Dr. Bird to the Rescue

A captivating tale about Sammy, a young saguaro cactus who is stricken by illness. Sammy's pleas for assistance are repeatedly rebuffed because he is "different". Then, Dr. Bird (a Gila woodpecker) comes to Sammy's aid( and, incidentally, reaps his own reward for being helpful).

D.J. Smith is a native New Yorker who graduated from Fordham University where he was editorial cartoonist for the Ram, the university newspapaer. His career has included service as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force, editing a military newspaper, directing marketing activities for an insurance company and a software design company, and speech writing. He is a member of the Southwest Society of Authors adn lives in Tucson with his wife.