Julie G. Fox

Megan the Snow Maiden, the third book in the series Tales of My Childhood, is a traditional Russian winter holiday folktale adapted for English-reading children. This book is dedicated to all the children affected by Turner Syndrome and is a gift to Turner Syndrome Support Society. Snow Maiden (or Snegurochka in Russian) is by far the most popular folktale among Russian children and tells the story of an old childless couple who made a snow doll which came to life.

'Are there other bears out there', wonders a cute Polar Bear cub while floating in the Arctic Ocean. He is not sure really. So he sets on an adventure to find other bears. On his journey, he meets Brown Bear and Panda Pear and finds out all about their lives. All three wonder about a Star Bear, the Little Dipper constellation up in the sky. Do all four bears have a lot in common? You will find out after reading this witty picture book for children of all ages.

Raining Cats and Dogs is an activity book dedicated to Lainy's Animal Rescue charity. This activity book provides hours of entertaining and learning activities on a rainy day, sick day, slow day, or on the road, for everyone who loves pets. Fascinating bits of information about pets combined with colouring, dot-to-dot, mazes and so much more.

Does your town have a book? Well, the brand-new town of Houlton, Rugby just got one Clever Fox Press has been creating children's picture books for the local businesses for some time now, promoting small business and educating children about the different trades so important for our community. So when we heard about the new neighbourhood of Houlton and its amazing history we just couldn't pass up the opportunity to make it into a picture book. Join Maine the Seagull and Morse the Cat as they retell the story of the town of Houlton (going back as far as the first days of Rugby Radio Station). Beautifully illustrated by artist Sujata Saha Houlton: The Story of the Town is a charitable project with all the proceeds from the sales of this beautiful book going to local charities.

Want to experience a day in a life of a school child in Ancient Greece? Follow little Gabriella who loves gymnastics Her gymnastics teacher, Ms Nelly, presents Gabriella with a beautiful gymnastic ball. And after practice the little gymnast falls asleep in her mum's car holding her magic ball, only to wake up in ... Ancient Greece, the birthplace of gymnastics. Gabriella experiences a day in the life of a typical school child from Ancient Greece and learns all about gymnastics and other amazing things children in Ancient Greece had to learn, from astronomy to rhetoric. Things were very different for children back then. But were they? It looks like fun play during breaks, school lunches, strict but kind teachers, as well as making new friends and learning lots of useful and fascinating things were part of childhood as much then as they are now. Embark with Gabriella on a fascinating journey through time from the modern day to ancient Athens

An activity book about Italian culture. Initially designed for Maia Gelato, a Gelato shop in Rugby, Warwickshire, UK. This entertaining and educational activity book would make an excellent addition to children's activities at any Italian restaurant or pizza shop. Colouring, dot-to-dot, word search, design your own pizza and gelato, the Italian alphabet, numbers and common phrases in Italian, famous Italian artists and their masterpieces. An amazing introduction to Italian culture for preschoolers and primary school children.

When his grandparents tell him that they got a new meowing chair a little boy is curious to find out why this ordinary-looking chair has such an unusual name. He thinks that he knows anything and everything there is to know about furniture already. Nana's knitting chair, Papa's reading chair, Dad's working chair, Auntie Sue's come-in-and-have-a-cup-of-tea chair, eating chairs around the family's dining table, the dog's bed, even mum and dad's hugging chair are all familiar, but the meowing chair is all new. Your preschooler will be intrigued to find out why the new chair got such an unusual name. Darina Krisanova from Chernihiv, Ukraine is a 13-year-old young artist who picked up a paintbrush at just 3 years old. She attends an after-school art studio. She loves ballet, bird watching, and the outdoors. Darina dreams of becoming a famous artist. She wants to travel around the world with her canvas and her paintbrushes. Whether your children decide to try their hand as authors, illustrators, or both, encourage them to do so. And give us a shout by sending their stories and/or art to [email protected].

