“I loved the stories a trillion out of five!”

Year 1 Student

A group of children sitting on the floor listening to a woman reading in a library or classroom. There is colorful decor including a sign that says, 'READING WILL TAKE YOU EVERYWHERE!' over the window, which has white curtains and ceiling decorations. The woman leading the session is in a white top and orange pants, and children appear engaged and attentive.
A group of children sitting on the floor listening to a woman reading in a library or classroom. There is colorful decor including a sign that says, 'READING WILL TAKE YOU EVERYWHERE!' over the window, which has white curtains and ceiling decorations. The woman leading the session is in a white top and orange pants, and children appear engaged and attentive.

Below you’ll find a selection of my picture book stories, with illustrations from children who have loved listening to them!

Colorful child's drawing of a creature with a red head, red wings, black horns, and a smiling face. The creature has four legs with three pink circles on its feet. The drawing is on a piece of paper with the words 'MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER' written at the top and the name 'Dragon' handwritten above the creature.

YUCK!

Chosen for the Penguin Random House WriteNow Programme
Highly Commended for the Alice Corrie Award

Gilbert has a dream.

He longs to be a famous fairy chef.

There's just one tiny problem.

His recipes make the other fairies shout YUCK!

Gilbert knows they'll change their minds one day...

... and when a hungry dragon appears, that day comes sooner than anyone expects.

A laugh-out-loud rhyming adventure celebrating courage, kindness and the joy of being delightfully different.

A child's drawing of three fish colored with yellow, brown, and orange, with one fish having a gray eye. The picture has rainbow-like arcs in blue and pink in the background. It is part of a white paper decorated with a purple border, with the title "My Favorite Character" at the top.

The Honey Heist

Shortlisted for the Penguin Random House WriteNow Programme.

Three fairies. One impossible mission.

Bunsen, Bo and Beet will go to extraordinary lengths for something sweet.

They've picked sugared icicles from a Yeti's mountain top. Plucked toffee chestnuts from a dragon's fireside.

So stealing honey from a hive of giant bees should be easy...

Instead, they find themselves surrounded by a swarm of furious bees - and need to use their very different talents for the most unexpected babysitting job in fairy history.

A laugh-out-loud rhyming caper about friendship, teamwork and discovering that the biggest heroes sometimes make the most unexpected babysitters.

Veggies Are Villains
(No We’re Not!)

A Fan Favourite for School Visits

Vegetables are the bad guys.

Or so one determined princess believes.

They sneak onto your plate. They look suspicious. And beets turn your poo red!

But when a wicked Sweet lures the princess into danger, the only heroes brave enough to rescue her are the very vegetables she's been avoiding all along.

A joyful rhyming adventure about bravery, balance and discovering that heroes sometimes grow in gardens.

“We are still talking to the children about this book at lunchtime. They love to show us how their muscles have grown from eating their peppers!”

Ford Road Nursery Teacher

A child's drawing of a tall glass filled with a brown beverage with a smiling face on the glass, green straw-like objects at the top, and some blue and black accents around the border of the paper.

A Sprinkle of Sparkle

How Kew Gardens got its Christmas Lights

Every Christmas, Kew Gardens sparkles with millions of magical lights.

But have you ever wondered how they first got there?

When Santa's sleigh has a near collision high above Kew and crash-lands in the branches of a giant redwood, it's up to little Alara to save Christmas before dawn.

A sparkling rhyming adventure about courage, kindness and the magical night that Kew Gardens first got its Christmas Sparkle.

Colorful children's drawing of a girl with pigtails, smiling, wearing a rainbow top, yellow skirt, and pink shoes, surrounded by four large, smiling pumpkins, with the words 'My Favourite Character' written at the top.
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