Books with author Michelle Bates

Freddie is all set to interview Superhero Stan for his magazine ‘Freddie Finds’. It is going to be the best scoop ever but then Freddie has to take his ‘Importance of Swimming Badge’ at the same time. When he finds out that his arch enemy, Tarquin the Terrible is after the same scoop, Freddie comes up with a plan that means he will steal the scoop from under Tarquin’s nose. To get his scoop, Freddie has to save his sister and her friends from a snarling hound; rescue Police Weasel Wilbert from up a chimney and save a rabbit from drowning. He soon realises that you don't have to be a superhero to help people. Set on the Planet Fusion in Forest End, we meet the humalls that are part animal and part human. Having a hero that likes writing is a great way to get kids wanting to write their own reports. This book is aimed at 6 - 9 year olds. It also promotes the importance of being able to swim.

Eight-year-old Jenny liked to blow one flawless bubble at a time. Typically, she would watch one as it gradually changed from green to yellow to pink and then to clear. While she was blowing bubbles precisely one after another, she would think about her mother's health. Jenny understood that her mother was ill. One day, the transparent soapy film from her bubbles encloses Jenny within its glittering sphere. It seems scary to Jenny, but yet soothing at the same time. She wonders where this peculiar bubble is taking he! Such is the setting for this charming children's novel by Michelle Bandel. An exciting tale for young readers, this engaging narrative has Jenny meeting a friendly, beautiful butterfly named Tiger; finding some much-needed help from generous sea creatures; seeking guidance from an elegant, mysterious fairy; experiencing a terrifying situation with an enormous, misshapen beetle. Through her bubble travels, which take her past a popcorn volcano and under a pounding waterfall, Jenny realizes that even though she is only eight years old, she is able to find a cure for her mother's illness. Of course, first she'll have to find her way home…will her bubble allow that? Michelle Bandel invites you to come on the journey and find out!

Grace Standifer seems to be a normal six year old little girl that is full of questions about life. She loves to spend the day playing dress up with her friends, having lunch with her grandmother, and then curling up in her daddy's lap as he reads the evening paper. But one day her questions changed from "why" to "what," causing her and her parents to look at their life differently. Come join us as we go through that day when everything changed for Grace and her parents as she asked, "What are we?"