The Mouse in the Teapot

Charlie Pringle has a dream. He wants to own a mountain bike and go cycling in the hills. Not a very practical idea when you live in town, next to a canal and a derelict shoe factory. Undeterred, Charlie sets out to earn some money. At the same time, Charlie’s class is studying the Second World War, looking for heroes. Charlie’s visit to old Mrs Tyrer and the accidental discovery of the mouse in the teapot trigger an adventure into the past and teach Charlie about the realities of war, about friendship, loyalty and the importance of family. He also learns that heroes can be found in unexpected places and dreams really can come true.

The Mouse Motel

There once was a tiny, brown and white mouse,

Who with friends, invaded a little blue house.

So glad to see there was food aplenty,

The cake, cheese and crumbs, were a feast for twenty.

Can you imagine discovering little mice finding food in your house?

The sing-song rhyme of The Mouse Motel will pull you into its gentle story and take you on an adventure of mice living with a human family.

Despite the mice being small, this house soon has even less space!

What will these mice do? What adventure will these mice get up to?

The Otter of Wintersweet Wood

Step into Wintersweet Wood to meet the friendly and playful otter, Komowa and his friends. The young river otter is starting school, eager to learn and make new friends. However, all is not sunshine and daisies. On his first day, he is confronted with trouble and seeks advice to help deal with it. Join Komowa as he tries to solve a tricky situation in the best way possible.

The Outing

The inquisitive Fred goes out to find food for his increasingly large family, but he gets more than he bargained for when he has a 'close encounter' with a 'big person'. The world can be such a scary place, especially when you are only 'mouse size'.

A light-hearted story with a warm-hearted look at some issues raised during the pandemic with younger readers in mind, with slightly quirky watercolour and ink illustrations. Ideal as a read-aloud bedtime story.

The Piddledee Mill Mystery

Join Frank De Furter, the dashing detective with a distinguished moustache, and his trusty sidekick Simon De Sausage as they unravel the mystery of the missing animals and dried-up river in the quaint Victorian town of Piddledee. As the famous Dachshund Detectives, they’ll use their wits and their love of Bert the Butcher’s fried beef sausages to solve the case. Alongside their friends Alfie the Jack Russell and Greg the Greyhound, they’ll navigate through the twists and turns of this exciting and funny children’s mystery. Will they be able to crack the case and save the day? Find out in The Piddledee Mill Mystery.

The Pink Peacock

Princess Rose demands a pink peacock, no other colour will do.

Her peacock escapes and leads her on a colourful adventure. 

Rose discovers new places and makes a new friend, but will she ever find her pet?

Beautifully detailed illustrations explore and celebrate an array of colours, reminding us of the importance of rainbows in our lives.

The Rainbow Ride

Margot is stuck at home and she is cross. She longs to escape the COVID lockdown and one day she achieves this when she is visited by an unusual creature with four black hooves and a very long horn.

Join Margot and Blackhorn as they embark on an unforgettable ride along each of the colours of the rainbow. You will take part in the Red Stampede and find out who saved Margot and her new friend from falling into a slimy green pool. There is never a dull moment and enjoyment for the reader (of any age) is guaranteed…

The Rats, the Cat and the Thieves

Miranda warned Auto as she put on her apron, “I will give you away.”

Miranda threatened to send Auto, a Siamese cat, away after she wrongly accused him of stealing food at night. He needed assistance because he couldn’t possibly look into the situation on his own.

Who will help him? He made the decision to approach his foes, the rats, for assistance in clearing his name because he had no idea who had stolen the food. When she threatened to give him away, Miranda meant it seriously. Auto is running out of time because food has been stolen three days in a row and the thief left the kitchen floor dirty.

Are the rats going to believe Auto’s story? Why should the rats help an adversary? What if he harms them? How will Auto convince them that he is telling the truth? Will Auto and the rats put the past behind them and look into the situation? Or, will the rats simply ignore Auto’s pleading for assistance and mind their own business?

The Secret Life of Squirrels

The grey squirrels on the south coast of Hampshire are having food problems. It’s winter and there is little food – raiding the local bird table is not an option. A big seagull guards the food for the smaller birds. What can the greys do? Someone finds a video on the animal social media ‘Metube’ which claims that the trees growing green acorns grow them all year round – an evergreen food source!

The problem is that greys aren’t allowed on the Isle of Wight where the trees grow. The red squirrels and humans don’t want them there either, as Rufus, red squirrel leader, tells them in no uncertain terms! 

The greys take to boats and try many weird and wonderful ideas to cross the great blue water that separates them. But the reds fight back big time. Who will win?

The Shadowless Bird

Bewildered by the confusion of quarantine, Didi the young bird falls into a series of unusual reactions of disorientation, as a consequence of the psychological conditions of the lockdown, due to the virus threatening everybody’s life. Lacking the joy of living normally, he feels taken aback by the loss of his shadow.

Didi departs on an adventure to search for his lost shadow, proceeding beyond his fears to seek his truth, intersecting with the absolute truth of the individual, in the shadow of society and of collective and personal knowledge at the same time. He searches for the truth, which is also a very personal truth, even when applied to scientifically proven questions. And while everyone is influenced by his personal shadow and the shadows of modern life’s difficulties and challenges, in the light of the Coronavirus pandemic, that has swept the globe and eclipsed the standards of knowledge, by imposing totally different norms from all the concepts of freedom, that have been experienced, applied and fought for, across generations and civilisations, Didi is fighting his own battle of finding himself.

Starting with his family and friends, then further into the unknown of people and places, each character puts his own signature on the matter of the shadow, sought and aimed differently from person to person, reflecting the richness of life and inciting the call for solidarity between all living creatures.

The She Team

Five animals, four cats and a dog, are all black and white and are females, but they have two more things in common not apparent at first – they have all been treated badly in different ways by a number of humans and they all have a superpower which helps them to get away from the baddies. Two kind brothers, nine-year-old Diarmuid and seven-year-old Eoghan, rescue the cats Smig, Ebi, Trig and Róisín and the dog, Mags, and persuade their parents to take them all into their home.

The animals do not like each other at first, but eventually Mags persuades the cats to abandon their differences and unite together to form The She Team. Her encouraging words, “Don’t get mad, get even!” convince them that they will work together to stop their tormentors from hurting other animals. They are confident that their superpowers will help them achieve their goal.

The Smelly Skunk and the Wise Monk

In a forest full of wildlife, a group of friends pass their days away in the best possible way by playing and having fun, but there is a problem, a smelly problem.

Poor skunk, through no fault of his own but by nature’s little joke on him, lets off an awful smell from time to time that makes you wish you did not have a nose in the first place.

The skunk’s awful smell scares away everything who has the misfortune of being within the smelling range, and more importantly, it puts an abrupt stop to play.

Skunk definitely needs help; therefore, a few wise words from a wise monk could go a very long way.

There are more scary things in the forest than the skunk’s smell and it is in the form of hunters. Will the skunk save the day or will he be trapped along with his forest friends, which will indefinitely end play time?

Join the adventure of these forest animals in their beloved forest.