A children's mystery story, set in an English village, and seen through the eyes of eleven-year-old Kathryn. "I loved spending the summer holidays on my grandparents' farm, but this time was different. There were so many weird things going on it was unbelievable. Buildings were catching fire, bikes and lawn mowers and fruit were disappearing, prowlers were wandering around at nights, and we seemed to get tangled up with strange people everywhere we turned. And all this in a dozy little village where nothing ever happened. My cousins - Kelly and Michael - were thrilled to have so many...

Christmas is going to be awful. Lynette's parents have won a dream holiday and are dumping her on a boring relative. No one has bothered to warn Lynette that her annoying young cousin will be there as well, or that her aunt's new neighbours are rude, unfriendly and decidedly strange. Angry with her parents, and irritated by old-fashioned Auntie Dorothy and exuberant little Johnny, Lynette prepares herself for a miserable time. She has no intention of even trying to make the best of things. However, being self-centredly ill-humoured proves harder than she expects. This is not an action-packed...

Dedicated to all ordinary parents of ordinary children who simply rejoice in being human, this spoof is intended as a light-hearted antidote to those round-robin Christmas letters that leave you feeling boring and inadequate. Randolph and Margarita, the senders of this letter, are British.

A collection of 22 rhyming poems, 12 short stories and 6 miscellaneous prose pieces - some serious, some light-hearted - on a Christmas theme. Written in British English, this collection reflects a Christian viewpoint, although many of the items are not explicitly religious. It has been produced with adults in mind, but there are a few things for children as well.