Books with author Madeleine Roux

The conclusion to this exciting all-ages steampunk manga Clockwork Sky!Madeleine Rosca's sharp-edged style perfectly matches her sharp-tongued lead character's personality. Sally Peppers is the highly-curious, ambitious niece of steambot magnate Erasmus Croach, who has supplied Britain's factories with an apparently endless supply of near-perfect robot employees, displacing flesh-and-blood humans. Unemployed people have begun to demonstrate in the streets of London and more than one near-riot has been put down by Croach's latest and greatest invention, the steambot police-boy, Sky.Sky is troubled by dreams where he, like Pinocchio, has become a "real boy." Then he meets Sally, who has run away from home, and begins to learn of the poverty and hardships faced by these workers. Together, Sally and Sky venture into the tunnels beneath London in search of a missing child.Sally has always been a bit of a tinkerer and quickly figures out the terrifying truth about her uncle's magnificent steambot factory. But it might be too late―Erasmus Croach has new steambots ready to deploy―and they are bigger and stronger than the heroic Sky. Can Sally's wits and Sky's pure heart save the day?

Teach your children about the animals of the Savannah with this fun and educational book. Five animals are explored through rhyme, pictures, and pull-out 2D figures to construct into 3D: leopard, giraffe, elephant, lion, and zebra. With two spreads dedicated to each animal, adults are able to read the short playful rhyme on each spread to children and look at the bright illustrations to teach them about the animal and its environment. Children can then pop out the paper animals from the perforated pages contained in a pocket in the back of the book and create 3D figures simply by folding and adding a bit of glue. This helps to develop their motor skills and encourage imaginative play and conversation.

Little Lucy Snow was meant to be enjoying her first day at the nice elementary school in town; however a macabre twist of fate sees her enrolled instead at Miss Weaver's Academy for the Scientifically Gifted and Ethically Unfettered―also known as Hollow Fields. Located on the outskirts of Nullsville and run by the insidious Engineers, the grim boarding school dedicates itself to raising the next generation of mad scientists and evil geniuses! Classes include Live Taxidermy, Cross-Species Body-Part Transplantation and Killer Robot Construction, and for her own survival Lucy has to master them quickly...the student with the lowest grades at the end of each school week is sent to the old windmill for detention―and so far, no child has ever returned!

Happy to Be Me is a playful and interactive storybook. It leads children and adults through a healthy yoga practice that is accessible to all abilities, including children with autism and other special needs.The book includes yoga instructions and tips for parents and teachers to feel confident bringing Happy to Be Me into their homes and classrooms.The yoga practice in Happy to Be Me brings balance, peace, and well-being into the lives of children of all abilities around the world. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to children with special needs in India, the source of inspiration for the book.Transform with Happy to Be Me today!

Teach your children about the animals of the polar regions with this fun and educational book. Five animals are explored through rhyme, pictures, and pull-out 2D figures to construct into 3D: penguin, polar bear, snowy owl, walrus, and reindeer. With two spreads dedicated to each animal, adults are able to read the short playful rhyme on each spread to children and look at the bright illustrations to teach them about the animal and its environment. Children are then able to pop out the paper animals from the perforated pages contained in a pocket in the back of the book and create 3D figures simply by folding and adding a few dabs of glue.

Teach your children about the animals of the rainforest with this fun and educational book. It is part of a new series alongside two other titles, The Safari Set and The Polar Pack, that focus on the Savannah and polar regions. Five animals are explored through rhyme, pictures, and pull-out 2D figures to construct into 3D: monkey, crocodile, tree frog, parrot, and toucan. With two spreads dedicated to each animal, adults are able to read the short playful rhyme on each spread to children and look at the bright illustrations to teach them about the animal and its environment. Children are then able to pop out the paper animals from the perforated pages contained in a pocket in the back of the book and create 3D figures simply by folding and adding few dabs of glue. The inside of the dust jacket is printed full color with a representation of the animals’ environment in a style identical to the illustrations within the book. Children have the option of using this as a backdrop and there are also accessories to make and add to the scene.

Happy to Be Me is a playful and interactive storybook. It leads children and adults through a healthy yoga practice that is accessible to all abilities, including children with autism and other special needs.The book includes yoga instructions and tips for parents and teachers to feel confident bringing Happy to Be Me into their homes and classrooms.The yoga practice in Happy to Be Me brings balance, peace, and well-being into the lives of children of all abilities around the world. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to children with special needs in India, the source of inspiration for the book.Transform with Happy to Be Me today!

From the award-winning creator of Hollow Fields comes the start of an all new, steampunk adventure trilogy! London, 1895: Riots in the streets! Erasmus Croach’s miraculous factory, Ember, has flooded London with steampowered automatons. The already suffering working class take to the streets to protest the jobs lost to these machines, and to quell the riot, Captain Thorn of Scotland Yard calls in Ember’s latest and greatest creation, the automatic police boy, Sky! Meanwhile, Sally Peppers, Croach’s headstrong and brilliant niece, dreams of a life beyond manners and marriageability. When she escapes her overbearing governess on a motorized velocipede and joins a no-rules road rally through the slums, Croach sends Sky to bring her back, preferably alive. Together, the impulsive Sally and the naive Sky crash headlong into a mystery involving rogue automatons prowling the sewers, children disappearing without a trace, and a dark secret so big it could overturn all of London. But the biggest mystery of all is why Sky is the first robot who can dream....

Five birds – a flamingo, owl, hummingbird, albatross and pelican – are explored through rhyme, pictures and pull-out cards to construct into 3D figures. With two spreads dedicated to each bird, adults will be able to read the short playful rhyme on each spread to children and look at the bright illustrations to teach them about their habits and environment. Children will then be able to pop out the card birds from the perforated pages contained in a pocket at the back of the book and create 3D figures simply by folding and adding a few dabs of glue. The inside of the dust jacket is printed full color with a graphical representation of the birds’ environment. Children have the option of using this as a backdrop for the birds, and there are also accessories to make and add to the scene. This activity will help develop their motor skills and encourage imaginative play and conversation

Teach your children about the animals of the forest with this fun and educational book. Five animals - a brown bear, wolf, squirrel, otter and deer - are explored through rhyme, pictures and pull-out cards to construct into 3D figures. With two spreads dedicated to each animal, adults will be able to read the short playful rhyme on each spread to children and look at the bright illustrations to teach them about their habits and environment. The inside of the dust jacket is printed full colour with a graphical representation of the animals' environment.

Meet Priscilla, a marvellously mischievous pet pig. Priscilla is the Farmers' pet pig and lives at Autumnvale Farm, in the Highlands. Priscilla was a tiny piglet, the runt of her litter but as Mrs. Farmer feeds her, she grows and grows until she becomes a really enormous pig! One day a gate is left open and Priscilla goes exploring. She meets the other farm animals but when she gets lost, they cannot tell her how to get home. Will the Farmers find her soon? This charmingly illustrated story will appeal to young children everywhere.