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Features stories about Derek with his gang in the eighties, quirkily illustrated (by Mac Black), the stories build on Derek’s ability to find disasters and get himself into one mess after another. Sweaty’s tales are about little kids enjoying life, before smartphones and computer games came along. Of course, it is just possible – if you are older than five – that you did all these things yourself…
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Was Alexander a villain? An injured hero, having survived WW1, dies, unexpectedly, in Glasgow leaving a shameful secret. This six generation mystery starts when Tom visits the loft “looking for the ‘jeely pan’…”
Max is a mouse with many issues.
Max is a mouse with issues.
The question is – is he going to be able to use them?
In a whimsical departure from his successful Sweaty (Children) and Derek (Young Adult) series, Mac Black brings us a quirky new character called Maximillian – a resourceful mouse, with some surprising ideas. This is Book Two in the series – you will find Book One here
Becoming a cat was a surprise to the Reverend Harold Scuffington! From the moment we meet Harold, we can see the immense complications to a man’s life that changing into a cat can bring… especially if it is a cat like Scuffo… If he isn’t under a bed, he is in it and what he sees, hears and experiences will change Harold’s life forever!
Max is a mouse with issues.
Trying to fit in with everyone around him means that Max can’t be himself – in fact, it is downright dangerous being himself – so if he is to carry on living with the horrible cat, Camilla, and Mrs McSkimming, he needs to change himself into someone else…
The question is – is he going to be comfortable with the result?
Book Three in the Sweaty Series Features stories about Derek with his gang in the eighties, quirkily illustrated (by Mac Black), the stories build on Derek’s ability to find disasters and get himself into one mess after another, this time with or without a camera. Sweaty’s tales are about little kids enjoying life, before smartphones and computer games came along. Of course, it is just possible – if you are older than five – that you did all these things yourself…
Anyone who likes Mac Black’s “Please call me Derek” (and the rest in the series covering his grown-up adventures) will enjoy introducing younger friends and family to his new series, “Sweaty and Pals”. Derek hated his nickname and now we find out how he came by it. Filled with stories about Derek’s exploits with his gang in the eighties, with quirky illustrations (by Mac Black), the stories build on Derek’s ability to find disasters and get himself into one mess after another.
Sweaty’s tales are about little kids enjoying life, before smartphones and computer games came along. Of course, it is just possible – if you are older than five – that you did all these things yourself…
Mac has embraced writing for younger readers with the same quirky clean humour that permeates his YA series. From Sweaty’s first day at school, we meet some of the wonderful characters who pepper the adult books, subtly dealing with issues around prejudice, being different, living with the elderly, losing parents – but in a gentle, no-nonsense way that exposes the social discrimination and values that we took for granted, in those days, but we would not accept, today. This makes these stories a perfect springboard for class discussions about daily life for children thirty years ago compared with now.
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Following the success of Two Up, in Two Up Down Under, Ron and Jim enjoy a road trip around Canberra and the Riverina in Jim’s 50-year old VW Kombi, Miss October. As well as the journey and the story of Miss October, there are over 190 original photos mostly in colour with a focus on both flying and on vintage aircraft in Australia.
‘Two Up’ is a collection of aviation anecdotes and photographs going back to the brothers’ early fascination with aircraft in the sixties. It includes a wealth of inside information. Now out as a second edition in Hardback
A Challenging Art Colouring Book – Fishy Fantasy Fun sketches by artist Lyn Phillips (Dream Doodles by Lyn) – challenging colourists everywhere. Find fishes inside fishes and dive into intricate patterns and shapes to inspire the imagination of all art lovers. Absorbing and interactive art projects that everyone can enjoy
NEW EDITION – NEW ILLUSTRATIONS
A gentle light-hearted tale about the lives of nine pedigree cats who live in a safe haven in the sunshine of Southern Spain. Donnington is a young Burmese boy who lives with a group of very different cat personalities so things do not always go his way.
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