This book is part of the project A Book for Every Shop which saw at least a dozen books written and dedicated to various small businesses in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, to educate the preschoolers and primary school children about the local economy and promote the growth of small businesses in the area. This book was created for Casa Loco Mexican restaurant in Rugby town centre and tells the story of clever Pedro the donkey who travels every morning from his home in the remote Mexican village to bring lunches to the girls and boys from the local primary school.

Tommy the Learned Cat character returns as a chef trainee in Rugby's local cafe Three. Three's chef Vick is taking it upon himself to train the gifted feline and teaches Tommy to cook various international and local dishes. Tommy has lots of fun learning how to cook and is a great helper to Vick in Three's kitchen. Three Cafe is Rugby's new, and very popular, local restaurant and coffee shop. And this colourful and witty picture book was written especially for Three and its fabulously talented chef Vick who has brought his international cooking experience to Rugby's food scene making Three Rugby's new favourite eatery.

This is a colouring book for Tommy the Learned Cat Learns to be a Chef book. Tommy the Learned Cat character returns as a chef trainee in a local cafe. The chef Vick is taking it upon himself to train the gifted feline and teaches Tommy to cook various international and local dishes. Tommy has lots of fun learning how to cook and is a great helper in Vick's kitchen.

A fun children's rhyme about a cat named Matt who is a tad on the fat side and serves as a helper to the postmaster at the post office making sure that the local mice and rats don't eat the edible contents of the packages. Could Matt restrain his brood of hungry rodents when an old lady comes in with a parcel full of cheeses for her brother? We doubt that ...

It's a well-documented fact that St Petersburg's Hermitage in Russia, one of the most famous art museums in the world, is home to a huge collection of pieces of art and ... an army of cats These professional felines have been guarding the Hermitage's treasures against rodent predators since 1745. Empress Elizaveta, daughter of Peter the Great, signed a decree ordering that cats were to be found and brought to her court in Moscow - "better cats, the largest ones, able to catch mice, and accompanied by a person who will look after their health." According to the Hermitage's site, there are officially 50 cats residing in the museum today. Each cat has a 'passport' with its photograph. Those cats that retire and are rehomed receive a special Hermitage certificate, which gives them a certain distinction The feline colony receives no official income, but the human employees contribute each month towards upkeep and health expenses. Many doors in the six Hermitage buildings have small cat doors in them, so the residents can come and go as they please between the gardens - where in summer they are to found strolling or lounging among the priceless exhibits - and the basement, where there are the cat headquarters. This is where food is prepared and their health is looked after, with a room devoted to looking after sick animals. This is the official bit from the museum's site ... But we here at Clever Fox Press never let a good story go to waste so we made a book about the clever felines guarding Hermitage art pieces. The first signed copy of The Cats of the Hermitage was presented to the museum in February 2018 as a gift from our charitable publishing house. Brrr ... Hope those wonderful guards of artistic treasures have good heating down in the basement during those famously cold Russian winters ...

Did you know that the famous Statute of Liberty sculpture in the city of New York was created by a talented French sculptor Fr d ric Auguste Bartholdi, born in the town of Colmar, Alsace? Did you know that the replica of that famous statue is proudly standing in the town of Colmar, reminding the citizens and visitors to this picturesque French town about their famous resident? Did you know that the storks, the beautiful birds famous for building their nests on the roofs of houses in many European countries, are the symbol of Colmar? If you are lucky enough to visit the Alsace region of France, and especially Colmar, look up The storks' nests are everywhere, from the roofs of three-story homes to the roofs of ancient cathedrals. The Liberty of Colmar, our picture book for readers between the ages of 2 and 102, is full of small French town charm and is available in English, French and Russian languages

his cute little story is about two sisters. They are just like any other pair of sisters really, playing together, snacking together, shopping together, even getting in trouble together ... But are they really? It's not till the last page of the book that we find out that the adorable pair are ... cat sisters

