The Star Friend

This heart-warming and charming story captures the magic of a child’s imagination. It highlights the importance of friendships – be they real and tangible, or completely imaginary.

The Star Friend makes for wonderful bedtime reading with a friendly and accessible writing style. Children and adults alike will be enchanted by the engaging narrative.

The Washing Up Fairy

Mum is tired of the household chores, the washing up in particular. She wishes that someone might help her with that.

The whole family believes that there is a washing up fairy, but that’s not true… is it?

When You Wish Upon a Stone

Just when the day seemed like it was going to be boring like all the rest, young Chloe finds herself off on an adventure in space with the help of a magic stone. New friends are made and a new planet discovered… A gang of unruly aliens threaten Chloe's adventure of a lifetime and it turns into a race against time to get back to Earth. She has her new friends to help, but will she make it back in time……

Paw Print Puppy

One day, a long, long time ago, a puppy was born. His mom and dad quickly noticed that the puppy had unusual powers. Now at this age, most dogs yelp more than bark, but Paw Print Puppy let out a ferocious bark. The two strangers at the door, who were obviously up to no good, asked each other, “How big do you think that dog is?”

Reálta – A New Star Is Born

Amid the sudden pain and anguish of losing a new baby, whether by miscarriage, still birth or new born death, the question ‘What happens next?’ inevitably arises.

On December 10^th, 2012 my partner and I were thrown into that abyss of hurt, anguish and pain that comes with the loss of a new baby or pregnancy. In our case, we were almost twelve weeks pregnant as we arrived to the early scan unit of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin for a 2:30 pm appointment. Our world was turned upside down upon the news that there was no heartbeat. Our baby had died.

As devastating as that was, we sought some comfort in the fact that unlike years gone by, nowadays there is a service where families who experience this unimaginable loss can get to celebrate (ever so briefly) the life of their new baby or pregnancy with a very personal remembrance service. In the months and years since, I have longed to find ways to commemorate and pay respects to all families who have experienced new baby/pregnancy loss of this type.

Then comes the ‘What happens next?’ question.

What happens to our new babies who are lost by miscarriage, still-birth or new born deaths? Why has life failed them? Why has God failed them? There must be an understandable reason that these angels are chosen for something other than life. Then I looked up into the dark night sky with its millions of stars shining brightly down on us and...

Réalta – A New Star was born

Songs Best Left Unsung

The ancient war that plunged the once thriving civilization of Breya into terminal decline is but a fading memory now. The world, a shadow of its former self, is slowly dying, although there are very few who realise it yet alone comprehend why. The Fount – the source of life that has been feeding the world and giving powers to its Loremancers for millennia – is drying up.

The war is all but forgotten, but there remain echoes. Whispers of the long forbidden magic, the dark Lore of dreadful and cruel powers that had once fueled the vast conflict that brought Breya to its knees. Like discordant notes in a symphony, they corrupt the Fount and everyone arrogant or foolish enough to partake of their poison. Or so the Catechists teach.

However, sometimes we have no power over what we want to hear. In two very different parts of Breya, hundreds of leagues apart, unexpected Talents awaken in two unsuspecting teens who suddenly find themselves at the receiving end of the Catechists’ justice. As they flee for their lives, they will begin to discover the truth about the world and the real reasons of its demise.

Spoony and the Lost Hammer of Darkerden

ARE YOU READY FOR ADVENTURE?

Join Spoony and his gadget building friend Weeble in an exciting tale of mythical creatures and a long hidden dwarven kingdom. Our two heroes must help Slammer the Haimen regain the Lost Hammer of Darkerden before the gate wards fail and the kingdom is exposed.

Will they locate the hammer in time or will Darkerden fall?

Tales (Tails) from the Magic Meadow

Little Sophia had trouble going to sleep until the day she found out that right outside her bedroom window there is a Magic Meadow, where lots of animals and insects are having some fantastic adventures.

To meet them and join them, all she has to do is close her eyes …

You don’t believe me? Just ask the Peartree Princess!

The Great Game

Kiera’s home life is not happy. One day on her way to school, Kiera sees a tiny ship floating in the gutter. It has on its deck the key that she lost the day before and for the loss of which she has been punished. The ship looks so real… She rescues the ship from a dreadful fate. Later, this time with Jai, she sees the ship again and they sail into the start of some incredible and quite magical experiences in the alternative world of Tisany. Kiera and Jai find that they have been taken to Tisany because they can help solve problems there. Through adventures involving stormy sailing, the Seeing Well, caves and snakes, a visit to a colourful souk in a city of towers, a long donkey ride through mountains, hostile chiefs and cheating travellers, The Great Game is developed and played in a sometimes frightening and dramatic finale. And weaving in and out of the events on Tisany, there are happenings at home too that lead Kiera towards a happier situation.

The Land of Faerie

Do you have a light in your back garden or on your flat balcony? You know, the type which hangs from a bracket on the wall or from a post holding birdfeeders, perhaps. Have you ever looked closely at it when the light is shining? Well, Molly did just that and saw strange creatures moving about inside it.

It turned out they were faeries, from The Land of Faerie: a fantastical world where pixies, faeries, unicorns, and other magical creatures live. We can briefly experience what it is like through our dreams – providing we have enough imagination. But Molly discovered it is possible to see and talk to some of these magical creatures not just in her dreams but also when she was awake: through what the faeries called “gateways” between our world and theirs. Yes, you guessed it, the gateways are usually garden lights.

However, as you will know I am sure, such lights sometimes don’t work – most often because their batteries are run-down. When her light stopped working, Molly discovered that there was more to it than just some run-down batteries.

Desperate to be able to talk again with her friends – Maple Leaf, Iris Flower, and Mayfly – she found herself on a journey of discovery which involved learning more about global warming and global dimming. It also involved the whole of The Land of Faerie trying to solve the problems which such conditions were creating for their gateways to our world.

The Six Macs and the Slime Monster from Loch Ness

Thrusting their arms into the air with clenched fists they shout, "The Six Macs". Scruffy MacTuffy had no ideas that his nightmare was about to almost come true. Meeting for a fishing trip could have been a bad idea after their biggest catch got away, but what was it that got away? The Six Macs explore the opposite side of the river after a daredevil bridge crossing where they find a long dark cave leading to a journey of danger and something a little bit on the scary side. That evening they tell their parents what they saw, but they think their stories are a bit too imaginative. So a second trip is arranged for the following day with their parents coming along. The parents keep joking about the Six Macs' story but they will soon believe every single word they said.

David J Dawkins has been writing stories for his son for many years. It's only recently now he is older that his son suggested that he should get them published.

The Adventure of Sara and Her Pet Butterfly

One morning, Sara woke up bright and ready for an adventure.She jumped up from her bed, and grabbed her doll. 'Come on Katie, I'm going to take you on a real adventure today.'With Katie in arm, Sara makes her way out into the garden to greet the animals and birds that live there, but today there is a new arrival... a monarch butterfly.Sara quickly decides that Bonnie the butterfly"”who has an injured wing"”and she should stay together, and so begins a special friendship.The first of the true stories about Sara and Bonnie, this book is interspersed with quick facts and photos for every little butterfly lover.