The Mouse in the Car

The Mouse in the Car is a heart-warming and charming story featuring two characters: Ellie, an engaging, intelligent six-year-old with an enquiring, independent mind and her Aunty Elaine, a middle-aged single lady who is just a wee bit bossy and somewhat eccentric, and like Ellie, intelligent and single-minded.

What will happen when Aunty Elaine finds a mouse in her car?

The Moose That Missed Christmas

Angus and Finn are the best of friends, and spend their time playing together; running, skipping, chasing round and round in circles and walking in and out of each other’s footprints. As they excitedly ran off to Finn’s for a sleepover, they were unaware that this was the night the clocks moved from summer to autumn.

The Missing K

Climb aboard the staircase train

To get it moving use your brain

Full steam ahead to your destination

You can go anywhere with imagination…

A big brother and his little sister are bored at home on a rainy day, until they climb aboard their staircase train and are taken on a venturesome journey where they come face to face with a dinosaur, are captured by pirates, rescued by a pterodactyl, join forces with bears and sent on a mission to save fairies. 

But do they have what it takes to save Fairy Land?  Do they have the key…

The Mini Police, The Mighty Protectors: Billy and Tilly go to the Park

Welcome to the city of Howard Lees, the home of the Mini Police crew!

The Mini Police are the Mighty Protectors so they have an important job to do when it comes to keeping people in the city safe.

Follow the Mini Police as they help Billy and Tilly go about their day. Will they make the right choices?

Read through the story and help them to have a great day!

The Mermaid Egg and The Mango Tree

The first story in this book, The Mermaid Egg, is about a lost beach ball that ends up on an African beach and the animals that discover it and what they make of it… possibly a mermaid egg.  

The second story, The Mango Tree, is about an army of ants foraging for food in the jungle, due to a drought there is a short supply, until they spot a huge mango high up in a tree, they proceed to ask the help of various animals reach the Mango... but will they achieve their feast ? 

The Matchbox Man

In an abandoned, old, run-down hotel. In a secret room at the top of the staircase behind a bookcase in the library lives The Matchbox Man. Some people think he is good and kind, as he will give you moments in time which are frozen. But there is also a dark side to the Matchbox Man. If you do not have a child by the time you are 30 years old, your matchbox moments frozen in time will vanish. You will become the Matchbox Man locked in the secret room waiting for another pure-hearted child to rescue you.

The Magic of Jack

The depths of winter can be a beautiful and a magical time. When Emily and her mouse wake up one morning, they look out of the window to see the ground covered in sparkling white crystals, the pond frozen over with a glass top, and cobwebs hung from the trees like diamond necklaces.

They can’t help but wonder who made the world look so magnificent while they slept, but they intend to find out as they lie in wait for Jack Frost. Emily and her mouse want to catch the magic of Jack in action and they are not disappointed by what they find…

Join Emily and her mouse as they embark on an adventure of the frozen kind with Jack Frost.

The Magic Max Found

Nine-year-old Max is irresistibly drawn to a mystical pond at his Grandma’s house. But is it just a child's wild imagination, or does the shimmering water hide secrets more enchanting than he could ever imagine? Dive into The Magic Max Found and journey with Max as he unravels the wonders and mysteries that lie beneath the surface.

The Magic Bottle

Everyone in Melbay Village and beyond knows about Bid the healer and her magic bottle – a small, blue, glass bottle, which holds Bid’s special cure.

But Bid is old and needs to pass on her knowledge. Who will she choose to carry on her healing work – Widow Hannah and her daughter Ellie, or their troublesome neighbour, Lizzy?

There is just one condition for whoever takes over from Bid – never take money for cures.

Lizzy believes she should be the one to continue Bid’s work and will stop at nothing to get hold of the Magic Bottle …

The Mad Adventures of Freya Waggytail – the rescue dog with the waggiest tail!

The heart-warming story of an Irish rescue dog who finds a new home in England – where no one understands what she’s barking about! Sky, a well-meaning Burmese puss, teaches her to speak English – but all the local animals laugh at her for speaking ‘cat’!
She has some fun and crazy adventures, but keeps on wagging that long floppy tail and is soon known and loved as Freya Waggytail…

The Loveable Teddy Adventure 2

This book tells the story of an exciting adventure experienced by a loveable teddy, where he comes to life and grasps the imagination of the reader and listener alike.

The background of the tale is a place that anybody can visualise and travel with Teddy throughout his journey.

This is the second adventure of the teddy and of his interesting travels.

The Lost Shell

“The Tantrum” is no stranger to most of us!

In supermarket queues the sight and sound of a prostrate three-year-old giving it all in the pursuit of emotional release, is not something to forget! Yet, this plucky little person is expressing how it feels to be in the grip of a tangle of unidentifiable emotions, unable to communicate when asked “What’s the matter?” In the simple story of The Lost Shell, a Granny uses story to find a way through the confusion of a child’s pent-up emotions, preceding the birth of a sibling. The Lost Shell is designed to be enjoyed by carer and child together, and allows the child to read the pictures and tell the story in their own words.

In talking about the story and pictures the child may identify with some of the emotions shown there. Among the possible feelings may be anger, sadness, loss, separation, love, comfort, change, joy, friendship, co-operation, curiosity, generosity, kindness, fear, achievement, and satisfaction in initiating bonding (making friends) with another. A child may recognise only a few of these feelings, but the list might prove useful to the carer, perhaps in identifying some familiar feelings of their own! We are never too old to learn. How many of us “grown-ups” have nearly “lost it” on occasion and even sensed the tantrum at our shoulder! The Lost Shell can become a delightful resource to share over and again, building mutual self-awareness while fostering the emotional intelligence, vital to navigating the future - without running aground on Tantrum Island!