Kara

Your hair is your crown, wear it proud!The power of words ignites a magical adventure for young Kara, a cheeky five-year-old with BIG hair and even BIGGER dreams!This enchanting story of self-love and empowerment is filled with mystery and strange encounters along the way. As Kara navigates her journey, she learns the importance of kindness and loving herself for who she is.While Kara’s tale is not the first and won’t be the last, it imparts valuable lessons to young readers about the significance of self-acceptance and compassion.

A Frog Called Freddy

Sometimes in life, the time comes when we want to be the very best we can be, to achieve our goals. Freddy was no exception! He wanted to win a gold medal at the biggest jumping competition in the world, the Frog Olympics.He practised his jumping every day, making sure he was ready with his body and his mind for the big day, preparing himself as best he could for the biggest competition for which he had ever entered.But other frogs from around the world wanted to win that medal too! They came from near and far, from every pond in the land, ready to jump to glory!How do you think Freddy went? He was very confident, very good, very ready, and very keen to do the best he could do! Read his story!

Friends

The snail wants to be a writer, but he doesn’t know what to write about.

The lizard, the toad and the turtle try to help him by telling a lot of stories.

Will the snail find inspiration?

What if we tell you that it’s because of his friends that the snail will overcome his fears and fight for his dreams?

Dennis and Hattie Become Best Friends

Dennis and Hattie Become Best Friends is a story of friendship, told in rhyme with wonderful illustrations. The characters of Dennis and Hattie are drawn from a real kitten and Dachshund who loved to run and play and explore. Come into their world, run, and play and explore with them, see what they see and feel the joy that they feel. This is just the beginning, and with each new adventure they embark on, their friendship grows and grows.

This is a heartwarming little story, perfect for any storytime.

The Curious Case of the Missing Shoes

Teachers regularly hear students complain: ‘Someone has taken my pencil!’
More often than not, this is not the case – the pencil has merely been misplaced.

This book explores that very situation. It can only be resolved by mobilising an entire family of ants. Each (alphabetically ordered) ant has her or his own personality which assists (or does not assist) in solving the case. The alphabet, perseverance, working as a team, looking for simple solutions to problems and interacting with different personality types are amongst the themes which can be explored and discussed in class or at home.

The trouble all begins when Alan the ant cannot find his shoes. He is very angry about this.

He needs to call on his entire family to help find them.

They all have a role to play – but everything is not as it seems…

Who has the shoes and where are they?

Velvet Love and the Magic Tea Pot

Excitement bubbles. They smile and smirkLook close; the magic is starting to work!Velvet Love can do unbelievable things with her magic teapot. With just one sip of the magic tea, her friends go on wonderous adventures to amazing places while meeting some interesting new friends along the way in this beautifully illustrated masterpiece.

Vegetarian Polony

When the animals discoverThe reason pigs are on the farmAn adventure beginsFull of animal charmCollaboration and working as a teamThe animals create a farmer’s dream…Vegetarian Polony

TJ and his Wheelable Chair

TJ cannot walk or talk, but he still loves to listen and play with his friends.Join him as he shows that disabilities are no barrier to a happy and fulfilling life...

The Wise Old Wizard

The Wise Old Wizard likes to explore. Luckily for him, he has a kite that helps him adventure through space but, unfortunately, Kite doesn’t let him stay in the same place for too long! ‘The kite flew higher and took him off his toes, he was floating past the moon and stars, earth was far below. ‘He looked in the distance at a planet big and red, he realised he was nearing Mars, excitement filled his head. ‘He landed very gracefully and saw a crater straight ahead, he peeked inside and to his surprise he saw aliens in bed.’

The Wind Man

Oh dear, it seems you’ve forgotten about someone very important. Haven’t you realised he’s been trying to get your attention for years? Who do you think tossed your hair about this morning, or ruffled your coat tails? Wind Man, of course! This short story transforms the imagination from a child’s mind into reality and gives the wind a personality. Whilst Wind Man can have many moods and changes from one to another quite quickly; ultimately, he is a cheeky old man who enjoys playing tricks. So, don’t forget to say hello next time he brushes past you or he might just play one on you!

The Tale of Suzie the Snail

Suzie the Snail loves her garden – its flowers, plants and leaves, veggies and trees.It is home.But in Suzie’s tale, she is out in a gale!  Suzie asks where does the wind come from?Big black cat and bird each have an answer, but only one explanation is sensible and the other is crazy!Which will Suzie believe?    

The Sand Sleigh

It is Christmas Eve on a warm summer’s day and Charlie has been building festive sand sculptures on the beach. Filled with excitement, Charlie joins her family and the marching band on the way to the village carol service. An unexpected encounter with Santa then leads to her exciting day continuing into a magical evening when he needs her help to save Christmas.