The Mad Repair Company

There is this little known repair company down an alley way, off the High Street, that employs some amazing repair men and women and is run by a hippie boss.

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Butler Bulldog

Bulldog had been a butler in London for many years, today he will meet his last family he will be a butler for. They are in for a big surprise. A really big surprise.

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The Lady and the Monkey

Vera was so busy with her job, her only family was Joey the monkey, the only thing was, only she could see him. People thought she was crazy, but she wasn't.

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Rabbit Dmitriy

Dmitriy has come with his human family from Russia to the U.K..The locals rabbits were about to find out things would never be the same again.

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Bruno and Henrietta

Bruno and Henrietta had been working really hard all year and not had a holiday, so they decided they would have an amazing short break to Venice in Italy.

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Maddie and Billie

"Billie are you sure our tent in the garden is magical?" asked Maddie. "Yes, yes, it is magical come and see," replied Billie. With that they went out to the garden.

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Mummy is a Nurse

Mummy is a nurse and for over 2 years, she has been working really hard.I long for the day when we can cuddle up again.This is her story and mine.

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Clare

Clare loves to dance, from the time she gets up, until she goes to bed, she dances everywhere. Soon she will be dancing in her first competition and was very excited.

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Dr Earth's Emergency Callout

Doctor Earth and his team have recieved an emergency callout, as there is a major problem with our planet. Not only on the outside, but inside too.

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Cartoon Dreams !!!

Ali love to sleep and dream, oh how he loved to dream. One night he dreamed, an unbeliveable dream and it changed his life and his family's forever.

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Grandad's Garden

Grandad's garden was his pride and joy. Every day he was in his garden caring for it, until the moles came and then the war began and what a war it was.

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Spirit of Christmas

Stella often wondered why so many people were alone at Christmas. She asked her Grandad what they could do to help this Christmas.He asked what was her idea.

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Maddie's Magic Brush

This is Maddie's second adventure and is all about her Magic Brush and all the good she does with it. A great story with an important message for us all.

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The Grey girl

The only true friend Julia had was Barney. Now to the rest of us, he looked like any other dog, but Barney was so much more. He really was one of a kind.

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My Soldier Dad

Mum told me that dad had PTSD, i didn't know what that was, but before i go to bed tonight, I will know. All I know was, my dad hadn't been my dad lately

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The Robots are Coming

Theo said, " yes, I am the leader of Earth." The Robot replied, "we have come to over your planet." Theo laughed, these Robots are daft, he thought.

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Scoobie's Adventures

The "prof" told Scoobie, if everyone did their job, tonight they will be eating some wonderful food, I mean what could go wrong? Well just about everything.

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Flying Train

The Flying Train arrived in Mumbai station and soon a crowd surrounded Roxanne. "Oh my, I am famous", she said. Nanny giggled and said, " erm not quite."

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Theo's Dinosaur Adventure

Theo sat down and wondered if he could trust this dinosaur. I mean he looked friendly enough, but how could you tell? He pinched myself, nope this was not a dream.

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Anja's Magical Unicorn

"Why are you at the bus stop waiting for a bus?" Asked Anja. "That's easy, my hooves are killing me and I want to ride on the bus," replied the Unicorn. Anja nearly fell over.

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Nanny

Nanny not long ago, left her home in England and began an amazing journey to travel to the magical land where her grandchildren lived. This is her story.

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Hannah and the Wolves

Hannah went for a walk in the woods, she knew her mum and dad loved her dearly, but today had been a very tough day at school and she needed to have a walk.

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Nanny and Roxanne go Skiing

Nanny and Roxanne had been working hard on the farm, so decided they would love a skiing holiday, but of course nothing was straight forward with these two.

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Time Machine Car

"Jo, you are not going to believe this, but I was sitting in dad's old car in the garage in England and then I wished I was with you and bang I am here with you."

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Doctor Earth

Doctor Earth had a number of assistants, but his favourite, was Doctor Stein, he was an old fashioned doctor, but he worked well with Doctor Earth.

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Year on the Farm

He loved Nanny and Roxanne so much and being on the farm was so much fun, as it was always full of laughter. There were always things to do.

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Roxanne

As you will find out very quickly in this story, Roxanne is no ordinary cow. She is very different to any cow you might have known before.

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Baby's Adventure

Little Peter looked at Baby, he thought to himself, how can you say no to an elephant like Baby, he giggled as he also thought, London will never be the same again.

