The Bee who Lost his Buzz is the illustrated first adventure of The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly . It follows Tiptoes and Jeremy Mouse as they help Bee whose buzz has been snagged by grumpy Mr. Cactus. After an adventure with Pine Cone and Pepper Pot the gnomes, Jeremy Mouse finds a Worm who's lost his squirm and cannot wiggle back into the safety of his home under the ground. The next day, along with the gnomes, they sail down Running River to the ocean to help Octopus untangle his legs. He's too young to count them properly (he can only count to seven) and whenever he tries he gets them hopelessly mixed up. The Bee who Lost his Buzz is an innocent and magical tale suitable for reading to young children or for young children to read. "Illustrated with soft, watercolor-style artwork throughout, author Reg Down's The Bee Who Lost His Buzz is a soft cover anthology of short stories about Tiptoes and Jeremy Mouse, who help friends including the Bee whose buzz has been taken away by the cantankerous Mr. Cactus, the Worm who can't make his way home on his own, a tangled young Octopus who can only count to seven, and more creatures. Each warmhearted mini-tale blends into the next, making The Bee Who Lost His Buzz flow into a captivating whole. The Bee Who Lost His Buzz is ideal for teaching children how much fun reading can be." --Midwest Book Review Reg Down grew up in Canada, Namibia, South Africa and Ireland. He trained as a eurythmist, an art of movement and gesture, in England and Germany. The father of three, he has taught eurythmy in Waldorf schools in Australia, Canada and the United States, as well as at Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California. He is the author of  Leaving Room for the Angels , a book on eurythmy and artistic pedagogy,  Color and Gesture - the Inner Life of Color , and a novel,  The Fetching of Spring . He now lives in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada after spending many years in the USA.