Dude's Gotta Paraglide (Dude Series) / Dude Series (ePub)

"Good for children comfortable reading longer books on their own."
For ages 8-12 years.

Magali: a French marmot, swayed by her friends to sneak out at night for crazy sports adventures!


Magali and her rabbit mate, Mishka, stumbled across an animal farm in the mountains. The marmot and rabbit raced to the wooden gate, scaled up, and used all their strength to pull the lever up.

The farm animals stared at them.

Mishka waved. 'Hurry! The gate is open! Run!'

The animals kept staring.

Magali said, 'We've opened the gate! Quickly! Run! You're free!'

The pigs shook their heads.

The ducks turned their fluffy white bottoms in the air.

The cows went back to staring at the valley.

The goats started jumping over one another, and the rabbits hopped away.

One of the donkeys moved forward. 'What are you talking about, ''free?'''

'You're free to go!' Mishka smiled.

One of the ponies trotted over. 'I don't know what you think you're doing, but you had better leave.'

Magali said, 'We're helping you!'

'Helping us?' A fat duck waddled over, snapping her orange beak. 'Helping us how?'

'Escape from prison!' said Mishka.

'Prison? Did you hear that?' The duck looked around. 'Ha ha ha!'

Laughter rippled through the farm. 'Ha ha ha! Hiiiiii hiiiii hiiii! Hooo hooo hooo!' The pigs, cows, donkeys, rabbits, ponies, goats, and ducks laughed.

'You think we're in prison?' The duck flapped her wings. 'You think we don't know how to open that gate? You think I can't fly? This isn't prison. This is paradise!'

Mishka scratched his head. 'I don't understand.'

'Look, you best be going,' quacked the duck. 'We don't need your help!' She flapped her wings. 'This is no prison. We have free food, free lodging, and free para...'

'Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!' The farm animals gasped. They shook their heads at the duck.



Hmmmm... the farm animals are guarding a big secret. Will Magali, Mishka and their mates (Henri Le Hare, F-F-Foxy, Little Foxy, Puppy Bébé, and Chamois Luc) find out what is going on in secret each night at the farm?



A middle grade book series about unexpected friendships, trusting instinct, and learning independence!

• The books have British spelling.
• For ages 8 to 12 years old.
• Set in La Plagne, Savoie, French Alps.
• Each book can be read as an individual book or as part of the series.
• The series is available in English, French, Spanish + bilingual versions (English / français) (English / español).

Question for the Author
How did you come up with the character of Magali?
'You know, I really love the French Alps, and looking at all the animals that live in the mountains. I'm Australian, so I had never seen a marmot before moving to France. I worked one summer, for a kids' summer camp, and part of my job was to take the children out on walks. We would go looking for marmots, all of us being very quiet, secretly sneaking up to the holes in the ground, where the entrances to the marmot burrows were. Of course, we would make too much noise and the marmots would disappear into their underground tunnels, but sometimes we were lucky and able to take photos. I think their underground homes took over my imagination, and before you knew it, I had a whole chapter book in my head, with Magali as the principal character!'