TJ and the Winged Visitor

Titania the Space Turtle Visits the Solar System

Titania may be a space turtle, but she’s never felt particularly brave. However, when she embarks on a journey through the solar system to learn about each planet, she discovers a sense of wonder and confidence she never knew she had. Along the way, Titania learns not only about the planets but also about herself, and she returns to Earth with a newfound sense of purpose.With a message of hope and a call to action, Titania urges us to appreciate the beauty of our planet and take steps to protect it for generations to come.Join Titania on her adventure and discover the joy of exploration and the power of individual action in this charming and uplifting tale.

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‘We are so tiny we poison the plants and starve the fish of oxygen. Oh, and we get breathed into children’s lungs. You, Toxie, might not think we are bad, but we are called pollutants for a reason,’ she seethed with gritted teeth.

– Tamin (pollutant). 

‘Firstly, I wouldn’t encourage the children to jump out of a moving vehicle, Mrs. Hawkins,’ she grinned sympathetically. ‘Please feel free to boot the little darlings out once you have stopped in the drop-off marked areas.’

 – Miss Violet (teacher).

Katty Sheehan’s family is always chaotic – especially with her little brother – the annoying ‘know-it-all’ Mummy’s boy, Jake, and then there’s Mum’s obsession with cooking and hiding chocolate brownies. Really?

Katty is one small girl in a very big world who makes an unexpected discovery.

There are a handful of suspects and a lot more baddies.

All aboard the journey of discovery, where nothing is as it seems!

As Katty, Jake and Miss Violet fight to save a polluted planet, can they unravel the truth about the harm and misery and find a way to bring the polluters to justice?

Everything is spinning out of control.

Can anyone really stop the mutant ninja pollutants?

Time is running out. Seriously. Time is running out fast. Many lives are at stake.

A mystery story that is not actually a mystery! Get it? Oh, you defo will get it.

Tiger

Archie is used to being top of his class, with his quiet genius and superhuman focus, but when a top-secret opportunity comes his way, he is tested to his limits. Is the 13-year-old up to the challenge?

Live the story with Archie every step of the way, through adventure, challenges and mystery, and even have a go at solving some puzzles included in the book.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to the Honeypot Children’s Charity which supports amazing young carers in the UK aged 5–12 in their work caring for ill family members.

This, That, These and Those

A clutch of silly colourful creatures doing silly wonderful things.

Immerse yourself and your little ones in this joyful array of beautiful illustrations that make the nonsense prose believable. A unique learning tool for early readers to help enhance their imagination and sense of fun whilst gaining the understanding of distance, colour, singular and plural.

The Woman from Nantucket Who Lived in a Bucket

Who was the strange old lady who lived in the old upside-down bucket on the island of Nantucket?How did she get there? What was her story?Why did she live all alone in that strange-looking home?There were so many questions – it was time for some answers.

The Queen's Pawns

Children were often badly treated in the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth – that’s no surprise. Those who were lucky enough to go to school had their wildness beaten out of them by their school masters. That was the way to force learning into their heads. Most boys laboured on the farm from seven years old and the girls would do household crafts or work as the most junior of maid-servants in the richer households. In London, they might earn a few pennies by working as errand boys or selling watercress, matches, sprats or oysters on the street. Some became shoeblacks, lamplighters, chimney sweeps or deckhands. Life was not easy for them.It’s more shocking that the Queen herself had a hand in the mistreatment of children. She was well known for her love of music. She played the virginals and lute and claimed to have composed dance music. As a singer herself in an age when the arts were enjoying a new dawn it is perhaps not particularly astonishing that she should want to set up a first-class choir to sing for her in the Chapels Royal.What strikes a harsher note is that, by her edict of 1597, she gave permission for agents of hers to take children from wherever in England they happened to be and to have them trained for her in the art and science of music and singing. Some of the men she appointed were prepared to use strong-arm tactics to pounce on their victims and snatch them from their homes. Knowing how the Queen loved the theatre these predators thought to make money for themselves by putting their young choristers on the stage.On the way to his London school in December, 1600, this was the fate that overtook Thomas Carlton. He was doubly shocked to be captured as a chorister because he had never thought of himself as a musician. Sir Henry Carlton, once he discovered where Thomas was and who had snatched him, contacted friends of his in high places. They arranged for the kidnappers to be charged and tried in the Star Chamber. The outcome of the trial did not please Thomas at all. The Queen’s Pawns is about the way his fate prompted him to become involved in bringing justice to those who could not fight for their rights as he could.

The Pack is Back

Three Labrador puppies face steep life challenges as they discover their identity, learn to overcome conflict and rebuild their pack.The stories are based on the author’s close observation of the dogs’ behaviour as they respond to jealousy, conflict, being lost, found, hurt, healed, grief, friendship and the joy of belonging to their pack.Children want to know about real life, and the dogs’ experiences provide a window to children’s own highs and lows, safely at one remove.The seven illustrated stories tell a big tale about canine and human life, today and in the deep past.The stories begin when the dogs were born, when they were One Litter with One Mother.As puppies, they were taken to separate homes. The One Pack family was lost.Everything in the stories really happened, just as it is told.

The Little Book of 101 Wise Words for Children

“A child is not a child if she does not know the meaning of fun.”

“When the child knows how to have fun, it cushions him to the ups and downs of life.”

Dear Child,

From the moment you were born, no matter where you came from, you have alongside within you a power waiting to be unleashed. The world is your playground and like the rainbows that you see behind the clouds, you can apply as many colours as you wish to make your own life colourful.

You are loved and every small step that you make counts. Once you dream, you should not be afraid to make that first step. Whether or not someone believes in you, but your dream is true to you, then do not be shy and give it a try. For every huge success started from that first, small step.

It is for you that I wrote this book to have fun and be free to pursue your dreams and to live life happily!

Lindzy McQueen

The Life and Times of Victoria-Ann Penny

This is a memoir of Victoria-Ann Penny and, as you may have guessed, she is a Victorian penny. This is her story, as best she can remember it. She is well over a 100 years old so her memory might be just a little bit hazy.
Born towards the end of Queen Victoria’s reign Miss Penny recounts various historical events in the 20th century including world wars and the first moon landing.
She also travelled around various countries and the British Isles with her ‘owners’ and gives her impressions of the things she saw. 
Reader, I do hope you enjoy her escapades.

The Flying School Begins

In this third book of a series, the community are trying to set up a flying school to teach the young elves and fairies how to fly. Alfred helps them set up a camp for the participants. Billy and Lionel are invited to attend and help out. Madam Erle is up to her tricks causing concern as usual. Her grandson Tristan is lost and there is a search for him. Finally, they have a graduation to celebrate: the flying school graduates.

The Bush Wood Valley Gang

This is a tale of a little mouse who, against all odds, survives many dangerous situations. He then discovers a new-found family friendship with a gang of orphans in Bush Wood Valley. Having lost his own near family, he quickly gets acquainted with his new-found family and gains higher status in the gang through his very positive attitude.