, Massachusetts and Mark Moeglein of Ashland, Oregon
- The thirteenth, Pook (a doth), was found in Newaygo State Park, Michigan, by Terri Gulasy of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Tammy Nunnally of St. Mary's, Ohio
- The fourteenth, Rusful, was found in Golden Gate Park, California, by Amy Stiles Keller of Pleasanton, California
A sequel to "A Treasure's Trove" called "The Secrets of the Alchemist Dar" was released in the fall of 2006.
[edit] Characters
- Ana
- Rusful
- Pook
- Zac
- Yorah
- Snail
- Butterfly
- Spider
- Caterpillar
- Beetle
- Ant
- Bee
- Grasshopper
- Firefly
- Hummingbird
- Dragonfly
- Ladybug
[edit] Audiobook
The audiobook of A Treasure's Trove was produced by Hedquist Productions, Inc. [1].
