Otis Paul and Harry the Hairy Echidna

Otis Paul loves being in the garden. He observes the flowers and butterflies. Unexpectedly an unusual creature appears one day from under the garden leaves. Its Harry the Echidna and he wants to make friends but he is different. Otis Paul and Harry go on a journey to explore ways of making Harry look the same as other Echidnas and become firm friends along the way. Some childrens reviews of the original draft: Dear Aunt Barb Me and my brother enjoyed your book. Your book is good it involved a good plot. I like how you make an interesting problem and solution. The illustrations are good too. Please write more books. - Thirandu and Inuka Dear Barbara I thought the book was cute and interesting and I especially like the pictures. I also had fun colouring in. - Aesha aged 81/2 years Dear Barbara I really enjoyed reading the book colouring in the pages and I also think it is a good idea having spare pages to draw your own pictures. I cant wait to read your next book. PS. Your pics look professionally done. - Khadija aged 11 years