The Imaginary Menagerie

by Hazel Edwards, Rod Clement (Illustrator)

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Hazel is a readaholic, author and Reading Ambassador. 'Grief and Loss' resource for schools ' AMBA is her most recent. Her unconventional memoir is 'Not Just a Piece of Cake-Being an Author' (now on AUDIBLE) .' Adult murder mystery 'Celebrant Sleuth: I do...or die' with asexual sleuth Quinn is currently on AUDIBLE ,read as an audio book by the author from print & e versions. 'Wed,Then Dead on The Ghan' is a mini-sequel available on Kindle and currently being adapted as a screenplay with Geoffrey Wright.
Although Hazel mentors her 'Hazelnuts' and helps people craft their ancestry in her popular workshops ‘Writing a Non- Boring Family History’, and 'Complete Your Book in a Year' she’s best known for the children’s classic ‘There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake’ which inspired ' Hippo! Hippo! the, Musical'' produced by Garry Ginivan. Celebrated 40th anniversary in 2020.

'Almost a Crime' (Kindle) is her venture into adult mysteries. 'Fake I.D.' a family history mystery YA novel was translated into Tamil by Cre-A in Chennai.

Hazel’s 2001 Antarctic expedition inspired the young adult eco-thriller 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen', picture book ‘Antarctic Dad’ (reprinted by Kipas) and the memoir, ‘Antarctic Writer on Ice’. But she also likes reading about Antarctica as a hobby.

Hazel writes a new story for her four grandsons each birthday.