Do you know what BA-DUMPHING is? You do? Then how about you explain it to the Queen. That's what the Prime Minister was asked to do. And as she didn't know what BA DUMPHING was, it caused her great embarrassment and wasted a lot of everyone's time. Sometimes, when you're unsure of what someone is telling you, it may be wiser to ask them what they mean. A series of important people pretended to know what BA-DUMPHING was, so that they didn't appear silly. And what happened? They all ended up looking silly, anyway. If only they'd have asked Tilly and Tyler in the first place, they'd all know...

Colin seamlessly blends fact with fiction; the macabre with dark humour in this collection of ten shadowy and sometimes funny tales. Travel to and fro through time watching the poor wretched souls, who frequent Cooper Street, pay for their trespass into the woeful gloom. Indiscriminate and unforgiving, the hat-man waits and watches. Then strikes, without neither rhyme nor reason. There'll be no warning. There'll be no way back.

Colin continues with the 'GET THE KIDS OUT' series of books for younger readers with THE BEE IN THE STRIPY JUMPER. What is that buzzy, fluffy jumpered flying creature, bouncing off the kitchen window? What's the difference between honey bees and bumble bees and how important to us are these amazing insects to our lives? The garden holds such amazing treasures and lessons for us all. Is there ever a better time to discover and learn about the world outside? This book asks and explains why the plight of the bee is so important to us all and educates the younger reader to how bees help us and...