Two young pademelons fall into trouble and find themselves swept away. They are saved by Dewey, the sugar glider, and her friend Stripe, a possum, with the help of a friendly white-tailed uromys.
First Moonshine, the first book in the Just Oz series, tells of their adventures as the little band sets out through the rainforest to reunite Paddy and Mellie with their family ... and of some of the strange and wonderful creatures that they meet along the way, and how Dewey learns to fly.
A trained teacher and prolific storyteller, Griselda Hill was inspired by a daughter’s homework project to “write a fable” and by Kipling’s Just So Stories. The unique, unusual, and endangered wildlife of Australia did the rest and led to the Just Oz series.Griselda lives with her husband, two cats, two dogs, two gerbils, and a canary in central Alberta, Canada.
William Merryn Hill began narrating audiobooks for the textually impaired before moving into the marketplace and still thoroughly enjoys doing that. When not narrating, he enjoys beekeeping, coaching rowing, and entertaining—and being entertained by—his grandchildren.