Kirjahaku

Meg and her family have moved into a new house. But this is no ordinary house. It is a house within a house. Meg and her best friend Julie find themselves inadvertently slipping in and out of time warps discovering a parallel world as they do so. It is a world of romance and theatre, a world of tragedy, joy and intrigue. It is a whole new world which tantalisingly untangles itslef and after their initial adventures the girls cannot help but go back for more.They discover and become embroiled in the lives of Annie, Ada and Belle, three glamorous sisters who are totally immersed in their theatrical lilves whether they are on or off stage. They also meet Betty, the sisters' most staunch friend and supporter and young Edward, her nephew, who are somehow always there in the background at every twist and turn.The girls cannot prevent the adventures from happening and have to continue with them until each thread is unravelled and they have to make sense of it all. There is ultimately a final piece of the puzzle to be found before life can ever get back to normal, or whatever normal is, in the new house.(This story is loosely based on my own experiences and the lives of my great aunts who were on the stage for many years and amongst the original/early Tiller Girls.)

This is the story of a girl who decides to go on an adventure - all by herself. Or at least that's what she thinks. In fact, she is allocated a rather grumpy Angel for her journey - an Angel who would much prefer to be helping old codgers kick the bucket than dealing with the energetic exploits of a young girl.This is an Angel with attitude, an Angel with a receding hair-line and hob-nailed boots, an Angel who begrudgingly helps Molly in and out of various scrapes - scrapes that involve wooden dogs, mer-children, water monsters, you name it - the Angel rasies an eyebrow in exasperation and attempts to deal with it Molly never sees the Angel, so she is unaware of the help that she is given throughout her journey.The journey is a learning curve and a great adventure, as much for Molly as for the Angel.But read it and see. See what you think

The Grumpy Angel is worried. He has been given exactly what he wanted - an older person to look after - but he really wants to be with Molly, the little girl he met on his previous job. The Angel Inspectors arrive and give him the good news. His new job is to somehow introduce Molly and Mrs. Moffat, the old lady, to each other. This is most confusing for the Angel. How can he possibly do this? How can he be in two places at once helping both of them and what is the point of such a task anyway?However, he grits his teeth and gets on with his mission, and during the escapades that follow he manages to fuse a shop, get caught in caves during a storm and flood Mrs. Moffat's house. He also discovers Mud, the stumpy, invisible creature who lives in the garden, who has been with Mrs. Moffat as her helper for many years and renews his ambiguous relationship with Woodsey Babe, Molly's feisty puppy. The adventures continue and the Angel manages to deal with each new situation as it arises.Finally the Angel Inspectors arrive to collect him. Has he done a good job and is he a success? Read on and see what you think

Tilly and George float away in a bubble after dinner one day whilst doing the washing up and find themselves in a strange Kingdom inhabited by insects and ants. They have many adventures trying to save the field ants and their insect friends from the invasion of a huge colony of soldier ants and their powerful Queen.With help from such characters such as Riff, Captain of the Field Guard, Bootle, a water beetle, Gebbo, a brave spider and many others they manage to execute a daring plan of escape and help restore the Kingdom to its former state of harmony and freedom.

Tilly, George, and Jenny meet up once again for their summer holidays and whilst exploring on the beach they come across a cave containing an amazing, radiating crystal. It pulls at them, almost hypnotically, and it is with great difficulty that they manage to get away. When they next return to the cave they bring Mr. Jenkins with them, an expert on crystals. He tells them that the crystal is a Calling Crystal and somehow they find themselves drawn into it and into the City of Crystalis amongst the Crystaleans. Jenny transforms into the Great Elder Laia and Mr. Jenkins is taken prisoner. George and Tilly must socialise with the Crystaleans, communicating with them and trying to get Jenny returned to them as their cousin, because as Laia she has no recognition of them. They go through many adventures before getting to the stage where it might be possible to do this but all is not as simple as it seems .......

Tilly and George shrink in size with the striking of the grandfather clock and in this adventure they meet up with and help a family of mice desperate to move from the house in which they have been living beneath the floorboards after a stray cat takes up residency.The children set off with the mice on an eventful journey, in which they meet Bitz - a scary, hairy bluebottle, Sloop - a kindly watervole, a vindictive and temperamental frog, not to mention several other interesting characters.Their journey takes them along fast-flowing rivers, through windswept sand dunes into captivity and finally freedom.Need I say more ........

Jenny, an only child, awaits the arrival of her cousins with a degree of fear and trepidation. She lives comfortably in her own dream world and it is whilst sitting under the old oak tree in the garden that she comes into contact with one of the garden 'helpers' - the tree spirit.Of course, when her confident cousins, Tilly and George, arrive they don't believe a word she says, until, that is, they see 'helpers' of their own.And that is when the adventures really begin The children meet Abbos, a very old man and monk-like figure, who becomes their guide and mentor throughout and who appears at some point during each of the tests that they are obliged to undertake. They discover a world of elementals who should be working and co-habiting happily under the leadership of the Great God Pan, a mythical creature.Unfortunately Pan has fallen into the never-ending sleep of great despair having seen the continuing damage that human beings are inflicting on his world and their great disrespect for the environment and all that Mother Earth has to offer.The children have to find a way to wake him before there is nothing left but concrete and waste. They have to help restore the Kingdom of Pan to its former glory and time is running out ..........