Books with author Michael Broome

If you had the choice, what period of history would you want to visit? What sights, sounds and smells would you want to experience first-hand? Would it be the Tudors, with bloated King Henry VIII and his succession of ill-fated wives, would it be the intrigue and treason of the Gunpowder Plot or possibly the terrifying times of the Civil War when Englishman was pitched in battle against his fellow Englishman? Sam and Harry, our time-defying heroes experience the whole of British history from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Along with Sam and Harry we discover what it was like to stand on the deck of an English battleship facing the Spanish Armada, how it really felt to see the first steam-powered engines, what it was like prospecting for gold in the colonies… You will live along with Sam and Harry seeing historic events as they affect the everyday lives of the ordinary men, women and children of Britain. Every new event serves as a backdrop to many an adventurous experience for Sam and Harry, and the reader too.

Is there an invisible hand, or in our case an invisible paw, provided by Providence to aid us earth bound creatures? Perhaps, it and Franky’s Neighborhood Watch are an accident of nature, who help a mother in need. Can Nurse Bear and Ms. Scarlet Bear help this mother in her forlorn hopes? What can Pet Mom, Pet Grandpa and his drinking buddy Pet Smage do for this mother. What about this mother’s kittens. How do they survive and grow to become house cats and not feral cats? Like a wild western cattle stampede, the Neighborhood Watch will try to turn the herd of vengeful events. But, it will take human intervention to settle the herd and coo Mother Nature into a sweeter mood. It the course of events, the Bully Cat will redeem himself and Franky will make sacrifices.

When Sam gets bored of all his books, he decides to make a book of his very own - a brilliant book with lots of brilliant things in it, like dinosaurs, cowboys, aliens and much more. But when Sam's sister points out that his book doesn't make sense, Sam has another idea and, suddenly, his book is better than ever. A fabulously entertaining book within a book, with quirky illustrations, a contemporary voice and a mini "brilliant book" for the reader inside.

Three more stories in one volume, taken from the case files of Agent Amelia, the resourceful and feisty secret agent! "Spooky Ballet": Amelia is enrolled in a dancing class, but the teacher uses her class to pillage the audience at the local theatre and it takes all of Amelia's presence of mind to foil her! "Gobbledygook Books": there's a new librarian at school, who has reprogrammed all the computers with intent to rule the world. But Amelia overcomes her, with a little help from the real librarian and a big volume of the Works of William Shakespeare! "Whispering Scarecrow": there's a phantom picnicker targeting all the picnic baskets in a field, but when Amelia goes there with her mother, she discovers that actually it's a flock of crows instructed by a scarecrow. Just what mechanism can there be inside that soggy head? Trust Amelia to find out!

Meet THE SPACEMUTTS in this fantastically funny new series! Did you know that there are Aliens living among us? You might have seen them around - they've got fur, whiskers, and a fondess for mice . . . That's right, cats: a whole army of mean old moggies hell-bent on world domination. But don't worry; Earth's not going to give up without a fight. This little blue planet happens to have the best interplanetary canine defense force in the universe! In this second action-packed adventure, the evil empress Lady Fluffkins launches a fleet of deadly flying saucers from Mars, and it's up to the courageous Spacemutts to save the day. Scamp, the newest recruit, becomes a hero as he defeats the Martian Moggies with a Cat Litter Cannon.