Collection of Tails

About the Book

The book consists of a collection of twelve delightful animal tales to entertain your children while they discover the habitat of each animal. Each animal has been researched to give the children the opportunity to learn about the animal while enjoying the tale.

This book will teach your child not only the habitat of the animal but each story has an underlying message as well. 'The Ant Tale' is a story of a 'daydreaming ant's' adventures which takes the reader through the different areas in an anthill and surroundings. It reveals how ants survive and live, all told through the story. It teaches children to do their bit in life as well. ‘A Monkey’s Tale’ tells about a chimp who is unhappy about his looks and how he uses that ‘ugly’ tail to become a hero. Every tale has a little message on it’s own.

Each story is told in such a way that the children subconsciously learn the facts while they enjoy the story itself. The animals range from the tiny ant that enjoys inventions, a grumpy ‘giggling’ hyena, an overweight elephant who is unhappy about her size, a lazy giraffe and many more. This personalised book twins as a colour in book. Once the story is read, the illustrations can be coloured in for many hours of fun.

The complete book is threefold. First it will entertain your children for hours, they learn about animals and their habitat and finally they are able to illustrate the stories to give it their personal touch.

About the Author

Celia Anderson was inspired to write her children’s stories after the birth of her daughter Jacqueline in 1979. Her novel “Collection of Tails”, consists of a collection of twelve delightful animal tales to entertain the children while they discover the habitat of each animal. Each tale is filled with facts, humour and compassion. This personalised book twins as a colour in book for many hours of fun. These stories deal with various “close to the truth” ailments and goals, including a day dreaming ant and an obese elephant. She also has published many articles and short stories on the Castlebar.News Web site since 2002.

Celia was born in Luzern, Switzerland in 1959, raised in South Africa. She moved back to live in Switzerland with her late husband Richard and daughter in 1993. Celia now enjoys the country life in Balla, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Celia is the proud grandmother of two lovely girls, Candice and Angelina and looking forward to the new arrival in December 2007.