Books with author Judith Clarke

A calendar and storybook in one! Read the story all at once right away, enjoy the whimsical and colorful pictures from original pastel and ink drawings by the author month-by-month throughout the year. In this calendar story, two sisters, Antonia and Marnie, want to find a birthday present as special as the person for whom it is meant, Leonora Wiggins. Leonora Wiggins lives across the hall and can tell the most wondrous and fantastic stories. Antonia and Marnie ask everybody for advice about the birthday present but it's one of Antonia's dreams that tells them where to find it. Getting the present turns out to be almost as exciting and unusual as the present itself.

Despite his heroic efforts to be cool, Al Capsella faces a crippling pair of obstacles: his mother and father. They're not just uncool, but a complete embarrassment. Along with schoolmates like Louis, also fourteen, Al has his own plans for surviving the abnormal antics of parents, grandparents and teachers. But Al discovers that being really normal is the weirdest thing of all.

Kenny is fourteen. His dad has just died and to keep the family together, Kenny must find work. 'Be careful going through the flatlands,' his mother warns him. 'Don't stop for anyone'. But Kenny does stop, and what happens next will define the man he becomes. With subtle, evocative prose, and characters you will grow to love, Wolf on the Fold journeys through the generations of Kenny's family, examining those critical moments when youth collides with the adult world.