After two young cousins are left home alone to their own mischievous devices one lazy afternoon, little do they know the harm their actions will eventually have on the course of history…

Whilst out delivering newspapers, Alex and Georgie McClellan meet and befriend the eccentric inventor Lord Thyme-Slipp who claims to have designed his own homemade time machine, much to their initial surprise and disbelief…

However, later that day, after using Georgie’s father’s computer against his express wishes, the children are forced to turn to Slipp for help in the hope he can take them just a few hours back in time to undo the damage they’ve done, with no one being any the wiser… 

But a nervous cat and a violent storm propel the three of them hundreds of years, back into the past, to a time when the world caught fire, where their innocent actions there change both the then and the now to even more disastrous effect…

Hysterical, historical time-travel adventure – Age 7+

When Alun Licht and his younger sister, Ceri, are evacuated to live with their grandparents in Wales at the beginning of World War II, they hoped to find a home filled with the love and warmth starved of them when living in London…

What they didn’t expect to find there was a mysterious and legendary creature - one who’d hidden itself and its secrets away from the eyes of the world for hundreds of years, believing itself to be the last of its bloodline…

Soon, Alun and Ceri learn how it came to be so lost and far from home, having narrowly escaped the clutches of a brutal enemy who’d stop at nothing to wipe out all of its species – the unicorn…

However, the cruel reality of living in wartime Britain suddenly forces the children to abandon their new lives, leaving them with no choice but to embark on a treacherous journey with the unicorn and its friends – a family of travellers - to vainly search for more of its kind…

But little do they know that an unspeakable and centuries-old evil has awoken and is determined to hunt down and destroy the last of the unicorns…

Wartime Fantasy Adventure – Age 10+

A detective by the name of Holmes…

His loyal and faithful friend, Watson…

And a strange mystery to solve…

Except this isn’t the world-famous Sherlock Holmes of 221B Baker Street - it’s his great-great-great-great nephew, Constable Sherwood Holmes of the Scallywag Bay Police instead…

Having recently moved to the sleepy seaside town, keen to escape the hustle and bustle of the crime-filled streets of London, the last thing Sherwood expected to do was solve a robbery at the local bakery, not once, but twice, on the most important and celebrated weekend in Scallywag Bay’s yearly calendar.

Helped by his oldest friend, a huge Maine Coon cat called Watson, and the young twins, Charlie and Holly Jones, can Sherwood help his friend, Patty Cake, meet the most important delivery date of her life, or will they all be left with just a few crumbs of comfort, having been foiled by a sticky-fingered thief who always seems to be one step ahead of them…

Comedy Crime Caper – Age 6+

When a group of young friends, faced with the very real prospect of failing their impending SATs tests, stumble across a strange old textbook hidden away in the banned section of their school library, they think that they have finally found the answer to all of their problems.

However, the mysterious and mischievous tome Grammarticus poses more questions than answers, causing chaos when many a word – often spoken in jest - have deadly and dramatic repercussions for the six of them and those who inadvertently cross their paths.

Desperate to right the wrongs that they have unwittingly created, Zach, Shannon, Chelsea-May, Dev, Kadija and Antonio soon find themselves in the ultimate war of words with their evil and dragonesque English teacher, who is hellbent on using the legendary book and its secrets for herself, no matter how grave the consequences may be…

Magical Comic Adventure with Mysterious Twist - Age 9+

There was nothing more that young Nona Lancaster loved to do with her life than play football or spend time with her family and friends, as well as visiting Kingston’s Kingdom - the zoo owned by her long-lost grandfather.

But when a devastating tragedy strikes, Nona is forced into an unexpected and uneasy alliance with Lewis Kingston - the half-brother she never knew - to honour her grandfather’s final wishes to help stop his beloved animal kingdom from ever closing…

However, upon discovering the secret plans Lewis has for the future of Kingston’s Kingdom and its rare and endangered inhabitants, Nona faces a desperate race against time to try to thwart his evil and sinister intentions…

Helped by those she trusts the most - both in and out of school - can Nona rescue and save the animals her grandfather loved, cared for and protected all his life before the gates to Kingston’s Kingdom are closed forever…?

Madcap Animal Comedy Adventure - Age 9+

A group of gifted and talented youngsters who are presented with the chance of a lifetime after being offered the opportunity of a free scholarship and a place at one of England’s finest and most exclusive - but reclusive - of school academies…

A primeval order who hide amongst us, studying us, watching our every move, waiting for the perfect opportunity to reveal themselves and strike terror into our hearts when we least expect it…

A secret society, tasked with defending all of humankind, protecting the Earth from an enemy who quietly lurk in the shadows, determined to stop them from rising again to reclaim a world they believe to rightfully be theirs once more…

An ancient text, supposedly written by the devil himself, one which could threaten all of our futures as well as our very existence…and a legendary and epic war, one which has been waged for thousands of years, protecting all of humanity from a terrible truth of mythical proportions…

Here be dragons.

