Books with author Roger Cartwright

An authoritative and highly illustrated guide to the RMS Titanic The Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world when she set sail on her maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. Just four days later she struck an iceberg and sank, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history. Here young readers can see how the ship was built, reveal what life was like above and below deck, uncover details of the fatal accident and the aftermath, and consider the world’s fascination with the subject ever since. This guide also includes details of places to visit related to the famous ship.

Kipper, a little mouse fresh out of the nest, is curious about going out and discovering the wide open space of the world. Soon though, he is captured by an owl. A cat that has taking a liking to the mouse family rescues him, making way for Kipper to find love and friendship after traveling to the big city in a hot-rod truck. A multi-colored mouse named Brianna helps Kipper uncover a plot to put an end to the Holiday spirit in the city of Kaston, by destroying the Christmas lights. Not only that, but this will cause a lovely couple to have to postpone their wedding. Having their heart set on saying their vows right after the lighting of the tree on the town square, would be very disappointing since this has been a tradition. It takes Kipper and Brianna, traveling through the sparkling snowflakes of the north and to the warm sunshine in the South, just to find the great Wizard Mouse. The magic truly come alive in this Christmas story.

This is a one of a kind alphabet book that, while teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, introduces them to fruits and vegetables. It presents letters of the alphabet with corresponding images and words as well as a special spelling guide. It guides them through the process of noticing and naming fruits and vegetables. The book is sure to appeal to its young audience.

I'm a dog and I dig. I'm a bird and I fly. And I guzzle-I'm a pig!A colorful new animal-concept book for toddlers All sorts of creatures are eager to tell us who they are and what they like to do! Award-winning artist Reg Cartwright combines stunning oil paintings with a simple text to make an interactive picture book for toddlers, teaching them about all sorts of animals, their natural habitats, and doing what they love to do.

Imagine you are ten years old and love robots. You manage to fix the old toy robot your Grandad gave you only to find it is a lot more than just a robot.Tim and his friend Priya find themselves in a race to stop an alien invasion, save humanity and somehow explain to his Mum what this has to do with her favourite knickers.Packed with excitement, laughs and action and illustrated by the author's own children this adventure story is aimed at 7 to 11 year olds but can be read to younger children as it makes a great bedtime story.This is book one in The Roboteers series.

It’s not every day that a trip to the zoo can lead to you ending up on the other side of the Galaxy!This is the tale of a boy who is whisked away from a family zoo trip and arrives in the court of a gorilla king. He has no idea how he is going to get home and it looks like his host is expecting him to win a battle upon which hangs the balance of his new home!This is a new short story from the author of the popular Roboteers series of children's books.

WINNER: The Wishing Shelf Awards 2015When Martin’s family moved house his Dad told him things would be better: he’d have more space to make his models, his sister would have her own bookshelves so she wouldn’t use his ones and Dad would be doing all his beer brewing in the garden.Nobody said anything about a troll under the lawn!At first they think the troll is cute and funny but things never stay that way. Soon it takes over their whole lives and they realise they should have heeded the warning they found with it: DO NOT FEED THE TROLL!This entertaining and exciting book, aimed at 6 to 10 year olds is packed with action, humour and surprises. It's the sequel to the popular "Sugar the Robot and the race to save the Earth" and winner of the Gold Medal in The Wishing Shelf Awards 2015 http://www.thewsa.co.uk

Gold Medal Winner of the Wishing Shelf Awards 2015 When Martin’s family moved house his Dad told him things would be better: he’d have more space to make his models, his sister would have her own bookshelves so she wouldn’t use his ones and Dad would be doing all his beer brewing in the garden. Nobody said anything about a troll under the lawn! At first they think the troll is cute and funny but things never stay that way. Soon it takes over their whole lives and they realise they should have heeded the warning they found with it: DO NOT FEED THE TROLL!

Snap is every child's much-loved first card game and these large, colourful and high quality cards will delight very young children. The cards feature illustrations of children's favourite subjects - characters from fairytales including the "Three Little Pigs" and "Cinderella in Fairytale Snap" and magnificent dinosaurs including a Tricerotops and a Blarblarsaurus in "Dinosaur Snap". Snap is an easy and fun game which is a great way for young children to develop important matching and reading skills. The card packs make great gifts and follow on from the success of Usborne's other fabulous card games.