KiKi and the Lepris

KiKi and the Lepris is a children’s and adult fantasy book about the story of a young baby found in the woods saved by the Lepris, a race of Leprechauns who live below the hollow basin under a great oak tree in the beautiful valleys of Mourne. His adopted mother, Grace, brings the young overlander up with the help of the villagers. His adventures and trials are truly great as he grows and learns the ways of the Lepris. He has attracted the attention of Kathugra, queen of all witches, who is determined to rid Torla, his village home, of the human child. As the young KiKi grows, he learns the signs of the forest and how to talk with all the creatures. He comes to the attention of a shaman who takes him under his wings and teaches him the ways of the Lepris. Kaltor the shaman teaches the child to survive and create potions. Yet, the evil Kathugra and her four daughters set out on a mission to destroy the human child.

Leprechaun

This story was told for the first time by the author to campers attending summer camps during the 1980s in the United States of America. The author as a teacher always enjoyed telling the story to his pupils. The children enjoyed the story so much that he decided to put it into print. It is a magical fairy tale about leprechauns and the origins of the shamrock, pots of gold and silver birch trees. The story has a very important moral associated with it for the readers.

Long, long ago in the magical kingdom of Leprechaunia, the king of the leprechauns is getting old and needs to pass the crown to one of his sons. He loves his two sons equally but doesn’t know how to pick which son will make the best king. What is he to do? How will he chose?

The king sets each son the same challenge and the winner is to be the new king. The challenge demands the princes to bring their father the best gift in the world. How will the two sons fare in the challenge?

Follow the two princes on their adventure to find the greatest gift in the world…

Lottie Sparkles' Magical Discovery

Who wouldn’t like a magical jacket? Lottie Sparkles is a little girl who loves everything sparkly, mainly clothes. Anything plain or dirty is a disgrace in Lottie’s mind!

When Lottie is sent to spend time with her lovely grandparents in the countryside, she is furious because that essentially means smelly animals, lots of puddles and hard work! But what she certainly didn’t count on was coming face to face with a magical object.

Loz The Worry-Eating Monster

Loz loved to eat worries. Loz was a worry-eating monster.

Loz loved to eat worries – little worries, big worries, worries about food, worries about school, worries about absolutely anything.

Sitting in his special chair, Loz would wait for the sound of tinkling silver bells and then be off to eat a child’s worries. It was the best job in the world.

Lucy: Ultimate Survivor

A dramatic and intriguing true Georgian tale of love, betrayal and survival. Lucy, a strong-willed girl from a wealthy family, was brought up on the English–Welsh border and married a Caribbean plantation owner, Sam Lord, for love, meanwhile he married her for her fortune, at a time when a woman was a chattel and everything she had, including her children, became her husband’s. Abused and imprisoned in Barbados, she escaped with the help of enslaved people. A vibrant intimate description of early 19th-century life – giving birth at sea, braving disease and cruelty, and witnessing the abject misery of slavery – this is a story of courage in adversity, a runaway marriage to an unfaithful husband and a descent from a life of pampered luxury to a struggle for survival in a far-off land.

Magical Mysteries

When five children - three brothers and two sisters - huddle together at home to wait out a thunderstorm, they have no idea that they are about to experience a magical, sometimes frightening, but always spiritual journey into the distant past.

The world they find themselves is full of fantastical creatures such as evil locusts, stubborn mules, giant caterpillars, and cherubs. As they go on a journey, they witness the miraculous influence of ‘Jaycee’ and realise the importance of following his actions and how to apply them to their own lives.

Mangrove Sands

This book sets out to inspire and educate children, who, for one reason or another, have difficult starts in life either by fate or disability. Each chapter provides a human lesson and human qualities through adventure, including empathy, bravery, honour, friendship and resilience in the face of adversity.

Based on an island in Southeast Queensland, Australia, four children, who attend the same island state school, are all miserable at home and school until Parlow, the pelican, comes knocking on Tommy’s window one night to offer him a better life. Tommy thinks he is dreaming as do his friends – Maria, Dino and Jake – who all have an out of body experience and are taken to an enchanted underwater sea world beneath Mangrove Sands, where they meet talking animals who have their own language and become the children’s tutors, mentors and friends.

