The Excellent Adventures of Max and Madison: Bedtime Stories for Youngsters

By Grandma Bette

There is a little country town not far from Canberra in Australia, and this is where all of these adventures take place. Max is only five years old and his sister is a little younger. They live in a house just outside of town with their parents Kerrie and Michael.

Max has just started school while Madison is attending kindergarten. Both children are very interested in the world around them and are eager to learn new and interesting things. Max is also practising to be a magician.

Across the road from their home is a large area of native Australian forest where many bush animals and birds live together, this is called a national park.

Joe MacDonald and his wife Mrs Jill have a farm nearby where they keep dairy cows, chickens, geese, ducks and bee hives. They make a living by selling their produce at the weekly market near town.

There always seems to be something happening around this area and Max and Madison are usually involved somehow. They are joined sometimes by their friends, the Baker cousins.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jun 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781452572659

Grandma Bette

Grandma Bette is an Australian in her early sixties living in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia with her Italian born husband. They have three grown children one of whom lives in Canberra with his partner and two children. These bedtime stories were written for their grandchildren.

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-7264-2 (sc)

978-1-4525-7265-9 (e)

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Created in the United States of America

Balboa Press rev. date: 6/18/2013

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Contents

Acknowledgement

Dedication

Foreword

Clarence The Cuckoo

Madison Buys Some Shoes.

The Helpful Little Clouds

Charlie Goes Exploring

The Lost Little Puggle

Spotty Dotty

The Pearl Of Utmost Elegance

Gran Judy Knows Best

Duck Down and Keep Warm

Acknowledgement

The author wishes to acknowledge the encouragement and assistance of family members who did not object when their names were given to various birds and creatures.

In particular, special thanks to Peter who always made himself available when called and gave many hours of his precious time to assist with computer problems and explain the mysteries of jpeg files to his technically challenged mother.

Dedication

For my grandchildren

Max and Madison

Foreword

There is a little country town not far from Canberra in Australia, and this is where all of these adventures take place. Max is only five years