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Philomena springs into action when she hears from the oldest tree in the forest that the king''s daughter has been kidnapped.

With the help of Merlin the magician, the pair set out to help rescue the beautiful Princess, who they find out is being held deep inside a dragon''s cave. Merlin has to use all of his magical powers to change Philomena into a tiny butterfly, so that she can then fly unseen into the cave, and then spy on the kidnappers.

Will the good fairy be seen by the evil men inside the cave, will she be captured before she can tell Merlin that the Princess has been drugged, and sleeps the sleep of the dead, and may never wake?

Will Merlin, with the help of Philomena and the goblin soldiers, be able rescue the Princess before she is taken to France, where she will be forced to marry an unknown Prince against her will?

If they do rescue the Princess, how will they wake her from eternal sleep? Who holds the key to saving the kings only daughter?

On Ana''s forth birthday she was playing in her garden when she heard a strange rustling noise in the nearby bushes, she walked over to the bush, parting the branches, and nervously peered inside.

That was when she discovered a tiny fairy caught in a huge spider''s web. The fairy looked up at Ana and begged" Please help me before the spider comes, or he will eat me for his dinner" Ana reached down, picked up a stick, then brushed the spider''s web away from the trapped fairy.

For John Stratton, an officer in the Metropolitan Police Fraud Squad, the day starts much as any other. He bids his new wife goodbye as they both set off for work, little realising that it would be the last time they were to see each other for more than two years. He soon finds himself held in a futuristic village known as the Dome, to which he has been lured by sinister, unknown forces. Over the ensuing months, he slowly works out why he has been chosen and the tasks expected of him. His time there, eventual release, and subsequent adventures offer a roller coaster ride told at breakneck speed and populated with larger-than-life characters.

This beautifully illustrated book is based on the old adage that every picture tells a story. Philomena the Farting Fairy joins forces with Paddy the Naughty Gnome. Between them, using the rhyming word, imagination, and laughter make this a fun book to read.

This book also inspires the child to look at the whole picture and not just chosen sections simply because in most of the pictures, the child has to search for either Paddy or Philomena.

This is a book of death and retribution, fast pace with plenty of twists and turns and full of ghosts from the beginning all the way to the end, but ask yourself this, are they all good ghosts or very bad ones. Kevin West is superficially timid, an introvert. Not good looking. He is thin, slight bodied, almost bald, and wears goldfish bowl glasses.

His wife Madge is a complete contrast. She is six foot and grossly obese. She is so domineering that in the end Kevin believes he has no choice but to do away with her. Having made all of his arrangements beforehand, he steals a lot of cash and goes on the run. He takes refuge on the top floor of a derelict, soon to be demolished hospital. He had been warned about the supposed ghosts which he laughed off. That is, until he finally meets them face to face. The dead sisters are friendly.

They tell him their deathly secret. Together they track down and take drastic revenge on their murderer. Other dead victims come forward. Kevin and his friends then become unexpected vigilantes and do a lot more tracking and taking revenge. After the demolition, life for Kevin and his deceased friends takes an unusual turn which pushes them in a direction that they could never have foreseen.

In this book of naughty gnome stories Paddy surpasses himself, not only does he cause chaos in a cake shop he also end up lost in a strange house. Paddy then terrorises the lady owner and her two cats and has to plan his escape before he gets caught. In another of these very funny stories, our hero Paddy may be only tiny at three inches in height, he finally gets himself caught and is in desperate trouble when he is rescued by a friendly ghost.

Once free Paddy then goes on the rampage of revenge and almost single headedly destroys the corner shop as he attacks the owner and his two grandsons with soft ripe tomatoes. But as this book begins Paddy finds himself in hospital, it is ok, there is nothing wrong with Paddy, he is just there to support a friend.

Whilst in these strange surroundings it would be a shame not to get himself into mischief, after all the opportunities are not only endless, the nursing staff are an easy target and in this hilarious story Paddy scores a bullseye.

Mary Giddyup and her Golden Labrador Billy, just happened to be walking along the roadside when a small red racing car drove past.

The passenger in the car threw something colourful out of the car window and called out, "Good riddance!"Mary tutted to herself at the sheer lack of respect for the countryside as she watched the car disappear into the distance.

As she neared the place where the item had been thrown out of the car, she came upon a small round object that was green in colour, lying in the middle of the path. She stopped and gave it a tap with her toe as it rolled over and over down the path, Billy the Labrador pounced upon it and picked it up.

Paddy may be the smallest gnome made out of stone in the world, he may only be 3 inches tall, but he once helped to save a trapped fairy''s life. To say thank you, the grateful fairy cast a spell over the garden gnomes, the magic then allowed the gnomes to do magical things.

Paddy soon learned that if he concentrated very hard, he could not only talk, he was also able to climb down from his plinth, and walk around.

With his new found skills, Paddy began to explore, where he would use his new found naughtiness to cause lots of problems. In this book Paddy goes walkabout into his neighbour''s gardens, where he is very naughty indeed.

Another day, Paddy single-handily manages to ruin the local garden fete. The next day he escapes from the front garden whilst the other gnomes sleep, he stows away on a tractor, not knowing where he''s going and ends up on a magical farm. Once there he meets someone who is even naughtier than he is.

A long time ago, in a small village, far away, hidden in a dark forest , a large silver backed male wolf, known as Zolem, as tall as a pony, was terrorising the locals, devouring livestock and villagers alike.

Zolem was cunning and silent as he made his regular deadly visits. All efforts to trap and kill the massive wolf had failed. Teams of hunters had tracked the beast for days, but his tracks always seemed to disappear as if by magic.

Igor, a self-confessed coward had a visitation from his dead father, who hinted at a plan to trap and kill the beast. Would Igor have the courage and cunning to carry it out?

Would he conquer his fears and claim the prize, the hand of the Chief''s second eldest daughter. Or would Igor become the beasts next victim? 

In the oldest forest in the land, lived the oldest oak tree, and in that ancient tree lived Philomena the good fairy. Philomena and her sister Helena were woodland fairies and had lived for many lifetimes in the depths of the old Forest, both of them knew how to communicate with the trees, woodland animals, pixies and elves.

Helena was the naughty fairy. Using her magic wand, she was always getting into trouble with someone. She made people fall over, burst out laughing or do other silly things. She would hide in the tree tops and laugh at others misfortune. But this time it was Philomena that was in trouble, serious trouble, because she had used her magic for her own ends, and that was strictly forbidden for fairies, especially woodland fairies. Philomena selfishly stole something very personal from a handsome Prince, and she did this whilst he was under her spell.

The good fairy thought that no-one had seen her commit the crime, but someone had!Would they keep the secret to themselves, or would they tell the King of the elves? If they did tell, Philomena would be in big trouble, she would be arrested and have to stand trial for her crime.