Books with author Sheila Hogan

When Mr. Treat strides down the ferry into the peaceful town of Uig, Scotland, he is intent on using Fairy Glen for his own profit. With the help of Mr. Pharma they introduce the sleep inducing I-Want-More dust.Eight-year old twins, Hilda and Heather, who normally bicker at each other, join forces to enlist the Spirit of Beauty for help. And it is the gentle lambs who offer their wooly warmth to turn the tide.Lambs of Fairy Glen is a warm and humorous story about lamb power, where kindness and love overcome malevolence. It is beautifully illustrated with twenty-two paintings filled with wit and whimsy. A universal tale, Lambs of Fairy Glen is designed for eight-year olds but is appropriate for eight to eighty.

Binky Mouse is a happy little mouse who has lots of adventures with his friend Blot. See how he helps the Music Man to make music with his saxophone again after a weary traveller throws away his lunch! Share this book with your child and help them appreciate how sounds are made and understand the importance of helping others. This is the first book in the fully illustrated Binky Mouse series and is written by a former Foundation Stage practitioner with many years' experience with pre-school and primary age children. Binky Mouse and the Music Man is an ideal book for home and school that supports the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and encourages children in their early reading skills. Binky Mouse is a happy little mouse who has lots of adventures with his friend Blot. See how he helps the Music Man to make music with his saxophone again after a weary traveller throws away his lunch! Share this book with your child and help them appreciate how sounds are made and understand the importance of helping others. This is the first book in the fully illustrated Binky Mouse series and is written by a former Foundation Stage practitioner with many years' experience with pre-school and primary age children. Binky Mouse and the Music Man is an ideal book for home and school that supports the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and encourages children in their early reading skills.

SAM is nine years old and in Year 4 at school. Mum and dad tell him that they don’t want to live together anymore, so Sam has to move to a new house and new school. He is so upset that he plays football badly and loses his place in the team. All Sam wants is to climb into one of the packing cases and wake up when it’s all over. But then he meets his new neighbours and their dog, Muttley. Maybe a fresh start isn’t so bad after all. First published by Scholastic for “Literacy Time”, the first two stories of Sam and Katie (his new neighbour) have already been enthusiastically received in schools. Centred around emotional literacy, each chapter is a complete short story, appealing especially to boys and encouraging reading skills and a love of books. Two of the stories feature Sam and Katie going back in time to the days of World War 2. The mini biography of Muttley the dog has also proved very popular and Sheila Hoeman has promised that future titles in this series will feature him more prominently. A sensitively written book about a child’s experience and feelings about family breakup, this is just the book for PHSE and circle time to promote discussion, as it focuses on boys and single dads coming to terms with their new situation and showing how a fresh start can have a positive outcome. It provides a learning experience for the whole family. Readers of this collection have commented on the way that the emotional issues that it addresses have facilitated valuable discussion—and children have responded very positively. Parents and carers, as well as teachers, have found that aspect of Fresh Start extremely useful and we hope that you will do so too.

In this, the final story of Sam and his friends at Spring Lane School. Sam is growing up and he and his best friend David are in their last year.Sam loves his new life and is happy to see that Mum and Dad are content too but when Katie doesn’t want to go to school, he is horrified to discover she is the victim of cyber bullying.Sam is excited to meet his new neighbours from Syria and finds that the common language of football helps them to make friends. The final chapter of Moving On is a celebration of the transition of Sam and his friends as they prepare to move to secondary school.The first and second books in the series are Fresh Start and New Friends.

Sam is coming to terms with the changes in his life and enjoying the new friends that he makes at home and at school. He now has two homes - one with mum and a separate one with dad - and his adventures continue as much as they did before. From the author of “Fresh Start”, this second book follows Sam’s adventures in his new life. The three stories are longer than the six chapters in “Fresh Start” to encourage children to extend their skills and enjoyment of reading. Especially enjoyed by boys and their dads “New Friends” continues the positive message that changes in life can be exciting.“Dog Detectives” tells the story of how Sam and Katie stay at mum’s new flat and take Muttley for a walk along the canal. They make new friends of Jo and his mum who live on a narrow boat. Muttley makes friends with Jo’s dog and then the two of them disappear. . .In "New Friends”. Sam has more change to adapt to when he discovers dad has a girlfriend. At first he is horrified but after a walk up the Malvern Hills with Sally and her dog, Dusty, he realises things are not so bad after all.“Not Fair” is set in Spring Lane School, where Sam is happily looking forward to Sports Day. His disabled friend Asha shows her bravery and is justly rewarded but another classmate makes a big mistake and causes problems. A dilemma that Sam and his friends have to make a decision about.

Sam is nine years old and in Year 4 at school. Mum and dad tell him they don’t want to live together anymore so Sam has to move to a new house and school. He is so upset that he plays football badly and loses his place in the team. All Sam wants to do is climb into one of the packing cases and wake up when it’s all over. But then he meets his new neighbours and their dog, Muttley...maybe a “Fresh Start” isn’t so bad after all.First published by Scholastic for “Literacy Time”, the first two stories of Sam and Katie, his new neighbour, have already been enthusiastically received in schools. Two of the stories feature Sam and Katie going back in time to the days of World War 2.Centred around Emotional Literacy, each chapter is a complete short story, appealing especially to boys and encouraging reading skills and a love of books. Fresh Start is a sensitively written collection of appealing stories about a child’s experience and feelings towards family breakup. Just the book for PHSE and circle time to promote discussion, it focuses on boys and single dads coming to terms with their new situation and showing how a fresh start can have a positive outcome.Fresh Start provides both an entertaining and thoughtful learning experience for the whole family.

In this, the final story of Sam and his friends at Spring Lane School. Sam is growing up and he and his best friend David are in their last year. Sam loves his new life and is happy to see that Mum and Dad are content too but when Katie doesn’t want to go to school, he is horrified to discover she is the victim of cyber bullying. Sam is excited to meet his new neighbours from Syria and finds that the common language of football helps them to make friends. The final chapter of Moving On is a celebration of the transition of Sam and his friends as they prepare to move to secondary school. The first and second books in the series are Fresh Start and New Friends.

Sam is coming to terms with the changes in his life and enjoying the new friends that he makes at home and at school. He now has two homes – one with mum and a separate one with dad – and his adventures continue as much as they did before. From the author of Fresh Start this second book follows Sam’s adventures in his new life. The three stories are longer than the six chapters in Fresh Start to encourage children to extend their skills and enjoyment of reading. Especially enjoyed by boys and their dads New Friends continues the positive message that changes in life can be exciting. “Dog Detectives” tells the story of how Sam and Katie stay at mum’s new flat and take Muttley for a walk along the canal. They make new friends of Jo and his mum, who live on a narrow boat. Muttley makes friends with Jo’s dog and then the two of them disappear… In “New Friends”, Sam has more change to adapt to when he discovers dad has a girlfriend. At first he is horrified but after a walk up the Malvern Hills with Sally and her dog, Dusty, he realizes things aren’t so bad after all. “Not Fair” is set in Spring Lane School, where Sam is happily looking forward to Sports Day. His disabled friend Asha shows her bravery and is justly rewarded but another classmate makes a big mistake and causes problems. A dilemma that Sam and his friends have to make a decision about.