On dark stormy nights when the power went out, Debbie would sit around the fire with her two small children and tell them stories about the pets and wild creatures she had shared her life with. Injecting a sense of humour and giving each animal a unique character, these fireside stories would take her children's mind off the storm and keep them engrossed and laughing. Now her children have grown, Debbie is putting those stories into print for her grandchildren.