Toad's African Adventure Series
Toad's African Adventure Series
This is Toad. His real name is Syd Toad, but he hates his first name and never ever uses it. So everyone in the part of Africa were he lives just calls him Toad. Toad is a ‘Speakabody, which means he can communicate with most other creatures, with the exception of most humans, snakes and crocodiles. Toad however considers himself superior to all other creatures as he believes he is smarter than most of them. Although his pomposity often gets him into trouble, he does however have a talent to make other creatures happy with his musical ‘rapping’ skills.
Old Camel is known by his name simply because he was the first camel bought by his owner Mr. Johnson. Like all camels he is a bit slow on the uptake, but he is extremely loyal and will risk life and limb to help to his friends. Since meeting Toad his life has changed for the better and together the two pals spend most of their time together either going on adventures or dreaming of them.
Hawk is a rather unusual bird and not very Hawk like at all. He has difficulty in speaking without screeching and with the exception of Toad not many other creatures can understand much of what he says. He has a short attention span and either forgets or mispronounces messages given to him. He also has a superiority complex and refers to himself as Mighty Hawk. He regularly clashes with Toad, who he refers to as Fwogtoad and almost any other creature he meets. However if there’s danger about and Hawk can help, he resorts to some rather unusual methods to deal with the danger.
Paul Rogers is the third child of Mary and Fred Rogers, and lives with his parents, grandparents and twin sisters in the farm opposite Wellybelly Lake. Toad soon discovers that Paul is a special human being as he has the ability to communicate with animals as well as humans. During the second story in the series, Toad and the Miracle at Croco Lake, Toad, Old Camel and Paul become firm friends and spend a lot of time together. -1.jpg)
Toad is about to get married, but his plans are thrown into disarray when he is unceremoniously snatched from Wellybelly Lake where he lives.
He is taken far away but with the help of his new found camel friends and their keepers he undertakes the dangerous journey to get back to Wellybelly in time for his wedding. Can Toad hop to it and defeat hungry snakes, crocodiles and cruel humans? Will his leap of faith pay off? Will his epic trip make him a little less pompous and more tolerant of those whose thinking might be a little slower than his own? And will he get to his wedding on time? Each book in the series include a song from the inventive Toad and after a misunderstanding between Toad and Old Camel, Toad sings his first piece of 'Rap Music'.
There is a problem at Croco Lake. The exit channel to Croco River is blocked by a landslide at in only needs more heavy rain to fall for the whole area to be flooded, including the local village. Dynamiting is the only way to clear the blockage, but this will endanger the lives of many innocent creatures that live in the area. However Toad has a plan to protect the animals and birds, but will it work?
The third book in the series: When a group of big game hunters arrive at Croco Lake, Jeri and his friends find themselves in mortal danger when they get caught between the killers and their prey. With everyone stranded at the lake, only Toad is available to avert a disaster his friends. Will he manage to do it?
The third story in the series is another story full of danger and humour in equal measure.
Scheduled publication date: When I can find a publisher who will help me to finance the book.
Written by Ken Metcalfe
The fourth book in the series. When Toad and Old Camel undertake a dangerous journey into the badlands under the cover of darkness, both their lives are at risk. A trap has been set and, without humans to help them, the two friends are in mortal danger and eventually become separated. Can they survive the perils of the badlands?
The fourth book in this series is another thriller.
Scheduled publication date: When I can find a publisher who will help me to finance the book.
The fifth book in the series. When Toad finds out that a member of the nomadic tribe has been put on display as a ‘Wild Boy’ in a cage in the Marshall Brothers Travelling Show, he hatches up a plan to rescue the kidnapped boy. When his human friends agree to help to free the boy, their lives are put at risk because the dangerous Marshalls have no intention of giving the ‘Wild Boy’ up without a fight.
The fifth book in this series is once again full of danger for Toad and his friends.
Scheduled publication date : When I can find a publisher who will help me to finance the book.
