Mr. Joey Smarty-pants has had an article published in the Bird Keeper Magazine for January 2006.

The reviews are most favorable for this budding author and with the promise of more stories and poems, he is poised to become a most prolific writer of children's stories and poems.

Along with his mate, Miss Josie Smarty-pants Nibbles, he lets  the guardians and other interested humans enter into the world of budgies.  "From a Budgie's Point of View" presents a new aspect of life as a Budgie in a human environment.  Light hearted, charming and endearing, it charms and captures the imagination and leaves one wanting more.

Mr. Smarty-pants wishes to thank the Budgie Research Group for allowing him to be a member. He also hopes that his stories will, like the late Victor the Budgie's recordings, present a different perspective to humans.  He hopes that everyone will come to understand that all Parrots are sentient, intelligent beings.