Books published by publisher MonkeyBone Publications

'BIG in the Big Top’ sees Big Bruce the blue balloon, Linda the potato who loves to sing and likes everything pink, and Sylvester the carrot with long purple hair who likes dancing, going on a whole new adventure. Quite literally, they land right in the middle of a wonderfully exciting place that has plenty of action and moments of great danger. In the process they become super heroes and kind-hearted saviours. To tell you what takes place would spoil the story and I would not want to do that. Read just how kind and brave Linda the potato, Big Bruce the blue balloon and Sylvester that carrot are in ‘Big in the Big Top’. Though you do not need to have read them to enjoy ‘Big in the Big Top’, the other ‘Be Brave’ stories are: ‘Floating into Happiness’ (The little story with a big heart.), ‘Singing and Clapping’ and ‘THAT’S FANTASTIC!’ A note on how all the ‘Be Brave’ stories started: Andrew Pender-Smith wrote a short article about turning objects into characters and using them in a story. He chose a balloon, a carrot and a potato. He thinks they might have actually chosen him because they were suddenly right there in his brain and impatient for him to write down their first adventure, which is ‘Floating into Happiness’. The other stories soon followed as Linda the potato, Big Bruce the blue balloon and Sylvester the carrot had one amazing adventure after the other. I hope you will now join them in ‘BIG in the Big Top’ for lots of fun and a few moments in which they need to be really brave.

Big Bruce the blue balloon, Linda the potato who loves everything pink, and Sylvester the carrot with long purple hair, find themselves in the middle of the most incredible adventure. It is one that proves to be quite simply ‘out of this world’. To tell you where they actually go to, and what they see and do, would spoil it for you. What I can tell you is that they need to save hundreds of new friends from huge danger. This is the third lot of adventures they face together. The first were in ‘Floating into Happiness’ and the second lot of adventures was in ‘Singing and Clapping’. You do not need to have read these two earlier stories to understand and enjoy ‘THAT’S FANTASTIC!’, though I hope you do. Right now it’s time to find out why my favourite three characters called the place they unexpectedly visited ‘’Out of this world’’. Have fun. Andrew Pender-Smith

This is the second adventure Linda the potato and Sylvester the carrot go on with Big Bruce the balloon. Their first adventure was in ‘Floating into Happiness’ (The little story with a big heart.) You can find it on Amazon Kindle. Though I am sure you will enjoy learning about the earlier adventures of Linda, Sylvester and Big Bruce, you will be able to enjoy this story without having read ‘Floating into Happiness’. In ‘Singing and Clapping’, Linda the potato and Sylvester the carrot are happily floating through the sky on Big Bruce the balloon when Big Bruce starts to lose height. As they drop lower and lower in the sky, they get a big shock. They are about to land on an island full of large, mean crabs. Will they be able to stop themselves from landing on the island or will the ginormous crabs with huge, rattling pincers catch them?

What happens when Mr. Wells, the creepy owner of a pet shop, turns out to be really weird? Where do the mysterious fish in the lakes and ponds around the town actually come from? What is the connection to a local zoo? Can Simon and Roger race against time and rescue hundreds of people and their pets from great danger? All this gets them involved with fantastic happenings that are absolutely ‘out of this world’. This is an adventure that moves at a crazy pace, and Roger and Simon have to keep looking out for danger as they put a simply outrageous plan into terrifying action. Who wins and how do they manage to do so?Andrew Pender-Smith is a teacher of English and Drama. He has spent many years writing poetry for children, a great deal of which has been published and used in schools and studios in South Africa. In addition to SLURP! he has also written Hunting Zanga, which is a book for older children, and two novels, one under a pseudonym.

Joel and Sharon are the parents of three young boys Levi, Noa and Micah. The idea for the book, “The Chat,” came after an awkward conversation with his eldest son who was only seven years old at the time. Joel searched for a Christian resource to help answer his son’s questions about sex but came up short, so he decided to write his own. After purchasing every parent manual he could possibly get his hands on for research, he put together the book to help father’s walk this journey with their sons.“I believe that every parent must be the first voice their child hears on this very important topic. As parents, it is our priority to lay a Christian foundation for our children to build on.”The Chat is an unapologetic Bible based, children’s book written specifically for 7-10 year old boys to read with their fathers. The whole experience is interactive and will help strengthen the bonds between parent and child. It also opens the door to future conversations. It is a children’s book that has been written to help fathers have the all important ‘sex chat’ with their sons. It is a brilliant Christian resource that acts as a conversation starter. The book is split into two sections; the first portion helping fathers to prepare themselves for the conversation, while section 2 (dedicated for both fathers and sons) is brilliantly illustrated to engage young boys. The Chat discusses the pertinent issues of sex, puberty, pornography and gender.