Böcker av Sam Baker

Even a mouse needs to go to the doctor sometimes! When Oscar gets a tummy ache, his friends rush him to the vet. Will Dr. Casey know what to do? A heartwarming and funny story takes Oscar on a new adventure

A MAGIC MIRROR.A SECRET KINGDOM.A GIRL DESTINED TO BE QUEEN...Amelia always thought she was an ordinary girl.Moving to the country with her family, she just wanted to explore and practice her art but when she discovers a mystical portal hidden in an ancient antique mirror, her simple life is changed forever...Amelia discovers beyond the mirror portal, the city of The Arbour - a magical kingdom nestled within the trunk of a yew tree. Before she can comprehend what is happening, Amelia is accused of killing the realm's beloved queen.Captured and imprisoned, she can see a prophecy of her ascending to the kingdom throne. To get there, she must first survive deadly spiders, vermin assassins and sinister magic from the dark realms.She is determined to triumph and fulfil her destiny but when her new kingdom is threatened by forces from the human world beyond, Amelia will face her greatest challenge and will need to choose between her new kingdom and her own family..."An adventure into imagination and thrills by a passionate new author who creates a world within a world and brings enjoyment with this new classic..." Peter, Indie Book reviewer

Come along and have fun doing activities with Oscar the Mouse and his friends. Have fun solving the puzzles and coloring brand new illustrations, and much more!

Oscar the Mouse is a joyful story about a mischievous little mouse, who becomes a little girl''s first pet, and the adventures they share. This book was created to make reading fun for young children and "help them engage their imagination and creativity," says Sam Baker, the 99-year-old author.

'Wildly gripping and unputdownable. This is a brilliant book' Marian KeyesHow do you escape what you can't remember?What is making Helen Graham so jumpy and evasive? Newly arrived in a tiny Yorkshire village, she finds the locals' curiosity her worst nightmare.Looking over her shoulder every day, she tries to piece together her past before it can catch up with her. But with everything she knows in fragments, from her marriage to her career as a war photographer, how can she work out who to trust and what to believe? Most days she can barely remember who she is...She can run. But can she hide?Praise for The Woman Who Ran:'Disquieting, thought-provoking ...keeps twisting and turning as it hurtles towards a hair-raising climax'Guardian'Clever and absorbing'Stylist'Superbly executed, with a creeping sense of dread that builds to an explosive finish' Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go

Nicci Morrison was always the first of her friends to do everything...But she wasn't meant to be the first to die.Saying goodbye is never easy, but at least Nicci has one last chance to make a difference before she goes. She's decided to leave letters giving her most treasured possessions to her closest friends.To her single friend Mona she bequeaths her husband David, little knowing her best friend found The One a long time ago...To childless Jo, Nicci leaves the care of her three-year-old twin daughters. Jo however is finding it hard enough to cope with the fortnightly arrival of her stepsons. To Lizzie she leaves her garden. But while Lizzie is loyally tending Nicci's plants, the parts of her own life that are in desperate need of attention are falling by the wayside.But Nicci didn't always know best, and she couldn'thave imagined the changes and challenges her letters set in motion for the loved ones she's left behind.

You can't choose your family - but you can choose your friends... A heartfelt, warm and truthful novel about female friendship.Eve has never imagined herself as a stepmother. But when she falls in love with Ian, he comes with a ready-made family of three children. And, to make matters worse, he's a widower. The ghost of his glamorous and well known wife haunts them.Clare, a teacher and single mother, is Eve's best friend. She is the only person Eve can talk to about how on earth a journalist in her thirties can win round three wary children. But despite Clare's years of practice with her own teenage daughter, it's Lily ,her younger sister, who provides the truly sympathetic ear.Mel is sent along to Eve's so-called 'support group' by a colleague. With a fledgling relationship and a new business to get off the ground, she has a very different set of pressures to the other women.And Mandy is the stay-at-home mum, whose relationship comes with stepchildren, and who wants more than anything to stitch together a happy family life for herself, her kids and her new step-kids.As a cup of coffee turns to a bottle of wine and the get-togethers become a regular fixture, conversations about new families evolve into ones about relationships, life and each woman's deepest hopes and dreams. But the friendship is tested and feelings about lovers, husbands and step-children challenged when the five women are forced to confront new futures as well as unwelcome figures from the past...