Books with author Don MacMillan

Returning to the remote Scottish island of her father’s childhood, Gertrude discovers the fascinating secret of the children of Hirta, they can see magical creatures! Children grew up with fond memories of friendships with all sorts of magical creature friends… or at least they did, before ‘The Storm’. Gertrude discovers she is only child left with Magic Vision and by finding magical creatures and the secrets contained in ancient texts, she sets out of her quest to restore magic vision to the children of Hirta, and discover the dark secret of The Storm. About the Magic Vision Series The Magic Vision Series provides young readers with exciting and challenging books to read as they seek to improve their reading skills, or read more interesting bed time stories, with each chapter leaving them hanging to read more. Each book is specially crafted to grow the lead character, a young girl, in her bravery, daring and ability to overcome adversity. The series prides itself on providing a pathway for younger readers (7-12yo) to develop to young adult books by providing strong, interesting and often funny characters to extend their imagination and vocabulary. The books were originally written not for publishing but to provide the authors daughter, who had initially struggled with reading, more interesting books to read to increase her interest in reading. And it worked. Her interest in reading has grown leaps and bounds and she has gone from a below average reader in class to a strong reader with above average comprehension. It was only when others started to read the story was it suggested to her father, the now author, to publish the books. The magical creature characters are based, as much as possible, upon regional folklore, mostly Scottish, with elements of Scots-Gaelic as the basis for the ancient language. I hope this initial trilogy provides your children as much joy in reading as it did mine. - P.J. MacMillan

A fabulous bumper book of facts containing everything you ever wanted to know about sport, medicine, space, ghosts, inventions and much, much more! Did you know that... By the time a person turns fifty, their nails will have grown a total of two metres. When it first appeared, Coca Cola, without the fizz, was sold as a medicine. There are 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. In October 1997, a Yorkshire Terrier was rescued after being accidentally sucked up by a Swansea street-cleaning vacuum cleaner! There are said to be more ghosts per square mile in Britain than in any other country. A kangaroo can hop at up to 40 miles an hour. A sneeze can go up to 3.5 metres!