Eric Maddern

• Oct-1993
• / General Fiction
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When the world was being born, only rough and crabby Crocodile Man possessed the gift of fire, and he was unwilling to share it, so Bird Woman thinks of a plan to trick Crocodile Man into sharing fire....

• Aug-2004
• / General Fiction
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• Jan-2005
• / General Fiction
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A feisty boy learns a powerful lesson about life and death in this beautifully illustrated story based on a Scottish folktale. When Jack meets Old Man Death coming toward his cottage, he stands firm. "You're not taking my mother!" he cries, and piles...

• Mar-2006
• / General Fiction
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Shon thinks his wife Sian’s work at home on the farm is nothing compared to his efforts in the field. When Sian agrees to trade places, Shon expects an easy, relaxing day. After all, there’s just the butter to churn, the oats to grind, and the co...

• Apr-2006
• / General Fiction
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The first man and woman are lonely. What to do? They decide to fashion children out of clay. As they are baking the little figures in their fire, they're constantly interrupted by visits from the sky-god, Nyame. As a result, some of the children a...

• May-2008
• / General Fiction
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Baby Clownfish ventures out of her anemone and into the reef, on a search for adventure. She meets a whole variety of fascinating but scary creatures, from slinky Sea Slug to fiery Dragonfish. Then the face of Eel comes snapping. With vivid illustrat...

• Jun-2009
• / General Fiction
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When a forest traveller knocks at a lonely cottage, hoping to scrounge a bed for the night, a scowling woman appears and says he can sleep on the floor, but declares that she hasn't a morsel of food in the place. "In that case," says the traveller...

• Sep-2009
• / General Fiction
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Old King Karnak is worried. He doesn’t have long to live, and there is no heir to the throne. To find one, the King holds an unusual competition. Knights and lords flock to the palace and the King gives each of them a tiny seed to grow. Watching th...

• May-2015
• / Historical
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The first man and woman are lonely. What to do? They decide to fashion children out of clay. As they are baking the little figures in their fire, they're constantly interrupted by visits from the sky-god, Nyame. As a result, some of the children a...

• Oct-2015
• / Fantasy
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North-west Wales â€" Old Gwynedd â€" is one of the most mythic parts of Britain and has some stories whose roots go back more than 2,000 years. Some, like ‘Blodeuwedd, the Woman of Flowers’, feature in the Mabinogion. Others like the story of ‘...