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The Rancher noticed a half-dead calf left on the cold floor, wet shivering, unconscious and barely breathing. The girl said, "Dad can we take him home? He'll die if we don't. "The worker said, "Take him". The Dad carried him to the cattle truck, wrapped him up, in the cab with us. And we hurried home. Your children will enjoy this great adventure with Roland! (In Coloring Book version)

In the beginning of this book Seven is miserable. He has been thrown off the clock, not needed any more by Snow White and has been fired for sleeping on the job of keeping track of the days of the week. Thanks to advice from his friend, Eight, he rolls the dice to see if he could be lucky after all. Eventually Seven discovers that he holds a very valuable place in the world. In the end he gets a job that suits him and is forever grateful to his friend, Eight. This whimsical story will keep the "magic" alive for math, reading and friendship for children of all ages.

Young Harry's parents want their son to have pet. Harry chooses a little budgerigar parrot because his dad is allergic to dogs and cats. Named "Buddy" by Harry, the little bird soon shows he has many talents, including repeating words that Harry teaches him. This ability results in Buddy saving his family during a visit by a very bad man. Read how Buddy saves the day.

In The Exasperated Clock, the 12 numbers on the clock are silly, noisy, and irresponsible. Consequently, the Clock decides to throw each of the numbers off which becomes quite a problem because the numbers are on their own and are clueless. Eventually each number finds a better job than working on the clock. Kids will giggle their way through this book laughing at the antics of the numbers and their gainful, whimsical and surreal employment.

The idea for this book came to me one day whilst I was sitting on the beach near Finlayson's Point at Seaforth on the Central Queensland coast. I was watching a solitary Beach Stone-curlew as it sauntered over the tidal mudflats creating a mournful and rather sad image as the sun was setting over the horizon in the west. This created elongated shadows of the bird plus the oddly twisted mangrove tree that was scattered nearby along the foreshore. Other than this bird, there was no other life form visible to me anywhere. Where I sat near the high tide mark, I could see the ocean some two hundred metres away in the distance. It was low tide and before too long it would begin to make the long and steady journey back to where I sat. So there was a large area of exposed sea-bed available for the Beach Stone-curlew to explore and to search for food like crustaceans and shellfish. But there was no urgency shown by the bird as it was more concerned with my presence than it was in looking for food. It could hardly be described as a handsome bird-like that of a Black-necked Stork (Jabiru), Brolga or Great Egret and so would not be high on the list of priorities for selection to feature as the main character in a storybook. So why did I choose the Beach Stone-curlew? My reason I've used it as the main character is to help raise its profile and awareness to highlight the issues surrounding its existence where habitat pressures by man is forcing it to more remote areas of the east coastline of Australia. It's breeding habits also make it very vulnerable as the female lays one or maybe two eggs amongst the high tide debris. Welcome to my second book in the series of Crazy Bird Stories. This book is significantly different from the first although it does have some similarities as you will discover. Since my involvement with Birdlife Mackay, I have had the privilege to witness all the birds that are regulars in our area, including seasonal birds. During this time I have seen at first hand the state of the environment where our birds live and so have identified some key areas where something can be done to preserve and enhance critical habitat. This book highlights the importance of undisturbed tidal flats to the Beach Stone-curlew and its survival.