How Is It That Frogs Are Green

A singular orange frog, alone in a world full of blue frogs, sets out on an adventure to rid himself of his unnatural colour. 

Along the way he meets some fascinating people, and makes some unlikely friends.

How Is It That Frogs Are Green is a perfect example of how no one should feel alone or left out. 

We are all unique and special in our own way.

Is There a Monster?

Mummy! Daddy! I can’t sleep! There’s a monster in my bed! Words that strike fear into a parent’s heart.

Now you can have a defence against these dreaded beasts, and promote a good night’s sleep all round.

Is There a Monster? tackles the problem head on, while taking the subconscious down a road that conquers its worries and promotes positive dreams. All wrapped up in rhyme.

Izzy and the Circle of Stones

On the mystical Scottish island of Orkney, best friends Izzy and Eilidh risk being separated for life, or so it seems…

Join them on this incredible journey of magic, adventure and a friendship that beats all odds.

Step into the circle of stones and see where the journey takes you.

Jack, the Pirate with a Secret

This is a fun, action-packed story with a twist at the end to allow for discussion between reader and listener. This could be used as a focus for discussion in PSHE lessons or as a one-to-one chat between the child and parent/carer.

Jack, the main character, is a very likeable and charming pirate. He appears to be extremely courageous. Throughout the story, he is portrayed as a very brave character who steers and leads his ship, The Mucky Duck, through a storm to a place of safety. Clearly, his crew look up to him for inspiration and guidance at a time when they are very afraid, but Jack performs his duties without hesitation. The story frequently reminds the reader/audience that although Jack appears to be brave, he has a secret! The story ends with the crew and The Mucky Duck reaching an idyllic cove where everyone is safe and happy!

A land filled with:

‘Treasure and gold and jewels,

palm trees and coconuts!’

All that Jack wants to do is to go to sleep in his cosy bunk in his cosy little cabin and dream of his adventures all over again!

Jake and the Magic Handle

Jake was bored. He’d had a dull day at school and was walking home. His dog, Jack, had just squeezed through a gap in the hedge and was barking for Jake to join him. Jake didn’t want to but Jack just wouldn’t stop barking. So Jake grumpily crawled through the hedge determined to grab Jack and go home for his tea. He went to grab Jack and as he did so saw something on the ground that changed his life. Find out what Jake and Jack found – it might change your life too!

Keta: The Last Black Dragon

In a normal late summer night, Keta, an ordinary eighteen-year-old girl, is abruptly ripped away from her life in her village. After surviving a rape, she discovers she possesses a tremendous and destructive power, a power that she cannot control, a power that can either save or destroy the world as we know it. Helped by Edward, a mysterious spearman with dark armour, and his brother Alexander, an herbalist with a strange past, she begins a journey seeking to learn how to control her magical power.

She has no clue that to obtain such control will decide the fate of every single life on earth: to be saved or to suffer the Eternal Darkness.

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.

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.