Books with author J. A. Stuart

19 contemporary designs and geometric patterns in the Celtic knotwork style and 19 Celtic inspired kaleidoscopes. 38 dazzling Celtic illustrations in all to color. All illustrations are on the right side page so coloring on one page won't affect other drawings. Perfect for coloring pencils, markers or paints. Hours of enjoyment for coloring fans of all ages.

Artists have long marveled at the intricate, weaving patterns of Celtic knotwork designs. The first half of The Celtic Knotwork and Kaleidoscope Coloring Book has a variety of contemporary designs and geometric patterns in the Celtic knotwork style for you to color. The second half has a dazzling collection of Celtic inspired kaleidoscopes that will challenge the creative artistry of colorists of all ages. Thirty-eight different illustrations to color. All illustrations are on their own right side page allowing the artist the freedom to use any coloring media and not affect other drawings.

High graphical childrens story about Custard the dragon and his VERY unusual birthday party.Custard (and Blink the parrot) is joined by his cousin Custard, and tempted by cheese and cucumber sandwiches there appears Willow the witch and Camelot the wizard. And then Gobble the goblin with his lucky stone, who gatecrashed the party and there is a recipe for ... well ... disaster, fun and new found friendship.

A delightful illustrated childrens short story about a big bad wolf on the prowl at Hallowe'en. He chases away a witch and finds one house where a little girl lives. The wolf taps on the window and begs to come in. The little girl takes pity on the cold wolf and opens her bedroom window to let him in. But ... as soon as the wolf is in her room, he lunges forward to eat her ... only to be saved by the three toy dinosaurs.

A wonderfully funny adventure and educational story for children.Layla Skye is a ten year old girl with a talent. Through her books and her online research she discovers things. And she has discovered the secret where abouts of the mythical "last treasure of the Hyksos" - and it is Crete. She persuades her mother and family to go to Crete on holiday.She is excited - but less so when she meets with Professor Zoakos who has been searching for the treasure for years within the ancient ruins of Knossos. Zoakos is keen to find out what Layla Skye knows and is not about to let his arrest record and ban from Knossos stop him.He tries every trick he can think of to get Layla Skye to part with her knowledge and reach the treasure before her. Yet he can trick everyone else ... apart from Layla Skye. She manages to evade his every attempt while getting closer to the clues within the ruins of KnossosOn the verge of a great archaeological find, and stealing the treasure, the Professor is unmasked and led away under arrest just as Layla Skye and her father discover the hidden passage to the secret treasure vault - and the most incredible treasure of the ancient world. And yet ... treasure comes in many forms.

Quite possibly the sweetest story you will ever read. An incredibly delightful picture book tale of a little girl - Layla Skye - who is at a picnic with her parents ... and decides to race through the forest. Layla Skye can run so fast she is soon in the depths of the forest ... and completely lost.As night is closing in, she is hungry and cold and very much alone ... until a squirrel sits beside her and gives her a nut. Before she knows it, the creatures of the forest are gathered around to keep her warm as the sun gives way to night.And then Layla Skye wakes up. She wakes up because there is light - and it isn't sunlight. It is the light of a fairy who shows to Layla Skye that the reason she can run so fast is because she has hidden wings - and it is time for Layla Skye to remember that she is a Fairy Princess and she will never be lost again.

Who ARE the garden fairies? And ... exactly WHO are the garden fairies?Little Aona discovers these tiny creatures as she sulks in the back garden - and she uncovers a whole new world of wonder within which a large group of tiny garden fairies go through their daily adventures completely unknown to the bigger human world. This tale has four chapters:1. Who ARE the garden fairies?2.Leonardo invents a flying machine3. The midsummers party4. Magellan and Yo-YoThis is a refreshing tale of innocence and wonder, discovering adventure with excitement and the sure knowledge there is much yet to see.

A childrens book about adventure and discovery.The year is 1710 and the world is in turmoil. Captain Flint sails with his pirate crew from the harbour of Nassau, following a map written by the famous Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana in his search for the mythical El Dorado. Travelling through a fog bank, Flint and his crew soon discover the world isn't the way they thought when they rescue a mermaid from the wreck of a ship who'd attempted to capture her. And there, beyond the edge of all other knowledge, they discover islands with giants and creatures they had never thought to experience. And still they voyage until at last they travel through aurora borealis ... and beyond the edge of the world ...A true adventure story where they even meet Alexander Selkirk - the real life "Robinson Crusoe".

Henry discovers a horse with a scar on his forehead in his front yard. He will discover later this is a hornless unicorn, the victim of a brutal attack that happened over a hundred years ago in a land called Altara. The horse carries him to Altara where the first person he meets is an old man called Papo. After traveling for two days with Papo his suspicions are confirmed, Papo is plotting to use Henry for his own purposes and then to “be rid of him and the other boy.” Henry sets off alone, struggling with whether or not he can be hurt or even killed in this alternate world. At the end of each day in Altara Henry falls asleep only to wake up in his own bed in his own suburban life. At home he has two friends, Jamal and Fred and a little brother named Larry. While Henry is struggling to understand his alternate world he is also struggling with the challenges of his middle school life. A great deal hangs on a chess match against the coach. Also, Jamal falls in love but needs Henry and Fred to go to the dance with his girlfriend’s best friends. This is Henry’s first middle school relationship and his stomach is tied in knots. He also must face his anger issues and his fear that dweebdom is an inescapable black hole. Back in Altara Henry meets Anree who in a few days will be raised up as the Tara, the leader of the land of Altara. They are identical, this was the fact Papo and his friends planned to use to unseat the new Tara.Henry and Anree decide they must find the lost key to the Gates of Altara and heal the ancient wrong done to the unicorn in order to fully establish the true Tara. The horn that was brutally taken from the unicorn a hundred years ago has been hidden in plain sight in the apartment of one of Papo’s co-conspirators, and amazingly Henry’s grandfather has the key to the Gates. Henry not Anree, is the true heir to the role of the Tara. Through all this Henry discovers he can accept his assigned place in school as a dweeb with a chessboard or decide he will be something more. He realizes the reason he doesn’t have many friends is he is a lousy friend. He learns he must take responsibility for Henry. In the final pages Henry wakes up in his bed at home to find his mother reading his journal. She wants to know if this is fact or fiction and whether Henry or Anree has come home to her.