Books with author Emma Griffiths

Molly Pearson is a young Biology teacher with two passions in her life: a strong commitment to protecting wildlife; and a desire to encourage the children in her classes to feel the same enthusiasm for Nature. In this book we find Molly Pearson, Robert Jeffrey’s student teacher, rewilding the school's nature garden with the help of her Year 7 kids, against dramatic odds! Self-harming, arson, gang violence and teenage angst all seem to be teaming up as obstacles to block success from Molly and her class of 11 year-olds! When her class decide they would like to restore the school’s neglected and vandalised nature corner her hopes are raised and challenged at the same time. The hurdles that she meets along the way will include bullied and bullying pupils, as well as the expected ones of finance and willing manpower.But leaping those fences does not prepare the ambitious Molly for a dramatic fire and the confusion of a new passion in her life, in the form of Oliver Shrimpton. Will he become that significant someone, or is he just another obstacle for her to overcome?G J Griffiths' latest novel, in the So What! series of stories, is still based firmly around the events that take place within the "walls" of Birch Green High School. It follows some of the trials and tribulations of Molly Pearson, a previous novice teacher who was mentored by Robert Jeffrey - the main character from the first book. Molly's efforts to spread the important message, about protecting wildlife and the natural environment, reflect something that has always been important to the author. Although this book is an exciting novel telling the story of schoolchildren who want to protect garden wildlife, it also contains several chapters towards the end with plenty of helpful information for lovers of nature, and who want to take a fresh look at making their garden a wildlife garden.NOTE: All 3 books in the So What! series are now available in a single Trilogy collector's edition - Paperback ISBN 978 1520380575 kindle ASIN B01579VDFO

In So What Do I Do? police constable Nigel Shantra has been promoted and returns as a detective. He is determined to bring to justice a serious adversary of his, a school bully from the first novel. When a conspiracy to defraud the local populace, devised by two apparently respectable but unscrupulous pillars of the community, goes disastrously wrong it results in an intriguing case for detective Shantra to solve. The traumatic events that follow will prove to affect the incompetent pair of criminals who were hired by the swindling conspirators, as well as the teachers and pupils of Birch Green High School. And just what does a class of cheeky chimps, and a large black spider monkey, have to do with the traumatic events surrounding Hodgson's Hide - the legacy of retired Technology teacher Gil Hodgson?Recently promoted Molly discovers that the pressures of helping newly qualified teachers has no comparison to the eventual strain that she and her colleagues experience when an ex-pupil of the school decides it’s time for payback. This man will prove to be far more ruthless and cruel than anyone could have imagined all in order to achieve his criminal ambitions. But he is just as likely to turn his attention towards anyone who upsets his plans, with terrifying consequences for those who won’t comply with his wishes.

This is a series of bedtime stories told over the years to our grandchildren. Our regular major characters in the adventures are our pets: Moxie and Mollie – Long Haired Miniature Dachshunds, Rupert and Cooper – Pembroke Welch Corgis and Monet the white cat, who sometimes thinks she is a dog too… In these adventures, we introduce Rosie; Rupert’s Corgi girlfriend. The clash of the two cultures is evident as Rosie goes to the mid-west country to visit Rupert and he then heads out to visit Southern California cities and beaches.

Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, is back for her second spine-tingling adventure! For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton.When Justice returns for spring term at Highbury House, it's not long before murder is back on her mind. Assigned to look after the elderly Mr Arthur in Smugglers' Lodge on the other side of the marshes from school, Justice is initially dismayed. But dismay quickly gives way to intrigue as she finds herself drawn to Mr Arthur and his stories of piloting in the First World War - and especially when Dorothy, who lives nearby, tells her that the lodge is haunted.But when Mr Arthur dies in mysterious circumstances, Justice soon has a list of questions in her journal: why hasn't he been given a proper military funeral? Why does the new Matron not seem to know much about First Aid? And what secrets does Smugglers' Lodge really hold?Justice sets out to uncover the deadly truth in this brilliant follow-up to A Girl Called Justice.

