The Abbotsbury Ring | Margaret Greaves
"Selina doesn't expect much from an out-of-season seaside holiday, especially in the company of Colette - who doesn't believe in magic and is afraid of getting her feet wet. But then she picks up the peacock's mysterious golden ring in Abbotsbury Gardens and things begin to happen. She finds she can talk with animals but learns that it needs more than this to make friends with them. And when she becomes involved in a dramatic kidnapping she discovers that even in Colette there is more than meets the eye..." -- book jacket.