This is the true story of Top and his cousins Ooley and Junior.

     Phil Owen's new children’s book is an easy to read, rhyming story, called “Cousins and the Buried Treasure.” In this story, the cousins’ lost treasure map leads them on an adventure that teaches them a special lesson.

     The story is about Top and his cousins, who pretended to be pirates, because they believed that pirates were heroes. The kids thought that they could take things that did not belong to them. However, at the end of the story, the kids discovered how very wrong it was to take something that was not theirs.

     As a young boy growing up outside of Silverhill, Phil earned the nickname “Top” because he loved to tickle and generally torment his baby brother, Robbie. By the age of two, Robbie was learning to communicate his feelings, but his screams of “stop” came out “Top, Top, Top!” Soon his older sister Linda and little Robbie had a readymade nickname for Phil, and that is how he became known as “Top”.

     If you would like to purchase this book, send a $14 check (which includes shipping and handling) made out to Phil Owen, PO Box 250, Silverhill, AL or call 945-6666 to pick up a book for $10.