Faith, an avid traveller all around the world, finds her dreams come true when she is presented with a new magical suitcase that is bigger inside than out and can hold all her possessions while never getting any heavier to carry.

A Traveller in Time

Hermione comes across H.G.Well's time machine and uses it to find out what it was like at Henry VIII's Tudor Court at Hampton Palace, where she was paying a visit. However, there is one rule that all time travellers must obey, whether HG Wells, Hermione or Mark Twain. Time travellers aren't supposed to meddle with known historical facts, so her efforts to stop him executing Anne Boleyn were bound to fail. 

The Magic Pudding

A would-be young wizard follows his grandmother's 'magic' recipe, only to find the result is his favourite pudding.  He decides to become a  food scientist to learn about the way ingredients interact. 

Peter's Room

Mum had been in hospital, & now she tried to get back to normal. Peter was the youngest of her adult children, & now he had a whole room to himself for a while, apart from a roll-top desk Mum had originally left there, to store old records that she now needed. But to reach this desk was quite the archaeological expedition, and the reason for this handy hints book about the best way to declutter a particularly messy room.

Mist over Athelney

An unexplained weather phenomenon causes a seemingly unending fog over the small town of Athelney without affecting the surrounding area, leading dozens of meteorologists to arrive in the usually-quiet town to try to determine the cause.

_The Lord of the Rings_

The updated but ongoing case compiled against some thieves who stole jewellery from the Paris Louvre. These items which had belonged to the Empress Eugenie, consisted of tiaras, necklaces, earrings and yes, rings. The suspected dastardly "ringleader" of the gang was therefore dubbed "The Lord of the Rings". Suspects have been arrested already, but the reporter in charge of the case is an expert in writing up many highly similar cases of missing jewellery in the past. For copies of his previous works, do "ring" the listed numbers of booksellers like Dymocks, Booktopia, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble amongst others.  

The Lord of the Flies

The infamous leader of the theft "ring" that stole the jewels has been arrested, and has revealed his motive in exchange for a lesser sentence. It quickly becomes apparent that his goals were much more sinister than simply making a profit from selling the jewels. Rather, he sought world domination through a swarm of flies which he intended to genetically modify to be irresistibly drawn to one particular Ring from the collection. By moving this one ring, he could rule over his swarm, finding them wherever they were, bringing them wherever he put the ring, and binding them to do his bidding (although only in near darkness, as they could not see the ring well when there was too much ambient light).

The Silmarillion

The saga of a fabulous gemstone with legendary & even celestial origins & fought over by at least four empires along the famed Silk Road connecting India & China with far-off kingdoms in the West. Like the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond, which once belonged to Babur, the founder of the Turco-Mongol Mughal Empire, before the Sultan of Delhi was robbed of it to be set into Iran's Peacock throne, it was said to bring a violent death to any man who wore it in his turban, crown or helmet. Unlike the Koh-i-Noor diamond, set into the Queen Mother's crown & on show at the Tower of London, the Silmarillion has long since vanished. 

The Woods of Windri

The Woods of Windri once separated a monastery from a now ruined castle, providing escape for fugitives, and sustenance for many wild creatures, but though many legends took place beneath its boughs, including the mythical "Faraway tree", it has now vanished, replaced by solar farms to power a growing city. 

Mythical Beasties

Originally known as Musical Beasties,  the famous all-animal singing group faded into myth after the last members died. The author investigated this, following a clue in her great grandmother's diaries from when she worked in Music Hall/Variety Shows in the early 20th century.

Five Go To Mystery Moor 

Five cousins go to Yorkshire where Timmy the dog was last seen on the moors, but though Timmy was not a yappy Yorkshire terrier, but a larger border collie kelpie cross, where he had got to was quite the mystery. He definitely hadn't been found across the border where the Scots along the Falkirk canal thought kelpies were great horseheads, nor could he be found in the moors where it is said similar siriusly black "padfoots" roam. So how did Timmy find his way back home, all by himself, from the moors, to greet them when they finally went home empty-handed & full of dejection?

Storm Boy

An unassuming and nerdy boy from coastal South Australia makes world headlines when his experiments with his self-designed "weather machine" in the backyard shed cause massive storms all over the southern hemisphere.

The House that Was Eureka 

When Archimedes discovered some useful facts about the displacement of water, he was alleged to have sung out "Eureka", and since then, the word has had a connotation of a triumphant discovery. Thus, after gold was triumphantly discovered in Ballarat in 1851, in what was then still New South Wales  , the Eureka Hotel was established there, as a meeting place for discontented miners of the famed Eureka Stockade to air their grievances. But one of their number was also murdered there in 1854, in which the hotel became a cause célèbre, so naturally a book was written about the hotel's history titled "The house that was Eureka".  

The Water Babies