Daisy rocks! I read this one with my 8-year-old daughter, and we both loved it! Daisy discovers in this first book that she can talk to (and understand the language of) animals. That in itself won me over from the first page. :) But it's also a story about friendship, and about keeping one's c...
First she searched around until she found a fallen branch, stripping off the side growth until she had a piece of wood the thickness of her forearm. Pushing one end through the layer of pine needles into the soil below, she wedged the other end against a tree trunk to form a triangle. Then, with ...
As Sam gazed at the circle of mountain peaks and the sweep of pale-blue sky, his eyes were irresistibly drawn toward a small gap in the trees where the shore met the base of the mountain. Find the one who is true of heart. Something stirred deep inside him and his mind was suddenly filled with me...
“Can we stay with you for the summer?” asked Furball. “We could invite the squirrels over for a sleepover and watch movies about gerbils who save the world.” “Sorry,” said Daisy. “I’m going on vacation tomorrow, so Abigail’s going to look after you.” “Does she have any movies about gerbils saving...
The forecourt was lined with a selection of top-of-the-range cars – Porsches, Ferraris and BMWs – all of them waxed, polished and glinting in the afternoon sunshine. ‘Can you wait for us?’ asked Kier, handing the taxi driver a twenty-pound note through the hatch. &nb...