A Most Amazing Zoo

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What happens when the Queen visits Zedgate Zoo? Well she meets a lot of amazing animals and finds out a lot of amazing facts about them.
This delightful story is told through a series of colourful and entertaining pictures and a lively text. There is plenty of extra story in the pictures for the child who has the book read to them, and the text is of an appropriate language level for the emergent reader.

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Basilwade

The Basilwade stories were originally published on the CaféLit website, where you can access short stories that go nicely with a cuppa. We even suggest a drink! Dawn Knox’s stories contain characters and situations that may seem a little larger than life at first glance but we can soon see that everyone involved is very human. And don’t we all recognise the quirkiness of village/small-town life?

" What a stress-buster The Basilwade Chronicles by Dawn Knox has been. Knox is an excellent story-teller. From the side-splitting conversations  to the comical event, she tickles just the right bone. "
Ankita Shukla for Reader's Favourite.      

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The Best of CafeLit 8

We asked those writers who were published in The Best of CaféLit 7 to vote for their five favourite stories published on the CaféLit web site in 2018. These are the stories that received the most votes.
Each story in this little volume is the right length and quality for enjoying as you sip the assigned drink in your favourite Creative Café. You need never feel alone again in a café. So what's the mood today? Espresso? Earl Grey tea? Hot chocolate with marshmallows? You'll find most drinks in our drinks index.


"The short stories in this collection are all very different in tone and content.  Well written and thought-provoking, they will make you laugh or weep and experience all emotions in between.  An easy collection to dip into when you have a spare moment. "  

Girl in a Smart Uniform

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"Girl in a Smart Uniform" is the third book in the Schellberg Cycle, a collection of novels inspired by a bundle of photocopied letters that arrived at a small cottage in Wales in 1979. The letters give us first-hand insights into what life was like growing up in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.

It is the most fictional of the stories to date, though some characters, familiar to those who have read the first two books, appear again here. Clara Lehrs, Karl Schubert and Dr Kühn really existed. We have a few, a very few, verifiable facts about them. The rest we have had to find out by repeating some of their experiences and by using the careful writer's imagination.

Gisela adores her brother Bear, her gorgeous BDM uniform, and her little half-brother Jens. She does her best to be a good German citizen, and is keen to help restore Germany to its former glory. She becomes a competent and respected BDM leader. But life begins to turn sour. Her oldest brother Kurt can be violent, she soon realises that she is different from other girls, she feels uncomfortable around her mother’s new lover, and there is something not quite right about Jens. It becomes more and more difficult to be the perfect German young woman.

We know that BDM girls set fire to the house in Schellberg Street but got the children out first. This story seeks to explain what motivated the girls to do that, and what happened to them afterwards.

Magical Christmas by Karda Zenkő (Illustrator), Szabó Enikő (Compiler), Barabás Csilla Katalin (Translator)

From the legends and most beautiful tales of the World I have chosen twenty-four stories that only speak of love, happiness, friendship, faithfulness, compassion, understanding, goodness, faith and true values. I have heard these stories from people who are special to me, people who love story-telling, and so I feel with all my heart, it is my responsibility to retell them as I have heard them, just like our ancestors did. The collection can also serve as an Advent calendar and an opportunity for peaceful and intimate family time during the days leading up to Christmas.

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Some nice news about Roger Noons' Slim Line Tales

A Howard-Smith has made a film of seven Roger's stories form this book. there are eight characters in total.

Roger is selling the book together with  the film for just £6.00. if you would like to take advantage of this, contact Roger on rnoons at blue yonder for co dot uk.     

What a nice review.

This is a clever collection of short snippets inspired by the first image Gill James saw on Twitter on specific dates. Each story is 140 words long and the collection contains 140 entertaining pieces. The date she saw the image becomes a part of each story.

It’s the ideal collection to take with you on the bus or read before going to bed. There’s a story for every mood. One of my favourites is Blue Planet, which is a reflection on humankind’s inability to respect and look after our world. This story is followed by another favourite – Reading Cat – because it makes you look at your own pets and wonder what they know or are thinking. Procrastination had me laughing, because as a writer, I often sit staring at a blank page.

Gill has covered many genres in this collection. If you’re interested in sci-fi, history, or romance, there’s a story for you. And cat lovers won’t be disappointed because cats feature quite a lot. 

A fun collection!