Crows and swallows sit on wires. Owls and robins perch on branches. Woodpeckers hop up tree trunks. Plovers and curlews run on the beach. They all inhabit the land. Seabirds live on the sea, but they must come to land to make their nests and rear their young. Children of the Sea is the story of what happens when a seabird – an Ancient Murrelet – comes to land.
A Raven Conspiracy is set in the magical islands of Haida Gwaii, off the west coast of Canada. Krah, an intelligent and resourceful raven, is chosen by his peers to represent the ravens of Haida Gwaii at the Kag-moot: a gathering of all the World’s ravens. The meeting has been called to consider what can be done to curb humans’ wasteful attitude towards the environment that all living creatures share. After long deliberation, the ravens decide to kidnap some children, being the one thing that all humans value highly. To do this they enlist the help of Sufis and Lamas, holy men who support the ravens’ cause. The children and their abductors soon make friends and together they begin to awaken the older generation to the harm that their wasteful way of life is doing to the earth.
“A good, original story, well organized and well told. It has a quest, it has vivid central characters, it has drama and a climax at the end.” Christopher Moore, winner of the Canadian Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature.
“This is a remarkable, page-turning tale that mixes science with fantasy and packs an important message for all of us.” Dick Cannings MP, biologist, author and politician, Member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay and author of many books on BC birds, including Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest (2016).