Tag Archives: Adventure

The bees are searching – an illustration from Busy Bee and the Silent Spring

In Busy Bee and the Silent Spring, named after Rachel Carson’s ground breaking book, the bees of Old Oak Meadow have to try to find the source of the illness that is affecting all the creatures living there. This is the scene where Bea and four other bees go in search of what that source […]

The bee stretcher – help is at hand, an illustration from Busy Bee and the Silent Spring

Four bees carry an unwell bee back to the hive. In Busy Bee and the Silent Spring, named after Rachel Carson’s ground breaking book, the bees of Old Oak Meadow have to try to find the source of the illness that is affecting all the creatures living there. Some teachers who have reviewed the story […]

Where’s Basil? – On the waterfront, Morges, Switzerland

Basil’s in Switzerland on the well kept waterfront of Morges on Lac Leman. Brown Bear’s Big Day Out is a story about a bear in a zoo that puts on a disguise so that he can escape and visit a funfair called Dizzyland. It’s about looking at people in depth and not being afraid because […]

Tristan discovers the secret moon base – Clever Dad and the Space Rocket

Clever Dad and the Space Rocket is the second in the Clever Dad series following on from Clever Dad and the Pirate Ship. In Space Rocket Tristan blasts off into space in a space rocket built by his father. He soon discovers that all cows can jump over the moon but bizarrely not all of […]

The Eiffel Tower – Always good to return to

I was very lucky at the end of March this year to return to Paris. You cannot visit this wonderful city without going to the very impressive Eiffel Tower. It was a fairly nice Spring day but unfortunately the sky wasn’t blue on this occasion. I hope that it will be the next time.