Books with author Christopher Berry-Dee

Visual Basic for AVCE covers Edexcel Units 7 - Programming and Unit 22 - Programs: Specification to Production of the AVCE in Information and Communication Technology award. It also covers the AVCE Programming units for the other Examination Boards. Each Unit is divided into two parts: Part one teaches all the Visual Basic skills needed to produce a portfolio for the unit and Part two shows how to build this portfolio of practical work by using a sample case study and an assignment Visual Basic is used to teach programming concepts and each unit contains a sample project of an appropriate standard. (The projects require Visual Basic version 4 or higher.)

Do you know where Christmas trees come from? You're about to find out. . . It's Christmas Eve and George and Georgina are curious about Christmas trees. Why do we put them up at Christmas? Why do we cover them in fairy lights? Why do we put fairies on the top? And why do we put presents under them? So Granny sits them down and tells them a story. A long time ago, Mumble the wizard decided to visit Troglup, Dragon Queen of the island of Crumple Dimples. There he recruited a team of Witch Watchers to spy on his greatest enemy, Murmur. What he didn't count on was Murmur having spies of her own. . . "The East Pudding Chronicles: Plight of the Witch Watchers" is the fourth in a series of books about where Christmas traditions came from. Join George and Georgina and discover the secrets of Christmas. Do you have the first three books in the series? You can buy "The Christmas Monster", "The Merry Mrs Mistle" and "Tale of the Twinkles" from Lulu and Amazon.

Set in a reverse world where humans and animals swap places, this book is the sequel to 'Dreamcats' and finds the four young cousins, Elsa, David, Oscar and Arthur back in their Felinestow 'dream' as pets in cat families. Felinestow is now run by the benign cat, Mayor Tina, but evil ex-Mayor Claptrap still has a thirst for power. No sooner do Elsa and David find themselves in ex-police cat George's home, George's brother Harry arrives. He is visiting Felinestow to chair a religious conference, comprising the Felinestow faith, the Siamese religion, the pig's belief in Porcianity, and the sheep's Secular faith. But before the conference opens, a disaster strikes. As Felinestow struggles to keep the peace, Mayor Tina sends George and Claptrap on a diplomatic mission to Porcineville, the Siamese, and to the beavers to seek help. Oscar and Arthur get involved in the mission... Meanwhile, Elsa becomes a phenomenon in Felinestow when the cats are amazed to discover that she plays the piano.

Have you ever wondered where Christmas crackers really come from? You're about to find out. . . It's Christmas Day and George and Georgina are curious about Christmas crackers. What are they? Why do we pull them at Christmas dinner? Why do they always have a toy, a paper crown and a bad joke inside them? And why do they make a loud popping sound? So Granny tells a story. A story about Timothy and Tiberius Twinkle and their son, Charlie-Basil. A long time ago, the evil witch Murmur hatched a fiendish plan to rid East Pudding of the Twinkles. A plan that would lead to the creation of the first ever Christmas cracker. . . The East Pudding Chronicles: Tale of the Twinkles is the third in a series of five books about where Christmas traditions came from. Join George and Georgina and step into a whole new world of wizards, fairies, elves and monsters - and discover the secrets of Christmas.

This sequel to Dreamcats finds the four young cousins, Elsa, David, Oscar and Arthur back in their Felinestow ‘dream’ as pets in cat families. Felinestow is now run by the benign cat, Mayor Tina, but evil ex-Mayor Claptrap still has a thirst for power.No sooner do Elsa and David find themselves in ex-police cat George’s home, George’s brother Harry arrives. The charismatic Harry is an odd combination of philosopher and television celebrity. He is visiting Felinestow to chair a religious conference, comprising the Felinestow faith, the Siamese religion, the pig’s belief in Porcianity, and the sheep’s secular faith. But before the conference opens, a disaster strikes. The sheep’s homeland, Lambton Flatland, is inundated and the entire sheep nation pour into Felinestow as refugees – coinciding with an influx of pig and Siamese cat tourists for the conference.As Felinestow struggles to keep the peace, Mayor Tina sends George and Claptrap on a diplomatic mission to Porcineville, the Siamese, and to the Beavers to seek help. Oscar and Arthur get involved in the mission… Meanwhile, Elsa becomes a phenomenon in Felinestow when the cats are amazed to discover that she plays the piano. She is summoned to play before Queen Tracy at the palace on a cat-sized piano.In this allegory of contemporary ‘populist’ politics, crowded with action, comedy, moral, religious and political challenges, the reader will discover resonances with the real world. A populist leader, ex-Mayor Claptrap, advocates building a wall on Felinestow’s border to repel foreigners. There are religious conflicts, racism, greed, excessive pride and fear of the unknown.Christopher Best lives in Hertfordshire. He based the characters in this story around his young grandchildren who he has dedicated the book to.