Dewey and the Dragonfly

Set in 1960s Italy, on the dusty lanes between the cypresses of Tuscany, a friendship is growing between a young boy and a dragonfly.

The dragonfly has had a bad name over the centuries and Dewey is longing for a friend.

As the cypresses cast their long golden shadows the dragonfly knew that Dewey was sound asleep.

Detective Quackals

Quackals has no idea about the big surprise that awaits him at the end of the Easter egg hunt. His mummy has set up a special surprise as she knows he loves being a detective.

Can you help Detective Quackals find the 10 missing Easter eggs?

Days Out with Sally the Shrew

Sally the Shrew lives in a tiny burrow in the corner of the garden belonging to a cottage in a small village in North Lancashire. Sally lives with her five youngsters: Bubble, Squeak, Pip, Poppy, and Syd.

Read about Sally and her youngsters adventures on their days out and all the friendly animals, birds and other characters they meet. There are also some not so friendly characters that they bump into along the way so you will read of how they deal with the drama they are faced with!

Sally loves to educate her youngsters all about the places they visit on their days out and teaches them fun games to play outdoors whilst enjoying the beautiful scenery of the countryside, beaches, estuaries around the towns and villages in Lancashire and Cumbria.

Join Sally, Bubble, Squeak, Pip, Poppy, and Syd and read about their exciting adventures.

Darcey The Duck

Share the fun and exciting life of Darcey the duck and her farmyard friends, as they live their lives amongst the hustle and bustle of a busy working farm.
Why does Darcey start behaving strangely and being secretive?
What is she trying to hide from the other animals?
See how Petunia the pig and Henrietta the hen react to Darcey’s daily fussing and flapping and how they desperately want to find out what is going on!
Watch as Bob the young collie dog runs crazily around the farm whilst Farmer Barley tries to train him to herd sheep and Delilah the cow looks on in disbelief!

This is just the first of many adventures of Darcey and her friends – they will become your friends as you read about their wonderful lives and you will also learn how these animals live in our busy world.

Danny's Christmas

This is the second book in the Danny Dragon series written and illustrated by mother and son team, Jean and Jamie Illingworth.
They are stories of kindness and friendship and the everyday adventures of Danny, a dragon, and his brave little friend Susie.
The stories follow the year round, and in this magical Christmas story, Danny tries to save Susie’s nativity play, but things go wrong and he has to put them right again.  

Dandi Deeds Fairy

Maddie was flying, inside a most wonderful Fairy, all sparkling and shiny. She felt warm, safe and comfy. It was a truly magical ride. The Fairy zapped from side to side, zig zagging along very fast, and never bumping into anything!

And the quirkiness continued….

Dandi Deeds Fairy is a charming, engaging and whimsical story that will delight a young audience, while teaching them how wonderful it is to do good deeds.

Dan, The Lollipop Man

Meet Dan, the Lollipop Man. He gets up at 6.00 o’clock every morning! What does he do that means he must wake up so early? Very important work, of course. School children and their Mums and Dads depend on him. They even put their lives in his hands! Every day, in all weathers, Dan helps the children to cross the busy road safely, on their way to school. He never lets them down. Dan is always cheerful. He never complains.

Dan talks to everyone. He swings round lampposts. Even the littlest humans who have just learned to walk, smile, and say, “Good Morning, Lollipop Man!” to Dan. He loves everyone and everyone loves him, especially children. And Dogs, lots of dogs.

Meet his friends, the twins, Old Mrs Clover, a cat on a lead! Meet Marvellous Mums and Dynamic Dads with their pushchairs, as Dan guides them through the traffic.  Join Dan the Lollipop Man on his daily quest to get Mona and Charlie, and all the other children he loves, safely to school each day.

Daisie the Dapple Dachshund

A funny, heartwarming tale of a cheeky little sausage dog trying to fit into her new home.

Watch Daisie try to adjust to family life, with amusing poo incidents and lots of silly doggy antics.

Her family fall in love with her, will you too?

Daisie has hidden some special golden bones, can you find them?

Crash-Landing in the Unknown

One stormy night, the curious flower Hugleaf got pulled out with his roots and flew out in the dark night, leaving his peaceful home next to the old wise tree. Hugleaf smashed into Rainspider and together they flew over valleys and crash-landed in a country beyond what they had ever seen. Injured and surprised, they looked around to see only grey, or is it them that can’t see colour anymore? Follow Hugleaf and Rainspider on a journey where they meet serene lilies and scary dragons, in a world where each intelligent flower has something to say and give. Will the grey country regain its colour?

Covid and Corona

Today is going to be a fun day! Zoe is looking forward to going to kindergarten where she will play all day with her friends and then later, Granny is going to come to visit her. But suddenly, Mum comes and tells her that none of this will happen today and Zoe has to stay at home! It’s a special holiday for all kids. Two uninvited guests are lurking around the corner – Covid and Corona, a little boy and a little girl. These two tiny creatures can do a lot of damage and things are about to change, and they need to protect themselves and everybody else around them…

Come on Little Duck!

Little Duck is the smallest duckling of the family who seems to be slower than the rest. The baby of the batch! He often gets distracted or nervous and is not as confident as his other siblings. However, with a little encouragement, guidance and care from Mother Duck he soon joins the activities and overcomes the challenges he is faced with. What a brave little duck!

Clouds

Conceived and sketched in pencil, Clouds was scribbled in moments in 1978.It is an imaginary story about a cloud contemplating and finding its identity, as a cloud. Wandering and finding companionship and its apparent purpose...until one day whilst floating really high, everything changes. It is a pictorial educational short story with a sweet surprise ending to be continued.