Frank and Bert - book 3

The hilarious fox and bear double act from bestseller Chris Naylor-Ballesteros is back and better than ever in a third adventure. Frank and Bert are off for a picnic in the countryside. And Bert has brought a delicious surprise! But when he falls asleep, Frank can’t resist taking a peek . . . WOW! Bert has made Frank’s FAVOURITE biscuits! Surely, he won’t mind if Frank eats one . . . or two . . . or three . . .This big-hearted story about friendship and forgiveness is guaranteed to get children giggling!

Publsihed by Nosy Crow March 2024

When The Storm Came

The frog family love their home on the riverbank, but they know to always stay away from the old tree stump – because a Big Scary Thing lives in there. When a huge storm comes and his friends and family are swept away, Little Frog is blown right into the terrifying stump . . . but what he finds inside changes his community forever.
A story of kindness, community, and coming together in a time of crisis.

Published by Andersen Press, April 2024

Bella The storyteller

What makes a great story? How are stories made? This clever and unique look at storytelling can help us to understand that great stories need more than exciting and imaginative settings...
Meet Bella – she’s not the rabbit, nor the squirrel, she’s the hills, and the trees, and everything in the background. But today, she’s taking control and creating her own story. Today, she’s Bella the Storyteller, and she wants her story to have dragons and dinosaurs and pirates and unicorns and aliens in space! This is going to be the best story ever... but Rabbit and Squirrel might not agree.

Published by Andersen Press, September 2023

Frank and Bert - book 2

The one where Bert learns to ride a bike.

Bert is CERTAIN he can ride his bike as well as Frank, but he is very wobbly! And even when they BOTH try riding Frank’s bike . . . it still goes very wrong! Will the best friends make it all the way down from the big hill? Of course! All they need is a little bit of confidence and trust in each other!

This warm and entertaining story about friendship is guaranteed to get children giggling!

Published by Nosy Crow on February 2023.

Frank and Bert will return for another adventure in 2024!

Frank and Bert

Frank and Bert are the best of friends and they LOVE to play hide and seek. But Bert the bear isn’t quite as good at hiding as he thinks he is . . . and Frank ALWAYS wins! Every. Single. Time.

But when it’s Bert’s turn to hide, and Frank has to decide between winning again OR making his friend happy, Frank learns that friendship is always the true winner.

Published by Nosy Crow on the 2nd February 2022.

Frank and Bert will return for another adventure in 2023!

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Tiny Reindeer

Santa and his reindeer are getting ready for Christmas, but Tiny Reindeer is too small to join in! Santa knows that a nudge in the right direction could change Tiny's life forever. When Tiny discovers a letter from a bereft little girl who is wishing for a tiny reindeer to match her grandfather's final gift, a hand-carved tiny sleigh, Tiny realizes that this might be his big chance. But will he have the courage to take a (literal) leap into the unknown? And what can Santa do to help?

Published by Andersen Press on the 7th October 2021

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Out Of Nowhere

Beetle and Caterpillar are best friends. Every day, they sit together on a big rock, sharing a picnic and looking out over the forest. But one day, Caterpillar goes missing and, try as he might, Beetle cannot find her. Just as he is about to give up hope, a very friendly (and rather familiar) butterfly appears out of nowhere. Can it be his friend? She might look different but she is still just the same and they are together again, at last.

Published by Nosy Crow on 7th May 2020

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The Lonely Christmas Tree

A lonely tree stands on the cold, frosted hillside gazing at the other trees sparkling in the village below. How it longs to be with them! Then, suddenly, out reaches a warm friendly hand, and with a wobble and a shake, a very jolly fellow takes the tree on a journey to a new place where the tree will feel that it belongs once more, surrounded by old friends and new.
A beautiful Christmas gift inspired by the Christmas poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. With an uplifting message about overcoming loneliness and celebrating being together.

Published by Bloomsbury, December 2019

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The Suitcase

When a strange-looking animal arrives pulling a big suitcase, the other animals are curious. What on earth could be inside that suitcase? A teacup? Maybe. A table and chair? Perhaps. A whole home and hillside with trees? This stranger must be fibbing! But when the animals break into the suitcase and discover a very special photograph, they begin to understand what the strange creature has been through, and together they create a very special welcome present . . .

Published by Nosy Crow on 2nd May 2019

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I Love You, Stick Insect

Stick Insect is IN LOVE!
Just think of all the fun and laughter he will have with his perfect partner – surfing the ocean waves, racing on speeding motorcycles with the wind in his feelers, dancing the hula – whoop-di-whoop! But ... there's something not quite right about Stick Insect's new sweetheart, and Butterfly seems to have spotted the problem ... IT'S A STICK!
Oh dear, the course of true love never did run smooth and poor stick insect is about to find this out the hard way.

Published by Bloomsbury

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I'm Going To Eat This Ant

There are so many scrumptious ways to eat this ant. Seared like steak or squished in a sausage ... sundried, salted or sliced ...
But watch out, anteater! While you're salivating, this sneaky ant has got an escape plan up its sleeve ...
Take one starving anteater and one slippery ant, and you have the super ingredients for a hilarious, stylish story.

Published by Bloombury