Children’s books
Dino Daddy likes nothing better than having fun with the Dino kids.
His jolly enthusiasm, however, goes way overboard when he pushes the little Dinos on the slide, spins the bigger kids on the dizzy wheel and generally creates more and more glorious mayhem.
Sam Lloyd¹s illustrations, comlemented by Sperring¹s subtle rhyming, have all the laugh-aloud ingredients for age 3+
After school, teen age Lewis helps in his father’s fish and chips shop. Business is slow, which means money is scarce.
When Lewis befriends a straggly hungry mongrel in the yard his father is furious as bringing a mangy dog into his chipper would be lethal for his business, so he hunts the dog away.
The rift between father and son takes ages to heal, and when Lewis finds the dog tied up and in danger from the incoming tide he is forced to take action that puts both dog and boy in great danger.
The bond between the stray dog and Lewis, who is a loner, is the driving force of the novel which is eminently suitable for reluctant readers.
This is the second book in the Hybrid Series. Addie and a recessive soul Eva share the one body, with its obvious drawbacks and contradictions.
Though each has the ability to go under for a short time to allow for privacy, it is far from ideal in romantic interludes.
The Hybrids, as they are labelled, are a repressed minority which the government of the futuristic dystopian society seeks to either eliminate completely, or alter their nature using untested and largely unsuccessful experimentation.
Not all of the Hybrids are satisfied to live outside normal society and want to draw attention to their plight by acts of mini terrorism.
This creates huge conflict between Addie and Eva whose relationship becomes quite strained. The internal dialogue between Addie and Eva is intriguing, as is the concept of dual souls. The dangers the Hybrids face make this a nail-biting thriller. Age 12+
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