Chris Stewart

Funny, insightful and real, the book became an international bestseller. A PARROT IN A PEPPER TREE, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloe, as they get to grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, Spanish school life, neighbours in love, their amazement at Chris appearing on the bestseller lists . . and their shock at discovering that their beloved valley is once more under threat of a dam. A Parrot...

At age 17, Chris Stewart retired as the drummer of Genesis, his schoolboy band, and launched a new career as a sheep shearer and travel writer. This book describes his idyllic life on a remote mountain farm in Andalucia.

Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. On board, amongst all the odd passengers and eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in bowler hats who call themselves The Brotherhood of Clowns. And what could be in the crate that she discovers down in the hold?

Quint is travelling with his father, Wind Jackal, on a mission to track down and bring to justice Turbot Smeal, the man who started the fire that killed their family. Wind Jackal is consumed by his desire to capture Smeal - and his judgement is flawed. His actions endangers the lives of his crew - and his son.

Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life until a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home followed by a winged mechanical horse that whisks him off to meet his long-lost uncle and his penguin helpers, Finn, Bill and Jackson.

Once upon a time, a spell went very wrong - and Joe Jefferson found himself transported to Muddle Earth, where the wizards are mad, the pink stinky hogs are stinky, and the jokes are truly terrible. Now, two years later, Muddle Earth needs him back.

Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, & 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this story, Barnaby is attacked by an enormous dog. He kills it, but then he finds himself swept up in a world of crooked doctors, poor & ill-advised patients, & very expensive furs.

After their fierce battle with the zoids, York and Belle must journey down to the next level of the Biosphere, where all the plants and animals for the journey from Earth were kept. Since the zoid uprising this level has become a deadly mix of enormous carnivorous plants, mutated insects and animals that have evolved in terrifying ways. York and Belle have no choice but to fight their way through this dangerous landscape to reach the centre of the...