After learning, in DISinformation, that losing his feathers (moulting) is a perfectly natural part of life. In Discombobulation, Woody the Canary is told by his so-called buddy, Sir Humphrey, the Princess Parrot, that his trilling song is dis-com-bob-u-lat-ing to all his feathered friends.
Woody can hardly say the word, let alone track down who finds his song so unpleasant.
He does the rounds of the forest, with Sir Humphrey grilling the other birds to find out who is the source of the complaint, but each and every interviewee claims to love Woody's singing.
It's left up to the Wise Old Owl to reveal the nay-sayer. Woody masters a new word - and discovers to his surprise who the jealous grumbler is!
With a feature film, 16 half hours of television drama, and fourteen books to his credit, Trevor Todd's work has reached millions of people worldwide. Glad Rags (1995), his 13 part children's television series, was broadcast on the BBC, Nickelodeon UK and on the Nine Network in Australia. In 1994 he won the Australian Writers Guild AWGIE for Best Children's TV Drama with Old Sam, Jasper and Mr Frank. Ingrid Rules the Waves (shortlisted, WAYBRA awards) and Revenge of the Three Blind Mice (shortlisted, YABBA awards) were published by Margaret Hamilton Books. 2001 saw the release of Bone Idol (Pan MacMillan) and two readers for the Thomas Nelson series. Street Sister Madness appeared from Pan MacMillan in 2002. He is a member of the Australian Writers Guild and the Fellowship of Australian Writers. He lives in Melbourneand when not writing he enjoys playing his guitar and singing old Beatles' songs.
Dr David P. Reiter is an award-winning poet and writer of fiction, and CEO of IP, an innovative print and digital publisher in Brisbane. His first picture book, Real Guns, was illustrated by Irish artist Patrick Murphy. His Project Earth-mend Series of four children's books includes The Greenhouse Effect, Global Cooling, Tiger Tames the Min Min and Tiger Takes the Big Apple. His second picture book, Bringing Down the Wall, illustrated by Sona Babajanyan, was 2014 Best Book for Teens & Kids (Canadian Children's Book Centre). As artist-in-residence twice at the Banff Centre for the Arts, he completed My Planets Reunion Memoir Project, which won the 2012 WA Premier's Award. He's currently collaborating with co-author Trevor Todd on an animation series based on the Woody & Sir Humphrey Series.
Based in New Zealand, Richard Hoit has been illustrating children's books for over 20 years. His studies in art and art history have contributed to his passion for drawing and painting. His career has gone from strength to strength working full-time on children's books, magazines, educational publishing and picture books. Today, he continues to illustrate children's books with many publishers around the globe.
