My FOURTH Pop Hooper arrived yesterday. YAY! This one's about Jake, who's feeling lonely since he moved to the city. He wants a parrot, but, of course, Pop knows better. But having to look after a pony is Jake's worst nightmare! Everyone will think he's a country bumpkin! I would hate anyone thinking I was a country bumpkin. Would you?

Conor's day doesn't start well. His right arm seems to be missing and he appears to have grown horns! Then his mum tears her favourite skirt on a loose spring in the sofa. It's time to replace the sofa. But money is tight.

So when Conor sees a red sofa bobbing in the tide, it seems like fate is working in his favour.

But there's something very strange about this particular sofa ...

A heart-stopping fantasy adventure novel for junior readers and the young at heart.

Tilda wants a pet monkey to run around and climb trees with. So she's dismayed when Pop Hooper asks her to look after a turtle instead.

Will a sleepy old turtle be as much fun as a monkey?

Another exciting episode of my Pop Hooper's Perfect Pet series. Watch out for episode 4!

The first three episodes in my Modern Bush Yarn series of school readers for Australia. It was quite a challenge writing modern stories like old-fashioned Aussie bush yarns. Luckily my grandad used to tell yarns all the time. I think the three stories are pretty funny.

When I was growing up, my favourite pet was a dragon. Nobody would annoy me if I had a dragon! It could toast my bread in the morning, and roast marshmallows, too. Unfortunately, I never got a dragon. But in my new series - Pop Hooper's Perfect Pets, kids always get their perfect pet ... in the end. I haven't written a story with a dragon yet, but so far there's a cat, a dog, a turtle and a pony.