Let's Go to Africa!

Best friends, Ted and Pete, plan exciting adventures after school in their tree house. On this particular journey to Africa they encounter hungry crocodiles, slithering pythons and playful elephants. They typically overcome adversity with quick-thinking and ingenuity. However, the biggest challenge for the boys during this excursion is not the wild animals, but their mutually hurtful name-calling. Thankfully, their friendship is restored through speaking up, humility and forgiveness.This dual-themed book is a fun-filled adventure story as well as an important anti-bullying book. It is brightly illustrated with whimsically colorful characters. The book is posthumously dedicated to Alex Harrison, a bright young man who took his life following years of relentless bullying by his classmates. (The author's wife attended high school in Cadillac, MI with Alex's mother, PK Harrision.)On subsequent adventures in this series . . . the boys venture to Jupiter, to the bottom of the ocean and inside a cave.