Sunday 27 September 2015

That's Books and Entertainment: Formidable

That's Books and Entertainment: Formidable: Formidable is a new book by published author Steve R. Dunn. It is the third in a trilogy of naval history books. It is a well-research...

That's Books and Entertainment: Opposable Truths

That's Books and Entertainment: Opposable Truths: Opposable Truths is a new book by highly skilled and experienced journalist and TV presenter, Martin Young. You'll remember Martin Y...

That's Books and Entertainment: A Ticket to Oblivion: A Railway Detective novel by...

That's Books and Entertainment: A Ticket to Oblivion: A Railway Detective novel by...: A Ticket to Oblivion: A Railway Detective novel by Edward Marston is a novel featuring the Railway Detective Detective Inspector Robert Co...

Sunday 20 September 2015

That's Books and Entertainment: Who Will Be Your Judge

That's Books and Entertainment: Who Will Be Your Judge: Who Will Be Your Judge is a new novel by Edie Watney Judd. Who Will Be Your Judge tells the powerful and tragic stories of two brothers....

That's Books and Entertainment: Agincourt 1415

That's Books and Entertainment: Agincourt 1415: Agincourt 1415 is a novel that tells the story of the famed battle of Agincourt. It tells it in the format of a graphic novel. The aut...

That's Books and Entertainment: An Eye for a Tooth and a Limb for an Eye

That's Books and Entertainment: An Eye for a Tooth and a Limb for an Eye: An Eye for a Tooth and a Limb for an Eye is the latest crime novel by Eleanor Berry. It is a taut psychological thriller that explores wha...

That's Books and Entertainment: Saint George: Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer

That's Books and Entertainment: Saint George: Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer: Saint George: Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer is a new book for children by John Powell. It's a tough life. Well, it is if you liv...

That's Books and Entertainment: Saint George: Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer

That's Books and Entertainment: Saint George: Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer: Saint George: Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer is a new book for children by John Powell. It's a tough life. Well, it is if you liv...

That's Books and Entertainment: The Corruption of Chastity

That's Books and Entertainment: The Corruption of Chastity: The Corruption of Chastity is a novel by Frank Westworth and is the second of his Killing Sisters series of novels. This is an extraordi...

That's Books and Entertainment: Marriage, a journey and a Dog

That's Books and Entertainment: Marriage, a journey and a Dog: Marriage, a journey and a Dog is a highly entertaining romantic novel by Hampshire author Bremda H. Sedgwick. Gerry, the husband to Nata...

Saturday 19 September 2015

New Christmas musical in book and CD form

Barry the Penguin's Black and White Christmas is a brand new and fun musical written by Lesley Ross and John-Victor.It is adapted by Rachel Bellman with Lesley ross and is sumptuously illustrated with great full colour illustrations by Matt Rowe. It is narrated by Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston.

It tells the story by the use of the written word in the book and with some well-written and well-performed songs that are on the accompanying CD.

Father Christmas has been kidnapped by the remarkably evil queen of all the bedbugs.

She has an evil plan and she needs Father Christmas to help her put her nefarious plan into effect.

She will use her plan to destroy Christmas... forever!

But all is not lost, for onto the scene comes Barry the Penguin detective. Barry is a skilled, resourceful and brave Penguin detective. But he needs help, help from the chosen one, a little girl called Phoebe, to save Father Christmas.

But can she help? Will she help? Because due to a family tragedy, Phoebe hates Christmas!

Can Barry convince her to help him? If they can't reach Father Christmas before the chimes of midnight, all will be lost. Christmas will be destroyed forever and the bedbug queen's plan will have succeeded!

Or will they succeed with the assistance of the mysterious Wordsmith and of Actavia, the young nun?

This is a fantastic large format book which will be great fun for all the family, as all of the lyrics of the utterly charming and well-performed songs are included in the book for mums, dads, grandparents, children and the rest of the family to enjoy immensely and at only £9.99, this is one Christmas treat you can't afford to miss!

It is available for at the bookshop at sister site http://thatsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/ on the righthand side of the site.

That's Books and Entertainment: The London Sniper

That's Books and Entertainment: The London Sniper: The novel The London Sniper by Daniel Pascoe is a novel that relates how evil can contaminate all that it touches. The Chgwell family, l...

That's Books and Entertainment: The Reich Device

That's Books and Entertainment: The Reich Device: The Reich Device is set in Germany in the early 1930s, when the Nazi Party was beginning to put together the monstrous operation that was ...

That's Books and Entertainment: Buckingham

That's Books and Entertainment: Buckingham: John Schroeder's Buckingham is a book about a cat who, perhaps not surprisingly, is called Buckingham. Buckingham is no ordinary cat...

Sunday 13 September 2015

Ben and the Spider Gate

Ben and the Spider Gate is a fantastic hardback book by Angela Fish.

It tells the story of how Ben, an ordinary little boy, discovers an extraordinary secret insect kingdom at the bottom of his own garden.

Ben's Granny is wise and he loves chatting with her, he also has fun playing computer games with Jess, who is his best friend.

He also likes to help his dad train Scoot, their very smart dog, who he loves playing ball with Scoot in the garden.

But one day Ben's life was to change when he met up with Lox, who is the special gate-keeper of the spider Kingdom.

Lox is frantic. He needs the help of Ben to save the spider kingdom from destruction, but how will Ben be able to help save the spider kingdom without leaving his own garden? Without entering the deep, dark Wood?

It is autumn, or leaf fall as it used to be called, many years ago and Ben and Jess must be very brace if the spiders who live in the spider kingdom are to have a safe winter.

He talks things over with his Gran and he soon begins to wonder if his Gran knows more about what is gonig on than she is willing to admit?

It is a stunningly well-written and delightful book for children and parents and very well-illustrated with some engaging and enchanting artwork throughout the book.

It is published by the Book Guild at £12.99 and will make an excellent stocking filler for all children.

It is due for publication on 24th September and will be available via all bookshops and at the book shop at our sister site http://thatsbooks.blogspot.co.uk.

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