Book Nook: Peggy Parsley and the Buzzy Bumbles of Honeycomb Cottage

 

Debut author W J Bixby’s Peggy Parsley and the Buzzy Bumbles of Honeycomb Cottage is nothing short of a delight.

Aimed at four- to 10-year-olds, the author’s love of nature and passion for encouraging children to appreciate the vital role bees play is evident throughout this captivating tale. With its educational messaging wrapped  up in a magical storyline, Peggy Parsley and Blue Bell are destined to become firm bedtime favourites.

Peggy Parsley  is about a little girl who spends the summer holidays with her grandparents in the country.

There Peggy befriends Blue Bell who happens to be a Bumblebee and they embark on a magical journey.

The aim of the story is to engage a young minds into the importance of our bees and our wildlife but to add that dust of magic along the way.

Independently published, Peggy Parsley and the Buzzy Bumbles of Honeycomb Cottage is available in hardback, paperback  and Kindle format from Amazon at https://amzn.to/3CkFhh6, https://amzn.to/39dHzlG and https://amzn.to/3kgSyRB respectively 

About the author:

I have always had a passion for writing, but life has a habit of getting in the way of our dreams and aspirations…. But then lockdown happened and like many I found myself redundant and with more time on my hands than I could have ever had foreseen.

We were all fortunate during the first lockdown to at least be blessed with wonderful weather and I know I spent most of my time outside and enjoying the garden and the constant sunshine.

As I sat there pondering and anxious over what the future may hold I noticed the wildlife around me.

The bumblebees enjoying the abundance of wildflowers was a joy to observe and made me realise how we miss all this wonderful nature that carries on as we go about our busy lives.

Having a garden was a gods send, as I know  many do not have that pleasure. Being able to just sit outside and watch the wildlife go about their daily chores was blissful.

It took me to a place where my financial and future concerns did not seem as important – I was on a journey of what the world and all its beauty is really all about.

All the above is what inspired me to write this children’s book in 2020.

Lockdown has been an experience we won’t forget in a hurry but for me personally, it has given me the time to reflect, to at last to have the time to follow my dream to write and see what is important to keep our world revolving.