Best Selling Books by Christine Morton-Shaw

Jim moves to ancient Minerva Hall and encounters the ghosts of six children. They urge him to find the seventh child and leave him cryptic clues that point to a dark, ancient prophecy that only Jim can stop from being fulfilled. Jim turns to Einstein, a brilliant autistic boy who lives at the Hall. If anyone can help Jim, Einstein can. But the boy, who speaks in riddles, proves to be as mysterious as the dead children. Time is running out; if Jim doesn''t figure out the clues, innocent people will die. Christine Morton-Shaw has linked ancient rites with modern mystery to create a chilling, suspenseful tale that will keep readers guessing to the very end.

Something dark has awoken on the remote island of Lume Jess is not pleased when her parents drag her off to live on the weird little island of Lume. But then she encounters an eerie presence in an abandoned cottage, and her anger turns to fear when it begins to lead her through a series of creepy riddles. As she slowly unravels the mysteries of Lume, she finds the writings of Sebastian, a boy who lived one hundred years ago and whose life contains unsettling reflections of her own. To her horror, the dangers he unearthed in 1894 now begin to threaten Jess and her family . . . and if Jess does not unlock the riddles in time, she may lose her mother forever.

Baby forest animals awake in the morning and the world welcomes them.

Animals find shelter in an itsy bitsy house during a rain storm.

Der rote Kater als Glückspilz: Magoosy ist ein merkwürdiger englischer Kater, der offensichtlich einen Überfall im Sinne führt. Doch das Ding läuft schief, respektive geht ungewollt in eine letzten Endes ziemlich erfolgreiche Richtung. Zu gut deutsch: Happy End. Die gekonnt gestalteten Bilder zeigen lustige Einzelheiten und der Text kennt notabene nicht weniger als 16 verschiedene Fischarten. Ab 4 Jahren, ausgezeichnet, Ruedi W. Schweizer.

Mr Jack is a small dog in a big hurry, but without his glasses, how will he ever find his way home? Follow Mr Jack as he mistakes a sewer for a subway, catches a banana truck instead of a bus, and . . . oh no! Is that Mr Jack heading for the zoo?! In a book bursting with visual gags, children will love to spot Mr Jack''s next blunder as he wends his comical way through town.

After moving with her parents to a remote English island, fourteen-year-old Jess attempts to dispel an ancient curse by solving a series of riddles, aided by Epsilon, a supernatural being.

With every step he takes around the carefully manicured grounds of Minerva Hall, Jim is haunted by the ghosts of children, long dead, whom no one else can see.