Books published by publisher Phantom Feather Press

Being a dragon rider is not in Anakisha’s plans. And Anakisha’s stubborn. She’s not giving up her dreams anytime soon.Even the dashing Yanir—the King’s Rider, who patrols the skies on the ebony King Syan—can’t convince her to train at Dragons’ Hold. But then again, Yanir’s as irritating as he is good looking, so Anakisha can’t stand him.But then her gifts unfold.A dragon comes calling.And a crisis calls her into action.Anakisha’s Dragon, the first book in the exciting Riders of Fire Dragon Masters series, is the start of a new young adult epic fantasy series, which takes place before the award-winning, best-selling series, Riders of Fire.Readers who know Riders of Fire will meet familiar characters in their youth and see how they shape the future of Dragons’ Realm. Journey with Anakisha, Master Giddi, Tonio, Hans and Marlies and find out their innermost secrets.Fans of Dragon School, Brindle Dragon, Dragon Riders of Pern and Eragon enjoy Riders of Fire.If you love epic coming-of-age fantasy, heart-pounding adventure and dragons, Anakisha’s Dragon, Riders of Fire and Riders of Fire Dragon Masters are for you.Feel the wind in your face and your dragon roaring beneath you. Take to the skies with Anakisha’s Dragon!Riders of Fire - YA epic fantasy adventure:Book 1: EzaaraBook 2: Dragon HeroBook 3: Dragon RiftBook 4: Dragon StrikeBook 5: Dragon WarBook 6: Sea DragonRiders of Fire Dragon Masters - YA epic fantasy adventure:Book 1: Anakisha’s DragonBook 2: Dragon MageBook 3 : Dragon SpyBook 4: Dragon HealerRiders of Fire Dragons - Prequels1. Bronze Dragon (free novelette)2. Ruby Dragon (short story)3. Silver Dragon - free novelette only at EileenMuellerAuthor.com

Are you ready for fun? Are you ready for monsters and mayhem (and a little science)? Then you'll love this story about Frankie, a young inventor whose inventions always get her into monster trouble."It's brilliant. I love every single thing about it. The science, the educational aspect, the humour, the sweetness... So easy to read and so fun... This is like the best thing I've read for kids since Dahl. Well done." Michelle Child.Suitable for all ages, The Frankie Files is the perfect read for aspiring inventors, and scientists, aged 6-11 as the story follows the young dyslexic genius from primary school to intermediate. With fun monster invention notes, and more, it's a book imaginative young minds should not miss.I hope you enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. Peak inside and take a look. A.J. PonderP.S. Whatever you do, don't tell any young readers that they might actually learn some science - including a fun take on the history of lab safety and why it's so important!

Wing your way to an adventure! What happens when you meet a cheeky dragon in your toilet?Or a hungry one under your bed?Have you ever had a Christmas present that growls?Or known a fluffy dragon with a secret weapon?Dragon Tales — action-packed adventures with loads of laughs. “A must-read for young dragon lovers.”“This collection of stories is a big hit.”From 2016 & 2017 Sir Julius Vogel Award-winning author, Eileen Mueller.

Two books in one! 110 pages, ready for your adventure! Hours of fun!A great gift for budding artists or writers! Draw your own comic book, graphic novel or storyboard your next movie. This book makes comic design easy. Big format: 8 x 10 inches.Step-by-step worksheets, designed by two award-winning authors, help you plan an action-packed comic. Design your own superheroes and villainsBuild your worldEstablish your magic rulesPlot your storyFind great twistsDialogue tipsDesign tipsColor schemesYour Elevator Pitch65 pages of blank comic templates, ready to use.Your own title pageBlank templates, featuring action frames in various designsPanel layout ranges from 4- 9 panels per pagePerfect for budding artists or writers, students, teens, kids or adults. A great gift for you, a friend, your kids, or grandkids. Purchase a class set!If you purchase the paperback via Amazon, you'll receive a free copy of the E-Book via the Kindle Matchbook program.

