Farmer Bryan returns with another title in his popular Longdown Animal series – Jethro The Duckling.   As with all Farmer Bryan's books, the story is based on a real creature at the farm and this time it follows the tale of a rescue animal. Farmer Bryan's granddaughter, Evie...

Author W.R. Wright follows up her children's book Fly Free My Parrot with another tale inspired by pets.   Fish and Chips are two goldfish granted a wish that takes them on an unexpected adventure.   Available now from Ceratopia Books, priced £6.

Somehow, it’s 30 years since New Forest Friends & The Litterbugs was first published. It’s no exaggeration to say that this book utterly changed my life, and I’m incredibly pleased that it’s still popular today. I was recently at the Orchard Schools’ Fete where a...

On the 26th March 2020, the UK saw lockdown measures legally come into force in an effort to combat Covid-19. The country was facing a situation that was, quite simply, unprecedented.   It was a necessary move in an effort to save lives. But lockdown created other problems, not least that...

The Hotspur ferry boats that plied the passage between Hythe and Southampton during the post war years still, half a century after their heyday, evoke strong memories and are spoken of with incredible fondness. They were a part of the growing up of those of us of a “certain age&rdquo...

Just sitting down to answer some letters from Orchard Infant School. They’ve been reading New Forest Friends & The Litterbugs as part of their class topic. I’m rather chuffed how the this book still has such a strong impact almost 30 years on.   You can find New Forest...