Deze auteur wijdt zich al meer dan dertig jaar aan het creëren van boeiende verhalen voor jonge lezers en complexere romans voor oudere kinderen. Zijn creatieve output strekt zich uit tot voorbij het schrijven en omvat ingewikkelde papiertechnieken voor pop-up boeken, wat zijn veelzijdige talent als illustrator en ontwerper aantoont. Zijn werk verkent vaak fantasierijke thema's en spreekt een breed jong publiek aan. Naast literatuur heeft hij ook bijgedragen aan kinder televisie met muziek en kunst, wat een breed artistiek bereik aantoont.
Baz and Ray, survivors of an apocalyptic flood, win places on X-Isle, an island where life is rumored to be better than on the devastated mainland, but they find the island to be a violent place ruled by religious fanatic Preacher John, andthey decide they must come up with a weapon to protect themselves from impending danger.
Ein faszinierender, informativer Band über Leonardo da Vinci, das Universalgenie! Der Künstler schuf monumentale Skulpturen, zeichnete geniale Porträts und anatomische Skizzen. Doch auch Bauwerke entwarf er, konstruierte Abwassersysteme und Flugmaschinen. All dies erzählt Leonardos jünster Lehrling anschaulich und voller Spannung. Im Sachteil werden die berühmtesten Gemälde des Meisters vorgestellt und die Zeit der Renaissance wird lebendig.
In this astonishing final part of Steve Augarde's captivating trilogy, past and present are connected and the interwoven threads lead to an astonishing series of revelations. Midge's discovery of the hidden tribes is like a dream to her now, their existence all but forgotten - but then a voice calls out to her in the winter darkness. The Various have returned, and their desperation has made them all the more dangerous. They must travel to Elysse or perish. The only way that Midge can help the little people is by tracing the whereabouts of her great-great-aunt Celandine. But Celandine must be long dead, surely? A story of danger and magic, friendships and betrayals, this is fantasy writing at its very best.
Set seventy years before The Various, the second book in the trilogy follows the adventures of young Celandine at the onset of the First World War. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood near her home, little does she think she will encounter in a world where loyalty and independence is fiercely guarded, and where danger lurks in the most unlikely places. Celandine's troubled character finds both refuge and purpose among the secret tribes of little people that she alone believes in. These novels are full of mystery, beauty and adventure; this second novel is both page-turning and life-affirming. This is a truly remarkable trilogy.
A captivating story of courage and strength against terrible odds, this is the story of Midge, left to stay with her eccentric uncle during the holidays, and her adventures with the Various, a band of fairies. The existence of the Various, who are strange, wild, and sometimes even deadly, has been kept secret since the beginning of time, but when their world begins to clash with the human world, they are threatened with extinction. This wonderfully imaginative story of love and loyalty is the first in a powerful trilogy.
Illustrated hand rhymes enable young readers to make the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" climb up the water spout by following pictograms that demonstrate hand and body movements, in a rhyme collection that also includes "Round and Round the Garden."
