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Gabby Dawnay very kindly took the time to answer my questions about her latest book, published with Magic Cat, 5 Minute Dinosaurs Stories is an addictive read! I hope my questions and Gabby's answers provide plenty of insight about what to expect and encourage you too to find a copy of the book! What for you is the appeal of writing 5-minute stories and what do you think is the appeal for the reader? With ‘5 Minute Stories’ you know what you’re getting - and if you know how l

Armadillo Editor, Louise Ellis-Barrett, once again had an opportunity to ask SuperQuesters Mission series author Paul Ian Cross, some questions about the SuperQuesters characters, their stories and their latest adventure - here is what he had to say... Thanks Paul! Why is it important to you that your SuperQuesters stories are more than just stories but are in fact filled with aspects of STEM? Research (sadly) shows that from an early age many children believe that Science an

THE SEEKER AND THE SHADE is a GUPPY BOOK Manufacturer: First published in Great Britain in 2026 by Guppy Publishing Ltd, Bracken Hill, Cotswold Road, Oxford OX2 9JG guppybooks.co.uk Represented by: Authorised Rep Compliance Ltd, Ground Floor, 71 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin D02 P593, Ireland www.arccompliance.com Text copyright © Ellen Osborne, 2026 Map copyright © JoJo Elliott, 2026 Lantern image copyright © Kiuyan Ran, 2026 ISBN: 9781916558724 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Th

“Leave me alone!” A lone wolf. A wolf that was lonely – but disguising it well with harrumphs and snarls. Living in a tangle of trees, well away from everyone and everything else. Time had put frost on his whiskers and ice in his heart. I couldn’t stop thinking about him. I was writing during the pandemic, so there was a lot of alone-ness going on. I wanted to write a proper adventure for this wolf, that thawed his heart and found him love. But I wasn’t quite sure w