Books with author Sam Llewellyn

An exciting new series that tells you everything you need to know about each minibeast using dramatic close-up photographs and annotated artwork. Using an eye-catching and fun approach, each title examines the creature's lifecycle, habitat and feeding habits, as well as giving extra information on the different species and their characteristics. The series provides opportunities for investigation as each of the minibeasts chosen can be found in the local environment and it also encourages use and understanding of relevant vocabulary.

“Whaddya say you boys and me take five and poke around a bit?” “Poke around where?” I asked. “Around our new house. I’ll bet if we look in every nook and cranny, we’ll uncover a secret or two.” “A secret?” asked Aaron. “What kind of secret?” “I don’t know.” Dad grinned as he struggled to get up from the tilting couch. “A house built with tilting floors has got to have secrets.” Talking ratsGrowth potionsBuried treasureBrothers Josh and Aaron Peshik are about to discover that their new home with the tilting floors hides many mysteries. When the boys and their neighbor Lola discover the hidden diary of F.T. Tilton, the brilliant but deranged inventor who built the house, they learn a dark secret that may mean disaster for the Peshik family. Can the kids solve the riddles of the tilting house before time runs out?Mad science, mischief, and mishaps combine in the suspenseful and imaginative tale of The Tilting House.

Sam Llewellyn here turns his formidable storytelling talents to a break-neck speed adventure tale for children: Gussie Smith is in trouble - again! Slimy Snell, the Truant Officer, will deport him from the beautiful Isles of Scilly back to the mainland, unless he can keep his nose out of trouble. Then along comes Arthur Hopcraft and his tin leg, and Gussie is thrown into a whirlwind of very unusual disasters and exciting adventures at sea. Who knows where it will all end...?

What do you mean you've never heard of Death Eric? Eric Thrashmettle is only, like, the singer and lead guitarist of the most famous and influential rock band ever known. Ask your dad.Eric has two kids: Lulubelle Flower Fairy and Living Buddha Thrashmettle. For obvious reasons, they prefer to be called Lou and Buddy. And they often find their dad very embarrassing. He hasn't performed in years―not since a raven pooped in his eye at the Chickenstock Festival. But now his triple-platinum credit card has been cut up, the bank account is empty, and the Lamorari is out of gas. His kids want their credit cards back, so Lou and Buddy must abandon all self-respect and get their terminally embarrassing dad back on the road.Desperate times mean desperate measures. Protect your ears, kids! It's the return of Death Eric.

Maggie’s screwed up again. After recklessly accepting a dare from a hot guy, she’s caught breaking into her aunt's store. Her punishment: accompany her aunt, a youth counsellor, and three other young offenders on an 800 km Camino hike over the French Pyrenees and across Spain. But things can always get worse. Once on this 1,000-year-old pilgrimage route, Maggie’s phone is confiscated, she's expected to hike 25 km a day carrying her heavy backpack, and she must share hostels every night with 50 or more obnoxiously cheery adults who keep wishing her, “Buen Camino.” Meeting cute Ben along the way helps but, like her criminal companions, he’s got a secret she wants to crack. Who knows where boys, betrayals, and blisters might lead her?