Island size: to 3.2m, wings 6m
Lives: Trees/ plants
Eats: Plant sap
Features:
Camouflage – looks like bark
Spots on wings
Stink spray
Hollow head – knocks to make drum sound
Claws to cling to tree
Pond skater
Actual size: 1-2cm
Island size: up to 40cm
Lives: on water
Eats: insects
Features:
Sharp proboscis
Walks on water
Very quick
Some can fly
Legs like oars
Toe Biter
Actual Size: 15cm
Island size: 3m
Lives: in fresh water
Eats: insects, fish, birds, frogs
Features:
Wings – seal in air so it can breathe
Huge eyes for underwater
Will eat each other
Can fly well
Will pretend to be dead
Harvestman
Actual size: up to 2cm, legs to 30cm
Island size: up to 60cm, legs to 9m
Eats: Plants, other harvestmen, invertebrates
Features:
Burning chemical spray
Drops down over victim
Eyes on stalks
Sharp body spikes
May abandon leg to get away
Giant centipede
Actual size: 30cm
Island size: 6m
Lives: ground
Eats: frogs, lizards, birds, small mammals
Features:
Very quick
Pincers
Can rear up and catch air borne creatures
Can react almost instantaneously
Body segmented and covered with plates
Treasure Lost
R.G. Cordiner
What do you treasure and how far would you go to find it?
Peter and Farren are two brothers who think adventure is sneaking into a pub or going rabbit hunting. Little do they know! Soon the youths are on a whirlwind trip of betrayal, daggers, self-discovery and a giant reticulated python!
Somehow they have to find a way to stop fighting with each other, avoid a sadistic Navy Admiral and a mysterious pirate captain whilst remembering to tap the biscuits on the side of the ship - maggots are never good for breakfast!
"If you came for treasure it lies within,
if you did not, what you treasure lies beyond your grasp."
Candy Wars: The Tooth Fairies vs The Candy King
R.G. Cordiner
You may not like your sister, but are you really going to fight a war against her?
James and Emily never get on - always fighting and arguing! But when James wakes up one night as his tooth is stolen by a jelly monster he follows it into a weird and wonderful world. Chocolate archers come out of the walls and fly in bubble gum balloons, giant rock candy trolls roam around, icing sugar snowmen appear and disappear, all under the direction of the Candy King who is preparing a war against the tooth fairies! Soon Emily and their cat Muffins find themselves joining the fairies, with only a toothless dragon and a phoenix with hay fever to help them fight the mighty Candy Army!
“The Candy King is waiting for you.”
Candy Wars II: Sweet Revenge
R.G. Cordiner
How far will you go to rescue a friend?
One year after their epic battles with the Candy King and the Tooth Fairies, James and Emily have a problem. They are bored. Normal life is just so ... normal. But they are soon faced with a bigger problem. No one is collecting the teeth! Mounds and mounds of teeth are just sitting there. Soon a weak portal appears and James and Emily find themselves back in a world that they no longer recognise. A desolate, ruined wasteland is all that remains of the island. Who did this? Is it the work of the Candy King? What happened to all the Tooth Fairies and their friends? And what creature is lurking in the sand? James and Emily are about to embark on their most amazing adventure yet, one they will be lucky to survive.
"Candy King? Ha! He is a sweetie compared to me!"
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Coming Soon:
Alien Hunters: Discovery
R.G. Cordiner
A lethal game of hide and seek ... with aliens. Want to play?
In 1968 an alien spacecraft crash landed on Earth. There were survivors. Today, they walk amongst us, invisible in plain sight. They could be your teacher, your friend or even .... YOU. Everyone sees them as human. Everyone, except two children.
Thomas and Katie were unaware that they could detect aliens until they were contacted by a secret organisation. The Alien Hunters. For years they have been training for this moment. Now their fate is in the hands of two children who are faced with intense training, secret missions, some very freaky weapons and lots of slime. Let the hunt begin.
"Hunting them doesn't bother me. Finding a giant, slime filled alien? Yeh, now that bit bothers me."
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