This is a series of 7 bedtime stories told over the years to our grandson “Benny” as he is named in the stories. Other major characters in the adventures are our pets: Moxie and Mollie –Miniature Dachshunds, Rupert and Cooper – Pembroke Welch Corgis and Monet the cat, who sometimes thinks she is a dog too…These adventures always occur at night and take place at a small rural cottage in the Midwest. The Adventurers all sneak out through the dog door in the laundry room…..but Ssh…it’s a secret….don’t tell anyone, especially grownups...In these adventures, animals will communicate in human language (English to be exact) which has been carefully translated from the standard universal animal language. The Adventurers live in a small quaint cottage in a small holler beside a narrow road on the side of a hill….. It is a quiet restful place surrounded by woods. There are trails that wind their way through those woods and provide the setting for these adventures. Each story shares christian family values as learning lessons for our grandchildren.

The Adventures continue in this second series of stories.This is a series of 7 bedtime stories told over the years to our grandson “Benny” as he is named in the stories. Other major characters in the adventures are our pets: Moxie and Mollie –Miniature Dachshunds, Rupert and Cooper – Pembroke Welch Corgis and Monet the cat, who sometimes thinks she is a dog too… These adventures always occur at night and take place at a small rural cottage in the Midwest. The Adventurers all sneak out through the dog door in the laundry room…..but Ssh…it’s a secret….don’t tell anyone, especially grownups... In these adventures, animals will communicate in human language (English to be exact) which has been carefully translated from the standard universal animal language. The Adventurers live in a small quaint cottage in a small holler beside a narrow road on the side of a hill….. It is a quiet restful place surrounded by woods. There are trails that wind their way through those woods and provide the setting for these adventures. Each story shares christian family values as learning lessons for our grandchildren.

This is a children's adventure series starring a child as the hero with the Henschen Hill pets. These are two of many stories with the youngster as the key characters rescuing baby animals, solving mysteries and enjoying the adventures.Here we will explore the woods and hills with the Adventurers another time. Off they go, heading up the trail… It’s dark, but there is a full moon, so they can see where they are going.With a flurry of wings a large object flies down to the lowest branch… It’s the great Horned Owl, Hootie. He says: Whoodare, Welcome to my woods. This part of the woods has a lot of things to do. but tonight your help is needed. Off they go, Hootie is flying above them, taking them to the new problem in the woods. He is flying up the trail so it is easy for them to follow him. The Adventure Begins!

The Antanestians are back!"FUNNY, SWEET AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING!""THE FINE ART OF TEACHING WITHOUT PREACHING IS IN GOOD FORM."This time the aliens are on Earth to collect Teflon pots and pans, as well as the two girls and their cousins, Joe and Elliot. The four kids and their friend, Kweezy Capolza, have to survive attacks from hungry herring gulls before launching into space for the planet Antanesta. Only to find, on their arrival there, devastation and danger await them in the form of the Kraxish. These black and yellow enemies of Kweezy and his alien race are deadly war-mongers, each armed with a venomous sting of purple poison, though Joe prefers to call them “those creepy woodlice!”Can the children change the Kraxish’s menacing threats into deeds of kindness? Will they ever return to Earth before the referee blows his final whistle to end the football match? Intriguing technology and amusement aplenty await young and older sci-fi fans in this exciting sequel to “Ants In Space”!

This is a series of bedtime stories told over the years to our grandchildren. Our regular major characters in the adventures are our pets: Moxie and Mollie – Long Haired Miniature Dachshunds, Rupert and Cooper – Pembroke Welch Corgis and Monet the white cat, who sometimes thinks she is a dog too… In these adventures, we introduce Rosie; Rupert’s Corgi girlfriend. The clash of the two cultures is evident as Rosie goes to the mid-west country to visit Rupert and he then heads out to visit Southern California cities and beaches.

A team of archaeologists, investigating coastal erosion on the north Norfolk coast, unearth six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff. How long have they been there? What could have happened to them? Forensics expert Ruth Galloway and DCI Nelson are drawn together again to unravel the past. Tests reveal that the bodies have lain, preserved in the sand, for sixty years. The mystery of their deaths stretches back to the Second World War, a time when Great Britain was threatened by invasion. But someone wants the truth of the past to stay buried, and will go to any lengths to keep it that way...even murder.