By David Elvar
For the more accomplished 7-11 year old reader. Plenty of humour with a side-serving of serious. Wow, that's almost poetic...
Younger readers
Lord Mustard
by David Elvar
Series: Younger readers, Book 1.
Price:
Free!
Words: 7,290.
Language:
English.
Published: December 13, 2009
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Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Lord Mustard is broke. No, actually, he’s seriously broke. His cook hasn’t been paid in months, Mustard Manor is falling down around his ears, and he has a telephone bill to pay. He needs money but how to make it, that’s the question. But he manages, and by becoming something no lord has ever been before: he becomes a street entertainer, a tap-dancer. But not the usual kind of tap-dancer...
Millie's Mum
by David Elvar
Series: Younger readers, Book 2.
Price:
Free!
Words: 3,960.
Language:
English.
Published: December 26, 2009
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Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Millie’s mum is always getting her words muddled, and this can lead to some pretty embarrassing moments in front of her friends. It’s after one muddled conversation too many that Millie decides that something must be done about her. But what? She needs a brilliant idea. In fact, she needs a brilliantly brilliant idea…
Sophie's Spell
by David Elvar
Series: Younger readers, Book 3.
Price:
Free!
Words: 12,010.
Language:
English.
Published: December 13, 2009
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Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Sophie is a witch. She didn't know she was a witch until she was asked to cook tea one evening. Naturally, she puts these new-found powers to good use. First, against her horrible teacher for being in an unusually bad mood and making the class recite the 27½ times table twice. Second, against her Uncle Nesbit, who has come to stay and whose appetite is legendary...
The Story of Athene and Arachne (How the Spider Was Created)
by David Elvar
Series: Younger readers, Book 4.
Price:
Free!
Words: 2,720.
Language:
English.
Published: December 19, 2009
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Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
A short dramatisation of a legend from Ancient Greece, the story of how the spider was created.
Toadmix and Lunchbucket
by David Elvar
Series: Younger readers, Book 5.
Price:
Free!
Words: 22,170.
Language:
British English.
Published: February 6, 2019
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Categories:
Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
A friend whose only pastime appears to be food, a letter that purports to be some kind of magic spell, a bullying oaf obsessed with some mythical treasure - what else does a gentleman of leisure need in his life? Toadmix is about to find out...
Tall Thomas
by David Elvar
Series: Younger readers.
Price:
Free!
Words: 4,810.
Language:
English.
Published: December 13, 2009
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Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Thomas isn't actually tall. He's called Tall Thomas because he likes to tell tall stories. It takes a neighbour with a magic spell to stop him. But it doesn't end there. If he wants the spell to stop working, he must start doing something he's never done in his life...
Ghoul School
by David Elvar
Series: Younger readers.
Price:
Free!
Words: 5,060.
Language:
English.
Published: December 13, 2009
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Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Ghoul School is different. It’s a school where ugly is beautiful. Three students—Jodie, Kate and Naomi—are chosen to represent the school in a forthcoming fashion show. But Naomi’s head keeps falling off, and since that would be very unfashionable, they have a problem. Do they succeed in solving it? After a fashion. In fact, very much after a fashion...