MY PROMISE TO EMILY BY CALVIN DUDLEY CELEBRATES THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

8/12/2025
Calvin Dudley’s debut book, My Promise to Emily, promises its audience a story that offers a return to something timeless. It has been published on Amazon on 23rd March 2023. It is a heartfelt children’s book story that exhibits how storytelling can heal, teach, and create heartfelt connections across generations.
My Promise to Emily is a story inspired by a real-life moment from Calvin’s own life. It is crafted around the moment that altered how Calvin views the world.
This is a story of how an encounter with a thirteen-year-old girl made Calvin realize how much importance promises can be to people, especially children. Promises may seem like a wordy commitment, but when fulfilled, they mean the world to the person to whom the promise was made in the first place.
But it’s not just the story that makes My Promise to Emily an interesting read. It is the way it has been written. Calvin chose one of the oldest yet the most powerful ways to tell his story—storytelling. It is the art of delivering a narrative, imagined or real, using images, words, sounds, or any kind of gestures, to entertain, inspire, or teach.
“Storytelling is how I connect with children.”
-Calvin Dudley-
Storytelling precedes writing and printing, and this is the very reason it is said to be timeless. It is regarded as the oldest form of narration because it began with oral traditions. It also served as a survival tool since it helped in warning other humans about dangers, teaching crucial skills, and explaining natural happenings. Storytelling also established a sense of community and identity, and most importantly, it’s deeply rooted in human experiences.

With his debut book, Calvin celebrates the phenomenon of storytelling by choosing this method as the means to convey a very important life lesson to its audience, which is the power promises and commitments hold in the eyes of the person they are made to. It also sheds light on how fulfilling commitments and promises indicate honesty, integrity, and loyalty of the person who makes them.
Calvin Dudley’s first-ever publication, My Promise to Emily, is available on Amazon for readers. Give it a read and get ready to have your mind question whether it’s really worth breaking a promise and leaving a commitment unfulfilled.

For More Information:
Website: https://calvindudley.store/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/My-Promise-Emily-Calvin-Dudley/dp/1669871460
Email: [email protected]

About Author
Calvin Dudley is a storyteller and the author of My Promise to Emily. He is also a teacher. Calvin has experience dealing with children with special needs. He is an Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Specialist. He has dealt with children who have behavioral and emotional disorders and disabilities.

Calvin’s main focus is on spreading the word about the psychology of promises. He is a man of his word. Throughout life, Calvin has been setting examples of honesty and integrity. This is the very reason people, including the parents of his students, trust him and consider him a genuine person.