What do you have on your bookshelf? Well, books, you would say of course. Little Gabriella and her brother Sam also have books on the bookshelf of their bedroom. Lots and lots of books with big, bright pictures and wonderful stories. But that's not all. Gabriella and Sam have something or rather someone else on their bookshelf. They have trolls - actual, real trolls, who are happy, colourful and very noisy. They are called Pinky, Grey, Glitter Boy and Biggie. They've made little homes for themselves inside the bookends. During the day the trolls stay inside their homes. They don't like the sunlight that much. Their favourite time of day is the night-time. When Gabriella's and Sam's mum tucks them into their beds and picks a book for a bedtime story, the trolls peek from inside their homes and get ready for an adventure. Pinky, Grey, Glitter Boy and Biggie love to race through the pages of the books as the kids' mum flips through them. Once Gabriella's and Sam's reads the name of the story, Pinky, Grey, Glitter Boy and Biggie prepare for a race. And as she turns the pages, the trolls jump from one page to another, from one picture to another, competing over who is going to finish the book first. Join Pinky, Grey, Glitter Boy and Biggie on their race through 'Yum-Yum, A Chocolate World' and find out who wins the race 'The Sweet Race' is part of the 'Kids' Book Farm' series, which helps children to become published authors and illustrators by including them in the most extraordinary process of creating books. 'The Sweet Race' was written by Gabriella Galkin, an 8-year old author from USA. Way before writing her first book, from a very young age, Gabriella always asked adults to read to her and was the most grateful listener. When she began to read by herself, she started reading to her younger brother Sam. And when there were no books around, Gabriella made the stories up. 'The Sweet Race' is one of her stories. Gabriella lives in Miami, Florida, right near the beach so she learned to swim and walk at the same time. Gabriella likes to play chess, to draw, and to play the piano.

'Good Afternoon It's a foggy and cold afternoon here in Coventry, the heart of England, and this is the news at the top of the hour from our news cat Mog Mittens...' That's how Tommy the Learned Cat starts his afternoon show on BBC Radio. Lots of important topics in the feline world are discussed on Tommy's show, from the latest news in politics (the Feline Society is debating the response to the Canine Society which accused the cats of being responsible for the extinction of 33 different species), to the world of science (did you know that scientists proved recently that every single domesticated cat can be traced back to one of the five African wild cats?), to the world of sports (Nanahuli, the one-eyed Rescue Cat in Hawaii, became the first feline surfer recorded in the history of feline-kind). And while listeners are enjoying the lovely meow mixing of music featuring titles that clawed their way to the top 10 in the chars, Tommy tells his young readers about the history of the radio and the British Broadcasting Company (or BBC for short). BBC began gathering families around bulky old radio sets in 1922, back in the day when television and internet were still non-existing terms. From Children's Hour, the first children's programme aired on BBC radio, to CBeebies, the modern-day show, Tommy tells how children were always an important part of BBC's audience. Join Tommy, our Radio Cat, in his BBC radio studio, to celebrate 95 years since BBC's first broadcast on 14th of November 1922.

Cinderella's Fairy Tale? Or Cinderella's Furry Tail? The cat called Cinderella has her own language. Just like all the other cats. She mews, chirrups, yowls, growls, hisses and purrs. And these are all different words. She also talks with her tail and her ears. And when she rubs on your leg or the couch she speaks with her scent. We humans can't smell it, but other cats can. Cinderella can also talk in silent miaows. Neither you nor I can hear her but other cats can. Cinderella has her favourite human who learned her pet's special language and tells us all about it. Do you understand what your pet is saying to you?

Megan the Snow Maiden, the third book in the series Tales of My Childhood, is a traditional Russian winter holiday folktale adapted for English-reading children. Snow Maiden (or Snegurochka in Russian) is by far the most popular folktale among Russian children and tells the story of an old childless couple who made a snow doll which came to life.