Pageturner Adventures with Zack

On a boring day at the playground, Mackenzie gets an idea of going to the creek in which Dad and Bingo agree to. Bluey is very hesitant. She doesn’t know what the creek is like. But soon her eyes are opened to the beauty of the natural world. Who knows what she’ll find at the creek!

A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in an imaginary game of hide-and-seek. Children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time.

A bird, a dog, a fox, and a squirrel overcome minor setbacks to have a good day. What can turn a bad day into a good day? You decide.

When a thriving forest is swallowed by wildfire, its residents brace themselves and look to new beginnings.

Enjoy this story of Gianna Marino's beautiful and moving tribute to the fragility and resilience of the natural world which was inspired by her own experiences during the Northern California wildfires of 2017.

Bluey, Bingo, and Dad go to the pool, but only happen to arrive under-prepared. When Mum joins them, they realize that boring things are sometimes the most important.

Little Red Bird 

spent her life in a cage.

Then one fine day

The latch failed to engage.

It looked scary out there.

Should she leave?

Should she dare?

I wonder what YOU would do.

Enjoy this story featuring knowledgeable poetry.

Love can be found in the strangest of places. 

It’s bedtime in the Heeler house. Bingo is all ready for bed. While Mum reads her a bedtime story all about the meaning of love, Dad tries to get Bluey ready for bed.

Enjoy this brief recap of all eight stories told by the old storyteller to a group of seven little foxes.

The seventh little fox's name is revealed to be Mia, which explains why she stayed through all eight stories that the storyteller had to tell. The storyteller is also revealed to be an older Mia.

After young Mia returns to her den, the original Mia steps out into the morning light, where she is met by Uly. It's revealed that Uly and Marley had make it back to their den after following the river over the course of several months.

The world was changing, and Mia takes comfort in the fact that the kits know her stories and will pass them down to the next generation.

Enjoy this excerpt of the final story from Scary Stories for Young Foxes.

Mia and Uly try to survive the harsh winter. They discover a den with a litter of five fox kits without a mother. Uly goes out to search for food for the kits and themselves, while Mia looks after them. She names them after her siblings, and one to Uly's likeness.

When Uly finds food, he encounters his father, Mr. Scratch, who has survived the bats in the Lilac Kingdom, and is out for revenge on Uly and Mia. Two of the kits gets taken by a mysterious white creature with black, gooey eyes. It turns out to be one of Mia's brothers who has the yellow disease.

Uly and Mr. Scratch have their final confrontation on a loose ice block, rocking and spinning down a rushing river with one of the stolen kits in the center if it all.

Enjoy this continuing excerpt from Scary Stories for Young Foxes.

Deep in the Lilac Kingdom, Mr. Scratch hears a scratching sound that drives him into madness until he is defeated by the bats in the cave.

It's revealed that Uly survived the fall when his mother, Mercy threw him over into the chasm. It's also revealed that it was all planned for Uly to cover himself up in squirrel's blood and play dead as she threw him over. Mia is freed from the trap and together, they come up with a plan to get back at Mr. Scratch with a moldy rotten paw.