Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.

You will find joy, frustration and sorrow in your quest. Never forget that friendship and loyalty are more precious than riches...Happiness can be brief, but it knows no time in the land of dreams.

I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it.

We could have chopped down the sycamore with this.

All little creatures are beautiful...every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter.

Sala-manda-stron, look out here we come, A thief a warrior and a mole. Though the quest may take its toll, We'll march until we reach our goal.

Food to eat and games to play. Tell me why, tell me why. Serve it out and eat it up. Have a try, have a try.