Books published by publisher Eyelevel Books

Discover Africa by bicycle in book one of a delightful children's adaptation of Alastair Humphrey's journey around the world In this charming caricature of Alastair Humphreys’ infamous circumnavigation of the world on his bike, children are swept along with the character of Tom, an adventurous boy who feels there must be more to life than school. The first part of The Boy Who Biked the World follows Tom leaving England, cycling through Europe and all the way through Africa to the tip of South Africa. Along the way, young readers are introduced not only to the various fascinating landscapes he passes through, but also to the various people who so happily embrace him as he traveled on his journey. With engaging illustrations, postcards, and journal entries throughout, this book provides an immersive experience for any young adventurer.

The forest is dying, and with it the last colony of the rarest animals on earth. Only one person can save them, but she’s got problems of her own…After her father is killed, fourteen year old Anna Nelson escapes to Tasmania to be with her godfather, the enigmatic zoologist Peter Bamford.Pete has a secret project in the forest beyond his lonely cabin, but he won’t tell her what it is. Only when he disappears, leaving Anna alone, does she realise just how important and fragile her godfather’s work really is.With the competing forces of tourism, logging and international smuggling closing in, she must find a way to save the forest before it’s too late.There’s only one chance, but to take it will risk everything...Set in the beautiful and austere landscape of western Tasmania, Mats Halvard’s debut novel is a moving and magical story of courage and love, of loss and life regained, and of how one person really can make a difference.

This was the New Beginning. Away from the memories, away from the past.But sometimes the past comes back…What is the secret of the old Black Pear tree that taps on Emily’s window when no one else is around?And why did Alice, a long-forgotten resident of the house, leave a simple silver necklace twined among its branches?Emily and her family moved to Orchard Grange to escape the memories of the past.Unfortunately, Orchard Grange has some terrifying memories of its own…

In volume two of this marvelous cycling adventure, Tom—a young English boy who decides cycling solo around the world would be a better classroom than the confines of school—heads north from the tip of South America Having cycled the depth of Europe and the length of Africa, Tom now decides to make his way through the Americas. With a long "uphill" struggle facing him, Tom has the massive Andes and raging Amazon to contend with in South America, deserts and grizzly bears in North America, and a colorful array of characters all along the way. With engaging illustrations, maps, and handwritten journal entries throughout, this book provides an immersive experience for any young adventurer.

A unique memoir in which a young adventurer from colonial Rhodesia charms his way around the world, sleeping in stately homes and public toilets, smuggling drugs across several borders, and losing a $50 million fortune to the CIA, before settling into a stellar banking career. Looking back on a life well lived as he faces terminal illness, he swears that the key to his success was his grueling training as a Buddhist monk in a snowbound Japanese monastery.

A girl lives among a set of famous statues in England—could these sculptures possibly need her help?Lizzie lives in the park keeper's cottage in Kew Gardens.When the gates close, she goes exploring. Shefinds something magical is happening—after 60 years trapped in stone, five of the Queen's Beasts have been freed! Can Lizzie help the other Beasts escape too? What will happen if she does?

Yearning for friends and family, 12-year-old Torma impulsively makes a promise. She takes on a quest to find the heart of a country and a lost penguin. Along the way, it also becomes a vital secret mission to protect the planet from Shady Forces. She hikes across the high mountains of Nepal into the alluring land of myth and magic—Tibet—now full of dangerous Invaders. But she is being hunted. If caught, she will be put in prison and "disappeared." And she is all alone. Help is at hand from her best friend, who is a voice in her head. But can he be trusted?

When Barefoot is awakened in the middle of the night by his friend Butternut, a clumsy squirrel, he embarks on a mission to help rescue the cantankerous Grandpa Beaver. But his excursion turns into a struggle for his own life when Barefoot falls into an icy river. Boofoot, an injured caribou on a journey to rejoin his herd, unwittingly saves Barefoot's life and takes him to the cabin of a mysterious woodsman-Piquat Pearcrumb, a legendary figure who writes poems and doctors grizzly bears. When wolves stalk Barefoot on his way back home, he must depend on his newfound friend, Boofoot, to save his life once again.

Discover Africa by bicycle in book one of a delightful children's adaptation of Alastair Humphrey's journey around the worldIn this charming caricature of Alastair Humphreys’ infamous circumnavigation of the world on his bike, children are swept along with the character of Tom, an adventurous boy who feels there must be more to life than school. The first part of The Boy Who Biked the World follows Tom leaving England, cycling through Europe and all the way through Africa to the tip of South Africa. Along the way, young readers are introduced not only to the various fascinating landscapes he passes through, but also to the various people who so happily embrace him as he traveled on his journey. With engaging illustrations, postcards, and journal entries throughout, this book provides an immersive experience for any young adventurer.