The Flown Sky
Allele Island is a beachcomber's paradise for a charming little primate named Eena Beena, who tends her stretch of beach-and the hapless castaways who wash up there-as if it were her own private garden. Everything changes when a deranged ape named Prospero arrives with plans to kidnap the island's queen for an evil experiment that threatens the world. A novel of adventure, word play, and high literary nonsense for young listeners (7 to 12 years old).
Sat, April 07, 2007
Chapter Thirty-Seven - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Postscript: Things seem to work out quite well for everyone -- except Prospero.
Fri, April 06, 2007
Chapter Thirty-Six - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: A Child of the Source: Eena Beena's bracelet reveals a shocking truth and leads her to her mother. Prospero opens a doorway to the Outside.
Thu, April 05, 2007
Chapter Thirty-Five - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: The End of History: Prospero arranges all eighteen Djamas on the Circle of Fates. The Professor and the girls try in vain to stop him.
Wed, April 04, 2007
Chapter Thirty-Four - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: The Nibbler: Tog turns up in Prospero's airship and frees Queena Beena from her restraints. She's suprised to discover that Tog is a silverfish with hidden depths.
Tue, April 03, 2007
Chapter Thirty-Three - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Ride It: Professor Legume and the girls give chase on the back of an enlarged dragonfly.
Mon, April 02, 2007
Chapter Thirty-Two - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Plastered: The girls' careful preparations come to nothing when Prospero arrives in his airship and kidnaps Djamas sixteen and seventeen.
Sun, April 01, 2007
Chapter Thirty-One - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: A Grateful Nation: Queena Beena is first cured of Scramble Pox and then of being a flea. Bubbling over with happiness, she invites the earwigs to settle on Allele Island.
Fri, March 30, 2007
Chapter Thirty - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Relexified: Despite being terribly upset at the premature sight of her daughter, Chrysanthemum cures Miss Jackie and Eena Beena of the Scramble Pox.
Thu, March 29, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Nine - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: The Extra Baby: Too excited to sleep, Daisy tells Eena Beena the sad story of Tulip and her mother, Chrysanthemum, Queen of Perennial Isle.
Wed, March 28, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Eight - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Double Scrambled: At first, it seems that Queena Beena's message to the girls is hopelessly scrambled, but then Daisy has an excellent idea for unscrambling it.
Tue, March 27, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Seven - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: An Obvious Solution: To Queena Beena, the solution to the anemone problem is obvious. She enlists help from Emeril and Tog in trying to get a mesage to the girls.
Mon, March 26, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Six - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Famously Dangerous: The girls run into a snag trying to free Tulip from the protective grasp of venemous anemone.
Sun, March 25, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Five - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Scramble Pox: While Diamond and Daisy dive down to the Field of Anemones to retrieve Djama number seventeen, Eena Beena faces up to the fact she has come down with the Scramble Pox.
Sat, March 24, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Four - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: House of the Mad Queen: Eena Beena meets Miss Jackie, a jemeleon suffering from a bad case of the Scramble Pox. Queena Beena, still a flea, dines on Eena Beena -- much to her own disgust.
Fri, March 23, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Three - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: The Earwigs Link: Queena Beena watches in amazement as the earwigs fight for survival, using only their courage, imagination, and teamwork, as the skiff nearly delivers them to a watery grave.
Thu, March 22, 2007
Chapter Twenty-Two - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Veranda Broom: A mid-sea collision upends Eena Beena's skiff. Her rescuers, Diamond and Daisy, turn out to be from the Southeastern P.D.
Wed, March 21, 2007
Chapter Twenty-One - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Bilge Water: Eena Beena considers her plight as she sails aimlessly in the Xylem Sea. Queena Beena is nearer than she knows, hiding out under the deck with the earwig nation.
Tue, March 20, 2007
Chapter Twenty - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: "Protect the Djama!": Professor Legume engages Prospero in a titanic combat at Oyster Cove. Meanwhile, Eena Beena drifts out to sea in Prospero's skiff.
