Frank English

A tiny black kitten, with a white tip to his tail and grey tips to his little ears, mysteriously appears in a cardboard box in the juniper bush outside the front door of the Warwick's home at Number 18 Mulberry Road. There is a note attached to the box, asking for someone to give him a home.Where did he come from, and why is he in a box outside this particular house owned by this particular family?This is a tale about the origin of David Warwick's pet cat, Juniper, and how he becomes so important to the family and to all the wildlife that visits its back garden.There is magic afoot when he meets and befriends a vixen cub in a magical forest over a rickety fence through Mr Grace's tumbling, jungly, back garden...

Serious magic is afoot once again, drawing David, Lettie, Gabriella and Billy into more and more exciting and challenging adventures. unexpectedly, close members of David's family he didn't know existed, come to stay over Christmas, creating mixed feelings for David. Will they discover his closely guarded secret? Great Uncle Ebeneezer gives Fur1.ive and Fearless an important piece of advice, which he urges them to take to make sure their future is safe and trouble-free.

Hugo and Betsy live an ordinary life with their mum and dad. Despite being six-year-old twins, they are as different as chalk and cheese. Betsy is outgoing and loves attention, whereas her brother is serious and quiet.That is, until he comes across a rather strange and interesting black crow, Seamus O'Croake ... and discovers he can talk to him.Seamus and his clan face dreadful problems. Members of the local council are threatening to destroy the wood in Southern Ireland in which they live. Can Hugo and his family help defeat this evil plan?Hugo decides his family needs to travel to Ireland to stay with Grandpa and Granny O'Keefe and his other Irish relatives. He feels sure that he can find a solution - with the help of his smart cousin Sean, his rather mysterious Grandpa Shylock and some strange characters from local myths and legends...

Josephine doesn't find life easy. She is slow, ponderous and, although these characteristics are fine for any usual tortoise, she doesn't feel they areright for her. The race she has just won against her friend Harvey the hare, was a happening that legends are made of. Although usually one of thefastest creatures on four legs, however, Harvey is easily distracted and quite often loses track of his everyday living.Because Josephine has a feeling there is something lacking in her daily humdrum existence, she develops an urge to set out on an adventure withHarvey and a friendly tawny owl called Evelyn, to try to discover what it is she might be missing.However, this is no ordinary adventure. The land drawing her away from her comfortable burrow on the edge of Sir Nigel Hodgson's grounds, could be fraught with all sorts of dire dangers and never-ending nightmares.

Because of very sad circumstances within her young life, twelve-year-old Amalie is forced to move from the home and life that she loves, tolive with her Nanny Nell in a town in the country. Instead of becoming a lonely and sad young lady, youngsters of her age from her new school befriend her, making her feel wanted and comfortable in this strange new world.Somehow unexpected and unexplained happenings surround her and her friends with exciting and sometimes scary adventures that occupy not only her days but also her imagination.How will her fertile imagination and her strong character handle the unexpected conclusion to her story?

Mabel, a tortoise, and Patty, a beautiful lilac-coloured butterfly, were as unusual and unlikely a pair of acquaintances as anyone could expect to encounter. Theirs was a strange chance meeting that no-one could have foretold but proved to be lucky and helpful to a number of other different creatures finding difficulties in their personal lives.It was not by chance that Mabel and Patty came across these troubled individuals at a time of personal need. What were the common factors that made such a difference to each character's life?Friendship, helpfulness, kindness, understanding and, of course, doing the right things to show they cared.

Tenko lived happily in Japan with her parents, until a mysterious accident took them from her and she had to return to the only remaining family, Susie and her family, in England.Susie and Tenko, as newfound cousins, become good friends, despite having completely different personalities. As family issues see them taking decisions beyond their experience as youngsters. They share many exciting and magical adventures with Susie's school friends and Cassidy, the cat.

Joss McIntyre is master of the Boulders Wood estate that his family has farmed for more than six generations. He is a hard man, his temper shaped by Victorian values and the harsh Yorkshire landscape in which he and his family live.Despite his attempts to control all those around him, Joss's young daughter, Annie, falls pregnant. As her child, Poppy, grows up Joss's true nature emerges - with tragic consequences for the family.Will Poppy survive the sometimes brutal events that beset Boulders Wood? Will the McIntyre sons, Joseph and Ross, manage to save the farm in the face of the rapid economic and social changes of the late nineteenth century and their father's intransigence? Or will hidden family secrets ruin everything?

Although brother and sister, ten-year-old James and nine-year-old Olivia couldn't be more different. James is the action man, with interests in everything sporty and adventurous. Olivia, on the other hand, spends most of her time in her own fantasy world that she takes with her wherever she goes.The beginning of their summer holiday is here, a time when they don't have to get up early to go to school. This is their favourite part of the year because they usually spend the first week or two with their Nanny Josie and Grandpa Jack on their wonderful farm in the country.Nanny and Grandpa seemed to be ordinary farming folk ... until strange things began to happen in and around the farm and the nearby forest.Something ... different ... always happens in the forest. Olivia is sure that Grandpa Jack can explain, or maybe...

Logan is a sad little boy who is bullied at school by thoughtless unfeeling children who like to make fun of him. His life is already a sad one because of circumstances beyond his control out of which initially he can see no escape.At home, following his attempt to put these unpleasant episodes behind him, an annoying noise disturbs his Saturday in front of the television - his only enjoyable time of escape from the daily sadness he experiences.Scouring the house to find the source, the unexpected inevitably takes him away from the humdrum existence he leads, into a world that is so vibrantly different from his own. What will he find in this place? Why has he been brought here, and will he ever return to his normal life?

Logan is a sad little boy who is bullied at school by thoughtless unfeeling children who like to make fun of him. His life is already a sad one because of circumstances beyond his control out of which initially he can see no escape.At home, following his attempt to put these unpleasant episodes behind him, an annoying noise disturbs his Saturday in front of the television - his only enjoyable time of escape from the daily sadness he experiences.Scouring the house to find the source, the unexpected inevitably takes him away from the humdrum existence he leads, into a world that is so vibrantly different from his own. What will he find in this place? Why has he been brought here, and will he ever return to his normal life?

Hugo and Betsy live an ordinary life with their mum and dad. Despite being six-year-old twins, they are as different as chalk and cheese. Betsy is outgoing and loves attention, whereas her brother is serious and quiet. That is, until he comes across a rather strange and interesting black crow, Seamus O'Croake ... and discovers he can talk to him.Seamus and his clan face dreadful problems. Members of the local council are threatening to destroy the wood in Southern Ireland in which they live. Can Hugo and his family help defeat this evil plan?Hugo decides his family needs to travel to Ireland to stay with Grandpa and Granny O'Keefe and his other Irish relatives. He feels sure that he can find a solution - with the help of his smart cousin Sean, his rather mysterious Grandpa Shylock and some strange characters from local myths and legends...