WRITER AND ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDREN'S STORIES
Rusty Nail, Wingsey Nut, Sprocket, and young Pinion all lived together in Morris Wainwright's garden shed. They had turned his old scrap box into a comfortable home, and even decorated it in Rusty Nail's favorite colour, orange.
Springaling, who never tired of telling anyone who would listen that he had once lived inside a Jack in a Box, would sometimes bounce by and challenge Sprocket to a game of marbles, but more often than not they'd all just sit in the sun by the window and chat to the old spider that lived in the flowerpot about anything that came into their heads.
The day the apple fell through the roof though, was certainly a day to remember. When the sound of crying was heard, the Garden Shed Gang knew they had to perform a rescue mission before it was too late!
30pp with full colour illustrations
One morning Rusty was sitting by the shed window watching a very young ladybird taking its first flying lesson. She smiled as it tumbled head over heels off the top of an empty snail shell and lay on the gravel with its legs waving frantically in the air!
At the same time, she was growing rather tired of listening to Wingsey and Young Sprocket arguing about Morris Wainright, and how they could stop him killing himself in the motor bike race he had planned against the Red Menace around the Sally Lighthouse! Having bet £50 on the result, they knew that Morris would stop at nothing to win the money. Assuring the youngsters that she would think of something, Rusty set about plotting how they could stop the two old bikers from killing each other. It wasn't long before she came up with a plan which involved the Gang venturing out of their comfortable shed for a while, but needs must!
26pp including full colour illustrations
The Shed Gang had just finished breakfast and Rusty Nail was clearing away the dishes when she heard a gentle tapping on the scrap box door. When Wingsey pushed open the door he was surprised to see a very smart looking vernier that was just about to tap again with his walking stick. The stranger was Mr P Verny, who had just moved in to the shed and lived in a shiny wooden box. He seemed to think he was a little too good for living in a shed, until an unfortunate incident took him down a peg or two, and after that he settled down to life with the Gang.
In fact, it wasn't long before his particular measuring skills were called upon as the very future of the Garden Shed itself was thrown into doubt when Morris Wainright took a wife who said she would prefer a new Summer House instead! Posh Verny's previous experience comes in very handy and by a little redrawing of the plans, he saves the day!
44pp including full colour illustrations
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