The Crystal Navigator is a middle grade fantasy in the classic tradition of The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland that celebrates the power of imagination. Eleven year old Lucy Nightingale is a special little girl. She can make things with her thoughts. However, she lost her confidence when her mind went blank during an oral report. Then a dazzling new teacher assigns another report about five paintings. Convinced that the only way to get an A on this assignment is to actually talk to the artists, Lucy summons a Wise One to help her with time travel. Her Wise One shows up in the form of a...

The Crystal Navigator is the story of eleven year old Lucy Nightingale, who loses her confidence in school and goes on a magical, perilous adventure back in time where she meets five famous artists, and regains her confidence. Children will fly back to the fifteenth century with Lucy and her funny Wise One, Wilbur, a Corgi. They will accompany Lucy and Wilbur every step of the way through a whirlwind adventure: escaping a knife-wielding ogress by jumping into a painting, seeing the real Lisa of Leonardo's Mona Lisa, touching the Sistine ceiling, and being marooned inside Vincent van Gogh's...