The Spider and the Fly

The very second Eddie the fly flew into the spider's web he knew he was in trouble, big, big trouble. No matter how much he wriggled or kicked, he just kept tying himself into tighter and tighter knots. He would still be there today, had it not been for the kind-hearted Sybil, who just happened to be coming along at the very time that Eddie couldn't move and offered to lend him a helping hand, even though Sybil is a spider!

The Adventures of Tinkerbell, Clarita and TomTom

Clarita opened Tinkerbell’s door and climbed into the driving seat behind Tinkerbell’s steering wheel. Using a special key, Clarita, started Tinkerbell’s engine. Tinkerbell brummmed into action. “I’m Ready!” brummmed Tinkerbell.“Wait, wait!” giggled Clarita, “We must first tell TomTom where we want to go.”TCT Cooper cleverly stretches your imagination with fun and laughter in this series of adventures about Tinkerbell, a chubby cheeky green and sometimes stubbornly proud Mini Cooper and her friends as they enjoy going on their adventures and meeting new friends along the way. Clarita is a happy-go-lucky young lady with curly hair and freaky clothes. TomTom is an intelligent boffin navigator who prides himself on his knowledge of how to get around. Tinkerbell started to giggle softly at how funny Mr Mizzi looked wearing very, very clean white gloves and very, very dirty overalls. Rolling her eyes, Tinkerbell did not know what was worse, jumping like a kangaroo or squeaking.

Jack and the Boody Monster

"I think it's a Boody Monster," said Jack."A Boody Monster? What's a Boody Monster?""It's a hairy, scary, purple monster that makes tap-tap-tapping noises in the night. He could be hiding in the garden and give us all a fright."A fun story about a hairy, scary, purple monster for pre-school children and early readers, with rhyme and repetition to encourage language development and imagination. The delightful, colourful illustrations are designed to stimulate further interest.

Hello, I'm New

Whether it is the first day at a new school or after school club to then moving to a new city and a new job as we get older, we all know the feeling of being the new kid on the block!

This story introduces us to the idea that being new is actually a great opportunity as well as celebrating the diverse landscape of a beautiful city – London.

Ferdy and the Baby Unicorn

Ferdy is five years old and a centaur. He is half boy, half pony.One sunny and rainless day, Ferdy stumbles across something very special indeed – a baby unicorn!Ferdy's afternoon is filled with mayhem and mischief. It is only when the baby unicorn is reunited with its mother that Ferdy must make the biggest decision of his young centaur life.

Do Not Open this Book

This is a story about various creatures, including a bird, a hedgehog, a squirrel, a bee, a snail, a frog, a mouse and an owl - the many different kinds of animal you would see in a garden or a park.

Most of them are looking for food: they are all so busy digging, foraging and chewing that they take no notice of each other.

Sometimes they get in each other’s way. Some of them steal food from others. It’s all very selfish and they get angry, grumpy and bad-tempered.

Then one day the owl notices the bee sitting on a beautiful flower, collecting pollen and drinking nectar. This gives the owl a great idea.

So, what does the owl decide to do?

Zapper

Zapper and his team leave Saturn on a do-or-die mission to conquer Earth and its inhabitants. If they fail, they face losing their planet and being banished to the raging Sun, where the evil Fire Blazers live.

After a narrow escape from dangerous attacks on their way to Earth, Zapper is adopted into the Gurble household, where Sally and her dog Scruff become suspicious of Zapper. Things take a different turn, and the whole mission is threatened.

Zapper is the first of two novels, followed by a sequel called The Revenge of the Fire Blazers.

Yuck! Food is from where...?

On each of the adventures, our characters get caught up in situations sometimes exciting, sometimes dangerous, and sometimes comical. Along with a host of other interesting characters attached to their adventures, these stories are written to help introduce children to a new way of looking at something that may ordinarily present a challenge. The adventures attached to discovering new tastes will have the reader and listener alike drawn into what happens next as both fun and danger await our brother and sister trio on their quest for information about how our food is grown and produced.

Xanthia's New BFF

A seven-year-old girl, with nothing particularly interesting about her, moves into a new house, in a new town, and goes to a new school. Xanthia experiences all the problems and traumas that come along with starting a new life with people who don’t care to know anything about her: bullying, feeling left out, and having to find strength to be on her own. But Xanthia is already strong without realising it. Not afraid of her feelings, she shares her problems with her mother who offers her a simple solution which, for Xanthia, is the answer to everything. Her newfound interest makes Xanthia feel so good, that all the taunts and jeers from the other children do not matter. She has found a part of herself that makes her heart sing, but best of all, she finds something else she could never have imagined, a new BFF – Best Friend Forever.

Wrangler the Anglerfish: Obeying Rules

Did you know that the ugliest, scariest fish in the sea has a “flashlight” at the end of a pole on top of her head? Wrangler the Anglerfish uses her light to help a group of fish friends, who disobeyed their parents, find their way back home.

Word Worries

The Feel Good Fairy visits Milly to calm her thoughts and help her sleep. Milly has been really worried about her learning at school, she was so scared every time she had to read or write in class. She thought she was slow and not as clever as the other children. Each night she just tossed and turned, not knowing what the next day would bring and what she would be asked to do. Then one day she was given some magical keys which were special positions or poses for her to put her body in. If she did these poses each day they would unlock four boxes in her brain called: Anxiety, Focus, Confidence and Memory. These were all things that were either happening too much or too little for Milly. By following the wisdom of the Feel Good Fairy, Milly gets to access her own superpowers and feel good again!

Woke With the Grumps

When a little girl wakes up feeling super grumpy, it seems like everything is going wrong!

From the moment she hops out of bed, her day is filled with one silly mishap after another.

Can anything turn her frown upside down?

Join her on a day filled with giggles, hiccups, and maybe a happy surprise or two!