Through an enchanting underwater sea world of magic, adventure and humour, Mangrove Sands aims to provide hope and inspiration to children around the globe facing adversity.

Ma’s Apple Pie

Have you ever found yourself tossing and turning on your bed unable to get some much-needed shut-eye because the deafening silence of the night suddenly sounds like a jamboree? People snore, cats meow, crickets cry, dogs bark, birds chirp, your bed creaks, and your stomach growls. Have you ever tossed and turned because you couldn’t stop thinking of that delicious homemade pie just waiting to be devoured?

Pip, a chubby mouse with floppy ears and a drooping tummy, who only stops eating when his arms get tired, devours an entire apple pie in the middle of the night. Feeling like a swollen tube of toothpaste, Pip rolls off the windowsill and falls into a magical world where an unforgettable journey awaits. This begins an inconceivable friendship, a delightful fantasy, a vivid adventure, and a magical journey. Will unrelenting teamwork, unyielding commitment, unshakable friendship, and a host of zany and unforgettable characters help Pip back to his warm comfy bed where he can feel snug as a bug and get some much-needed shuteye?

Ma’s Apple Pie is the second book in the trilogy. It is a story of fantasy and magic that promises to knock your socks off.

Mermaid Spell

Today is the day! Mum has promised to help find a spell that will make my dream come true: a spell for turning girls into mermaids. While Nana watches on to see the day unfold quite differently and the spell in hand, what will be the outcome?

Mermaids on the Rock

Mermaid sisters Cassandra and Alexandra are about to celebrate their 13^th birthday. They are filled with excitement as this milestone birthday comes with a very special gift; a chance to see the world above the ocean. Their friends, Diana the dolphin and Willy the whale, are worried that they are too young and adventurous for such an important experience.

However, all mermaids are allowed to go on this adventure for their 13^th birthday, and these mermaid sisters were not going to miss out. So, with strict instructions from their father, the girls started getting ready for the adventure of a lifetime! Little did these excited mermaids know, this birthday present was about to change their lives forever. It would also leave a lasting impression on one little boy, who would never forget the two beautiful mermaids on the rock.

My Doodle Turns into a Mermaid

Doodle and her best friend go on another adventure together, this time when they go swimming in the sea. They encounter many surprises during their trip to the sea, and some that take Rosie by complete surprise!

The two best friends go and spend the day at the beach to play in the sea, but it is a chance for Doodle to show Rosie two very big secrets.

‘As Doodle was swimming away from Rosie, Rosie noticed the strangest thing… Suddenly, the splashes of Doodles kicks turned into gentle, calm little movements and waves which were swaying peacefully behind her.’

Although Doodle has Rett Syndrome, it does not mean she cannot live a life like anyone else. She enjoys swimming as it gives her the opportunity to use her legs, which she finds difficult to do on land.

Rett Syndrome is a unique genetic condition caused by the X chromosome having an abnormality. This then causes the brain to develop slightly dissimilar to other brains, which could leave some people without any speech and the ability to walk.

Mystic Miracles – Book 1

Imagine a world, not unlike the wizard’s world of J. K. Rowling, but a mystical world, set in the angelic realms made of 10 kingdoms where even angels have their problems and go to school! The Head Angel at the Angel Academy calls upon the talents of the crystal child – Crystalina – who has a special gift for working with crystals and along with the Crystal Council, she uses her powers to protect and save the 10 kingdoms from enemies, one such enemy being the evil Sharaha, the Black Crystal Queen. Crystalina needs help from her brave band of friends, Luke and John (two angels in­ training from the Angel Academy who have to earn their wings), one knight to be, Jeffrey, a girl called Angela and Gravitas, the King of Gravity and Pelippa, the Queen of Speed.

But will that be enough to defeat Sharaha, the ruler of the Kingdom of Sound? She schemes to cause havoc in the Kingdom of Light and on Tempura, spreading disorder throughout the other kingdoms. She hopes that by doing so she can overthrow the Crystal Council in the process. Will they have to call upon higher help from that mightiest of mystical creatures – the King of the Unicorns?