Books/Publications
fiction
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Ages 3-6
Picture books Lost at the Zoo and The Giant Panda Party, both of which are set in Edinburgh Zoo.
Picture Books
Ages 8-12
Edinburgh-set novels The Chaos Clock and The Chaos Quest, or my Fife-based novels Winterbringers and Dark Spell.
Middle Grade
Non-fiction
Something about Science here…
Science for Reluctant Readers
Not for the squeamish… All you never wanted to know about the Black Death, Smallpox and other hideous diseases. Plus how scientists and our bodies fight the never-ending battle against the germs.
Science for Reluctant Readers
Crazy Creatures
Mad Scientists
Germ Wars
All out of print
Middle Grade Science
Which metal screams when you bend it? Which elements are used to make atomic bombs? Which gas will make you giggle uncontrollably? Incredible facts about the 92 most common elements that make our planet. If you thought chemistry was dull, it’s time to think again!
Middle Grade Science
What Makes You You?
What Makes Your Body Work?
A Beginner’s Guide to Life on Earth
A Beginner’s Guide to the Periodic Table
A Beginner’s Guide to Electricity and Magnetism
"Family Interest" Science
What is life? What is a living thing? Discover astonishing facts about life on Earth. Find out how frogs can come back from the dead, who the cleverest non-human in the world is, and why water lilies kidnap flies…
‘Family Interest’ Science
Balloon to the Moon
From Shore to Ocean Floor
From Cells to Ourselves
Microbe Wars
Other books
Something more here
The Amazing Life of Mary, Queen of Scots
She was Queen of Scotland and of France, and a possible Queen of England; she was involved in a series of mysterious deaths; in the end she lost her head... But what was life really like for Mary, Queen of Scots?
A Secret Diary of the First World War
14 year old James Marchbank went to war on the Western Front in 1914 and kept a diary of his experiences there. Step into his boots and find out what the First World War was really like…
Wonderful Wilderness
What is a wilderness? Why do we need to preserve it and how do we go about doing so? This book takes a look at these important questions and focuses on National Parks from Yellowstone in the US, to the Lake District in the UK and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
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On Kindle
Ten years ago, Alaric, leader of the Shadowmen, killed many of the Keepers - the teachers and bearers of ancient knowledge threatening his barbaric rule. Now rebellion is flaring up in the Archipelago again and the Shadowmen are out hunting for Keepers once more. Fourteen-year-old, Nyssa, and her uncle, Marius, descendants of the Keepers, must flee, but there is a greater reason that Nyssa is in danger.....
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Complete Collection
Fiction
Picture Books
Lost at the Zoo
The Giant Panda Party
Middle Grade
Chaos Clock
Chaos Quest
Winterbringers
Dark Spell
Teen
Beneath
The Keepers’ Daughter
Non-Fiction
Science for Reluctant Readers
Crazy Creatures
Mad Scientists
Germ Wars
All out of print
Middle Grade Science
What Makes You You?
What Makes Your Body Work?
A Beginner’s Guide to Life on Earth
A Beginner’s Guide to the Periodic Table
A Beginner’s Guide to Electricity and Magnetism
‘Family Interest’ Science
Balloon to the Moon
From Shore to Ocean Floor
From Cells to Ourselves
Microbe Wars
Other publications
Short Stories
Short Stories for Radio Broadcast by BBC Scotland Schools Programme
A Long Way Home
Bannocks for Bannockburn
Short story ‘Marilyn’s Hands’ for ‘Elsewhere’, a collection commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival. Also on audio.