Stephanie Glamack is reintroducing her late brother's award-winning illustrated Christian fantasy novel 'Littluns and the Book of Darkness' in 2026, fulfilling a promise to keep his artistic and spiritual legacy alive. The 411-page fully illustrated book, created by Disney-trained animator and author Mark Glamack, arrives as many families enter the new year carrying fatigue and uncertainty, offering a story that invites meaningful conversations about courage, conviction, faith, and the pursuit of light.
'This isn't just a book to me,' said Stephanie Glamack. 'It's my brother's life on paper, and it carries a message families need right now: the light still wins, but you have to choose it.' The story follows a community of gentle 'littluns' who leave their mountain home for a scavenger hunt and stumble into a widening conflict that tests their world's strength and their hearts' resolve. A reluctant littlun crosses forbidden lands, survives conflict among humans and goblins, and confronts a wicked Necromancer intent on overtaking the world.
The novel explores identity under pressure, innocence challenged by the unknown, and faith strengthened through hardship. Told in present tense from a third-person omniscient perspective with 63 color illustrations, Mark Glamack described the reading experience as a 'motion-picture experience you can only read.' The book has earned Mom's Choice Awards Gold in two categories, Fiction and Fantasy, Myths, Legends, along with recognition from The Dove Foundation and an honorable mention at Book Expo in New York.
For Stephanie, the recognition matters because it signals the story connects with readers. 'My job now is to make sure it reaches the people it was meant to reach,' she said. 'Mark believed this story could help someone find light in their own darkness. I won't let it disappear.' After Mark's passing, Stephanie stepped into responsibilities she never expected, managing rights, inventory, and logistics while protecting the quality of the original edition.
'There were easier choices,' she said. 'Mark cared about quality. This is how I keep his light alive.' As 2026 begins, Stephanie invites readers into a story that mirrors what many people feel right now, speaking to moral courage, steady conviction, and faith that holds when life grows complicated. In one of the book's enduring lines, Mark Glamack writes: 'If you surround yourself with good and righteous people, they can only raise you up. If you surround yourself with the others, they will drag you down into the doldrums of mediocrity, and they will keep you there, but only as long as you permit it.'
'Littluns and the Book of Darkness' is available in its original full-color deluxe hardcover edition for $29.95, sold directly through the family so readers can experience the book as Mark intended. The book emphasizes trusted friendships, faith, and traditional Judeo-Christian values while remaining accessible to a wider audience, with themes intended to be thought-provoking and family-friendly for readers seeking meaningful alternatives in fantasy.
