Recent Publications

Dick the Delightful Duck

(Published by Scholastic)

Dick the Duck is always so kind and so caring. Until the day he gets out on the Wrong Side Of Bed. What will his friends do to help him get back to his usual cheery self?

REPUBLISHED PONGWIFFY STORIES (published by Simon and Schuster)

THE PONGWIFFY STORIES

A bind-up edition of the first two books of the series – A Witch of Dirty Habits and The Goblins’ Revenge.

EVEN MORE PONGWIFFY STORIES

A bind-up edition of the final three books of the series – Pongwiffy and the Pantomime, The Spellovision Song Contest and Back on Track.

ADVENTURES OF ELSIE .PICKLES – a young would-be witch (published by Simon and Schuster)

Witch for a Week

The first of a new series. When Elsie Pickles offers to house-sit the mysterious home of local witch Magenta Sharp, she has no idea what she’s getting herself into. Left with a talking raven and a scruffy dog for company, a magical tower that has a mind of its own and a book of instructions called Everything You Need To Know, what could possibly go wrong?

View an animated trailer written by Simon & Schuster for the book, complete with a cute sound track

Wish for a Witch

Magenta needs Elsie’s help to save her magic licence and deal with a grumpy genie on the loose! Will it all prove too much for Elsie and her friends?

Witches (Un)Welcome

Magenta opens a new pop up magic shop called Sharp Spells – The Shop! down the alleyway next to the Emporium.. Soon, the town is overrun by witches, much to the annoyance of the magic-hating people of Smallbridge. But maybe a little bit of magic is just the thing Smallbridge needs?

Witch in Winter

Magenta Sharphas vanished from her magical tower in Crookfinger forest and no one knows how to find her.But with a mysterious stranger setting his sights on the empty tower and an unexpected snowstorm causing chaos, Elsie and her friends need to track down Magenta, and fast! Can Elsie’s new witchy skills help save the day? Or is Magenta gone for good?

Naughty Naughty Monster

(Published by Templar)

A picture book illustrated by Greg Abbott. Monster is on the rampage and it takes a very feisty Fairy to sort him out!

Algy’s Amazing Adventures

(Published by Orion)

Four Early Readers (stepping stones from picture books to reading books). Hidden away in Algy’s garden shed is a missing plank, providing access to other magical worlds.

Algy’s Amazing Adventures In The Jungle

It’s a huge leafy jungle where danger lurks around every corner. Is he brave enough to explore it?

Algy’s Amazing Adventures In The Arctic

It’s a snowy arctic place where anything can happen. And it does.

Algy’s Amazing Adventures At Sea

It’s a tropical island and a choppy sea, and Algy comes face to face with some angry pirates.

Algy’s Amazing Adventures In Space

Algy and his friends have an adventure on another planet and make friends with a robot and his dog.

Belinda and the Bears

(Published by Orion)

Four Early Readers. Belinda has unusual new neighbours!

The Porridge Project

The three bears are scared of little girls and they only eat porridge. It’s tricky being the only bears in the village. Can Belinda help?

The New Chair

Bears need chairs, but Baby’s is broken and Daddy can’t fix it. Can clever Belinda save the day?

Belinda And The Bears Go Shopping

Baby Bear has his very own room, but nothing to put in it. Can Belinda persuade the bears to go on a shopping trip?

Belinda And The Bears Go To School

It’s baby’s first day at school. Can Belinda help him settle in?

MORE STORIES FROM BARRINGTON STOKE

Prince Frog Face

Prince Valentine of Romantica is on the hunt for a girlfriend, Let the auditions begin! But something seems to have gone a little wrong. First, Prince Valentine was rude to the old woman. Then his blingtastic suit disappears. Now he seems to be down a well with a trio of singing toads. Pucker up for a big froggy kiss.

This is The Frog Prince as you’ve never read it before.

Bigger and Better

Violet lives in a land of giants. Her lumbering husband, her fusspot niece, and her best friend are all HUGE. But Vi loves kittens, dolls houses, thimbles and all manner of tiny things. Things like Tiddly Jack, who’s just climbed up the beanstalk into Vi’s kitchen and – only gone and stolen her husband’s gold!

This is Jack and the Beanstalk as you’ve never read it before.

The Knights of the Drop-Leaf Table

The knights are clanking around the castle, driving King Artie and Queen Gwinnie up the wall. The Queen thinks the knights really need a room of their own, with a round table. But that’s easier said than done….

The Knights and the Best Quest

The knights are on a quest. They’ve drawn up the rules and hit the road on their less than trusty steeds to prove who is the best

TERRIBLE TALES FROM SCHOOL – included in the Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Reflect: Oxford Level 16

Have you ever noticed that a story about something terrible that happened to them at school. Sports injuries, play disasters, escaped rabbits…..,well not me.

The Peculiar Thing with the Pea

(published by Barrington Stoke)

Prince Pete isn’t ready for marriage – he’s only eleven! And this peculiar business with the pea is the daftest thing he’s ever heard. Mother reckons she can find him the perfect royal bride and thinks the pea is the one true test. But when scruffy-looking Patsy comes along, claiming to be a princess, Mother’s careful scheming quickly turns to soup. A laugh-out-loud retelling of The Princess and the Pea like you’ve never heard it before! Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+

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