Granny Rainbow
Granny Rainbow has a knack for solving problems. Whether it's getting rid of the Black Shadow, improving a violinist's performance, helping to mend a quarrel or putting the secret ingredient into perfect marmalade, she has a potion or a powder for the job.
Step into a world of colour with these illustrated short stories about a very special lady.
More Granny Rainbow
Granny Rainbow's back, with even more problems to solve! Why are Tom's bees turning blue? Why isn't the tooth fairy collecting teeth? And why is the circus leaving town even before its first show?
With a potion, or a powder, and a lot of imagination, Granny Rainbow will put things right.
StarMark
After Irvana’s grandmother dies in their remote clifftop home, Irvana must travel to Koltarn. Alone in a strange city, Irvana finds employment at the palace, home of Lord Terenz, current overlord and bearer of the StarMark.
Suddenly immersed in palace life, Irvana makes a friend in fellow-servant Rosann, and there is a spark between her and the lively Mikal, Terenz’s ward. But when Terenz discovers that Irvana has something he wants, her life is suddenly in danger.
Kingstone
Temple novice Katia wants nothing more than to become a priest in the Temple of the Triple Gods. She tries hard to do the right thing, but she’s on her last chance to convince Elder Sevanya, the King’s Priest, that she can do the job. While she’s belatedly setting up the incense to prove she’s a competent acolyte, Katia overhears the king’s brother plotting to kill the king. She steals the Kingstone to protect it and to deliver it to the true heir with a message: the killer is after him too.
Not knowing who to trust, Katia keeps her mission secret. Her theft of the precious stone puts a price on her head and she disguises herself as a boy to undertake the dangerous journey across sea and land to the true heir’s palace. Doing the right thing just got a lot harder. Will the Triple Gods forgive her?
Longlisted for Leicester Book of the Year 2018
Tilda of Merjan
. . . a cloaked and hooded figure . . . its hand stretching towards her, a silviron ring gleaming dully in its palm . . . she reaches for it . . . The hand closes over the ring, flings it away. towards high snowy mountains in the far distance, where it winks out of sight.
Tilda has been angry with the Power and its mages ever since Pa died. Why didn’t the mages use the Power to save him?
Determined to find out, she sails to Ring Isle with her Uncle Vanya, steward to the mage Silviu of Ambak. But finding answers isn’t easy, especially when a rogue mage attempts to steal all the Power of the five rings for himself and leaves the remaining four mages trying to cope with the aftermath of the attack.
When Tilda tries to return a snake torc to Silviu, she is accidentally pulled through a Power-fueled portal and finds herself in Ambak. There, she realizes she’s the only one who can find the hidden ring of Ambak to restore the balance of Power to all the mages. As she tackles this challenging quest, Tilda discovers more about herself than she could ever imagine.
Tilda and the Mines of Pergatt
Tilda’s initiation is barely over and she’s already taking her first powermaging lessons and learning the legends of Issraya. She secretly practices making illuminorbs in her room until she drains her energy to a level she knows Silviu will notice. She sneaks to the Ring Room to get a power boost. To her horror, she discovers the silviron in the Ringstone had been tainted in the battle with Luisa and the conduit to the Power is fading. Tilda’s waning Merjanian portion of the Power reveals there’s more silviron in the mines of Pergatt.
Despite Silviu’s orders to remain at Issraya, Tilda travels to Pergatt with Mage Duska in the hope of discovering the precious starmetal. Under the pretense of learning about the history of powermages and their regions, she joins a team of young gem miners in the hope they will lead her to the silviron.
In the mines, she stumbles upon evidence of the cursed stone from the most evil legend in the history of the mages. Now she hopes she has enough knowledge and skill to defeat its dark magic.
Squidge’s Guide to Super Stories (and Becoming a Better Writer)
Everyone is a storyteller. Really. They are.
It’s easy to tell a story. But it’s not always easy to write one. This book helps young writers capture their story ideas, fill them out with detail, and polish them up to be the best they can be. The informal style, whimsical illustrations, and amusing examples makes writing fun. Katherine’s emphasis on capturing story first and thinking about the rules after gives young writers permission to free their imaginations.
Katherine Hetzel has spent years sharing information and advice with young and novice writers. Squidge’s Guide to Super Stories has everything a young writer needs to write stories they are proud of and for readers to enjoy.
Longlisted for the Lunchtime Book Club Prize 2021
Tilda and the Bones of Kradlock
Coming soon
Tilda and the other mages of Ring Isle have a problem. What exactly did you do with dark power tainted silviron? It wasn’t a situation that any mage in the long line of Issrayan powermages had ever had to face before.
The mages decide to bury the small metal box in the turbulent waters of the Merjan Straits between the inner and outer seas of Merjan and Kradlock. Tilda accompanies Kamen, the aging Mage of Kradlock to fulfil the task and to help him decide his successor.
As Tilda soon discovers, the famous Hanging Rock, the city of cliffs full of cavern homes markets, the honeycomb tunnels full of bones, and the mortal remains of Kradlock’s powermages will test her abilities and her right to be called the Mage of Merjan.