THE WAY TO SATTIN SHORE

BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK

Sid has been given a pair of gerbils, Bubble and Squeak, but his mother doesn't want them in the house! The battle to keep them is on.

THE CHILDREN OF CHARLECOTE

The story of Tom, Laura, Hugh and Margaret, who live in the great house Charlecote before the outbreak of the First World War. Their parents are stern and Tom is sent away to boarding school but during the holidays the four of them have many adventures in the grounds of the house.

THE ROPE AND OTHER STORIES

A collection of short stories about childhood happenings, some scary and some very funny!

TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN

When Peter is ill his brother, Tom, is sent to stay with their Aunt and Uncle in their flat. In the daytime the flat has no garden - just a dusty backyard. But when the clock strikes thirteen Tom enters a magical garden.

WINGS OF COURAGE

Clopinet longs for the sea, and dreams of one day becoming a sailor. But Clopinet is lame and his bully of a father sneers at his dreams, sending him away to work as a tailor's apprentice. Miserable and desperate, Clopinet escapes his cruel master to find the sea.