After an eight-year absence, Dizzy’s ‘New Age traveler’ mother suddenly shows up on her twelfth birthday and whisks her away to a series of festivals throughout Scotland in her rattletrap van.
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The Foundling Fox
An orphan fox is fed and protected by a reluctant vixen, who finds in the end that she loves him as much as her own three kits.
River Boy
Knowing that he is dying, Jess’s grandfather insists on returning to the river he had known as a boy to finish a special painting and fulfill a life-long dream.
Golden & Grey: An Unremarkable Boy And A Rather Remarkable Ghost
When a downhearted ghost becomes the ‘invisible friend’ of an eleven-year-old boy who is an outcast in his new school, the two help each other find their place in their respective worlds.
The Jamie And Angus Stories
A collection of six stories about Jamie and his stuffed animal Angus, an inseparable pair.
Forest Of The Pygmies
Eighteen-year-old Alexander Cold and his grandmother travel to Africa on an elephant-led safari, but discover a corrupt world of poaching and slavery.
Pizza For The Queen
In 1889 Napoli, Italy, Raffaele Esposito prepares a special pizza for the queen, in a book based on a true story which includes a recipe for pizza Margherita.
Three Songs For Courage
In 1956, 16-year-old Gordon Westley finds his summer vacation shattered by tragedy, forcing him to come face-to-face with the darkest–and the sweetest–side of human nature.
Kensuke’s Kingdom
When Michael and his dog Stella are swept off his family’s yacht, they wash up on a desert island and are struggling to survive–until they realize they are not alone. Original illustrated version.
The Heaven Shop
Binti and her siblings struggle to survive when they are split up and sent to different parts of Malawi after their parents die of AIDS.