Margaret Oatley started married life in an African Game Reserve where hippos and rhinos grazed lawns and shrubberies. She knows that read-aloud stories engender happy memories for ...view moreMargaret Oatley started married life in an African Game Reserve where hippos and rhinos grazed lawns and shrubberies. She knows that read-aloud stories engender happy memories for parent and child. Her mongoose adventure stories (Taffy Tales, 1983) were broadcast on a children’s radio program and adapted for school plays.view less