My Books
​"Today you are YOU, that is truer than TRUE, there is NO ONE alive who is youer than YOU!" Dr Seuss
The Little Kangaroo
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Endorsed by Focus On The Family Australia this all Aussie animal character story is about a little kangaroo who doesn’t think she can do anything however, thanks to the help of a wise old emu, she comes to discover that she was born for a purpose.
Watch Out For The Bickie Monster
SOLD OUT A creative account of what a little boy imagines when he is led to believe that a friendly but very mischievous and always hungry bickie monster lives in his house and how he comes to discover that what he was told was not entirely true.
Silly Socks, Sleepy Socks
SOLD OUT. A colourful and creative story about the daily adventures of children told from the perspective of their silly, sneaky, soggy, slippery, stripy, spotty, scary, snugly, stinky, smelly, sleepy socks.
A Little Me
I turned about & I could see
A little person watching me
They looked on as I went my way
Observing me both night and day
What’ ere’ I did they did that too
What’ ere I said they copied true
No matter bad or good my deed
They followed close my every lead
So as I go I must take care
not to forget there’s someone there
Who one day will grow up to be
The same as I; A Little Me
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©Copyright Ian McIntosh 2014
The Little Snowball
I saw a tiny white snowball
It wasn’t very big at all
It sat there on the snowy hill
It didn’t move, it lay there still
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So with a gentle little push
I nudged that tiny ball of moosh
It moved a bit, then some more
Growing slightly bigger than before
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So once again I gave a nudge
To that tiny ball of snowy sludge
As it moved, to my surprise
It grew again before my eyes
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Then it started rolling down the hill
As if it had its own free will
It picked up speed, it picked up snow
I watched it grow and grow and grow
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The more it rolled, the more it grew
I watched it from my hilltop view
Grow bigger than a giant balloon
Then bigger than the sun and moon
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It tumbled here, it tumbled there
It rolled and tumbled everywhere
It was the most amazing sight
To watch it grow in width and height
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At last my snowball came to rest
Who would believe, who would have guessed
That something small and so lightweight
With a little push, could become so great
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©Ian McIntosh 2018
The Cranky Bear
Beware, beware the Cranky Bear
who lurks beneath the sheets somewhere
Into the room I carefully sneak
and dare to take a little peak
I give a gentle pat and shake
To see if Cranky Bear’s awake
I hear a rumbly, grumbly growl
It turns into a fearsome howl
Before I make my quick retreat
out spring 2 hands then kick 2 feet
there’s blankets flying through the air
Look out! Look out! The Cranky Bear
It’s really quite a fearsome sight
I dodge a pillow in full flight
I hasten from the beastly lair
I must escape the Cranky Bear
Perhaps I’ll have just one more peep
the Cranky Bear is still asleep
It’s best I leave it lying there
than face again the Cranky Bear
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©Copyright Ian McIntosh 2014