Mythical History Action Mystery Age 9+

Little did reporter Mason Adams know when answering the newspaper advertisement about working for a detective living in Baker Street how his life would suddenly and dramatically change forever…

However, rather than being employed by the world-famous person he was expecting to meet, Mason instead finds himself working with Cordelia Wilde, a brilliant cryptobiologist, haunted by her past, who hunts monsters for a living…

Soon, Wilde and Mason are joined on their adventures by Julliette, a young French girl escaping her family, hoping to take control of her future.  Before long, they find themselves on the trail of a legendary murderer, their hunt taking them from the dark and deadly streets of the East End of London to the mysterious wilds of Dartmoor…

Secretly watched by those seeking to stop the truth from ever being revealed to the world, will the three young and irregular detectives eventually discover the secrets of the wicked and dangerous things that lurk in the shadows of Victorian England...?

A Victorian Mystery & Horror Adventure- Age 9+

Born into a community of Majeeks, on her 18th birthday - her Coming of Mage - Poppy Copperthwaite finally expected to discover the magical powers buried deep within her in order to claim her birth right and eventually rule her parents’ kingdom.

Instead, her hopes and dreams are left in tatters when the cruel, fickle hand of fate conspires against her, leaving Poppy desperately hoping to find a way to unlock and unleash her true Majeek potential.

Sent to a magical and mystical foundation, Poppy faces a frantic race against time, whilst taking part in a series of tests and experiments to discover what type of spellcaster she is, under the watchful eye of the spellcialist, Doctor Leopold Harryhausen.

But with the clock ticking and her enemies plotting and conspiring against her, can Poppy and her group of weird and dysfunctional friends - a rude and grumpy boggart, a legendary witch and another teenage Majeek, lost somewhere between time - find a way to let loose the dormant powers trapped within her so that Poppy Copperthwaite can truly become the spellcaster she was always destined to be...?

Magic, Mystery and Mayhem - Age 8+

When Magda, a young Majeek orphan and refugee, arrives at the Foundation having escaped from a secret medical facility in her homeland, little do Poppy Copperthwaite, her family and friends know of the mysterious and dangerous threat she carries inside her and the life-changing effect it will have on those she accidentally encounters.

Just days after first meeting one another, Poppy and Magda find themselves relentlessly hunted by an evil alliance of NORMs and Majeeks - led by a devious and ruthless Prime Minister - who want Magda’s magical secrets to increase their powers and abilities to further their own personal aims, and greedy ambitions to rule over all others…

Can Poppy, Humprhy the boggart, Gil and Doctor Harryhausen hide and protect the young girl they’ve quickly grown to care for, keeping her safe from harm as they embark on a desperate race against time to try to save the lives of those they love…

Spectacular sorcery sequel – Age 8+

Slipp, Alex and Georgie are back – quite literally…

Our misadventurers are finally home but discover it to be a completely different world to the one they left less than twenty-four hours earlier…

Returning to school, the children are shocked to discover all they once knew is no more, replaced by an alternative history where an infamous name from their past now dominates the present… 

Realising that they may be responsible for this strange, new world, Alex and Georgie have no option but to again ask for the help of their friend - the brilliant but eccentric inventor Lord Thyme-Slipp - to right the wrongs caused by their actions. Using his not-so-technical know-how, Slipp modifies the Time Skipper to return them to the exact point in time and place where fate intervened to change the future…

But a careless mistake and an uncanny coincidence scupper their plans as they find themselves plunged into the middle of a deadly argument between two powerful and ambitious men who hold the fate of a kingdom in their hands… 

Thrilling Time Travelling Sequel – Age 7+

Have you ever been caught up in an argument with other people? You know, when there’s just three of you and two of them totally disagree about something or other…

Or there’s been an inexplicable falling out between them and you’re trapped in the middle of it, desperately trying hard not to pick sides…

It’s a difficult enough position for any teenager to normally be in but imagine what it would be like if you were forced into it by very extraordinary circumstances…super circumstances in fact…

That’s the awkward situation three lifelong school friends - AJ Sipowicz, Kai Kennedy and Mez Monroe – suddenly find themselves in when two of them develop strange and mysterious superpowers whilst begging the third member of their friendship group to keep their secrets safe, especially from one another...

But when moral intentions and personal motives clash, putting AJ, Kai and Mez on a direct collision course with those in authority regarding the fate of their city, they are forced to choose between right and wrong, good and evil, to save their friendships and to protect their families’ futures forever…

Superheroes with super problems Age 8+

“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words." – William H. Gass

The scariest thing you can do to any young writer is give them a blank piece of paper and ask them to write something, without any help, guidance or support, especially if they aren’t completely engaged or excited about the task set them or the purpose behind it.

Not only that but young writers are also expected to remember every single grammar and spelling rule learned during their school life to then independently produce pieces of writing which must show that they are at ‘an expected level’ by the time they leave primary school…

My young writers needed something more - something to help take away the fear and panic behind the writing process so that they could concentrate on their creativity and expressiveness instead, without being confused or overburdened by everything the English language can throw at them.

Something they could easily grab hold of and use to find exactly what they were looking for – and what they needed - to be ‘an expected writer’ without having to wade through laminated word mat after laminated word mat…

So here it is – a handbook designed to help my young writers ensure that their writing takes off and flies…

 Tip, tricks and help with improving your writing – Age 7+