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It is not unusual to find, as we go about our business every day, we forget to pause and admire nature around us. But I wonder if birds also forget to admire nature around them, as they go about their daily business? Is it only by pausing and looking at everything, that we can see how beautiful things are around us? The answers to these questions unravel in this story, as Mr Toad who loves to ponder and notice the world around him, decides to get everyone to do the same. A Garden Contest to take in the beauty of Shirley's Garden in Spring in Kiama in Australia might sound audacious, but surprisingly, Mr Toad soon discovers that there is more than one way to enjoy the beauty of the garden in Spring. Book 3 in this Series inspires children to appreciate nature by slowing down, noticing it, and above all, being in it to experience it. Brimming with pictures of the birds and inanimate objects in a small coastal garden in Australia, Shirley's Imaginarium Series continues to delight readers with meaningful narratives of curious events and quandaries, explored whimsically through Australian fauna and flora.

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""I highly recommend this book!!"" Natalie Scanlon

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Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey in her fiction work imagines worlds within worlds to whimsically celebrate life. A published non-fiction author, academic, consultant and teacher, her love for imagining grew as a young observer of extraordinary worlds living in Asia. Her love for literature developed in Australia as an English scholar and teacher, but really blossomed when she became mindful of life amongst the smallest creatures and inanimate objects celebrating life in her garden. Her stories offer meaning and warmth for children and the young at heart. Follow her work at animaginarium.com website and at ShirleysImaginarium at Youtube.Diann is also the Founder and Principal of the Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) - a virtual Centre which she founded in 2000. She is an Adjunct Professor in The Cairns Institute of James Cook University and has lectured in leadership, management and education in the University of Wollongong. She has held positions of leadership and management in Sydney and London in diverse sectors including education, business and the not-for-profit sector. She has coached and mentored women and men in leadership and management and worked with organisations to advance leadership pathways since 2004. Diann was the recipient of the University of Wollongong's 2015 Alumni Award for Social Impact. In 2014, she was named as one of the '100 Women of Influence' in Australia by Westpac & the Financial Review.' She was also selected as one of the 100 women who have ""made a world of difference"" to the economic empowerment of women by The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) in Canada for its 2009 World of Difference Awards. Her non-fiction publications include books and articles on gender and leadership, and government and democracy. She is also a Reviewer for international journals including the Gender in Management Journal, Advancing Women and the Journal of Women, Politics and Policy. Several of her non-fiction publications to do with leadership and gender are available freely at the ACLW website for the Australian Centre for Leadership for Women.

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