A novel by Donna Goddard and her granddaughter, Aisha Bailey, written for 7 to 12-year-olds. Together, they draw on imagination, family stories, and the beauty of life — both the mundane and the extraordinary — to create tales for children.
Foxie is no ordinary child. She comes from Cha Chu Pani, a peaceful world where children grow in glowing bubbles, creatures live in harmony, and everyone communicates through thoughts. As a hybrid Contact Child, her first solo mission is a big one — Earth.
After a secret night landing in Tanglewood, Foxie is taken in by Aunty Em and Uncle Harry, who believe she’s simply a lost girl with no memory. But Foxie knows exactly who she is…
Earth brings many surprises: new foods, strange customs, powerful emotions, and a maddening foster girl named Maddie.
A magical, uplifting adventure about understanding, listening, courage, love, and seeing Earth through new eyes.
Some books are constructed in a particular way to maximise energetic impact. The book is capable of drawing readers to a higher vibrational frequency. An invisible transmission runs beneath the story: a longing to know more, a sense that life is larger than its ordinary appearance, and an invitation to align with the greater possibility.
Foxie: The Contact Child (written with my grandchild, for 7 to 12-year-olds) is one of those books. It includes the birthing village on Cha Chu Pani; the idea that children are cared for by the wider community as well as by their particular parents; and the idea that parents can be different ages, genders, or even compatible species, depending on what DNA the child needs for their future mission. There is telepathy, hybrid DNA, contact with other worlds, non-predatory animals, synchronicity, alternative education, and a society organised around very different assumptions from ours.
Someone may think, “No. I don’t believe that. I don’t like that.” A book with a definite energetic and spiritual orientation will not necessarily feel comfortable for everyone. Some people will move towards it; others will push back. I would rather write a book that creates a real response than one that passes by without touching.
Chapter 1: A Long Way Away
Chapter 2: Birthing Village
Chapter 5: Hybrid
Chapter 7: Field Trips
Chapter 9: Going Solo
