Animal Adventures

By Victoria Edwards

Come and join the young African animals on their fun adventures, from Rodney the Rhino’s first day at school to Larry the Lion Cub’s day full of surprises. Animal Adventures is a collection of seven short stories written by a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist containing life lessons that parents will enjoy just as much as their children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Sep 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9781398459779

Victoria Edwards

Victoria grew up in the southwest of England in the beautiful Devon countryside. She has always been around animals and has dogs, cats, and ponies. Victoria is a mum and spent many years making up bedtime stories for her daughter, before deciding to write them down. Victoria is a psychotherapist and counsellor and is passionate about mental health awareness. She uses her knowledge and training to write books with meaning and life lessons, whilst keeping them fun for children to capture their imagination.

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Victoria Edwards

Animal Adventures

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my beautiful daughter Brooke.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Austin Macauley publishers for believing in me.

Henry’s New Friend

Henry the Hippo and his big brother were on their way to the waterhole. His mum and dad were already there grazing beside it and talking to their friends. As soon as they arrived, Henry’s big brother started to walk off and leave Henry behind.

Wait up! Henry shouted to his brother, but his brother kept on walking. Henry stood and watched him walk towards a group of older boys, who all stood together talking and laughing. Henry wanted to join in, so he started walking toward them. Go away Henry, his brother shouted whilst turning his back on him. Henry was sad, he only wanted a friend. He walked back to his parents and stood with his head low.

The next day, Henry’s mum told Henry to get ready to go to the waterhole, but Henry really didn’t want to go.

What’s wrong, Henry? she asked.

I don’t want to go back to the waterhole and stand alone, Mum, it’s boring, Henry said sadly. His mum gave him a great big hug and told him today might be