Nannie RaRa has narrated both of her stories for younger children and released them on her YouTube channel. The stories are ad-free.
Listen to Nannie RaRa telling the tale of Bobbie Robin’s red feathers:
and you can also listen to the tale of Jason Jay
Nannie RaRa has written the second book for younger children. This time it is about a jay who lost his distinguishing blue feathers.
The book was inspired by a jay that came into Nannie’s garden. She took photographs of it, and turned them into watercolour paintings. The story of Jason Jay was woven around the paintings.
Jason Jay has lost his blue feathers. He asks for help from Monty Mole and Sonia Snail who do their best to find the blue and white striped feathers but to no avail. It is only when he steps into the ants nest that he finds his missing feathers.
The book is available both electronically and as a paperback from Amazon. I hope you enjoy reading it.
The jay who lost his feathers: paperback
The jay who lost his feathers: ebook
Nannie RaRa has published a new book, Bobbie Robin’s red feathers, written originally for her youngest grandchildren.
The story is about Bobbie Robin who started life as an egg in the nest box in Nannie’s garden. When he left the nest box he couldn’t wait to have red feathers, but it wasn’t that easy.
Bobbie tried to make red feathers with paint, then jelly and finally red lipstick, but none worked as he expected.
The book is illustrated throughout with delightful watercolours by Nannie RaRa. The paintings were based on photographs taken of robins who had indeed laid eggs in the nest box in Nannie’s garden. The eggs hatched and the fledglings wandered about the garden.
The book is available both electronically and as a paperback from Amazon. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Bobbie Robin’s red feathers: ebook
Bobbie Robin’s red feathers: paperback
I recently went on an Arctic Adventure cruising from Longyearbyen in Svalbard to East Greenland National Park and returning via Iceland. What an exciting trip – in the Arctic Circle with continuous daylight for ten days. The weather was perfect – sunny and still with temperatures about 10 – 12 C.
We saw polar bears, whales – fin, minke and humpback – seals, narwhal, musk oxen, little auks, fulmar, Arctic tern, puffins. We went ashore in several places and also out amongst the icebergs in zodiac boats.
Our ship was the hybrid, diesel and electric, eco-friendly Roald Amundsen run by Hurtigruten. The ship was so quiet you could hear the flapping of birds’ wings and their splashes as they ran over the water.
The scenery during the trip was breath-taking. East Greenland National Park is visited by only a handful of people each year and when on shore the only sounds were us. You could stand there and drink in the silence.
We spent days on the expedition without seeing another ship or human being – just wonderful nature.
Below are a few photos I took on the trip.
You can see more by following the link to the Greenland 2019 video on YouTube or watching it below.
We then went to Iceland, but that is for another time.
Spring is upon us and Nannie RaRa has been out and about taking photographs. Here are a few of the favourites so far this year.
Nannie RaRa 