Animal Clan Series

A Lovely short story of a Cockatiel, named Timber, who is smitten by a Lovebird named Beauty. When he hears the melodic sound of her voice, Timber is inspired to write songs specifically to win her over. Love, as usual, prevails over all obstacles when they are married and have singing quadruplets. The children's talents bring their family celebrity and wealth.

A romantically rhyming story of soulful change. An infant toy giraffe, named Ginny, is born blue and extraordinarily small and alone on an island. So repetitive and childish is the ridicule of her appearance and size, she becomes shy and introverted. To hide herself from the jeering and taunting, sweet Ginny cleverly collects and wears fronds from the island's palm trees. Whenever she needs peace & solitude, she hides in the palm tree clusters. Her chameleon like change proves her wise as she remains positive, loyal and friendly despite her obvious physical differences, which the other children constantly point out to her. Though guardedly shy, she eventually grows as tall in stature, as the size of her towering heart. By chance, she forms a most unlikely friendship with a young hog. Pinky Pig, a carpenter, sees Ginny's potential and coaxes her to become a crane for moving the trees he's fallen. They team up to successfully build thatched, dome homes for the other animals. Ginny quickly becomes loved and appreciated. Then something magical happens; her new vocation is such a perfect fit, she changes color and becomes self illuminated like a beacon. In turn, her example inspires the others to see the light and change themselves too, which ultimately makes for a noticeably luminous island.

A charming, fanciful and rhyming fable about a traveling zoo, whose mama elephant, named Nellie, gives birth to a talking baby pachyderm. As the zoo’s main miraculous attraction, baby Ellie overcomes mocking ridicule & cage imprisonment to go on a novel journey. She is freed by the zoo's compassionate balloon man and inspires her brother rhinos and hippos to inhale helium, just as she did, which allows them to float away from the grumpy zoo owner, who's a curmudgeon. When the balloon man runs out of helium, Ellie finds that her laughter replaces the helium much better and that happiness takes her away from all troubles. The zoo animal's escapades lead to a legendary tale about flying pachyderms, whose feet leave pink polka dotted trails high in the firmament of children’s dreams. Winged shoes, however, sold in the zoo's novelty store, prepare children after school in the Spring and Summer, to learn to fly with pachyderms in their dreams.

A inspirational tale of two adolescent animals; an irreverent orphan named Otto Otter & a tiny sweet female hedgehog, named Sunna. From infancy, Sunna is a sun worshipper, who enlists the wise counsel of her God Father, Mister Sun. Otto Otter and Sunna Hedgehog are BFFs in the country & become inseparable playmates. But, Otto's need to find new distractions outside their village, conflicts with Sunna's inner sensibilities. The two sneak away on an expedition, which becomes a misadventure to an unknown city. They fall asleep after hitching a ride in a box car, ending up far, far away from home. Alone and unprotected in a dark & shadowy beach town, they remember the admonitions & premonitions of Mister Sun. To get themselves safely home they must accept Mr. Sun's guidance, proving to themselves that "all you need is love." The two become successful entrepreneurs.

Cleaver McBeaver is the lovely, rhyming tale of an inventive and young Scottish Beaver. As a little boy in a small town, Cleaver loses his home and family to a treacherous tornado. In the process of rebuilding his life and hoping to reconnect to his past, he becomes a famous hot-shot lumberjack. Cleaver proves himself a survivor. After witnessing Cleaver's tree cutting prowess, an oblivious yet near-sighted foreman of a local logging team confuses him for a stout human logger. Cleaver so impresses the foreman, that he becomes the new team, but after awhile he dreams of changing his vocation.

