Books with author A.R. Humphreys

Pumpkin’s Kitties is an adorable story about the relationship between a little girl and her pet kittens. When Pumpkin’s Daddy brings home two cute cuddly kitties she is delighted and starts to play with them like toy dolls. As you can imagine, Pumpkin’s kitties don’t like being treated like toys and begin running away and hiding. After Pumpkin discovers she can’t make her kitties play with her, she learns a lesson she’ll never forget.

In 1970 I sailed as a Ten Pound Pom from Southampton to Sydney, Australia.I was keen on the idea of working overseas and was determined to make things happen. At the time there were lots of opportunities overseas. Newspapers carried adverts for overseas jobs like Hong Kong Police or British Antarctic Expedition. Also the Commonwealth countries – Canada, Rhodesia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand always wanted new people and tempted people with adverts for the chance of a new life.So I decided to apply for them all and the first to accept me I would go. I was not really fussy – they were all unknown but abroad and that was all that mattered. I was 27, single and no ties. I had no real trade and came from an office background. Australia was the first to reply and accept me, so that's where I went.The only stipulation was you had to stay for two years to take advantage of the ten pound fare. Should you return before then you had to refund the fare – not the ten pounds fare but the full unassisted fare - and of course pay your own fare back. For ten pounds you could choose between a flight or a sea passage. The Australian Government also threw in a week's stay in a hostel in Sydney with meal tickets. Quite a bargain. I was in my twenties, single and anxious to travel so it was an easy decision to make.This book covers the voyage, my stay in Australia – work, travel and play and also travels beyond. Realising half way around the world was not that far really and with so much more to see I made a return to the UK. From there I went to work in Germany, Saudi Arabia and Algeria. The book also includes my experiences of travelling in the USA, Canada and Mexico mainly by Greyhound buses.

Meet Sabrina, Undercover PrincessWhen Princess Sabrina is sent away from her family, the king and queen of Mulakating, she must hide away in a dull, working-class town, living undercover to keep her blue-blooded identity secret. At the tough neighbourhood school she is now forced to attend, Awful Agatha hates Sabrina on sight and plots to get her kicked out of school. An epic fight results in both getting covered in pigswill and nearly suspended.Awful Agatha is hellbent on revenge and a number of sneakily executed school thefts finally allow her to destroy Sabrina’s life for good. The girls meet in a final, explosive showdown that forces them to realise they both have secrets to keep and are more alike than they would ever admit. Sabrina definitely has the right skills to survive as a royal, but can she hold her own against Awful Agatha in the most dreadful school in the world?

Elayne thinks the old family story that one of her ancestors stepped through a tapestry into a world of mythical beasts makes a great fireside tale. But she lives in the real world. In New York City. And she's outgrown that kind of fantasy.Until she finds herself in front of a unicorn tapestry at the Cloisters museum and sees her initials woven into the fabric. And hears a unicorn calling to her. And slips and falls—into that other world.Suddenly the line between fantasy and reality isn't so clear. But the danger is real enough. Almost before she can think, Elayne is attacked by a ferocious beast, rescued by a unicorn, and taken prisoner by a tyrant king. Each of them seems to have an idea about her—that she's a hero, a villain, dinner!But Elayne has a few ideas of her own. She wants to overthrow the king; she wants to tame the unicorn. She wants to go home! And she's willing to become both hero and villain to do it.From the Hardcover edition.

Taken from the swaying grass of the open savannah to the neat green fields of the West Country, Manu Wardgrave is a boy out of place. His struggle with his identity and his discovery of the reality behind the dream he had of England will decide, in fire and battle on the strange and ancient hill that overlooks his enigma of a new school, more than just his fate and place in the world.Heather Evynstone is a girl living on the margins. Ashamed of her fortune teller mother and her rough narrowboat home, she dreams that her genius for costume design will drag her into a better life. The future of the world will hang on how she deals with the darkness she finds in Darkwells.Henry Grenville carries an old and famous name. He is kind and funny and likeable and should be happy and content. He has a tragic and traumatic past and finds himself isolated and alone. He resists the apathy and nihilism that threatens to engulf him and desperately seeks the prophesied ‘key to his future’.From the wide empty wilds of the African bush to the lonely, ancient Tor in the West Country, Darkwells is a story of friendship and destiny and duty. It is about loyalty and love and how both is lost and found. It is a tale of magic and adventure, of friendship and destiny and duty. It is a novel that explores the shifting sense of self and culture that Henry, Heather and Manu have to face as they struggle with things long broken and with promises unfulfilled.Old myths and new beginnings clash in a storm of magic on England’s most magical hill. Who will emerge triumphant from the smoke and fire on the Tor?

Elayne thinks the old family story that one of her ancestors stepped through a tapestry into a world of mythical beasts makes a great fireside tale. But she lives in the real world. In New York City. And she's outgrown that kind of fantasy.Until she finds herself in front of a unicorn tapestry at the Cloisters museum and sees her initials woven into the fabric. And hears a unicorn calling to her. And slips and falls—into that other world.Suddenly the line between fantasy and reality isn't so clear. But the danger is real enough. Almost before she can think, Elayne is attacked by a ferocious beast, rescued by a unicorn, and taken prisoner by a tyrant king. Each of them seems to have an idea about her—that she's a hero, a villain, dinner!But Elayne has a few ideas of her own. She wants to overthrow the king; she wants to tame the unicorn. She wants to go home! And she's willing to become both hero and villain to do it.

Once upon a time so begins The Dragon Princess, a full-colour and beautifully woven magical tale that childrens book author Audrey Humphreys brings to vivid life. Unlike most fairy tales however, this story does away with the traditional plot and instead renders a new and modern twist that everyone even parents will find delightfully insightful and hilariously entertaining.The Dragon Princess begins when a handsome and honourable prince, who lives in the southern part of the kingdom, hears word that the princess in the far northern part of the kingdom is in need of rescuing from a fierce, mean and ugly-looking dragon. On his mighty steed, he travels for days, until he reaches the smoke-filled castle of the princess. Just when he is about to slay the dragon, he finds out to his surprise, that the princess needs to be rescued not from the dragon but from something else.With dreamlike illustrations by Barbara Sercombe, The Dragon Princess is a valuable, charming and funny picture book that brings parents and children together for a wonderful and easy reading experience.

The author has written a mixture of nostalgia and personal experiences. This book covers childhood (born in 1942) and schooldays, then continues into employment from 1957 and the rock'n'roll years and love of that music. In his twenties, he got restless and worked at a holiday camp before moving to a Swinging London until the end of the 60s.The book touches on the the following (and much more): Sweet rationing/Playing in the street/School playground crazes/Festival of Britain/Comics and catapults/The Goon Show and other radio programmes/Canvey Island floods/Holidays at Butlins/Failing the 11 plus/Skiffle and Rock'n'Roll/First job in London/Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran and other Rock'n'Roll shows/Coffee Bars in Soho/Dagenham Train Crash/ Visiting Pen friend in France/Holiday Camp work and apple picking/On the dole in the North of England/Bedsits in London/Stones in the Park/Dylan at Isle of Wight and plans to see the world.

All children have a sweet tooth, but this little girl's sweet tooth has a wild side! Boys and girls will devour this delightful tale of a little girl's sweet tooth. Chocolate Cake for Breakfast introduces children to the alphabet through the imaginative eyes of a little girl who envisions herself as different animals eating tasty treats. In the end, she realizes junky food makes my tummy feel wrong. So I'll eat Mommy's food to stay healthy and strong! "