Mon, March 19, 2007
Chapter Nineteen - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Tumbling and Tumbling: Overcoming his weakness for chocolate, Prospero succeeds in transforming Queena Beena into a flea. The earwig nations stows away on his skiff.
Sun, March 18, 2007
Chapter Eighteen - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Insect Asylum: Queena Beena, furious that an insect has eaten all of the scrolls in the Hall of Justice, banishes the earwigs from Allele Island. Along the way, she slaps Eena Beena's face.
Sat, March 17, 2007
Chapter Seventeen - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Proof: Prospero approaches in an aluminum airship high above the Southern Sea. The Viceroy pops in for a visit, and is shown how to transform a Djama into a flea.
Fri, March 16, 2007
Chapter Sixteen - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: A Kind of Roof: The two Beenas sneak away to Windward Beach for a midnight swim in Eena Beena's favorite tidal pool. A lovely night ends with a terrible argument.
Thu, March 15, 2007
Chapter Fifteen - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: What Prospero Saw: Professor Legume cooks up some chocolate strawberries for Eena Beena while telling her about Prospero's obsessive quest.
Wed, March 14, 2007
Chapter Fourteen - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: The Judgment Bench: Deciding Allele Island's legal cases proves to be more difficult--and frustrating--than Eena Beena could have imagined. Queena Beena shows terrible judgment.
Tue, March 13, 2007
Chapter Thirteen - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: A Hive of Justice: Liddy, one of the law clerks in the Hall of Justice, introduces Eena Beena to the brand new judgment bench. Emeril appears, requesting asylum for the earwig nation.
Mon, March 12, 2007
Chapter Twelve - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: We're the Queen: Eena Beena's first lessons in being a queen, including elevator rides, collecting treasure, and cultivating a haughty attitude.
Sun, March 11, 2007
Chapter Eleven - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Djama Number Sixteen: Eena Beena learns about Djamas, the secret souls of the world, and agrees to be the queen's decoy.
Sat, March 10, 2007
Chapter Ten - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: An Identical Beena: Professor Legume introduces Eena Beena to Queena Beena, and tells Eena Beena of a plot to kidnap the queen.
Fri, March 09, 2007
Chapter Nine - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Butterfly Dressing: A cloud of butterflies tickles Eena Beena into a royal outfit. Professor Legume, an elegant and highly educated ape, drops in on Eena Beena from an elevator in the ceiling.
Thu, March 08, 2007
Chapter Eight - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: The Dread Queen: Eena Beena is singled out of a crowd of young Beenas by the hidden occupant of a magnificent carriage. The Viceroy, a vicious albino vulture, is introduced, and proves himself to be extremely nasty by flicking Emeril over the palace
Wed, March 07, 2007
Chapter Seven - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: A Flight to the Palace: What begins as a frightening encounter with a grizzled Royal Pelican turns into an amazing flight to Zandra Palace.
Tue, March 06, 2007
Chapter Six - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Emeril the Earwig: Eena Been has a late-night conversation with Emeril the Earwig, and learns of the earwigs' mysterious exile from University Island.
Mon, March 05, 2007
Chapter Five - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: "Tog! Tog!": An ugly incident at the Clinic involving a feverish earwig forces Eena Beena out into the night, in search of a lost silverfish.
Sun, March 04, 2007
Chapter Four - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: Newcomers: In which Eena Beena meets the earwig nation, and has a conversation with the leader of the earwigs, Don Yaphet.
Sat, March 03, 2007
Chapter Three - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: A Stubborn Bracelet: The storm leaves a gigantic mess, but also plenty of beachcombing treasures. Eena Beena finds a mysterious bracelet that refuses to let go of her wrist.
Fri, March 02, 2007
Chapter Two - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: No Ordinary Storm: A monstrous summer squall overtakes Allele Island. Eena Beena retreats to the safety of her storm shelter, called the Crow's Nest.
Thu, March 01, 2007
Chapter One - The Flown Sky
-In this episode: A Lone Beachcomber: We meet Eena Beena, and learn about her solitary, but satisfying, life on Windward Beach, beachcombing and caring for her tiny patients.
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