By Kristina Stephenson (author)
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Molly Maybe is a great picture book character! A resident of the village of Smallsbury she’s got a monster world under her treehouse, and an amazing machine – the Mundervator – to take her there. In this adventure Molly and her faithful canine companion Waggy Burns have to go underground to the aid of some very frightened little monsters.
Kristina Stephenson’s stories are always lively and inventive, and this provides a highly satisfying mix of thrills and humour. The monsters are very sweet and Molly herself is cheerful, competent and brave, the kind of little girl we’d all like as a friend. Waggy Burns, who can talk below ground, is fond of starting sentences with phrases such as ‘I’ll hazard a hound-like guess…’ and is a delight! ~ Andrea Reece
Molly Maybe has a marvellous secret - she and her faithful sidekick, Waggy Burns, are the only ones who can travel to an amazing monster world which mirrors our own. Take a ride in the incredible mundervator with Molly and help her solve a crisis in Undermunder. There's a terrible smell in Smallsbury but Molly knows that it's not the drains!
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She ventures down into Undermunder and discovers three little monsters, who can't stop pumping out pony smells in fear. They've lost their kite and too scared of the ghastly ghost, the Ghoulie Gumpus to get it back. Will Molly be able to show them there's nothing to be scared of? Or is the Ghoulie Gumpus just too ghastly?
Find out more about the Molly Maybe books at Molly Maybe's Monsters!
Kristina Stephenson trained as a set and costume designer. She had a successful career in Theatre and Children’s TV until she had her children. Wanting to stay at home with them, she turned to illustration. She has illustrated many non-fiction books. Inspired to write Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure by her own son Charlie (who doesn’t have stinky socks), she showed it to a friend in the book trade. Thankfully for us, he recommended that she send it to Egmont. It’s clear that a rare and exciting new picture book talent has emerged. Kristina lives with her husband, who is a musician, and her son and daughter in Wiltshire.
A Day in the Life of Me By Kristina Stephenson The alarm clock wakes me early – too early sometimes – but I’m glad it does – I must be up before anyone else. I need a quiet house (and the calming influence of the dawn chorus) in order to perfect my ‘master work-plan for the day’. I also need to pick a nice menu for supper, pack some sandwiches and a big bottle of water for Maddie’s geography trip and find that favourite little something for Charlie to take to school - just in case - (now where have I heard that before?). I wake my husband at 6.45am with a cup of coffee. I wake the kids at 7am with a funky riff on the double bass (an interesting wake up call indeed, since I don’t play the double bass!) And the ‘morning mayhem’ (lost trainers, piano practice, breakfast and all) begins. It doesn’t stop until we have mounted our bikes and set off on the gentle journey to school - down the road, through the park, over the hills and far away. Oh and Dad follows too, although he’s headed off on another path before we reach the ‘tall, tall tower with the pointy roof’ (we live in Salisbury – so work that one out for yourself). At school I kiss the kids goodbye, remount my faithful bike and head back home. Home, which as I cycle towards it, is morphing magically into a place of work – an office. I’m clever you see: I make the beds, I wash up the breakfast things, and I hide away anything laundry-like, before I leave the house. I do it every morning, you know, so that by the time I return, the transformation has taken place. Wow! Then, I, Kristina Stephenson - author, illustrator and would be musician - begin work. This happens in a little room, which nestles neatly between the kitchen (which is, of course, on my return, no longer a kitchen but a place to refresh water pots and wash paint brushes) and the tiny courtyard (now bereft of all bikes bar mine), which has become a secret garden into which I look for inspiration and the occasional fairy. The room is decorated with my children’s drawings and posters of my favourite films. There is a computer in one corner and a drawing board slap bang in the middle of the room. This is where I sit and this where I stay……..all day - resolute in my work; never stopping, never stirring, until my great master plan has been fulfilled. Or until, about ten minutes after I begin work, when…
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Molly Maybe has a marvellous secret - she and her faithful sidekick, Waggy Burns, are the only ones who can travel to an amazing monster world which mirrors our own. Take a ride in the incredible mundervator with Molly and help her solve a crisis in Undermunder.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Molly Maybe and the Ghost Train and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Molly Maybe and the Ghost Train features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Molly Maybe and the Ghost Train was written by Kristina Stephenson and published by Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd
Molly Maybe and the Ghost Train has 32 pages
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