Lauren Abby

Worton the worm lives in Sylvester's back garden. He wriggles around a lot and not many people like worms like him, but little Sylvester does and even picks him up to speak to him properly. 'Hey, Worton. How are you doing today? Daddy bought me a new toy robot yesterday and I love it Would you like to see it, Worton' Asked Sylvester. 'Yeah, I'd like that, Sylvester - I'd like that a lot ' Said Worton the wriggly worm. 'Okay ' Replied Sylvester, quickly picking up his new toy robot that his daddy had kindly bought him the day before. 'Wormy Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Shelly the snake lives in a forest and her favourite things to eat include: rodents, fish and birds. She LOVES eating these things Another thing that Shelly the snake likes to do is hiss - going: *hiss, hiss, hiss * Shelly the snake is not the only one who lives in the forest, as other snakes live there with her too - including Steve the snake, Sophie the snake and others. All of them are really good friends, too *Hiss, hiss, hiss * Goes the snakes in the forest as they all slither along at 18 mph. *Slither, slither, slither*... Goes the snakes in the forest. 'Snaky Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Moya the mouse lives in Montana with her owner, Olivia. She loves to eat sunflower seeds, carrots, apples and broccoli, but not cheese. She lives in a cage at her owner, Olivia's house and is very fast indeed. Sometimes, Olivia and her pet mouse, Moya goes out on little adventures together - going to all sorts of fun, random and different places. Literally, wherever they go, they are ALWAYS, ALWAYS guaranteed to have fun together and they ALWAYS, ALWAYS look forward to going on these adventures that they both go on too How will Olivia react when she catches her pet mouse, Moya sneaking out of the house one day? Will this surprise her?

Draupnir the dragonfly loves to eat butterflies and flies around pretty fast - going: *flap, flap, flap * With her wings. 'Oh, yummy, yummy in my tummy Such a scrummy little butterfly. Yum, yum, yum ' Said Draupnir the dragonfly, rubbing her tiny tummy after gobbling up a rather tasty orange butterfly. Her eating this put a little smile on her face. She was much happier now that she had eaten that, as she gets really rather grizzly and moody when she's hungry. 'Dragonfly Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

