Books with author Mel Bartholomew

Annihilation, by K. Bartholomew.A tourist is bitten by a rare monkey whilst on safari in Kenya. She is flown home but later dies from the infection. Soon after, the hospital is on lockdown following an incident with a patient. Within hours, the city of Leeds is being attacked by hordes of people who appear drugged up and deranged. Days later, the north of England undergoes rioting and cannibalism for unknown reasons.Meanwhile, David Sterling, the British Prime Minister, struggles to take a lead on the developing situation gripping his country. Zombies are supposed to be a thing of Hollywood, yet here they are in England, ravaging their way across the nation.Annihilation shows the zombie apocalypse from the point of view of a typical incompetent Prime Minister. Pray he’s not in charge when the inevitable apocalypse arrives.

Dwarflings in the village, peering out of midnight shadows and stealing things away!Poppy Swift was starting to think that things were getting back to normal in the village of Brookton, but something magical is stirring in the forest. She and the children are soon drawn into another adventure, travelling deep underground to the kingdom of the dwarflings.What ancient curses and mysteries hide away in the dank darkness under Goblin Hill?This is the second novel in the series “The Swift Chronicles” from author J.I.Bartholomew.

Trapped on the prison planet of Timegrave, Poppy Swift sets off on another adventure into a parched desert land. Danger is everywhere in this world of warring tribes, shadowy fortresses, and unearthly monsters.Only with a lot of bravery, cleverness, and resolve will she find the way to Escape from Timegrave.This is the third novel in the series “The Swift Chronicles”

Poor Timmy can't seem to find his blankie can you help him? Take your kids on an adventure to find Timmy blankie while teaching them about sharing, caring and showing them how important family is. Timmy needs all the help he can get, make a guess and then read the book to find out who or what hid the blanket and where......... There is a mystery to be solved. Do you accept the challenge.....?

A Square Metre Garden is more than just a perfect place to grow vegetables--it is an ideal environment for sharing and teaching kids of all ages, and this book will show you how. For generations, Mel Bartholomew's top-selling Square Foot Gardening books have made his revolutionary system for growing vegetables available to millions of people. In Square Metre Gardening with Kids, Mel reveals all of the tips, tricks, and fun projects he has used over the decades in one of his most cherished pursuits: teaching youngsters to build and grow their own kid-sized SMGs. Because of its simple principles and fast payoff, Square Metre Gardening is perfect for children. The easy geometry of the gridded box breaks the complex world of gardening into digestible bites that are easy to approach and understand for enthusiastic young learners, and the sequence of tasks required to grow plants from seeds is repeatable and reassuring. Whether you're a grandparent, parent, teacher, coach, or any kind of role model to young people, Square Metre Gardening with Kids offers you the proven methods Mel has developed himself to entertain and amaze the kid in all of us. Kids can learn many valuable life lessons from creating their own garden--such as the importance of following instructions and doing your chores, basic skills like counting and water conservation, and learning to appreciate the nature of food and why it is important to respect it, but more than anything, this clever, colorful new book captures the essence of growing edibles for anyone, regardless of age: it is fun and rewarding.

The Moops is a children's book about magical furry creatures running amok in a school. A fun and exciting bedtime story.What is a Moop? A Moop is trouble…lots and lots of trouble.No one knows why they are so much trouble,why they play so many tricks or love breaking and smashing things so much.That’s just how they’ve been for as long as anyone can remember.Just ask Sophie Fisher, the girl this story is all about. She’d nod at you and say, ‘Yes, it is hardly ever a good thing... but, sometimes it is.’

The quest of the Green Children from the "Whispers in the Woods" novel continues as they search the plague-ridden streets of Lincoln, looking for the one man who can help them find Robin Hood - is he their father The children manage to escape the clutches of the Master of the Lincoln Gilds and leave chaos in their wake as they flee the quarantined cathedral before it's too late! However, in Sherwood, one of them is captured..... The legend continues in this fantastic thought provoking story. One copy should be kept on every library shelf! Suitable for ages 9 to adult.