The one thing Jessie wants for Christmas is a bike.

A YELLOW bike "the colour of cheese on toast or a duck's beak."

There it is under the Christmas tree. NOT the bike Jessie wants.

She refuses to look at it.

Eventually the grandparents arrive with their present. And Jessie has A GOOD IDEA!

This quirky story celebrates a child's powerful tools - imagination and initiative - for tackling problems and relating to the world.

"Jessie's Yellow Bike" has been described as: "A story that will make the child in all of us smile." Madeleine Slavick, editor and poet.

"Captivating for the young ones and fun for the oldies too! Love the " find the duck" in every illustration. Kids will love that." Victoria Deane, diplomat, lawyer.

Pauline Bellamy, artist/ illustrator, read the script to her grand-daughter. Next day Pauline heard her chanting over and over, yellow ducks beaks, yellow ducks beaks. "She was enchanted!"