Written by Sarah Bloxham and Jeremy Harwood (Tonbridge, UK); Illustrated by Samuel James (NYC & Shiga, Japan)

Part of Elliot & Gina series that follows escapades of brother and sister Elliot & Gina Snip, their family and friends.

In A FAMILIAR SOUND, a long lost family friend, the bird Spencer, returns for a surprise visit and all family gather around listening to his heartbreaking journey to find his mum, then taking the destiny into his own hands after saving a school bus full of children heading off the cliff edge, Spencer starts his airline company.

High-quality paperback, 230 x 150 mm (portrait), 24pp.

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Readers’ reviews:

Paige (aged 5) absolutely loved going through the book A FAMILIAR SOUND from Elliot & Gina series, with her little brother perfect for wanting to help little ones sound out words. I definitely recommend it!

My daughter (aged 6) was very excited about winning the book A FAMILIAR SOUND in the giveaway. She began reading as soon as it was delivered. She read and she read right till the end in one sitting. That's very good for her... she loses interest very easily. She loved the pictures and the colours as well as the story. The characters and the storyline were very age appropriate. The cover of the book is very enticing with its bold colours and pictures.

A FAMILIAR SOUND from Elliot & Gina series is a simple short story about an unexpected visitor and his travel adventures. Nicely illustrated. It's a perfect read out loud story for young reader.

Written by Deborah Lee (Shiga, Japan); Illustrated by Samuel James (NYC & Shiga, Japan)

Part of the Elliot & Gina series following the escapades of brother and sister Elliot & Gina Snip, their family and friends.

In MYSTERY LAKE ADVENTURE, Elliot and Gina are joined by their best friends Bryan and Libby to celebrate the Halloween. Little they know that they will receive a surprise gift, a mysterious book full of clues and riddles, that will lead them to a trail at Uncle and Aunt Figg’s house on the lake and spook their Halloween plans with a thrilling adventure.

Paperback, 230 x 150 mm (portrait), 32pp.

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Written by Deborah Lee and Patrick Wallace (Shiga, Japan); Illustrated by Samuel James (NYC & Shiga, Japan)

Part of the Elliot & Gina series following the escapades of brother and sister Elliot & Gina Snip, their family and friends.

In SPENCER’S AIR ADVENTURE the entire Snip family boards Spencer’s cloud bus and travels on holiday to Shell Island. Only poor Rolly the pet has to stay at home. On this maiden voyage you will enjoy many twists and turns, just hold on to your seat tight and don’t make the feisty flight-attendant Tasha upset! And if you survive the landing, you can relax in the slow turtle taxi on the way to the hotel after enjoying the sunset on the beach.

High-quality paperback, 230 x 150 mm (portrait), 32pp.

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Written by Sarah Bloxham and Jeremy Harwood (Tonbridge, UK); Illustrated by Samuel James (NYC & Shiga, Japan)

Part of the Elliot & Gina series that follows the escapades of brother and sister Elliot & Gina Snip, their family and friends.

In ROOM TO GROW, Mum arrives back home from the hospital with the new baby Ethan and Elliot decides to escape the havoc and baby talk by reading his favourite book in the attic. When he finally comes down in the evening, to his surprise he discovers the family made him a brand new room, all to himself!

High-quality paperback, 230 x 150 mm (portrait), 24pp.

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Readers’ review:

THE ROOM TO GROW from Elliot & Gina series is a really sweet book about what happens to older siblings when new ones comes along. My son Ibby (aged 4) really enjoyed the tale, and has asked me to read it time and time again. The pictures are also great. Big thumbs up from us!

Written by Deborah Lee (Shiga, Japan); Illustrated by Samuel James (NYC & Shiga, Japan)

Part of the Elliot & Gina series following the escapades of brother and sister Elliot & Gina Snip, their family and friends.

In TIDY SPACE PIRATES, Elliot gets so busy with life that he forgets to tidy up his room! Mum is not impressed, but Gran comes to the rescue and with a few tricks of the trade on how to run a major cleaning operation on a space pirate ship Elliot manages to tidy up before everyone leaves for Gina’s musical in the evening!

Paperback, 230 x 150 mm (portrait), 32pp.

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Readers’ reviews:

My son (aged 8) is really enjoying the book TIDY SPACE PIRATES and is loving the pirate characters!

TIDY SPACE PIRATES is a story about Elliot tidying his room and getting ready to go out but Gran makes it into a game of pirates and space pirates to make it more fun for Elliot. My son who is five years old engaged very well with the story. He listened intently and looked at all the pictures. He pointed out different pictures and followed the story with ease. He worked out quite quickly that it was a ruse by Gran to make Elliot clean his room but still got involved with the story.

His favourite bit was when Gran and Elliot went into 'space' and sucked up the Garbles into the anti-Garble vacuum. On the last page when the family are at the play, he remembered when he did the school play and was able to associate his memories with the story. We enjoyed reading it together and will carry on reading it again and again.

Written and illustrated by Ludmila Zeman (Montréal, Canada)

A modern legend about how CANADA got its giant maple leaves and how people from all over the world came to seek their shelter told by a multi-award winning artist, storyteller and the winner of the Governor General’s Award.

First book in our picture book series celebrating the diversity of world’s cultures.

THE RED MAPLE LEAF is a story about the symbols of Canada.

Iceheart rules the land and freezes everything in his way. The trees shed their leaves and protect their people from cold and ice. But their effort leaves them naked, exposed and vulnerable. One brave boy seeks the help of Branta, the Canadian goose and together they travel South and bring Summer to Canada so that the maple leaves can grow again.