Sammy Starfish

Children's picture book, original work

Children's picture book for ages 3 to 8 years old

He lives in the penthouse of the most luxurious complex in the city. She shares an apartment with a lobster... Hannah spends her days swimming with sharks, chilling with her pet lobster Levi and avoiding commitment like the plague. Sam’s days are spent expanding his family’s empire, bickering with his cousin Tom and dodging scheming gold diggers. They both want the same thing- A few months of fun and companionship with an expiry date and hopefully no restraining orders. Except, as their self-imposed deadline draws closer, Sam finds he’s had a change of heart. Can the charismatic billionaire convince the eccentric commitment-phobe to take a chance on love, or will she sabotage them both with her trusty Starfish Method? *The Starfish Method is a standalone, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy. The lobster-loving, shark enthusiast, and the workaholic billionaire are about to find out just how strongly opposites attract.

The book is a fantasy about animals, containing a lot of trivia, facts, fantasy, and a myriad of pun aspects of the animals. What might happen if, after the destruction of the human race, animals took over? This is a tale about the malicious murder of a few animals and the resulting chase, arrest, and prosecution of the perpetrators. It is told by an elephant to his grand calves. The story covers the murder and the investigation by Chief Inspector Bobby Bloodhound and his renowned team of detectives. They investigate the ant colonies, the beehives, the ocean, the bird sanctuary, the farm, and the wild jungle. There is a chase, a capture, and a court case to follow. Many human comparisons can be made from the behavior and actions of the animals involved.

DescriptionThis is a diverse collection. Variety is the hallmark of the poems. You cannot take one of two poems alone and become familiar with the poet's style. The subject matter is the most uniform aspect. These poems are about the struggle for respect, the establishing of a place for a sufferer from schizophrenia, through life on the hospital ward and homelessness. The stage is set with natural scenery: the hills and streams of South Cambridgeshire, the bleak but potent fens. A Welsh valley backdrop . The poet's characteristic affinity with Nature is manifest in the weather and the seasons. Her personal battle is fought out with thunder and rainbows by the elements. Not an impersonal photograph, but the countryside personified in emotion and spirit. There is variety in spiritual orientation, an eclectic but not too eclectic use of Buddhist, Pagan and Christian traditions, bound into a totally original philosophy. Ballads, songs, hymns even, a recognisable borrowing from the oral and sung forms, but also free verse, haiku, rhyme or not, the romantic, the modern. And humour. If you sample across the whole range you will build a complete picture of one woman's slow wrestle for dignity and connection. About the AuthorI was born in Cambridge, five years after my Mum and Dad had come here from Wales in 1951. We were townies, but there was plenty of contact with the university, the major local industry. Fascinated, I worked hard and got a free place to The Perse Girls' School, three school prizes and places at Somerville and Wadham Colleges, Oxford. I got a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics but remained passionate about literature, music and the music of literature, poetry. Devoted to study, all that my school remembered was that 'you were the one with the emotional problems'. But how could I grow and achieve things, when there was so much forcing me to give it all up? I feel I was being kept by some in a dark place where I would not flower. It is not surprising that I was confused by messages of high achievement and social expectations of loyalty and support for the less fortunate. These conflicts would not go away. Love of the written word led me into English teaching, but my 'personality problems' (I presume) meant that my career never really took off. Two lovely sons, divorce, full-time teaching, I was exhausted and sectioned in 2000. They diagnosed schizophrenia. I was homeless. The rest of my story is in the poems.

The Adventure of Cappy The Codfish and The Selfish Shellfish is a charming and fun tale that Parents can relate to and that Children will enjoy. Cappy Codfish, Sammy Starfish, and Sarah Seahorse are sure to delight Children and inspire them to see that sharing and caring are important qualities of friendship.

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