Sky is a blue jay whose spirit is laced with the forces of mischief, while sweetened with an intrinsic sense of fellowship and compassion. He is compelled to assist his diminishing number of precious friends, who are kindred animals disappearing mysteriously from the wilderness. In an epiphany, Sky uses his cleverness and cunning to devise a way in which to help protect his fellow creatures from further demise, by staining their bodies the blue color of the seas and skies. Thereby does he give friends better odds for longer lives and greater freedom. The “Animal Clan Series” is a collection of animal stories, highlighting how the animal, mineral & vegetable worlds naturally coexist in harmony to survive & thrive when left untouched. That morality and higher ideals brings all species together to flourish gloriously when they are free of interruption and violence. Each of these tales highlights the difficulties we all face in life’s unpredictable wilderness, when natural laws and those divine are violated & those principles of harmony are ignored. People likewise navigate a psychological wilderness where nature can illuminate & appeal to humanity's hearts & minds. Our existence parallels that of the animal kingdom, where the small & weak minded may suffer more often than others, at the hands of predators. That which separates humans from savagery is when our hearts reveal to us our higher selves. Our souls are then enlightened with insight for the greater good. That unity is life's grandeur of divine forces. Our inner magnificence then shines when compassion, love, courage, patience, kindness and faith influence our life decisions. It is when our God given essence of inner conscience guides our souls to overcome all difficulties and trials.

The tale of a little girl tree climber named Paula. She endears her animal friends to become an activist to protect the eucalyptus forest for koala bears and bees. After witnessing the exploitation and damage to some of their precious habitat haven, Paula and fellow koalas and bees, organize & work together to restore their demolished homeland with an ingenious plan. A story of battling for principles & nature's ecology, in order to defend the ideals & liberty of animal life in the pristine sacred wilderness.

A rhyming & legendary tale about a baby dragon who inspires many to conquer their differences, in favor of harmonious living. The story begins when a crocodile mother, mistakes a dragon egg as hers & raises the baby as her own child. Crocky Dial Dooby's tiny & stumpy wings are confused for sores from a disease. Knowing no better, Dooby learns quickly he must hide his special appendages to remain accepted in the clan. As he matures, his wings can no longer be hidden, yet he charms most everyone with his dragon-like abilities. As a babe he’s fascinated with fire. Through time he realizes he ignites flames by simply sneezing or speaking. At first a novelty, he soon fascinates his friends & parents with making fire, then puts them out as a journeyman fire fighter. Ultimately he matures into quite the arbiter of social acceptance & change. Dooby becomes a hero by unifying crocodiles with dragons.

"Briana the Basset Hound Fair" is a moralistic tale about life's wonderful discoveries that develop between humans and the animal pet kingdom. How their relative companionship & coexistence, when carefully pondered, not only enhances our humanity profoundly, but furthers consideration of all life by promoting the ideal of all creature's rights to life & peaceful coexistence in their natural worlds. That understanding & protecting our planet's creature's & ecological environments, be it land, skies or seas, are critical in maintaining the balance of the natural world's wildernesses, weather, food supply & its continuing health to perpetuate the beautiful natural habitats for wild life & the future of our planet & its children.

This is a tale about how our childhood dreams can be crucial to developing our personal sense of creativeness. How imaginary friends expand our minds, which is the basis of invention, problem solving and all creative activities. Despite his father's fears, after seeing his son's imagination bring animal crackers to life in his mind, dad throws away his boy's animal crackers. Despite this, the boy continues pretending to interview alive miniature animals to invent stories from an animal's point of view. He shares animal crackers with other children, who carry-on their adventures after biting into them and they become real in their minds. Daydreaming, these adventures occupy two children's minds in innocent play. These magnificently wild animals bring these kid's spirits and minds alive. With their mother's active support, the children's hearts prosper with joy, after she remembers her own childhood, inspired by her fairy godmother.

An extraordinarily small raccoon. named Robby, has bad childhood dream episodes, and turns them into positive experiences by simply wagging his tail. When awake, however, he accidentally discovers that his tail's wagging powers are very real. Robby controls magical kinetic energy forces by the whipping force of his tail. Adding to his self-consciousness, he also has a reading disability, due to very poor vision. But his mother assists him by getting him a pair of thick eyeglasses. The myopic & meek little raccoon's life changes for the best as clearer eyesight boosts his self-confidence. His life is also better improved when his criminal father is captured and finally imprisoned for robbing homes. Rob's dad can no longer repeatedly oppress and belittle him. In acts of selflessness, Robby decides to use his gift to help others, just as his mother helps him. He becomes all creatures' champion by helping their thirst. With the passage of time, Robby's powers become legendary and his kinetic gift becomes exaggerated, remaking him a comic superhero.