Billy and Daisy's Big Adventure

Fantasy Farm Tales #3

by Susan Keefe

Billy and Daisy are kids, but not the human kind, they're baby goats!

One day their life changes forever when they go to live at Fantasy Farm with Toby the Border Collie and all his farmyard friends.

They are very happy, but, one day, by accident the gate opens and they decide to explore, their 'Big adventure' has begun....

Find out what happens to them, and all about the escapades of all their friends at Fantasy Farm in this exciting first book in the Fantasy Farm Series

46 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 10, 2012

About the author

Award Winning Children's Book Author, Susan Keefe has written the Fantasy Farm Tales series for children who love animals. The books offer a wealth of information about family pets and the natural world. The star is Toby her Border Collie, and all the animals live on or near her smallholding.

There are 8 Fantasy Farm books at the moment and Toby's Tails - Easter at Fantasy Farm won the Favorite Holiday Book category in the 2016 Summer Indie Book Awards. Toby's Tails (Book 1) has been nominated as the Judges' choice in Golden Box Book Awards 2017.

Coming soon: A special story about an abandoned kitten who comes to live at Fantasy Farm.

Some of the Fantasy Farm series are also available in French and Spanish.

Toby's Tails (Fantasy Farm Tales Book 1)

Toby's Tails - The Chicken Patrol (Fantasy Farm Tales Book 2)
Also available in French Toby et Compagnie - Le Mystere du Poulailler translated by Emilie Baudrez.
and Spanish - La Patrulla de las Gallinas (Fantasy Farm Tales nº 2) translated by Jose Luis Cortes.

Toby's Tails - Billy and Daisy's Big Adventure (Fantasy Farm Tales Book 3)

Toby's Tails - Still Wagging (Fantasy Farm Tales Book 4)
Also available in French Toby et Compagnie - Ca bouge toujours! translated by Emilie Baudrez

Toby's Tails - The Christmas Kittens (Fantasy Farm Tales Book 5)
Also available in French - Toby et compagnie ? Les chatons de Noel translated by Emilie Baudrez.
and Spanish - Las aventuras de Toby ? Los Gatitos de Navidad (Fantay Farm Tales nº 5) (Spanish Edition), translated by Jose Cortes.
10% of the profit of each book sold will be donated to Hélianthus, an animal charity based in Pre-en-Pail, France.

Toby's Tails - Saying Goodbye to Lucky (Fantasy Farm Tales Volume 6)

Toby's Tails - Easter at Fantasy Farm (Fantasy Farm Tales Book 7)

Toby's Tails - Toby Visits Chats du Quercy (Fantasy Farm Tales Book 8)
Also available in French Toby et Compagnie- Toby rend visite - Chats du Quercy transated by Gabriella Stone. 50% of the profit from every book sold will go to the Chats du Quercy cat adoption and rescue centre.

Reviews

[Andrew Ives · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't normally read children's books on my Kindle, but as this was an indie about goats, I thought I'd give it a whirl.

Firstly, this is a fun read. I imagine kids would enjoy it, even if some of the longer words like "nonchalantly" and "colostrum" might take a bit of explaining. The 'Big Adventure' part is actually only a small subsection of the book, which tells more about farmyard life than just goats going on an excursion. I like the easy-going but realistic tone of the book, which fortunately never gets too 'Disney.'

Secondly, I like the educational aspect to the book. Most children probably know that chickens come from eggs and goats eat grass, but extra details such as goats liking weeds, herbs, leaves, that they don't like wind and rain, all show that the author has a genuine fondness for her animals. I even learned a few small things (breed names) which surprised me.

There are a couple of tiny things that stop me awarding this book 5*. I found a few typos - "wooly", "realized" along with some iffy punctuation. I would like a children's book to be 'whiter than white' if they are to learn from it. The cover didn't quite fit the Kindle screen and the photos were rather hard to see or just not very good. These flaws are all minor and wouldn't take much to put right.

If you're looking for some bedtime reading for the kiddywinks, you could do a lot worse. 4/5

[Sue Spore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Because this we loved Toby's Tails we got this book for our two children to read. Both enjoyed it and loved seeing the pictures, especially the real baby animals. It was nice to see that toby still plays a part in this, the first in a series of books called Fantasy Farm Tales by this author.I would recommend it as a lovely way for children to learn about farm animals.

[Scott Gill · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I father of a five year old who jumps at the chance to play with farm animals, this is a good read. Imaginative, and what makes it so is the point of view. While so many kid's books are told from the view of the farmer, this one is from the Billy Goats. My daughter loved the story and the real life photos that accompany this "Babe-like" adventure, giggling as I turned each page.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful tale of discovery.

When Susan Keefe falls in love with Billy and Daisy they come to live at Fantasy Farm (Susan and Michael’s real smallholding).

Toby is there in the car to settle them on their way home and then once they arrive they meet the other inhabitants including Rosie and Rambo the sheep and Bubbles the hen, the female star of The Chicken Patrol.

Soon they have settled down nicely, however one day the gate is left open, and being kids, they cannot resist going through and seeing what the world outside is like…

The reader goes with them on their adventure, facing dangers and meeting new animals.

Find out where they went, and if they find their way back home, and their many other adventures on the farm as you read all about their first year.

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a delightful and fun book for young children, which would be a good bedtime story or do just as well at school as an educational read.

It is about farm life in general but sees the world from the view of the animals.

Great photos too.