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It's Kero's birthday, and his humans are doing everything they can to make it a special day for him. What will Kero think of all the fuss and attention? And what exactly makes a birthday special for a dog anyway? The Kero's World stories are all about the adventures of a West Highland White Terrier named Kero; hear his stories, and see the world from the point of view of a little white dog.

Moving to a new home can be a scary experience; especially if you’re very small. That’s how it is for Sooty and Scamp, a pair of gerbils chosen by a little boy named Matthew. Most people agree that getting a new pet is an exciting experience for any child, or adult, for that matter. But have you ever stopped to wonder how the pet feels during this time? This is the story of two little gerbils and how they learned to adjust after a little boy took them home.

Christmas is here, and with it comes snow and Santa Paws - whoever he is. What will Kero think of the snow? Will he be able to make sense of all the holiday activity? And will he be able to stay up long enough to catch this mysterious Santa Paws? The Kero's World stories are all about the adventures of a West Highland White Terrier named Kero; hear his stories, and see the world from the point of view of a little white dog.

Now that he can't see, Toby can't play with his big brother Jake like he used to, and every time he tries to he just gets frustrated, upset, or hurt. He's starting to feel like he can't do anything fun anymore. Is he right? Or can he find a way to still do the things he enjoys? This is the fourth audiobook in the Toby's Tales series. The Toby's Tales audiobooks are designed to show children - and adults too - the struggles and challenges faced by people who are blind, or who are adjusting to sight loss, while also being useful tools to educate those close to someone who is blind, or adjusting to sight loss.

Losing a sibling is hard. Losing three of them is even harder. Repairing a broken bond of trust is harder still. After his three brothers disappeared, one after another, gone to a mysterious place known only as The Rainbow Bridge, Buddy the degu is all alone in his cage. Confused and frightened, he knows only one thing for certain: he last saw his brothers in the hands of the human caretaker. That knowledge breaks the bond of trust forged between Buddy and his human in the years since he was a pup.

Ulrike knows all about the Winter Solstice celebrations of the giants, being one himself. But what he doesn't know is why the humans cut down whole trees, only to take them home to decorate. Other giants tell him to forget about it, but Ulrike is curious; he needs to know why they do it. Finally, when he's puzzled over it so much his head is sore from all the thinking, he decides that this is the year he'll figure it out, and risks a return trip to the home of the last family he watched to look for clues, despite almost being spotted last time he was there.

Toby's starting to feel like he's the only blind boy in the world. So when his first day at his new special school comes around, he's sure the other children will tease him because he can't see. But when he gets there, he soon learns just why they call it a "special" school, and even manages to make a new friend. This is the fifth book in the Toby's Tales series.

If there's one thing Kero loves more than going for a walk, then it has to be going for a walk that takes him to more than one place. Today his walk will take him both to the park and to the beach. What will he find there? Who will he see? And what will a little dog like him think of it all?

Toby's world is scary and full of monsters his mind has created. If he wasn't blind he could see what the monsters really are, but he is, so he can't. Can he find a way to battle his monsters? Or will he spend the rest of his life afraid of every unexplained noise? Find out.

Everyone is excited about the trip to the aquarium. But not Toby. Toby’s sure he won't have fun, after all, aquariums can’t be fun for blind people … Can they? This is the third book in the “Toby’s Tales” series. The “Toby’s Tales” books are designed to show children – and adults too – the struggles and challenges faced by people who are blind, or who are adjusting to sight loss, while also being useful tools to educate those close to someone who is blind or adjusting to sight loss.

Jenks the degu lives in a cage with his three brothers: Jacob, Jasper and Joshua. It might seem like a strange place to live, but they call it home and feel safe there. So you can imagine how scary it is for them when they are forced to leave their cage. Sure, they regularly leave it briefly for a bit of attention from their human caretakers, which they don't mind, but the thing the human caretakers are calling "The Great Degu Round-Up" is different, and they find themselves in a giant sandless sand bath.

Toby has just learned he'll never see again. Now he's learning just how frustrating it can be doing even simple things when you're blind. And it doesn't help when his big brother Jake, and little sister Emma, laugh at him when things don't go right. But there's always a way to make things easier - isn't there? The Toby's Tales audiobooks are designed to show children - and adults, too - the struggles and challenges faced by people who are blind, or who are adjusting to sight loss, while also being useful tools to educate those close to someone who is blind.

The adventures of Zeena and Saarik have already taken them through the woods and up the mountains. Now they’re answering a plea for help from a mermaid named Naia. With the help of both Naia’s magic and Zeena’s own magic, the two friends head on an underwater quest to free the water fairy, Lana, and make the ocean safe once more.

With their quest to free the earth fairy barely completed, Zeena and Saarik are approached by another creature in need of their help - this time a gryphon named Aquillo. So the two friends set off on a quest to free the air fairy Ora and save the mountain-dwelling creatures from the goblins.

Zeena the faerie dragon doesn’t think she’s special, even though she’s the only one of her kind to have mastered the magic for all five elements equally. But when a dryad named Kishi comes to her for help, she doesn’t hesitate. Together with her best friend - a mischievous pixie named Saarik - Zeena sets off to free Heidi the earth fairy, as well as to save the woods and the creatures of Earth.

All the mice of the castle were very happy until Princess Hazel became sad. Nobody can figure out why she’s so sad; she has everything a mouse princess could ask for. But nothing seems to make her happy. That is, until an orphaned little field mouse named Fern arrives. Now it looks like there may be a way to make everyone happy once again.

A collection of poems of various styles and lengths that are about heartache, loss, pain, and broken dreams.

Humans have forgotten the old ways, and no longer respect nature as they once did, or ask before taking what they want. They’ve forgotten about nature spirits, and the strength of the bond a dryad shares with their tree.

A short collection of poems of various lengths and styles, all with one thing in common: they were written for - or about - some of the various pets my hubby and I have had. The poems in this collection are mainly about chinchillas and dogs, though other types of animals – in particular degus - sometimes make an appearance too. All poems are captioned with details of the pets they were written for or about.