Ollie and the Bogle

Ollie and the Bogle

Ollie and the Bogle When Ollie first sees the bogle she can’t quite believe it. Then the wizened tree spirit points a long spiky finger at her, and writes STOP HIM in elderberry juice on the shed roof. Dare she obey? Dare she not? Andersen paperback.ISBN 1 84270...

The Sewer Sleuth

The Sewer Sleuth The cholera epidemic of 1854 is raging. Nobody knows how to stop it. Then Tom Cracknell, an orphan boy turns detective. He helps Doctor John Snow, Queen Victoria’s physician to find the cause of the deadly disease.  Watts ISBN 0 7496 2590...
Jessame to the Rescue

Jessame to the Rescue

Jessame to the Rescue Six more stories about the irrepressible Jessame. She visits the Cutty Sark, rescues her little brother and dances the special Ashobee dance at a wedding. “Jessame to the Rescue” gets a 5 star review in “Books for Keeps”...
The Jessame Stories

The Jessame Stories

The Jessame Stories To SEE and HEAR me read Jessame’s Very Lucky Day, the first of six stories in this well-loved series click this link: A viewing inspired pupils at Sundon Lower School to write their own Lucky Day stories. ‘Boys and girls relate to...
Stowaway

Stowaway

Stowaway Set in Tudor times, Stowaway is about a boy who stows away with the famous sailor, Francis Drake.  The illustrations, by Mike Oldroyd are all in full colour, and are so dramatic! Collins commissioned me to write a story about the Golden Hinde. I’d...
Rabbit Helps Out

Rabbit Helps Out

Rabbit Helps Out Rabbit’s feeling sad. All his friends are good at things – Owl’s wise, Badger’s strong, Mole’s funny…….. But Rabbit feels like a lazy lump. Surely there’s something he’s good at? Colour Young Hippo...