YOU are Greenville’s only hope. You choose which path you take. You can fail your mission or succeed your wildest expectations. But beware, within these pages lies great danger – giant bugs, ants, ladybirds, praying mantises and more. You might come to a grizzly end, or be transformed but whatever happens a real hero keeps fighting, even after they fail. Are you ready?Discover a world of spies and giant insects and danger. Solve problems. Decipher code. You must defeat the Bugman, the evil villain turning insects into monsters, or die spectacularly. On the way, you never know what will happen - you might be caught in a sand trap with a waiting antlion, fly on beautiful giant butterflies, become an explorer or a time traveller or a spy. There are over 25 endings, from gloriously funny, to heroic, to splatter-horror. What path do you want to take?Warning: this story contains a mix of real and fictional science.

Two books in one! 110 pages, ready for your adventure! Hours of fun!A great gift for budding artists or writers! Draw your own comic book, graphic novel or storyboard your next movie. This book makes comic design easy. Big format: 8 x 10 inches.Step-by-step worksheets, designed by two award-winning authors, help you plan an action-packed comic. Design your own superheroes and villainsBuild your worldEstablish your magic rulesPlot your storyFind great twistsDialogue tipsDesign tipsColor schemesYour Elevator Pitch65 pages of blank comic templates, ready to use.Your own title pageBlank templates, featuring action frames in various designsPanel layout ranges from 4- 9 panels per pagePerfect for budding artists or writers, students, teens, kids or adults. A great gift for you, a friend, your kids, or grandkids. Purchase a class set!If you purchase the paperback via Amazon, you'll receive a free copy of the E-Book via the Kindle Matchbook program.

Two books in one! 110 pages, ready for your adventure! Hours of fun!A great gift for budding artists or writers! Draw your own comic book, graphic novel or storyboard your next movie. This book makes comic design easy. Big format: 8 x 10 inches.Step-by-step worksheets, designed by two award-winning authors, help you plan an action-packed comic. Design your own superheroes and villainsBuild your worldEstablish your magic rulesPlot your storyFind great twistsDialogue tipsDesign tipsColor schemesYour Elevator Pitch65 pages of blank comic templates, ready to use.Your own title pageBlank templates, featuring action frames in various designsPanel layout ranges from 4- 9 panels per pagePerfect for budding artists or writers, students, teens, kids or adults. A great gift for you, a friend, your kids, or grandkids. Purchase a class set!If you purchase the paperback via Amazon, you'll receive a free copy of the E-Book via the Kindle Matchbook program.

What will Santa put under your tree this Christmas? A present that growls? Or one that smiles? The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales – crazy Christmas adventures for the whole family! Christmas in outer space or at the beach, havoc in Santa’s workshop, monsters running amok, and mad scientists who turn Christmas into chaos.Come along for the sleigh ride of your life, as these Twisty Tales weave their festive magic, whipping across New Zealand pastures, scattering fairy dust on the way to a Christmas BBQ! For a taste, pop over to You Tube to see our fun Twisty Christmas book trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK7Ol_d-m1oReviews:From KidsBooks NZ review by Lorraine Orman "...it’s a real pot-pourri of stories with something for everyone – humour, fantasy, animals, and family-themed stories being the favourites. There’s a moving retelling of the nativity story; several funny tales about Santa and his helpers; a handful of spooky stories with ghosts and other nasties; and a whole bunch of plots revolving round Christmas trees, fairies, and presents. My favourite is Darian Smith’s Albert and the Christmas Fairy... " ( to see more go to http://kidsbooksnz.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/three-excellent-anthologies-for-children.html)Booksellers NZ by Angela Oliver "...The stories are charming little bites, perfect for a younger reader, or to read aloud with your family. Christmas is truly brought to life. Stories are based in the cold clutches of Antarctica, in places out in space, and in various fantastical realms, but the New Zealand flavour is alive and well in these tales..." (to see more go to https://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/book-review-the-best-of-twisty-christmas-tales-edited-by-peter-friend-eileen-mueller-and-a-j-ponder/)Number 5 for AC Nielsen’s bookscan list for all books sold in New Zealand via independent booksellers, The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales includes 31 short stories by 27 authors including Joy Cowley, David Hill, Dave Freer, Shelley Chappell, Michelle Child, William Cook, Debbie Cowens, Denise Cush, Marion Day, Simon Fogarty, Peter Friend, Jan Goldie, Tim Jones, Charlotte Kieft, Lyn McConchie, Eileen Mueller, Jeena Murphy, Lee Murray, Robyn P Murray, Lorraine Orman, A.J. Ponder, D.M. Potter, Dan Rabarts, Darian Smith, Kerrie Anne Spicer, Anne Wilkins & Sophie Yorkston.Edited by Peter Friend, Eileen Mueller and A.J. Ponder Illustrations by Geoff Popham. Suitable for 8-12 year olds to read alone - and for children of all ages, from 4 to 104. this ebook also contains a special bonus of selected entries from our Twisty Christmas Drawing Competition by NZ school children.

