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Pinky and the Runaway Lawnmower

by Bridget Jardine

24 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated children's fiction series; catalogue #07-1368; ISBN 1-4251-3518-8; US$12.78, C$12.78, EUR8.73, £6.60

Pinky and the Runaway Lawnmower is an action-packed story for young readers containing exciting and amusing moments when a peaceful day in the garden suddenly turns hectic.

About the Book

Pinky and the Runaway Lawnmower begins with a quiet, summer day in the garden as Jeremy is playing with his pet guinea-pig, Pinky. The situation quickly turns disastrous when the accident-prone little animal's enthusiasm for scampering over and under the obstacle course set up by Jeremy, leads him into an unexpected and rather wild encounter with the family's lawnmower. Jeremy and his parents can do nothing but look on in horror as their plants are given more than a modest trim by this furry little creature! Things could have become far worse if it weren't for the quick-thinking young boy, who sees his mother's folded laundry by the washing line and realizes that it would be a perfect solution to the problem. As with the other "Pinky" stories Jeremy is able to save the day and the alarmed pet is returned to his run in the garden to recover from his ordeal.

About the Author

Bridget Jardine lives in Bermuda, but was born in Kent, England and trained as a teacher at Christ Church College, Canterbury.

Teaching had always been her first choice as a career, and once qualified she had little doubt that she had made the right decision.

She has always enjoyed music and found that the guitar and piano proved to be extremely advantageous tools when teaching primary and junior school children.

Prior to teacher training, Bridget had been a member of a choir which competed in many international and local competitions and once at college she sang at the campus Folk Club.

Whilst choosing to major in Art, her preferred medium was oil paint and her focus was predominantly landscapes. Therefore, she willingly acknowledges that it was quite challenging once she embarked upon creating water colour illustrations for her Pinky stories which include a variety of animals and people.

Bridget Jardine's career has spanned 27 years, during which time she took breaks to be at home with her two children while they were young and later kept her hours flexible by substituting in some local schools, but returned to full time teaching once they were older.

She frequently visits the UK throughout the year, and she and her husband spend time in Scotland which they enjoy and where they own a small property.

Animals have always featured prominently in Bridget Jardine's life and she finds it difficult to imagine a home devoid of pets. It was, in fact, one of these pets, a guinea-pig named Pinky which, together with a fictitious young boy, featured as the main characters in a college assignment, Pinky's new Friend, which later evolved into a series of short stories and she recommends that this is first in the series to be read., after which the stories can be chosen at random.

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