At night, Zara the zebra sleeps just like we do, but the difference is that she sleeps standing up - whereas we humans obviously sleep led down nice and snug in our warm beds. To Zara the zebra, though, this is completely, one hundred per cent normal. She doesn't sleep alone, though and has plenty of other zebras there with her because of danger. Zebras sleep in large groups so that they can be alerted of danger. When dry season arrives, Zara and the other zebras have been known to travel great distances to find food and water to keep themselves going. Zara and the other zebras all like to eat grass, shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves and bark. They love these things and eat them all happily - going *munch, munch, munch* and just loving life, really. 'Zebby Tales' is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Ron the rottweiler loves to bark and does this REALLY LOUDLY - going: 'woof, woof, woof ' At pretty much anything and everything that goes by. 'Woof, woof, woof ' He goes - getting LOUDER and LOUDER with every single bark that he does. 'Rotty Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Hamilton the hamster lives in a cage and likes to run around on his hamster wheel REALLY fast to the point where it practically comes off it's hinges and takes off Hamilton the hamster runs faster than the speed of light and this amazes his owner, Henry, who sits and watches him running REALLY fast on his hamster wheel. 'Hammy Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Flannery the flamingo lives in Africa and loves to spend time with her flamingo friends. However, out of all of them, Fleur the flamingo is her best friend and the one that she is the most-closest to. She has known Fleur the longest, so naturally, she is really good friends with her. The two flamingos are like super close, and when saying goodbye to each other, they always say: "adios flamingo" instead of "adios amigo." 'Adios flamingo' Says Flannery the flamingo, saying goodbye to her best flamingo friend, Fleur. 'Adios, flamingo ' Replies Fleur the flamingo, saying goodbye to her best flamingo friend, Flannery. 'Flammy Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Conor the coyote lives in America and howls at the moon at night (they do this to communicate to other coyotes). He's not at all fussy and eats pretty much anything and everything (though he particularly likes eating rodents, rabbits, fish and frogs). Conor the coyote is a fast runner and can run at a speed of 40 mph. Conor the coyote sometimes has races with the other coyotes just for fun and also to pass the time away as well. They run, run and run as fast as they possibly can. 'Coyote Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Clara the clam lives in water and moves around using her SUPER LONG tongue. Her tongue is absolutelyHUGE and when humans see her moving around using her tongue, they stop and look at her.Clara the clam is quite famous and is on quite a lot of videos online. They are just of her moving around with her tongue - something that she doesn't think is such a big deal, because to her, moving around using her SUPER LONG tongue is completely normal and not strange in the slightest. She's done this since as long as she can remember, so to her it's a normal thing for clams like her who live in water to do. *Tap * Goes Clara the clam's tongue as it touches the sand. As Clara the clam moves around using her tongue, it becomes COVERED in sand, but she doesn't care about this at all and just carries on doing what she's doing and shocking the humans in the process. *Tap * Goes her tongue. 'Clammy Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Scott the squid lives in the ocean and has hooks on all of his arms. He glides through the ocean and is best squid friends with all of the other squids that also live in the ocean just like he does. There's Steve, Sophie, Sharon and many others. Scott and the other squids all go WAY back and have known each other for quite sometime now. Sometimes, they playfight and gently hit each other with their arms. They also play tag and that's pretty fun - especially as it's in the ocean. Literally, everything is SO much more fun in the ocean. 'Tag, you're it ' Said Scott the squid, as he tagged his best squid friend, Steve - meaning that he was now it. 'Hey, that's not fair, Scott. I wasn't ready just then ' Said Steve the squid. 'Squidy Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Howell the Feral Hog likes to eat worms - BIG wiggly ones that wriggle around. 'Yummy, yummy, this little wormy is so very yummy in my tummy ' Said Howell the Feral Hog, as he ate a worm. He wasn't a fussy eater and would eat pretty much anything and everything that he could find, but wriggly worms were by FAR his favourite thing to eat. He - along with the other Feral Hogs -thought that they were the best (the worms that is). They would all quite happily eat them all day long and nothing else. Howell the Feral Hog gets on well with other hogs and is best hog friends with all of them. 'Hoggy Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Lowell the lobster lives in the ocean and has SUPER sharp claws that goes: *snap, snap, snap * In the ocean. He is HUGE and demands respect. He only lets certain lobsters into where he lives and those lobsters are his best lobster friends, Louise, Louie and Loyal. Loyal the lobster certainly lives up to his name and is very loyal indeed - always has been. Out of all of the lobsters, Loyal the lobster is the one that Lowell the lobster gets on the most with. 'Lobby Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Five-year-old Dustin lives at home with his mummy, daddy and baby sister, Dulcie. His daddy, Duncan works quite a lot, but his mummy, Dyana is currently on maternity leave and looking after baby Dulcie. Every morning little Dustin gets out of bed and goes downstairs to spend some time with his daddy, Duncan before he goes off to work. It's always like super early, but little Dustin doesn't care and happily sits on the sofa and talks to his daddy. When the time does come for Dustin's daddy to go to work, he always says: "oh, duty calls It's time for me to head off to work now. See you later, Dustin. Be good for your mummy now, and don't be naughty or anything" - to which little Dustin always replies: "I won't, I promise, daddy. See you later and I love you." As he says this, he gives his daddy, Duncan a cuddle - one that is SUPER tight and full of love. 'Duty Calls' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.

Donnie the dolly lives in Erica's bedroom and is best friends with Tedric the teddy bear who also lives in Erica's bedroom. Both Donnie and Tedric get on well with the other toys and they are not like "normal" toys, teddy bears and dolls at all, because, you see, they can walk and talk all by themselves - something that their owner, Erica is fully aware of. She's always known that they can do this and actually likes it a lot. She talks to them and plays with them and just had fun with them, really. The toys, teddy bears and dolls all have fun too and love spending time with Erica. One thing that they do not love, however, is when she has to go off to school during the weekdays and leave them alone in her bedroom. They all get bored after a while and really start to miss her. 'Dolly Tales' by Lauren Abby is suitable for children aged 2-5 years.