Warning: TOP SECRET! Keep out! No Spies allowedMay contain traces of mad scienceHijack yourself into mad scientists' territory, duck the gelignite, avoid the Acme fuses. Do whatever you need to, just make sure you don't miss out — it's more than your life is worth.A mad romp into the dangerous world of evil genius, super spies, and dangerous designer animals.Lilly's bundled into Mr Big's underground laboratory to create designer creatures - or die. She finds herself heading a team of misfits in charge of designing dreadbeasts - deadly giant snake spider hybrids. Can she make her squirrel-snake hybrid, and escape - before Mr Big kills them all?I hope you enjoy this story of an exceptional genius, who must create amazing and very dangerous animals, or die.“Mad, bad and dangerous to read.” E.GThe homework ate my dog.A must read for all mad scientists, young and old. L.L.

YOU are Greenville’s only hope. You choose which path you take. You can fail your mission or succeed your wildest expectations. But beware, within these pages lies great danger – giant bugs, ants, ladybirds, praying mantises and more. You might come to a grizzly end, or be transformed but whatever happens a real hero keeps fighting, even after they fail. Are you ready?Discover a world of spies and giant insects and danger. Solve problems. Decipher code. You must defeat the Bugman, the evil villain turning insects into monsters, or die spectacularly. On the way, you never know what will happen - you might be caught in a sand trap with a waiting antlion, fly on beautiful giant butterflies, become an explorer or a time traveller or a spy. There are over 25 endings, from gloriously funny, to heroic, to splatter-horror. What path do you want to take?Warning: this story contains a mix of real and fictional science.

Love Dragons? Like a laugh? Enjoy Limericks?116 limericks for kids – including winners, honorable mentions and finalists from the international Clawsome Dragon Limericks contest.Meet silly dragons, scaredy-cat knights and strange princesses. Laugh your way through this book of quirky verses. Includes winning limericks byMia – 1st children’s categoryKatie – 2nd children’s categoryJervayz – 3rd children’s categoryChris Makowski – 1stSarah Garriott – 2ndA.C. Lindsay – 3rd equalKerrie Spicer – 3rd equalJane PercivalLyn McConchieJack NewhouseJohn IrvineGloria HanlonKatharina GerlachChristopher DrownGareth BarsbyCharles HogeMahoney AdairDr Bob TurveyAndrew MackroryVincent Van GouacheAlso available in a paperback box set with Fangtastic Dragon Jokes.

Two books in one! 110 pages, ready for your adventure! Hours of fun!A great gift for budding artists or writers! Draw your own comic book, graphic novel or storyboard your next movie. This book makes comic design easy. Big format: 8 x 10 inches.Step-by-step worksheets, designed by two award-winning authors, help you plan an action-packed comic. Design your own superheroes and villainsBuild your worldEstablish your magic rulesPlot your storyFind great twistsDialogue tipsDesign tipsColor schemesYour Elevator Pitch65 pages of blank comic templates, ready to use.Your own title pageBlank templates, featuring action frames in various designsPanel layout ranges from 4- 9 panels per pagePerfect for budding artists or writers, students, teens, kids or adults. A great gift for you, a friend, your kids, or grandkids. Purchase a class set!WE recommend the paperback, and if you purchase the paperback via Amazon, you'll receive a free copy of the E-Book via the Kindle Matchbook program.