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 Story of Jedd

Jedd is a dog who lives in the countryside with his uncle Lad, auntie Flea and good doggy friend Jake. Every day he is out and about discovering new things. A hedgehog is prickly, a hare runs very fast and a squirrel can disappear up a tree! Jedd loves to play with a ball and pose for photographs. This story is about him and the creatures he meets and the mischief he gets up to!

The Story of Pink Bunny

Pink Bunny is a highly educated, artistic, hardworking, loving and bossy bunny. But how can this be, for she just sits on the bookcase all day and night… or does she? Katie and her fluffy toys set out to discover the truth. Could she really be Dr Pink Bunny, head of surgery at the internationally renowned Star Swamp Hospital and a ballet teacher? The story, set in the bedroom of a small green house near Star Swamp by the West Australian coastline, follows these charming, enthusiastic and loving characters for this adventure and more.

The Tales of Mr. Mouse – Meet the Children

First, you met Mr Mouse and his friends Frog and Bee in the wonderful storybook The Tales of Mr Mouse and Friends by Jacqueline Mead. Now meet his children. Mr Mouse met his match in the first book (Chapter 5, Mr Mouse Meets his Match) Mr Mouse and Hilda married and had 12 children: 11 sons and a daughter. In the first book, you met the children briefly as they got into trouble on a day out on a raft (Chapter 10 Coastguards Save the Day). This book introduces each child, through the use of adjectives we learn that Fletcher is fun and fast, Brian is brave and brainy. We learn their favourite thing to do and their favourite colour. Hidden in each picture are three objects for your child to find. Each illustration brings to life the child as we see Iain invent a robot and Edgar measuring a very large egg. Enjoy this book with your child as they learn new words, fall in love with the children and have fun too. In the next adventure book the children will have their own story to tell, meet the children now but hold on tight, things are going to get a lot more fun.

The True Adventures of Beau and Ted

Here are a few doggy tales about Beau and Ted. These tales are all true.

Beau and Ted are great mates. Teddy is a real character; he’s a golden Labradoodle who thinks he’s human, and Beau is a beautiful chocolate Labrador who thinks only about nicking food and sneaking out.

If you have your own Beau and Ted, or even if you don't, you’ll love the adventures of this cute, but sometimes troublesome, duo.

The Watermouse Family

Nan has an accident while baking the pies to sell in the family shop, but little Toby has an idea that saves the day.

The Wheels on the Bus

This wacky animal alphabet story is best sung to the well-known tune…The Wheels on the Bus.

The bus is empty, so will the cat, the dog, the elephant, the frog, the goat, the horse, the ibis, the jelly fish and the koala catch up before nightfall?

When will this animal alphabet nonsense finish? Sing along to discover…

…where all small children must drift as the sun goes down.

There’s a Mouse in the House

Aaron the mouse enters the house and runs up the clock. When the clock strikes one, the mouse runs down and befriends Mike, the boy who lives there. They become the best of friends. But Tom, the cat, gets jealous and tries to scare Aaron the mouse away as he feels he was there first. Little does Tom know that Aaron is not scared at all and returns to the house with a big surprise! This is a humorous and entertaining little book with clever rhymes.

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.

Up on the Roof

The story of a family of seagulls: Pegasus the mother seagull, Nelson the father seagull and their three young chicks. How protective the parents are of their young, able to care and nourish them as they grow. The weeks before they are due to fly the nest, a disobedient chick doesn’t listen to his mother Pegasus and father Nelson. Much like human families, where mothers and fathers, parents, guardians play a crucial role in bringing a family up, lessons have to be learned and rules have to be followed. When you are young this can seem harsh at times, but it is done out of love for the safety of a young family. It is only when we are older and wiser that we can fully understand the sacrifices that parents make. The importance of family and the love which grows when we are young and into adulthood. Staying together as a family can be hugely rewarding as grandchildren enter the family.
I hope in some way that children can read this book and understand the values of family through the eyes of the seagull family. After all, what is more comforting than coming home to your family where the home is full of love and you feel safe?
A family of seagulls move in but will they all stay together, ‘up on the roof’?