Books published by publisher Blue Banyan Books

Children of the Spider is a fast-paced adventure, that brings an interesting blend of Afro-Caribbean and greek myth in a riveting contemporary novel. The story follows two Amerindian children, Mayali who is actually a girl from another world and the tech-savvy deaf-mute Joseph as they are being chased by the power-hungry Spider gods from the land of Zolpash. The story moves from the lush hinterlands of Guyana through to the bustling, city of Georgetown where the colonial past continues to rub shoulders with the gritty, contemporary world. It is a refreshing take on Caribbean myth and mythology from an interesting new voice. Children of the Spider won first place in the 2015 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.

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?

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.

Nellybug may be the first tooth fairy but it doesn't mean she's got the job all figured out. Everyone is calling on her, requesting protection from the Nightmares or more supplies, always more supplies. She's good at it but, I mean, she's just one fairy. One of these days, she'll get it all figured out and get ahead of schedule. Not any time soon though as a mysterious, poisonous threat labeled as shadow frost moves into Neverland and kills anything it touches. She must gather support and lead a team of friends and warriors to search for the source, running into pirates, spiders, bats, and even a shoe-collecting ogre along the way. If the team can come together and figure out how to defeat the creatures of darkness, they just might have a chance of saving Neverland...unless a mad gardener has his way.

It is 1972 and 12-Year-old Rebekah Eve is excited to be on her way to the prestigious Meridian Institute with her best friend, Wanda. But Rebekah’s joy is dampened by her parents’ separation. She misses having her father at home and the fun things they did together. Most of all, she dislikes her mother’s new ‘friend’ – Thomas Forster – who is trying way too hard to win her over. These personal changes take place while her country, goes through dramatic changes of its own, and life gets even more complicated when her new friend Zende is arrested for the attempted assassination of the Governor. To cope, Rebekah turns to her art. But her paintings take on new, or rather ‘old’ life, as figures from the past seep in and replace her usual subjects. She is thrust into a whirlwind of emotion as her visions and the resulting paintings unveil wounds of the past that are not buried as deeply as some would like. With help from the mysterious Lady of the Library and her new art tutor Mr. Stowe, Rebekah makes sense of these visions and unearths the truth behind one of Bermuda’s legends. But some truths are difficult for anyone, especially a young girl, to digest. Ultimately, she must learn to trust herself, believe in her talents, and that even a little black girl from a small island, could one day become a famous artist. A Dark Iris seamlessly combines the historical novel with magical realism as it explores history and identity. It was a finalist for the 2018 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature.

Midlam is at war.The lives of the royal heirs are on the line.The First Minister of Florida wants Kansas, and wants Prince Andrew dead.The Queen of Pacifica’s deepest secret is revealed.Oz is abducted, and Drew will stop at nothing to find her. Fearing for the lives of the royal heirs, the Emperor takes them into hiding. He wants to protect them, but also wants to prepare them for battle. He trains them into finely honed athletes, not realizing that the time when they’ll need to test their strength is closing in on them.When Oz goes missing, Drew, Zed, and the Emperor set out to walk across Colorado and Kansas during winter and war, a journey that will propel the Emperor to become William Blackshear, and will bring him closer to the man who, if they get to Oz in time, will become the other half of Ozoo.

Pacifica, 2415As told by Wick, royal cat of the House of BlackshearOn a plaza at the edge of downtown San Francisco, Finn--arriving with a broken down, burned out egg-shaped ship--steps out of a time portal and is found by teen royals Oz and Drew. With no memory of who or from which When he is, Finn becomes a puzzle that time-traveler Oz wants to solve, with the help of Drew, a cat named Wick, and the extremely touch-phobic Emperor.As they come closer to the answers Finn needs, Oz realizes that the question isn't who Finn might be and When he's from, but about who the Emperor is. He saved her father's life when he was a little boy, but while her father aged the Emperor did not, and no one knows where he came from or why he refuses to be touched.Oz has described him as an icon of the city and protector of all, but now she wonders: where did he come from, and who is the Emperor, really? She has the ability to move through time, and she's willing to go back and find out.

Nellybug, the first and original tooth fairy, will have her history revealed in this exciting first installment in her chapter book series. Mystery, adventure, and friendship await Nellybug as she lands in the Greater Fairy Forest, located in Neverland, and must begin finding out who she is and what she can become. Her story is filled with imaginative magic, perfect for girls and boys ages 6 to 10 who love chapter books, or for parents to share with their young readers in a bedtime story format. Nellybug: The True Story of the Tooth Fairy is the first self-published book for author Nathan A. Stout, beautifully illustrated by Justin Gerard.