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Return of the Silver Rebels

Before Katie could even finish her sentence, her Grandad and all the other Silver rebels, stopped eating breakfast and rushed out the door.

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Roxanne and Nanny on Holiday

As they were drinking coffee in the kitchen of the farm, they both decided they needed a holiday. Roxanne jumped up and said "oh yes that means shopping."

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Bullying

When I was a little pup, I was bullied badly. I told my mum and she was very proud of me telling her, she said it's so important you tell someone.

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George's Train Adventure

George's grandfather had been an engine on steam, diesel trains and had taken him all over England, but today they are going to France to see loads of trains.

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Scoobie and Willow in Scotland

Scoobie stood there shivering in the rain and turned to Willow and said "tell me again why we convinced our owners to come to Scotland."

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Grandad's Memory

My mum and dad discovered recently my Grandad has dementia and was losing part of his memory. So i decided I was going to help him, any way I can.

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World Without Books

When Grace woke up today, she could not believe this was day, when all books were banned in the world. She had hidden so many books, as she loves books.

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Pug and Daisy

"Oh, great Pug, do you know what time it is?. It's lunch time, couldn't you have really not waited until after lunch?" Pug thought for a moment and then replied "Erm, no!!!"

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Newfangled Gadgets

This is Ann, Ann is visually impaired and this is her story about using technology, to help her unlock things, she thought she had lost forever.

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Peter and the Cloud People

It was a very hot summer day and little Peter and his best friend Betty, were sitting in his garden, when Betty said, "do you think people live in the clouds?"

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Lou-Lou's Flying Adventure

This is the first story I ever wrote, it's about a very special baby called Lou-Lou. She has grown into a lovely little girl and brings joy to everyone.

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Anja's Adventures by the Sea

Anja liked nothing more than walking her dog "Silverfox", on the beach, especially on a sunny day like today. Today was going to be a day she will never forget.

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Chef Alberto

Chef Alberto runs a small family restaurant in San Gimignano in Italy and he has run the restaurant for 10 years. Recently he has not had many customers.

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Never Alone

Storm had been a happy cub-pup, until two weeks ago. His mum was a fox and his dad was a boxer and here laid the problem for Storm.

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The Lonely Man

He truly was a lnely man, that was until last September, when Josh and Daisy moved in next door, with their mum and dad. That was the day his life changed.

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Return of the Robots

Roxanne was really angry, the robots have just landed in a field she had just ploughed and what's more they had interupted her coffee break.

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The Iron Curtain

"Grandad, you used to live behind the Iron Curtain in the 70's, do you think you could help me with my college assignment?" Asked Theo, "yes of course," said Grandad.

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I Really Hate Carrots

Bouncer really hated carrots and I mean really hated them, people just kept trying to give him carrots. Bouncer however, really did love bananas.

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Gurkeep Comes to Stay

Gurkeep had been Nanny's and Roxanne's guide in India and before leaving told him that he had to visit them in England. Here is Gurkeep's story.

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Moving Home

Kenji was having to move his family and his home, did he want to move, no, but he really had no choice. because humans were destryoing where he lived. .

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Jack

Jack the resue cat, was very much his own person, but he was good to his new owners, he allowed them to live with him. Sometimes he allowed them to stroke him.

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Crazy Neighbour

Ron was known as the crazy neighbour by everybody, he kept an eye on everyone and complained about everything. He never smiled and was always grumpy.

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Ralphie

Ralphie was bored at home, so he decided to go holiday, in fact to the seaside, to have an adventure, he just had to find a way of escaping.

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Busy Bees

We all know how busy bees are in our gardens, but do you know there are also bees who are not busy, they just lie about in the sun all day.

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AI

Aliens had landed on Earth, will AI defend us, or will they join the Aliens, that was the question and nobody really knew what they will do.

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Lou-Lou Super-Hero

A couple were on a plane enjoying their flight to Spain, when suddenly the woman said, "David there is a young girl on the plane wing."

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Cuppa Stop

It's the smallest things, which can make the biggest difference. Putting a smile on a person's face is priceless. Why not give it a try.

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Roxanne in Lockdown

You may have been wondering what Roxanne has been doing during lockdown, well she has been helping Nanny on the farm as usual.

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Stella - Garden Queen

Stella loved nature and enjoyed every second she was outside, especially in her garden, but she was very worried about climate change.

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P.D. Billie (Retired)

Billie had been sad for a while, ut now he is happy again, as he has been retrained as a service and emotional dog, because of his background.

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