Books published by publisher Blue Barn Books

All Over Again is a hilarious and enchanting coming of age story as a young boy goes through the trials and joys and puberty, battles with his 6-year-old sister who is the bane of his existences, worries about disappointing his mother and understanding his father. He has to learn to get around the town's bully while moving beyond know-it-all Kenny. The story is energetically told and has an enchanting narrative style that pulls you into it immediately. Growing up is hard. You know this. And when your mother has X-ray eyes and dances like a wobbling bag of water? When your father's idea of fun is to put all your money in a savings account and make you get up at 5 am every Sunday morning? When Kenny, Percival Thorton High's big show-off, is after Christina Parker - your Christina Parker? And when you have a shrimp of a little sister who is the bawlingest lits 6-year-old in the whole of Riverland? Then growing up is something you not sure you can manage at all. Who in their right mind could? Who? You?

'I flinch. I know she's not going to hit me, we've got in arguments a hundred times before and she's raised her hand - she's never hit me in the face. But I flinch anyway.'I put that because whenever you pick up a book at the shop there's always a quote on the back, and because I'm trying to put off writing the blurb. I don't know what to put.This is just a book about me, Iris, and the things that I do, the friends I make, well, try to make, and everything else that happens to me - good, bad and, uh, very bad.That sounds really boring but I promise, it's much more extraordinary. I might seem normal, (well, not normal, a bit weird really), little Iris, but there's so much more to it than that, more than most people can even begin to understand.

Ever wonder why life doesn’t always go according to plan? Perhaps you had a big party to go to when you came down with a terrible cold. Or you were up to play quarterback when you twisted your ankle. Or your favorite shirt got a hole in it exactly when you were about to show it off to a friend. You might chalk it up to bad luck, poor timing, or straight up clumsiness. Nathanial Thatcher believed he’d drawn the short straw in life and blamed his weak immune system for keeping him locked up in his sanitized bedroom. It took his twelfth birthday wish to cure him and finally pull the trick off his eyes revealing the true culprits of his situation, and perhaps yours, the sprites!Now Nathanial must take on these wish thieves if he is to keep his health. But how does one boy stand up against a society of sprites who make their living from using humans like factories? His new friend Aliya might know, but Nathanial must rescue her off that pirate ship and let a dagger guide them through enemy filled terrain before they can reach the only sprites sympathetic enough to help them, the wish sprites. The alternative is not acceptable and Nathanial will do whatever it takes to gain control over his own life.

When Tom asks his Gran for a memory from World War 2, little does he imagine that his great-granny played a key role in one of Britain's wartime secrets- working as a radar operator at Bawdsey Manor. A box of Great-Granny Jean's memorabilia from WW2 is the starting point for an adventure into history where together, Tom and Gran learn all about radar, "The Magic Ear," and how it affects our lives today. Along the way, Tom comes across Martello Towers and WW1 and 2 military structures which show that this remote corner of the Suffolk coast has always faced danger from across the sea.

Saddle up, little partner. You’re on patrol with the Rocky Mountain Rangers! It’s our job to protect Canada’s precious mountain parks. We wrangle grizzly bears, rescue stranded hikers, and ride up and down the trails with our horses – it’s all in a day’s work for a park warden. Based on the song 'Government Cowboy' by Alberta band, The Wardens, with hand carved art by award-winning artist Lia Golemba. Ideal for ages 4 and up, this uniquely Canadian book will inspire a love of the outdoors, respect for wildlife, and pride in our natural heritage. With humour, adventure and rhyming verse, this book will delight both boys and girls. Makes an excellent souvenir of the Rockies. Let's ride, kids! We're on a mission to keep wilderness wild.

Turkey, Duck, and Chicken always,“Gobble!” “Quack!” “Bawk!”In and out, around the coop, they nonstop squeal and squawk!Until the cows come home,this squawking flock of threeJust cannot get along—all they do is disagree.When it’s the farmer’s holiday,rival birds of a feather,find there’s much more strength in three...IF they can only work together!*****Come on down to Waddle Farm and take a peep behind the untold true story of Turkey, Duck, and Chicken (Tur-duck-en). Can this unlikely poultry flock discover that harmony is more peaceful than a squawk? Cheerful colors and playful rhymes blend together in Stacy Jovine’s fun farm bird story that’s sure to make you squeal and squawk with delight.

Pumpkin Belly and Other Stories is a bellyful of adventure! Journey to the bottom of a river or into the heart of a pumpkin. Our young heroes find magical guava trees and face off with mythical creatures. These are stories of magic and mystery and plain common sense - which might be a lot rarer than you think. Pumpkin Belly and Other Stories is a collection of five tales that will thrill and ignite the imagination.