Roy Lancaster, author of 'Parrot Takes Command', will be at Hatherley Library on Monday 4th September from 11am. Roy will be conducting a reading from his book and taking part in a Q&A session. You might even be able to bag yourself a signed copy! Roy will be at Hesters Way Library on Saturday 2nd September in case you are unable to make this one. There are plans to have an arts and crafts session prior to to after each event. More details of which will follow.   ‘Parrot was very angry indeed. He was also very wet. Although he had heard the cry to abandon ship, and had even seen the sailors jumping into the lifeboat, before he could jump in too, the huge, towering wave swept him spluttering and squawking over the side.' After this dramatic start, Parrot, a bird who has forgotten how to fly having spent most of his life on perches or human shoulders, has to learn how to survive in a wide open and at times dangerous sea. But he is not alone, a handful of other animals share his shipwrecked fate and place their trust in him to see them through. 'Parrot Takes Command' is a delightful book full of adult relationship themes covered at a child's level. It is funny, a little dangerous and is beautifully illustrated.