Frog Finds Home
Sarah Hutchinson-Jarman
£12.99
SYNOPSIS
Frog Finds Home is a picture book in which a frog decides his home is too small so goes on an adventure to discover a new one. He explores different habitats, only to find problems with them all and soon returns back to his original home.
Chameleon’s Colour Quest
Sarah Hutchinson-Jarman
£5.99
SYNOPSIS
Chameleon’s Colour Quest sees a chameleon who is bored with all the brown of his home. He goes on an adventure to discover new colours and also finds a new emotion with each colour.
Note To Boy
Sue Clark
£9.99
SYNOPSIS
Eloise is an erratic, faded fashionista. Bradley is a glum but wily teenager. Together, they make an unlikely team. In need of help to write her racy 1960s memoirs, the former ‘shock frock’ fashion guru tolerates his common ways. Unable to remember his name, she calls him Boy. Desperate to escape a brutal home life, he puts up with her bossiness and confusing notes. Both guard secrets. How did she lose her fame and fortune? What’s he scheming – beyond getting his hands on her bank card? And just what’s hidden in that mysterious locked room?
Jed’s Dreams. The First Adventure
Michelle Horton
£9.99
SYNOPSIS
Jed’s Dreams is a gentle, imaginative bedtime story for young children. The story follows puppy Jed into his dreams. The book is aimed to capture the joy, safety, and adventure of falling asleep, helping children feel comforted at bedtime.
The True Adventures of Lady Guinevine Strathmore: Blood and Gold
Norm Chung, Amsel Von Spreckelsen
£8.99
SYNOPSIS
Join Lady Guinevine Strathmore, Explorer, Aristocrat, Dilettante, as she embarks on a swashbuckling adventure, investigating the brutal attack on the high society ball held by the esteemed Lord, Sir Charles Wrathbone.
Stronger Than the Storm
Felicity Ashley
£13.99
SYNOPSIS
Do you ever feel like life is holding you back, but deep down, you know you’re capable of so much more? When adversity strikes, it’s easy to give in to fear, self-doubt or the belief that you’re not strong enough. But what if the toughest moments of your life were actually the making of you? In Stronger Than the Storm, Felicity Ashley shares her powerful and deeply personal story of overcoming life’s biggest challenges – from a hip replacement in her early 40s to rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to facing cancer head-on. Through each chapter, she shows how ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things by embracing fear, leaning on community and never losing sight of hope. Felicity’s story is an honest look at what it means to face fear with open arms, keep moving when grief feels unbearable and find glimmers of hope even in the darkest hours. Her extraordinary journey will move and inspire anyone who’s ever wondered, “Can I really get through this?” Because sometimes, it’s not about bouncing back. It’s about rising – stronger than the storm.
A Midsomer Day Out
Helen Johns
£8.00
SYNOPSIS
The globally acclaimed Midsomer Murders is a TV phenomenon, running since 1997 and still going strong today. The most frequently filmed locations include the historic market town of Thame and many picturesque villages in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. This book is a travel guide for the visitor to Midsomer County, providing detailed itineraries for intrepid Midsomer fans and anyone interested in the beautiful villages and countryside featured in Midsomer Murders. You will be guided around over 60 filming locations, including a route map to find each one.
The Hunting of the Shark
Bill Heine
£14.99
SYNOPSIS
It’s 1986 and American jets take off near Oxford to bomb Tripoli and take out Gaddafi… meanwhile another missile has crashed through the shattered tiles of a quiet Oxford suburban home. This is a true story. Dive into this book which celebrates the 25th anniversary of one of England s quirkiest icons. The Hunting of the Shark spills the guts for the very first time on how this bizarre 25-foot fibreglass sculpture was conceived, constructed, erected, and kept up on the roof against the full blast of Oxford City bureaucracy.
Told by Bill Heine who commissioned its birth, plus exclusive sketches and artwork from the sculptor’s own notebook and never-before-seen photographs of the erection in fragrante, The Hunting of the Shark reveals and re-lives a fascinating slice of English eccentricity. Part-Picaresque, part-Pythonesque, this tale of art, anarchy, and architecture reveals how a 7-day wonder became one of the country s most controversial landmarks.
Carl Loft and the Oover Monster
Jason Brown
£12.99
SYNOPSIS
Carl Loft and the Oover Monster is a humorous story aimed at 5-7 year olds that deals with a small child’s fear of inanimate objects. To help him solve this problem the title character employs the services of real monsters from around his home to help him scare away the most terrifying of all inanimate horrors, his mother’s villainous vacuum cleaner, the Oover Monster! The moral of the story is Carl’s discovery that fear is all in mind.
Stick or Twist. The Niko Grant Adventures
Edward J. Christie
£9.99
SYNOPSIS
Having never kissed a girl, 16-year-old Niko has a lot on his mind. But things get much worse when returning home from school, he finds his dad being tormented by criminals. They are trying to extract valuable information about secret government testing on the River Thames. With his own life now in danger, Niko must make a decision… Does he stick or does he twist? He twists, and makes his escape helped by his friend, Jacinta. Chased by the criminal gang, the teenagers flee along the Thames in a battered old canoe towards London. They try to unlock the mystery held by the water by following a set of weird clues linking old gravestones to pollution, death and even murder!
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