The Adventures of Bertie Bunny

About the Book

‘Wake up, Bertie. It’s your big day. You are going on your big trip’, said Mum, drawing the curtains to Bertie’s space-age bedroom.   Bertie was not good at getting up in the mornings, so he quickly turned over and tried to ignore the fact that at 5 a.m. on this particular day he had to get up.   ‘Angya,’ said Bertie angrily as he realised that his mother was not going to let him go back to sleep and that he would have to get up and get himself ready to go on his amazing trip. It was not that he was not very excited; it was just that in his mind, 5 a.m. did not exist as an hour that he saw very often.   Bertie was going to be the first rabbit in space. He had been specially chosen from thousands of hopeful bunnies to be on a special spaceship and go to the moon.   Bertie brushed his fur and ate his breakfast. He was almost too excited to eat, but his mother ensured that he ate something before he became weightless. Bertie cleaned his teeth before the taxi came at 5.45 a.m. precisely and whisked him off to the space station and launch pad where he was to meet his fellow astronauts

About the Author

I was born, a child of the 1960's in Redruth Cornwall. My mother was a school teacher and my father owned a music shop in my home town of Penzance. I have two brothers, one niece and two nephews. I attended local schools and went to Cornwall College, Camborne when I was seventeen to study Business Management. Following College I worked in a local bank and then my father's music shop on a part time basis. In 1984 I went to work in St Ives at the Methodist Guild Holiday Home, Treloyhan Manor, doing various jobs from chamber maiding and waitressing to Coffee Bar Supervisor and general admin duties within the office. I then moved on to the Civil Service and worked in Penzance's Job Centre for sixteen years. I then went to work in Social Care, Children's Services as a minute taker and general admin duties. Part of my job was to travel all over West Cornwall in my role as Chief Minute taker for the Penzance Office. In 2010 I moved to France to live with my brother and his family following the death of my mother. In the past I undertook Creative Writing Courses and a Fast Reading Course. I enjoy creative writing of all sorts and have keenly undertaken this particularly whilst living in France.