Small Scale Stories

It’s a bear! It’s a dragon! It’s a…cloud.
And clouds tell stories—lots of stories. They joke, they tease, they play tricks on the humans below. Anyone with imagination is welcome to join the fun.

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About the Small-Scale Stories series

You and I are cousins. So is the duck who eats from your hand. So is the Japanese maple, where fairies dance. So is the mechanical crane, who admires his reflection in a wall of windows. Everything is alive and connected and worthy of a Small Scale Story.

Cloud Talk came first, followed by a series of small books celebrating the spirited, surprising world around us. The ISBNs will help your favourite bookstore locate them. They’re also available in digital format on Amazon—perfect for tablets and for sharing with young readers and the young at heart. They’re hard to describe, so I have included some sample pages. They will give you the flavour of the small stories.

That Tree Talked to Me

Trees talk. So do flowers, geese, bridges, and fire hydrants. These photographs and tiny tales invite you into a quirky world where everything chatters—if you pause long enough to listen.

Sample pages here

Parts of Me Are Still Amazing

If you’re 100% confident about how you look, act, and age—read this book to discover the delicious vulnerability you may be missing. If you’re human, this playful little book invites you to laugh, blush, and embrace your quirks.

Sample pages & review here

The Disappearing Pumpkin Choir

So…you’re in a choir preparing for your biggest performance of the year—and one by one, members vanish. Or you might be a tree sprite, demure by day, wild by night. These stories understand your secret language.

Sample pages & reviews here

In the Shelter of Each Other

If you believe everything is alive and counting on you, you are connected to the universe in ways that nourish the planet. A great blue heron, a flock of wigeons—even a clump of twine—share their stories here.

Your Task Is To Be Admired

Your imagination is a theatre with a full cast of characters. In these pages, they don disguises and speak as flowers, birds, logs, water—and even a slice of bread.

In the Country of Plastic

These stories are love letters to a beautiful world that somehow continues to cherish us, even as we struggle to care for it.

I’ll Tell You a Story

Anyone can help tell nature’s stories. Here, flora and fauna—and even a crane and a park bench—speak up.

Excited and Kind of Scared

Leaves, birds, weeds, and even building pipes take centre stage in these metaphor-rich tales. Their excitement — and their fear — echo the very human tremble we feel when facing the unknown.

  • Your favourite bookseller: ISBN 978-1988760162
  • Amazon Kindle & paperback
  • Booktopia paperback

In Love with the Planet

A glint of reflected light. A rock so ancient you wonder what it has witnessed. These stories celebrate being an insider among those quietly working to honour and protect this stunning planet we call home.

  • Your favourite bookseller: ISBN 978-198876017
  • Amazon paperback

On the Small Side

Meet a spider proud of her webs, a bridge that sings opera, a fearless sparrow, a reflective crane, and many other small but mighty characters whose stories linger long after the last page.

  • Your favourite bookseller: ISBN 978-1988760186
  • Dymocks paperback