By and copyright of Owen Quinn
ales from Ballinfree is a brand new book series for children. It is a real return to the innocence and simplicity of a child’s world growing up.
It follows three friends, Rose Hoppity, a determined young frog, Lala Bumby, a brave rabbit also known as Rocket Rabbit with a love of bowties for every occasion and butterfly, Diamond Sparkle who loves all things sparkly. Together, we meet the unhabitants of Ballinfree and beyond in a series of exciting books.
Adventure is everywhere you look.
Welcome to the land of Ballinfree where anything can happen.
Join the good hearted Rose Hoppity, a young frog, Lala Bumby, the brave young rabbit and beautiful, butterfly, Diamond Sparkle and all their friends on their exciting adventures.
In this volume, Rose, Diamond and Lala meet Bobby Bumblebee in Flower Valley for a school project.
Soon, they are on a mission to help Bobby with an issue he has so he can collect pollen.
They must make a bargain with the leprechauns and find a living rainbow.
Will the rainbow agree to help? And what will the leprechauns want in return?
“My name is Bobby and as you can see, I’m a really, really, really, busy, busy bee.
I buzz and I sing when doing my thing.
I sing all day and I sing all night,
but it doesn’t ease my sorry plight,
You see, I’m a very poor bee, not good at all,
So all I want is to enchant and enthral.
Sing my songs and make the people dance,
all I ask is for is that one lucky chance.”
He bowed as the trio cheered and clapped and applauded.
“That’s awesome, Bobby!” cheered Rose.
“I swear even the flowers were dancing,” Diamond chimed.
“Can I be your manager? We’ll be famous! Er. I mean, you’ll be famous. We can have a famous friend!” Lala rambled rapidly, thumping his hind foot on the ground.
Bobby blushed and giggled nervously.
“Bzzzz, do you really think so? My brothers and sisters keep telling me to be quiet because I’m too noisy.” He bowed his head sadly. “I can’t help it. I like to sing. The tunes won’t stop and I don’t want them to.”
“Ignore your brothers and sisters,” Rose said. “They can’t see how talented you are!”
“Why, thank you. I try,” Bobby said.
Diamond frowned as something struck her.
“Wait a minute, Bobby. What did you mean when you said you’re a terrible bee?” she asked curiously.
“I’m not as fast as the other bees at gathering pollen and nectar to make our honey. They keep telling me I need to speed up.”
“Everyone works at different speeds,” Lala said. “it’d be boring if we were all the same.”
“I get scared when they shout. The more they shout at me, the more flustered I get,” Bobby said.
Diamond put her hand gently on his shoulder while Rose gave him a quick hug.
“That’s why I want to be a rapper because then I can sing all day to thousands of fans and never worry about getting flustered again.”
To be continued….
The Time Warriors and Beyond 