Billabong Baby

This historical fantasy short story features Louise, an English immigrant to Australia in the early 1900s, whose father hunts diamonds in the northern country. While exploring from camp one day, Louise comes upon a sparkling billabong with a waterfall, kangaroos, and what she thinks at first are birds. What other flying creatures are loud and colorful? Louise is about to find out in her quest to help a baby one get back to his mother. Louise's day is filled with a magic and generosity that leaves her determined to keep this location a secret from mankind.

This story is meant to be shared with your child as a special event, and it can easily be read aloud in one sitting.