Take a Bow, Winky Blue!

SECOND IN THE WINKY BLUE SERIES

Rosie is as determined as ever to turn her lovable parakeet into a star. When Winky Blue wins a Blue ribbon, it looks as though her dream will come true-until he disappears in a magic show, for real! With Winky Blue gone, it will to take more than smoke and mirrors to bring the magic back into Rosie’s life!

About the Winky Blue Books

When I was eight-years old, I took all my money out of the bank (eight dollars!) and bought a parakeet …

 I called him Winky Blue because he was a pretty blue color and he had bright black eyes that winked at me.

I was thrilled to have a pet of my own and headed off to our local library in search of a book about the adventures of a little girl and her pet parakeet.  I wanted a story about a parakeet who would be a hero, like Lassie, the famous TV collie. Winky Blue would catch crooks, I imagined, save people from drowning, and carry urgent messages in his beak.

When I failed to find any books about an heroic parakeet (or even an ordinary one) I bought a small spiral notebook and began writing my own. This was the beginning of my life as an author, and the seed of an idea that eventually grew into the Winky Blue series.

In the six books in the Winky Blue series, Rosie is always scheming to turn her parakeet into a hero and a star with funny and sometimes disastrous results. But in the end she always comes to realize that her love for Winky Blue is more important than fame-until the next book, that is!