The Balloon Ride

SARAH FROGGATT has had a keen interest in writing, telling short stories and poetry since she was at school. She now applies her interest by reading and narrating her own brand of stories to her children, nieces and nephews. She advocates storytelling and reading as an exercise in imagination for the brain. She encourages her children to participate in her stories and help design the outcome; many of her stories incorporate ideas and characters from them. As well as writing and conducting business research, she has an active interest in teaching, history, art, language and the environment. Sarah combines her passions into using stories and poetry as a medium to impart knowledge to her readers as well as generate an interest in learning. Besides learning, her books also encourage concern and conservancy for the ecological environment. She lives in Singapore where she has the opportunity to appreciate the tropical fl ora and fauna in parks,the zoo and especially when these guests choose to pay an unexpected visit through the window, but those adventures are for another story.