The Little Green Armchair propels the reader into a profound connection with nature like no other.  Flower seeds and plump acorns are dropped by birds and fuzzy tailed squirrels onto the chair’s timeworn fabric and trickle down into its curly metal cushion coils where they stay cozy throughout the winter.  Warm sunny days and soft Spring rain showers bring forth from the chair a robust, lush, green forest filled with towering Oaks, Ash and Redbud Trees with their sweet, heart-shaped leaves. Meadows of tall Pink Coneflowers and sparkling White Daisies create a colorful carpet on the forest floor.  Reverence, solitude and peacefulness follow us through this tale of a little chair that provided nature with a catalyst to grow and become… Echo Forest.

The Windy Day Picnic begins on a beautiful, but windy, Spring morning in Echo Forest.  In a hollowed-out Redbud Tree, surrounded by big green Hostas and twinkling white bells of Lily of the Valley, is the cottage of Primrose Possum and her ten tiny possum children. A fun-filled picnic in Echo Forest awaits with juicy apples, toasts with jam, a chocolate bar to share and blackberry tea along with a few adventures for the little family. Our stories heroines, Timothy C. Fox and Mr. Whoo the Owl, step forward in time of need in this sentimental story about a Mother’s enduring love for her children, courage and determination.   

Neville, The Thirsty Little Stink Bug is plump, bright green and very thirsty after waking from a long nap in his cozy little house!  Flying through the fresh Spring morning in the meadow near Echo Forest, he is on a quest to find water to quench his thirst.  A beautiful Clematis vine near a large metal bowl of cool water on the farmer’s front porch is the center piece of a mishap adventure for the little Stink Bug.  Passerby, Nora Bumblebee comes to the rescue, carrying Neville on her back to the lovely flower fields to rest on a big White Daisy.  Sharing water and some fluffy, delicious, yellow cornbread found outside at the farmer’s barn creates a bond of life-long friendship between the two most unlikely little friends.

Excerpts from The Little Green Armchair and Tales of Echo Forest

“The little chair was lifted from its old, familiar spot on the wooden floor and carried out the front door to the one-acre side yard of the cottage. After reaching the tall grass area, the little chair was then ever so softly placed down. It felt funny and uneven on its feet, as if it would turn over with not too much force. As the little chair watched the sun sink lower into the evening sky, it felt a little uncertain of its new surroundings. Would there still be people come over and sit on my worn cushion? Would the two dogs come visit me for afternoon naps? Would the four cats still play with my dangling threads, creating long, fuzzy strands?”

“The little seeds and acorns spent the entire winter season buried in the fabric of the chair and in the metal coils. When Spring arrived, they came alive with the help of soft rain showers and beautiful bright sun, and they started to grow. The little old chair sprouted green stalks with leaves that became beautiful flowers, and little tree saplings sprang up from in between the old metal coils. They pushed their way to the surface through what was left of the old, soft cushion and, in no time at all, the little chair had become a living field of tall pink Coneflowers with plump seed heads and giant Sunflowers that nodded to the sun and a small forest of new trees. Those trees were to become beautiful pink Redbuds with sweetheart-shaped leaves, massive Oaks, and towering Ash. What the chair did not realize was that it had become part of something very special.”