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Ages 4 - 8

This set of tales is different from other books in that the child will be able to interact with the characters of his or her choosing. Each tale presents a situation in which the characters, with the help of the child, must find a solution to the current problem.

Within each tale, the storyteller interrupts the animals in the story and explains that he or she is telling several children all about their adventures.  The storyteller then continues to explain how maybe the child could help solve the animals’ current dilemma. The child is asked by the storyteller if he or she might have any ideas on how to solve the dilemma, and which character the child would like to speak to.  The child then begins his/her correspondence with the animals in the story via the storyteller.

In the first book, The Journey Begins, four rabbits at a fair try to save a hot air balloon from, they believe, becoming engulfed in flames. The bunnies are not successful in putting out the flame and choose to gnaw through the lines securing the balloon. This results in the ascent of the hot air balloon into the night sky with the cool evening breeze guiding the hot air balloon far away.  The first problem encountered is how to land a hot air balloon!  Each sequential tale will introduce a new problem as the animals find their way home.

G. Ira Wallace was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 22, 1963.  He attended college in southern California majoring in Civil Engineering. Ira returned to Las Vegas in 1989 and worked as a Civil Engineer for 17 years before leaving to pursue a career as an entrepreneur.

Ira is married to his wonderful wife Suzanne and has two precious daughters, Sarah and Lindsay.

As an outlet for his artistic side, Ira enjoys to write, paint and play the piano.  Besides his creative endeavors, Ira also enjoys extreme sports. His favorite pastimes revolve around his sport bike, wake boarding and snow boarding. 

When my daughters were 5 and 6 years old, and for several years after, I told bed time stories creating the plot as I went. One evening, I felt that my tales of two bunnies, Sarah Rabbit and Lindsay Rabbit (of which my daughters were the inspiration), along with other characters, had become mundane.  It was this evening in which I decided to take on the personification of the bunnies, in an effort to collaborate with my daughters a solution to the problem at hand.  I’ll never forget how my daughter’s responded – they were mesmerized. As such, I feel this series of books will be enjoyed by children everywhere and for generations to come!

The story was edited by Maureen Moynihan with Writers Literary Editing services.