Happy Hoppy’s Orchestra and Other Stories
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Happy Hoppy could sing. And what was even more amazing, he was unable to stop singing.
All day and all night his songs of light and laughter rang through the dark forest. As he
hopped about, the tunes poured out.
With a song in the air
You can go anywhere
You can do anything
If you just try to sing
You can work, you can play
You can chase pain away
With a song in your heart
There is joy all about
The joy of the leaf and the bee
The flowers, the wind and the tree
The joy of a kiss and a hug
The joy of a bird and a bug
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About the Book
Happy Hoppy’s Orchestra and Other Stories is Victoria Billingsley’s collection of tales about children and animals, such as Happy Hoppy himself, a rabbit who simply can’t stop singing. But he finds he is not the only animal with a musical gift. Here children will also learn how twin ducklings Jake and Jack managed to lose their yellow but gain from the experience. As for Laura Cousins, a bored child with a room full of toys, she finds herself spirited away to a strange land where nothing is straight and everything is different. On her return, Laura is also different. In another tale, set many centuries ago, the various birds and beasts respond to a mysterious noise, whose source becomes apparent. The stories reflect the author’s love of children and animals, and the way we learn from experience.
About the Author
Victoria Billingsley was born in 1922 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and earned a degree in English and history from the University of Windsor. She married Kenneth Billingsley in 1948 and the couple raised a family of three boys, Lloyd, Phillip and Ralph. She instilled in them a love of reading. For many years, Victoria Billingsley taught school in Windsor, Ontario, and many of her students are familiar with her letters to the Windsor Star. Now retired from teaching, she lives in McGregor, Ontario, where she gardens, plays the piano, reads Shakespeare, and goes for long walks through the countryside observing the birds and beasts of the realm. Victoria Billingsley has five grandchildren and in April 2010 she became a great grandmother.