Globetrotting gnome pops up in children’s books

A GARDEN gnome who was kidnapped, taken around the world, then returned to his owner’s doorstep with an album of photos has become the star of a children’s book series.

Eve Stuart-Kelso was stunned to find her leprechaun Murphy back outside her Gloucester home seven months after he was taken, carrying a note blaming “itchy feet” for his globetrotting.

The album of 48 photos showed Murphy abseiling down a mountain, standing in a shark’s mouth, swimming in the sea, and riding a motorbike.