Books
Woven through the three major ‘careers’ there has always been creative writing. Often academic, but in later years more focused on finding the fun in complex concepts so that children can enjoy getting to grips with difficult ideas.
The first book, ‘Have you ever seen a Bee with Hives?’ is for eight to 12 year olds. Packed with information and giggles it covers all they need to know about food allergies and how to handle them.
The first in a series of five books, three of which are due for publication this year, with the final two in 2025.
Also coming soon several fiction books. An adventure fantasy for the same age group and some fun picture books for younger readers. Again, written over recent years and waiting until I had time to concentrate on them fully.
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Have You Ever… seen a Bee with Hives? A laugh out loud book that will turn you into a superhero expert on food allergies. Aimed at those around 8-12 years, the book gives confidence and knowledge on a difficult subject in a fun and sometimes gross manner.
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Thumbinals™ A picture book series for pre-school and early school aged children. Created from thumbprints the characters come to life through rhyme.
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Prehysteric Pets ™ The Eight Escape. A group of misfits who have been created accidentally in a lab. The evil Professor and his inept sidekick hoped to make their fortune with the creatures, but the useless crew end up locked in a disused zoo, plotting each desperate bid for freedom.
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Have You Ever… Four more books in the ‘Have You Ever’ series, to be published over the coming year. Covering nutrition (how food can make you brainy or barmy); soil health and how it affects our food, our health and our planet. The fourth, showing what’s going on in the sea. How most people have plastic in their bodies and how it got there. And finally, how everything we do affects the air quality and that has consequences on our wildlife, our food and our health.
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Tilly and Ebo ™ A fantasy adventure about two intrepid kids from quite different backgrounds who get off to a decidedly shaky start. When faced with a life-threatening situation, they must act together to save themselves and their friends.
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The Sass Squad ™ Cass loves thinking. She also adores staring into space and pondering on life. These doodles and rhymes are Cass and her squad’s take on everything from best friends to what makes boys/girls tick… and pretty much anything in between.
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Olly and Lolly ™ A picture book series about the local lollipop man and woman. There’s fun and games as well as serious subjects to encourage children about safety and kindness. There are exploits at the school too.
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Molly and Bopp™ Molly and her brother Bopp are helped on their way to school by Olly and Lolly Popp, who live next door. They plot and plan with their neighbours, with a child’s eye view, on life and how to keep the interest of their other school friends. Seen above in a series of dance moves to the Hip Hop Lollipop song.
