The Adventures of Poppy the Golf Ball
by Grunion
In this charming illustrated book, Poppy the Golf Ball discovers that he is different from other golf balls: He can hear, see, and enjoy flying through the air. Lost for months, he has a number of gentle and exciting adventures before a boy finds him and takes him home. Poppy becomes an admired member of the family and is displayed in the place of honor of a “Hole in One” trophy.
About the Author: A native of California, grunion is a retired electronic engineer who still lives in that state. His interests are wide-ranging: music and playing guitar, reading, writing, painting and drawing, jogging, hiking, swimming and surfing, over-the-line, camping, and sports. Ths Adventures of Poppy the Golf Ball, he says, was inspired by twenty-five years of visits to Tecolote canyon with his children. Thanks to San Diego’s Open Space legislation, passed in the 1960s, a planned highway was canceled, and the canyon remains today as it was thirty-eight years ago when grunion first entered it.
Although grunion has written magazine articles, this is his first book.
(2003, paperback, 44 pages)
In this charming illustrated book, Poppy the Golf Ball discovers that he is different from other golf balls: He can hear, see, and enjoy flying through the air. Lost for months, he has a number of gentle and exciting adventures before a boy finds him and takes him home. Poppy becomes an admired member of the family and is displayed in the place of honor of a “Hole in One” trophy.
About the Author: A native of California, grunion is a retired electronic engineer who still lives in that state. His interests are wide-ranging: music and playing guitar, reading, writing, painting and drawing, jogging, hiking, swimming and surfing, over-the-line, camping, and sports. Ths Adventures of Poppy the Golf Ball, he says, was inspired by twenty-five years of visits to Tecolote canyon with his children. Thanks to San Diego’s Open Space legislation, passed in the 1960s, a planned highway was canceled, and the canyon remains today as it was thirty-eight years ago when grunion first entered it.
Although grunion has written magazine articles, this is his first book.
(2003, paperback, 44 pages)
