This charming collection of imaginative tales is written in a highly original style that paints immediate pictures in the mind. The 'sweet golden snakes, slowly swirling from silver spoons onto creamy porridge'; the 'possums slinking', 'wombats blundering', 'spiders spinning' and 'foamy bubbles in a rainbow waterfall' are all delicious introductions to young readers of how beautiful, evocative and captivating descriptive language can be.Val Bromfield lives in Tasmania, Australia, and has two grandchildren.