Tales of the Bold, the Brave and the Beautiful & Of The Weird, The Wild And The Wonderful 
Tales of the Bold, the Brave and the Beautiful & Of The Weird, The Wild And The Wonderful
1. Tales of the Bold, the Brave and the Beautiful
From a new wave of breathtakingly brilliant children’s writers – eleven brand-new original tales featuring the boldest, the bravest and the most beautiful cast of characters this side of anywhere!
Like Jumpy Jess – a girl on a mission to catch a vampire before it catches her!
Or Daring Dermot – a boy-singer who lies his way to the top of the global music charts!
Like Courageous Kimberley – a girl whose life is thrown into chaos when she discovers a lump under her arm!
And who could forget? Amazing Alfie – a boy who volunteers to take his big brother’s place in the boxing ring against the big, beastly Boy-Giant!
Rock with laughter! Gulp with fear! Gasp with shock! Whoop with cheer!
Prepare to be spellbound by this ground-breaking collection of stupendous stories that you’ll be sure to come back to time and time again!
Written exclusively by writers from low-income single-parent backgrounds and care-experienced backgrounds.
2. Tales Of The Weird, The Wild And The Wonderful
Discover why Franny Georgette Tinkleboom has been travelling around the world in a van that has giant mouse ears…
And why Spike, the most mischievous hedgehog in Rivington Pike, keeps wandering off into the dark night…
And what happens when you drink a wicked orange potion like Alicia Moonfall …
Tales of the Weird, the Wild and the Wonderful is a dazzling collection of short stories, jam-packed with rambunctious characters on daring adventures!
In 2016 Writer and Care Leaver, Sophie Willan, turned her focus to a group of Care Leavers in the North West of England. Together with Sophie they have created a tremendously vibrant anthology inspired by their experiences and fired by their imaginations.
Tales of the Weird, the Wild and the Wonderful is the first of its kind; a collection of short stories written exclusively by Care Leavers for children.
