Tim Collins

John Bigwood

Sherlock Bones and the Case of the Crown Jewels

When the spacebin lands on a strange planet where hamsters have developed into the dominant life form, Harry and Colin are in for another adventure. Unfortunately, the boys are captured by the humongous hamster hosts during a sightseeing trip to the Great Wheel of the Andromeda Galaxy. Harry and Colin are imprisoned as the school pets, bundled into a human-sized cage and forced to run on a giant wheel. Things go from bad to worse when the school's laziest hamster is charged with looking after Harry and Colin for the holidays. Will the adventurers find a way to escape from their hamster hell? This book is the third installment in the Cosmic Colin saga.

Hairy Hamster Horror

Cosmic Colin

A Million Christmas Cats is a colouring book designed to be the perfect festive gift for lovers of our feline friends. Its humour and adorable charm will appeal to both children and adults, providing an escape from the stresses of the Christmas season to a relaxing world of quirkiness and imagination. Inside are over 30 spreads of unconventional and off-the-wall pussycats, decorated with stress-busting Christmas patterns and motifs. A stunning foiled cover makes this a luxurious yuletide gift.

A Million Christmas Cats

Learning has never been so easy. This fun, educational, maths workbook allows children to test their numeracy skills with guided, times tables puzzles.Sherlock Bones and his trusted accomplice Dr Catson are embroiled in a frenetic times table adventure. They must follow a teasing trail of multiplication themed puzzles. It's up to the reader to find the answer to each fiendish problem, all in the hope of foiling Professor Moriratty's evil plan. Ideal for children aged 7 to 11 (KS2), this charming activity book takes kids on an interactive adventure to improve their times tables skills.

Sherlock Bones and the Times Table Adventure

When Harry discovers that the most evil villain in the galaxy, Galactic Gary, has escaped from prison, it's not just humankind that is in danger, but time itself. Galactic Gary is trying to discover the whereabouts of a special time bomb that muddles the days of the week. Wednesday can become Saturday and Sunday can become Tuesday! The parts of the bomb are hidden on three different planets and the boys are in a rapid race to recover them. It's up to Harry and Colin to save the day (again!) in this action-packed, light-speed adventure. This title is the fourth instalment in the 'Cosmic Colin' series.

Ticking Time Bomb

When Harry discovers that the most evil villain in the galaxy, Galactic Gary, has escaped from prison, it's not just mankind that is in danger, but time itself. Galactic Gary is trying to discover the whereabouts of a special time bomb that muddles the days of the week. Wednesday can become Saturday and Sunday can become Tuesday! The parts of the bomb are hidden on three different planets and the boys are in a rapid race to recover them. It's up to Harry and Colin to save the day (again!) in this action-packed, light-speed adventure. This title is the fourth instalment in the 'Cosmic Colin' series.

Tricky Time Trap

From a perfectly groomed, flowery beard and a trendy cycling cap, to a prickly cactus and a delicious flat white, discover the minute differences lurking on every page. There are odd ones out to spot, hipster accessories to match, and much more millennial fun to be had. Cool and quirky black and white illustrations are accompanied by funny one liners and utterly useless, and odd, trivia. It's time to find the oddest of odd ones out.

An Advanced Spot the Difference Challenge

Oddities

Challenge your acuity and stimulate your mind with this entertaining puzzle book filled with charming illustrations, fun facts, and trivia along the way. Life is odd. People are odd. Things are odd. There is oddity in the strangest places, not least in this collection of extreme odd-one-out teasers that will bamboozle the brain and test even the eagle-eyed. Whether you’re looking for odd ones out or matching pairs of oddities—from strikingly similar cactuses to lluscious-llocked look-alike llamas, Oddities challenges you to discover the minute differences lurking on every page. Simply pick a puzzle and follow the instructions on the left-hand page. There are odd ones out to spot, hipster accessories to match, and random trivia that delights and educates. Each puzzle in Oddities includes fun facts and interesting information, and if you get stuck, all of the answers can be found at the back. The illustrations for each puzzle are also fun to color.

A Spot the Odd One Out Puzzle Book

On each spread, illustrator John Bigwood has given a colourful and quirky watercolour outline of a person/people, with humorous suggestions of features to copy. Don't worry about wonky lines, weird features, smudges or scribbles as every stroke of your pen adds personality and flair. This fun and accessible exercise is great for anyone who wants to practise their drawing.

John Bigwood

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