Books with author Eric Thompson

Troll Soup is a children's picture book about two children, Freya and Klaus, who encounter a baby troll, which leads them to the trolls' cave and an adventure. The goal of the book is to teach children the basic idea of commerce and spending and saving money. Children will enjoy the adventure aspectit contains a good balance of action and suspense with fun storytelling.

Fifteen-year-old Michelle Thorn is struggling through her own personal grief. Now she’s trapped between Newvers fighting for their freedom, and a government that insists on keeping them imprisoned. If she can reach President Asir in time, and enlist his help, she might be able to stop a civil war that looms on the horizon. What she finds shocks her into a new world she never imagined existed.

'...a first class professional.' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. Early in the nineteenth century, Dewi Morgan arrives at Polrudden Manor in Cornwall, expecting to take up the position of governess to Nathan Jago's son, Beville, but Nathan is determined to have a local girl for the post. It takes a dramatic rescue for Nathan to have a change of heart, and by then Dewi's gentle ways and sense of fun have made her a favourite with the entire household. Nathan's fancy is very much taken by Sir Kenwyn Penhaligan's beautiful niece, Abigail, but she has given her affections elsewhere. Meanwhile, Dewi tries to disguise her growing affection for her handsome master...

For the Green family, it's going to be a summer of hard work, blackmail...and flying pigs! The Green family is living quite happily on Deep Valley Farm until war breaks out. Father goes off to fight who knows where, the Greens' spoiled cousins come from the city to stay and someone threatens to take the farm from them. Just when it seems things can't get any worse, the piglets escape and the children get completely Out of Control. Only one person can be counted on in a situation like this: enter Nanny McPhee. But beware...Nanny McPhee is nothing like other nannies - and it's not just the warts! With wit and warmth, Emma Thompson, writer and star of Nanny McPhee Returns, recounts one family's tumultuous summer in an audiobook that alternates between the story and a behind-the-scenes film diary, bringing a delightful and unique perspective to this funny and magical adventure for all ages.