Linda Heady: 8 books

In The Further Adventures Book One, Bennie finds himself castaway with his friends Sarah Spider and Harvey Humblebee. Also lost is a baby owl named Octavia. Once again, the Plant Lady transcribes the stories for the Creatures of the Grass, this time Harvey the Humblebee and Bennie's grandma.Fall...

Book two of Further Adventures is told to the Plant Lady during another visit from Bennie's grandma and Harvey the HumbleBee. Happy to have Bennie and his friends home safe from their adventure, Grandma and Harvey are still disturbed when they tell the story for the Plant Lady to transcribe for...

Bennie comes home in book four of Further Adventures. He has grown, made lasting friends, and learned to survive against all odds. He has found family he did not know he had. The really sad person is the Plant Lady who has spent so many days with the Bennie stories and transcribed them with such love....

Bennie the BeltMouse Meets His Grandma is a natural progression of the Bennie Books. He meets more new friends, goes to a wonderful party, and finds loving family. He realizes he has to continue on his Quest before he can enjoy all he has found. When he continues, he promises to return, not knowing...

Bennie finds himself in the position of having to grow, in order to save his home, family and friends, humble as that might be. He has to discover, within himself, qualities that he did not know existed. He experiences feelings, such as fear, curiosity and love, which we can easily relate to. He explores a world of color, other beings, and learning to think and reason.

Book four of the Adventures of Bennie the BeltMouse sees Bennie complete his quest, in spite of great odds and trials. He finds that he must go on alone to finish his task, as we all learn is necessary. He also learns that sometimes what we fear most is an illusion, created in our imaginations. While...

With the help of Sarah Spider, Harvey HumbleBee and Hanna Sunshine, Bennie learns how to fish and feed a baby owl. Still unable to have time to find a way home for all of them, he must tend to first things first, first of all being feeding that fussy baby owl. Once they all put their thoughts and...

Through out the stories, Bennie makes friends and travels to areas formerly foreign to him. He meets Old Mole and Celery the Centipede. he is introduced to flying and worries about being able to save his many friends. He escapes with his life from a giant owl and learns that many hands make light work.