Challenges can become a special part of our story.
Leigh-Michel is a children’s author writing stories influenced by her own life experience and her deep bond with animals.
Inspired while recovering from a year-long illness, Leigh-Michel rediscovered her love of storytelling. Her children’s book series artfully weave the lessons she has learned into lyrical, inspiring and uplifting tales that teach.
Learning through life.
“Animals teach us.
Growing up in the country, I learnt lifelong lessons and the power of love. These often-profound experiences were not lost on me when raising my own family, menagerie in tow.
I create stories that normalise everyday challenges experienced during childhood, to teach our children and ourselves, to become better.”
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Be in the running to win a beautiful pet portrait to the value of $250 like this one, by Hayley Daniel . To enter, please go to my Insta page and follow the competition instructions. The winner will be announced on 7 November 2020 so get clicking!
In anticipation of launching my Author website, I contemplated how I could bring together the elements of my Children’s stories into a single forum, and what better way to do this than throw a party! Thank you to the wonderful Mums and their beautiful children for making the website shoot a fun and memorable day. The children were at fever pitch as they got to hold a rabbit (many for the first time), cuddle Bailey the Border Collie and Loui the smooth-coated Cavoodle – all characters in my books! There were lots of games and goodies, including a game of pin the tail on Opal that had everyone in a spin (see more photos on my Facebook and Insta pages). A big shout out also to Paige, Lydia and Katelyn for kindly allowing us to appreciate their beautiful rabbits, and teaching us how to care for these gentle and fragile bundles of joy. Another big thank you to Hayley Daniel for her delightful portrait of Opal. See how you can win a pet portrait of your own, in my next blog. Thank you Alain and Tanya from Rah Studios for the amazing photos and video, and last but never least, my amazing support squad xxx
