Augmented Reality technology meets imaginative narrative junior fiction!

Book One

There is more than sand beneath the reef – much more …

Zoom is a clumsy seabird but his best mate Stephen doesn’t mind because Zoom is brave and adventurous.

Zoom and Stephen dig a hole into Zost Cay on the Great Barrier Reef and fall into the mysterious Land of the Ick Erros.

The Bognicks chase the two seabirds and challenge them to a shell-hurling contest. What will happen if Zoom and Stephen don’t win the contest?

This book is equipped with Augmented Reality (AR) technology. The book comes to life when many stunning illustrations are enlivened with movement and sound using an internet connection and a mobile device (i.e., smartphone or tablet).

The Ick Erros by Cal Devney has won three awards at the 2022 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards:

Animals/Pets category: 2nd place

Children’s Chapter Books: 2nd place

New Author (Fiction): Honourable mention

Book Two

Zoom and Stephen are back … and so are the Bognicks!

Zoom and Stephen plunge back into the Land of the Ick Erros to find that the Bognicks have returned and brought with them their unhappiness spray.

To save the Ick Erros from a lifetime of unhappiness, Zoom and Stephen travel to the mucky tangled Land of the Bognicks. Will they be able to destroy the unhappiness spray?

Augmented Reality technology brings the endearing characters to life in The Smoo Room. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date on when you can get your copy.

Expected Release March 2023

Book Three

Their most dangerous adventure yet …

A quest to show friendship to the night sky chibip plants leads Zoom and Stephen to the shores of Kanngil Island. Deep in a watery den, an octopus is keeping what the two birds need to take back to the plants.

Zoom and Stephen soon find themselves outsized and in perilous danger. Will they make it back to the Land of the Ick Erros or have they gone too far this time?

Augmented Reality is used again to animate the charming characters and the exciting scenes in The Jungah. Join our mailing list to stay tuned on when you can get your copy.

Expected Release May 2023

Book Four

The Dithereens

Writing in progress

The answers they need lie on the sea floor in the hulk of a sunken ship …

Zoom and Stephen have finally learned the secret special circumstances that are needed for them to eat a night sky chibip leaf and they are prepared to do anything to eat a leaf. Their quest to eat a leaf, first takes them into the deep ocean in search of a shipwreck.

Zoom and Stephen soon find out that navigating through the deep dark ocean is dangerous, even with some mates along to help them out! If they can just make it to the mysterious doughnut bioherms, they should be okay, but do they have the strength to get to the doughnut bioherms?

An adventure not to be missed! Augmented Reality is used again to animate the charming characters and the exciting scenes in The Dithereens. Join our mailing list to stay tuned on when you can get your copy.