Books published by publisher Graffeg Ltd

Colin lives with his mum and big brother and is in a hurry to grow up. But when his brother gives him an air rifle for his birthday and he shoots a hawk, he soon learns that shooting live creatures is very different to shooting cans on the wall. A powerful tale of growing up and gaining responsibility.Flying Free is one in a series of Country Tales, written by award-winning children’s author Nicola Davies and illustrated by Cathy Fisher.

Rosie is given a sheepdog puppy to rear who looks and behaves differently to the other sheepdogs on the farm and is too friendly to herd the sheep. When she overhears her parents referring to her as their ‘little mistake’, her puppy teaches her that not all mistakes are bad in this charming story about belonging and finding your place.The Little Mistake is one in a series of Country Tales, written by award-winning children’s author Nicola Davies and illustrated by Cathy Fisher.

When Lolly discovers a tiny orphaned lamb lost on the moor, she convinces her grandfather to let her take responsibility for raising it. As Lolly grows into this new challenge, her experience with the lamb helps her to be brave following the death of her own mother.The Mountain Lamb is one in a series of Country Tales, written by award-winning children’s author Nicola Davies and illustrated by Cathy Fisher.

The imaginative and playful rhymes of Jason Korsner’s I Like to Put Food in My Welly experiment with language to comic effect, conjuring up a sequence of images that will have children in stitches. A laugh-out-loud picture book with endless surprises.Written by Jason Korsner and illustrated by Max Low.‘a hilarious adventure through language and word-play that is bound to leave you in stitches of laughter. Written again in rhyme, the vivid, child-like, free pictures by Max Low add to the raucous fun and imaginative play. For young readers, this is an adventure that gives the gift of excitement about expressing yourself, poetry and twisting words around to change the meaning and mood.’Mary Esther Judy, Fallen Star Stories‘Engaging rhymes and art: just right for putting across the ‘language is fun’ message to pre-schoolers.’ Jill Bennett, Red Reading Hub‘Children will adore this brilliantly surreal book of poems, which get sillier for the longer you read them.’ BookTrust

Discover the thrilling story of opera with Jack, Megan and the time-travelling Trunk.Go with them to Florence, Italy and back to 1597, the beginning of the Baroque era, to meet Professor Peri, the inventor of opera, Perfect Purcell, Too Hot to Handel, and a host of other barmy composers. Al lis fun and games until Cruel Cromwell arrives to stop the party. Will Jack and Megan find the courage to tackle the Dark Lord Protector and save opera from disappearing forever?Join us on an unforgettable 500-year journey, told like never before.The ABC of Opera tells thrilling children’s stories about composers from the past 500 years up to today, by meeting the composers themselves and hearing their stories in a remarkable new series of four magical tales, as never told before.‘The pace and the characterisation are top-class. It’s a page turner as well as being full of interesting facts.’ Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories‘A visual feast. The story of opera told in such a fun and engaging way.’ Sir Bryn Terfel CBE, international opera singer

Rhodri hates Wednesdays. Before his father left home for good, Wednesdays were something special – now they are taken up by tests and his so far unsuccessful efforts to get into the school football team. But all this changes when Rhodri meets Idris, one of King Arthur’s legendary court, who wants nothing more than to achieve his full knight status and gain a seat at Arthur’s Round Table – and the two decide to work together to achieve their aims.Written by Roy Noble and illustrated by Karl Davies.

Ceri the cat and Deri the dog are best friends who do everything together and love to learn new things.When Ceri, Deri and Dai the Duck help Davey Dog with his shopping by using Dai’s skateboard, they don’t realise what chaos they have introduced!Another fun, educational adventure from Ceri and Deri looking at how young and old can help each other.‘This colourful picture book in the Ceri & Deri series combines straightforward language and simple illustrations to effectively introduce young children to the tricky concept of time.’ Booktrust‘This educational story with it’s big bold pictures is perfect for teaching children to tell the time. The series includes Good to be Sweet about learning division and both would be useful for the classroom.’ South Wales Evening Times

Discover the delights of nature with zoologist, poet and top children’s book author, Nicola Davies.Follow her young adventurer as she treks through the jungle, dives deep down into the sea and climbs high up into the trees. The Word Bird features birds of all shapes, sizes and colours. Fully illustrated in colour by exciting new illustrator Abbie Cameron.Full educational notes on all of the animals featured in Animal Surprises are available to download from the Graffeg website.“Nicola Davies knows just how to make scientific concepts interesting and accessible, even to the youngest children. The Word Bird shows the huge variety within one big category – birds. All this creates a space in children’s minds ready for more advanced teaching and learning about the natural world later on. The sharing adult will be able to help children link what they see in the books with their own outdoor experiences. I’m sure these books will be favourites to look at again and.” Books for Keeps

Leap hand-in-paw with Hare to meet her furry cousins from America to Japan and from Europe to the Arctic, in this poetic account of habitats and predators across the world.Through Dom Conlon’s poetry and the eyes of a brown hare leaping away from an unknown danger, we learn what makes each species of hare unique and how they survive in their natural habitats.Discover new terminology and information through poetic language and feel inspired to love these animals, brought vividly to life by the enchanting artwork of Anastasia Izlesou.

Molly wakes in the night and something is wrong, very wrong. The lighthouse outside her window has stopped flashing! Without it, how will her father, out night-fishing in his little red boat, find a safe way into the harbour? Molly needs to get the light working again… and fast!A dramatic and heart-warming story about courage, determination and love.Also available in the series:- Molly and the Stormy Sea- Molly and the Whale