Title Scatty The Lost Cygnet Author Linda Collins Grade Focus 3 to 8 years old  Type-Length Book – Approx. 1070 words Keywords & Market Focus Children’s fiction, a short story with pictures and a moral. Author Bio The author was born in Wembley, England and now lives in a small village in Essex.  Now in her fifties, married with two lovely children and three wonderful grandchildren.  Writing has always been something that she has indulged in. When she was younger she did not have a lot of spare time to pursue her writing so now enjoys every free moment she gets to write.  She enjoys reading her stories to her grandchildren.  She believes that children can never have too many books to read, she feels they can gleam a lot of knowledge from all forms of reading or having books read to them.  She finds writing very relaxing and gets a great deal of enjoyment from it.  Synopsis The story is about a naughty cygnet, he gets lost whilst out swimming with his family. He just wants to do what he wants and does not listen when his mummy calls to him. Other Information The author has written a few other short stories, and has self-published a novel. Her agent is currently the Children's Literary Agency (CLA)