Books published by publisher Nightingale Books

This book follows one of the many adventures of young Henry Porter, whose grandparents live on a farm full of adventure and possibility. In a world where the kids know how to download apps and connect to the free WIFI in any location, Henry navigates a different world when he visits his grandparents. Their house has no WIFI, but it does have walls covered in photographs of his many aunts and uncles who had endless adventures growing up. Henry decides to try to walk in their footsteps and create his own memories. Henry realises that just because Mama and Papa don't know how to text or use the internet, doesn't mean he can't learn amazing things from them. And the animals are always along for the ride.

Frankie is a worm who wants to explore the world above ground. The other worms tell him that the world is a dangerous place, full of animals and creatures who want to harm him. But his mother tells Frankie that he can do anything if he wants it enough, and so he learns to climb the Big Tunnel which eventually takes him up to the sunshine and a whole new world. By making friends with some of the creatures he meets, Frankie learns that they are not the enemies that he has been led to believe. Frankie's one wish is to fly high in the sky like the birds, but will the fact that he has no wings stop him? Will he have enough determination to achieve his goal?

Ryan the Garden Gnome loves to tell stories about all the fun times he shares with his friends. Now join Ryan as he recounts two of his most exciting adventures. First, we learn how Ryan came to be, and his first encounter with the Garden Man. In the second tale, Ryan and his friends experience their first ever Bonfire Night. They think they're under attack, but can they learn to see the fun in the fireworks? Ryan and his friends are ready for the stories to begin.

Meet Twitch and Whisp, two magical fairy mice!Follow them and their friends on a daring adventure as they leave the safety of their cosy log home and enter the garden next door. What dangers are waiting for them there? Will any of Twitch's spells work? Twitch and Whisp are about to learn that a new friend can be found in the most unexpected of places.

Jake's homework is so boring even that old Rowan tree out the back window starts to look interesting.It's nothing remarkable, nothing to poke your nose into, yet when Jake does so his nose pulls him deeper, into a hidden world ruled by a king who scorns him and yet fears him, for the king knows of an ancient prophecy that a flame-haired boy shall be his doom. A world that reaches back into the world Jake does understand, where a new neighbour who likes to get chatty isn't the harmless gossip she seems and where his family's cat, Sparky, is brighter than his name.Unless Jake wants to be melted down for soup, eaten by witches or even finish his homework, he must keep the moon maiden's beads out of the king's hands - with no swordsmanship skills, no magical powers and no good way to tell friend from foe.

Sue and Ben's woodland friends in Fairy Wood are in danger.Living on a nearby farm, they overhear the manager say that "the old wood" will have to be removed to make the fields easier to manage. How are they to warn Mr and Mrs Mole, Tommy the Toad, the Old Owl and all the fairies, pixies and gnomes, who are their friends?There isn't much time.Together, Sue and Ben must find the Wood Elders. Yet to find them, they must first follow Mr Mole underground, find a way round a big rocky troll called Kilo Gram, ride an otter across his pond and stop their animal friends worrying about Mr Sky, the fox. If only the Wood Elders can put their heads together, they may be able to choose a spell that could save the homes of the woodland folk. Oh, and if Witch Forgetful remembers to come...

Lanuola, meaning ‘colourful', is a children's story on a real-life killer living in not just our Great Barrier Reef but also other coral reefs across the Pacific oceans.The Crown of Thorn starfish can cause great devastation to these reefs and to everything that lives within them. Nature's real heroes, the Giant Snails, Wrasse and Trigger fish all work to control this threat.Through a courageous adventure by sea nymphs, Pekelo and Teuila, along with sea creatures Ike and Limu they work together to try to find a way to save their reef.