The duke has just completed a network of tunnels beneath his estate. His health is failing, but his imagination seems to know no bounds. While he spends more time underground and retreats ever deeper into the darker corners of his house, there are some ghosts that demand to be acknowledged and some memories which insist on making themselves known.
The duke has just completed a network of tunnels beneath his estate. His health is failing, but his imagination seems to know no bounds. While he spen...
The second children's book from the wonderful illustrator John Broadley, working with Booker-shortlisted novelist Mick Jackson, following their glorious debut While You're Sleeping. Mick Jackson's poetic prose and John Broadley's detailed and unique illustrations make this a special book to read again and again, and treasure for years to come.
The second children's book from the wonderful illustrator John Broadley, working with Booker-shortlisted novelist Mick Jackson, following their glorio...
There is a train which has beds in their own small cabins so that you can sleep while the train rolls through the night. I went on one, not long ago… Just as it’s starting to get dark, a little girl and her family board the sleeper train – they’ll travel all through the night, and reach their destination in the morning. But as the train rocks from side to side, the little girl can’t sleep. It’s all too exciting! So, instead, she travels through her memory to all the different places she has slept – from her room at home, to a tent in the wild, to Mum’s old room at Grandma and...
There is a train which has beds in their own small cabins so that you can sleep while the train rolls through the night. I went on one, not long agoâ€...
A child’s imagination takes flight in this charming and poignant picture book by the Booker-shortlisted author Mick Jackson and award-winning artist Rashin Kheiriyeh. Wouldn’t moving house be magical, if your house could move with you? When a boy is told that they are moving house, he envisions his house lifted by cranes, winding its way through narrow streets, and even sailing across the sea… But his mother helps him understand: even if they must leave their house behind, the two of them will still be on an adventure.
A child’s imagination takes flight in this charming and poignant picture book by the Booker-shortlisted author Mick Jackson and award-winning artist...