Fans of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower will definitely want this picture book about a train engine and his devoted engineer.Engineer Bob has a secret: His train engine, Charlie the Choo-Choo, is alive…and also his best friend. From celebrated author Beryl Evans and illustrator Ned Dameron comes a story about friendship, loyalty, and hard work.

'If I were ever to write a children's book, it would be just like this!' Stephen KingEngineer Bob has a secret: his train engine, Charlie the Choo-Choo, is alive ... A children's book and future classic about friendship, loyalty and hard work.Fans of Stephen King's bestselling series will recognise Charlie, the Choo-Choo, adapted from a section of his novel The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands. The piece of art created by Ned Dameron for book three ...

Few previous publications have focused on Welsh family history, and none have provided a comprehensive guide to the genealogical information available and where to find it. That is why the publication of Beryl Evans's new Welsh family history handbook is such a significant event in the field. Her detailed, accessible, authoritative guide will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is eager to research ancestors from Wales. She describes the key archival sources and shows how the...

Seventeen-year-old Danny Usborne is killed on his motorbike when a race against his mate's car goes wrong. Danny then finds himself in the School for Lost Angels. Here he meets teacher, Richard, who sends him back to Earth to stop teenager Cassandra from crashing her mum's car on a joyride, and possible causing injury or worse. With persuasion and newly found magical abilities, Danny manages to prevent Cassandra from doing anything stupid. Back at the School, Danny is told he has passed hi...

4 starred reviews! "Heartbreaking, hilarious, and life-affirming" (Ami Polonsky, author of Gracefully Grayson and Threads)Rydr is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can't take care of her anymore, and traveling to Chicago, to live with an unknown relative. She brings with her a backpack, memories both happy and sad, and a box containing something very important.As Rydr meets her fellow passengers and learns their...

Joe and his mum are homeless and in deep financial trouble. Then the teenager is made an offer he can't refuse, and he agrees to a one-off job that could get his family back on their feet. But are they getting into deeper water than they realise?

When the evil ice sorcerer Orin Daman flies out of the evening sky and freezes Santa's reindeer, Christmas appears to be doomed. Without his reindeer, Santa cannot deliver his presents on Christmas Eve. Luckily, Wil Whitley, a young elf who works at Santa's woodworks factory, volunteers to lead a daring quest to find the long lost Arctic Flyer, a magical train that can be used to deliver Santa's presents. But the voyage to find the Arctic Flyer is a long and perilous one, an...

Many of us have wanted to know why the chicken crossed the road? Well, now it's time to find out how the chicken gets across the road? Read how Charlie Chicken sets out on an exciting adventure to find a way for all chickens to safely cross the roads. This is just the first of a series of the many adventures of Charlie Chicken.

The Polar Express is for all those—of any age—who believe, come Christmas Eve, that they too will hear the sweet sound of a reindeer’s silver bell.A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical train to the North Pole . . .Through dark forests, over tall mountains, and across a barren desert of ice, the Polar Express makes its way to the huge city standing alone at the top of the world, where the boy will make his Christma...

Trains are the cluggity-clugs that you see racing down the tracks. Do you know all there is to know about these wheelers? If not, turn the pages of this book and start learning! Picture books are highly effective at breaking down facts to make them appealing for young children. It is a great resource to use when introducing complex scenarios early in life. Order your copy today!

Cars, cars and more cars!Who thought it was a good idea to call a car Gremlin, or Cedric or Touring Bruce? Which will fly first: the Moller Skycar or the pig? Hear about the floating car that sank? Hear about the show car so ugly the company had to promise they'd never build another that looked anything like it? And then there was the fridge company that decided to make a car…Whether it's a car with two, three or six wheels, has a motor scooter engine or a ...

The same team who brought you Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? have engineered another rollicking bedtime story—for train lovers everywhere!Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it’s time for bed? The same things you do! Freight trains, passenger trains, subways, trolleys—and more—wash up, have a snack, load their teddies for story time, and get rocked to sleep by mommy and daddy trains beneath a blanket of stars. Little train lovers with a one...