Alan Windram – författare

It's a bright, sunny morning down on the farm. Mac and Bob have a busy day ahead - feeding the animals, pulling up carrots and ploughing the field on Mac's big red tractor. Suddenly, a wonderful sight comes into view. Marching bands, acrobats and lots of colourful clowns...It looks like the circus is in town! Mac and Bob love the circus. First, there are jobs to be done. But what’s this? All the animals are excited, running around with amazing tales to tell. There's something unusual going on at the farm today and Mac and Bob are about to find out what it is.

The Party Problem is the second in a series of four fun picture books for three- to six-year-olds, following the adventures of Mac, a farmer, and his dog and best friend, Bob. This colourful story is brought to life by illustrator Dave Sutton. The book contains a CD with three specially-written action songs, plus a re-recording of a traditional favourite. An audio book is also included, beautifully read by children’s author Vivian French.

A Puppy’s Tale is a simple tale of a lovable puppy called Georgie who gets lost in the woods. Written by ‘Mac and Bob’ author Alan Windram, with strikingly beautiful illustrations by Chloe Holwill-Hunter. In this tale for two to five-year-olds, children can follow Georgie as she jumps with a frog, hops with a bunny rabbit and runs around after a squirrel. Along with this wonderful picture book, you can download the specially written ‘Georgie's Jumping Song’, with lots of actions, and also an audio book of the story.

Benny was different… Benny was special… Benny was a robot… Benny had a bright red button in the middle of his tummy. On the button, written in big, bold letters were the words 'Only Press in an Emergency'. Benny had never pressed his button but often wondered what would happen if he did get to press it… One day he found out!

This laugh out loud picture book follows Kevin the Orange, who is really tired of being orange. So with the help of his friend, Brian the Pear, Kevin tries being lots of different colours with hilarious consequences, only to find out that being the best version of yourself is the greatest thing of all. A story about the uniqueness of us as individuals, friendship and being happy in your own skin ( peel ;) This brand new picture book from award-winning author Alan Windram is a story full of fun and quirky humour, with bright and bold illustrations by debut illustrator Olla Meyzinger.Kevin is an orange, the orangiest orange ever. Kevin isn't happy, he is tired of being orange and wants to be a totally different colour. “If only I could be blue, or red, or green, things would be so much better, everyone would love me and it would be so much more fun”.Kevin goes to his friend Brian the pear, asking for advice on how to be something different. After trying to be lot’s of different colours Kevin realises that he misses being himself, the orangiest orange ever.A story about the uniqueness of us all, friendship and being happy as you are.

The debut chapter-book from award-winning picture book author AlanWindram with fabulous line drawings throughout by Giulia Cregut.A fast-paced, laugh out loud story of feline frolics, friendly, and not so friendly,forest encounters, tasty treats and some explosive poo.Everybody says it is a dog's life, but Sparky and George both knewthat was just rubbish. Dogs were soooo silly, always running aroundafter their humans, doing what they were told, chasing things, andBRINGING THEM BACK! Why on earth would you want to do that?Whereas being a cat was the absolute very best.Tasty treats, lots of nap's AND the whole wide world was just waitingto be explored on the other side of the cat flap.Full of adventure, ingenuous inventions, new friends, and some scaryencounters, join Sparky and George as they take their first steps onan adventure that will change their lives forever.Alan shares this exuberantly funny story of the imagined adventures ofhis two cat's, Sparky and George, as they journey out through the catflap and into the big bad world.With themes of friendship, resilience and bravery.

It’s Friday and that means it’s party time in robot town.Benny and his friends decide they need a bit more ‘robot dancing’practice before the big night. They bounce and boogie, jump andtwirl then disaster strikes when they tumble into a huge sinkholeand come face to face with a large angry dinosaur, who is not happyabout being woken up.Will Benny have to press his ‘Emergency Button’? Can they escapebeing crushed and eaten by the dinosaur?Will they make it back in time for the party?The third book in the award-winning picture bookseries.Benny and his robot friends are back with a fantastic new adventureand this time there is a very unhappy dinosaur to contend with.With beautiful retro-style illustrations by award-winning illustratorChloe Holwill-Hunter, this is a story about friendship, workingtogether, coping with problems and the uniqueness of us all asindividuals.Along with this wonderful picture book, you can download thespecially-written song and an audio book of the story.