LOGLINE: It’s Grandma Annie-to-the-rescue when kids all over the world send their worries to her Worry-wort Machine and ask for her magical storytelling to solve their worries in remarkable, sensible, eye-opening, captivating ways. Grandma Annie’s storytelling is a curve ball for easy learning. It’s for kids…all about kids…and resonates with kids. Anytime. Anywhere. Anyway.

SYNOPSIS:

Horrible claps of thunder rage over and over and we meet Jamie in his bedroom terrified of the thunder and lightning outside his window. First, he hides under his bed covers, grabbing his teddy bear. Next, he jumps and tries to hide under his bed. After that, still distraught, he leaves his teddy under the bed and races to his closet to seek refuge. He jumps in and slams the door shut tight. Jamie’s sister Sallie hears the ruckus and Jamie’s whimpering behind the closet door. She speaks to him through the door and tries to calm him down. Jamie eventually opens the closet door, crying and holding another teddy bear tightly. Sallie comforts Jamie and Jamie sheepishly jokes about him being a “wuss.”

A few days later, Jamie is in his room, calmly writing at his desk, as Sallie enters. She is curious about what Jamie is doing. Jamie tries to explain he is writing to Grandma Annie. Sallie scoffs. She reminds Jamie they already have a grandmother. Grandma Annie cannot be a real person. But Jamie persists and tells Sallie how Grandma is wonderful and helpful. He searches and finds "Dear Grandma Annie" on his iPad. He shows Sallie a thunderstorm story she told that helped him solve his own worries. He asks Sallie to watch the story. Sallie acquiesces even though she and Jamie have a bit of sibling rivalry going on, she moves closer to the iPad and watches Grandma Annie introduce the story that helped Jamie overcome his fear of thunder. Sallie is amazed by the story. She praises Jamie’s ability to find and view a story that helped him to stop from being afraid of thunder and the sound of thunder that made him run and hide.

Jamie is thrilled that Sallie enjoyed “meeting” Grandma Annie and asks Sallie if she has a worry that Grandma Annie might help to solve. Sallie is a bit perplexed but willing to make a suggestion. Sallie is then “off and running” using Jamie’s iPad,, and she finds Grandma Annie sitting in her rocker by the fire in her place with another powerful and resourceful story all about the responsibilities of owning a pet and the need to address those when asking mom and dad for their approval. As an added note, all “Dear Grandma Annie” stories highlight the importance of understanding and addressing one's fears, as well as the importance of a supportive environment and supportive family.

But that’s not all. To tweak your interest Jamie and Salie find themselves roaming delightfully among two more Dear Grandma Annie stories and as it happens, they find themselves losing their sibling rivalry and becoming closer as friends and less combative and competitive. These added “worry solving “stories are just as powerful as the first ones. One revolves around being afraid of the dark and the other is a very animated and action story, with a cat called Mr. Grumpy, that focuses on the impact of imagination to help a little girl who needs to find enduring friendships during a time of loss.

The finale for Dear Grandma Annie occurs on Jamie’s birthday which arrives soon after and exceeds anyone’s wildest expectations. No spoiler alert, however. I’m hoping that you now want to ready to read the script.