Books published by 2QT Limited (Publishing)

Monty, Cookie and the spangles are back at the beach.When Cookie sees a splash in the water her newfydoof instinct to rescue takes over and she immediately heads out to help.What follows is an adventure that could turn out to be their biggest, and most difficult so far.

When Google was in the room, remarkable things happened. He motivated the unmotivated. He inspired those who didn't want to try to have a go. He gave confidence to the quiet, shy and lonely. He calmed the angry. For eight years Golden Retriever Google accompanied his best friend, Sandy Childs, when she worked in schools. Google's patient, gentle and loving nature proved an inspiration in helping children who were reluctant readers, writers and learners, many of whom had additional learning needs and emotional issues, to find joy in learning. Google's message was simple but powerful: I can read and so can you. Inspiring, educational and deeply moving, Google The Reading Dog demonstrates how the love of a dog can enhance a young person's motivation and confidence to learn. With contributions from educators and the students themselves, it illustrates the many ways in which Google contributed to lessons across the curriculum and provides guidance for other educators who might want to explore this unique teaching pathway.

A ghastly discovery near the village of Throttle ruins a tranquil family holiday and launches a major investigation for wily detectives Inspector Digger and Sergeant Spade. It should have been easy for them to explain the mystery but, as more body parts appear, they are soon dragged into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the owner and staff of a local chemical factory.Meanwhile, two of the factory workers have found new ways to earn a living after being made redundant, unaware that their exploits are going to bring them into an explosive confrontation…Life in Throttle is as eventful as ever. And as the nightshift begins, so do the shenanigans…This sequel to Colin Goodwin's much-lauded comic thriller, When In A Hole, heralds a welcome return forthe two popular - and incompetent - police officers. Will they get their man - before he gets them?

How could such a tiny scrap of a sparrow chick become so adventurous, brave and smart in such a short space of time? Where does her desire to do courageous and exciting things come from?Honey was born with a wander-lust that she inherited from her father, Furtive, dreaming of the excitement and fun that unexpected jaunts might bring her to. Louis, her cousin, doesn't often share her joy at being whisked away to some dangerous adventure, although he does agree to tag along.They meet all manner of strange creatures in their brave new world, where the line between fun and excitement, and danger can be a very fine one. Do they get to meet any of the characters that their fathers, Furtive and Fearless, told them stories about?Or does it all turn out to be less exciting and believable than Honey was led to believe?Only one way to find out…

Following his savage murder in a London vicarage, Reverend Ulysses Drummond embarks on an epic odyssey in the afterlife, wrestling with his conscience and misguidedly spurning the obvious advantages of a free ticket to Paradise.His ten-year-old son, Henry, is left to muddle through life, encountering school bullies, big-hearted benefactors and cold-blooded killers on his passage to adulthood.Will Henry find love, success and happiness in his life - or will he suffer the cruel and agonising death that was foretold? 'Funny, frightening and touching, this audacious combination of fantasy and real-world evil is a novel like no other. Make sure you don't miss it.'Karen Holmes, editor 2QT

Lemuel and Gabriel are identical twin great spotted woodpeckers whose early lives are not as settled and comfortable as they might be. Mammy and Pappy Pecker go their separate ways for various reasons, each taking one of their sons with them.Things seem to be going from bad to worse until Amy, a young tawny owl, steps in to help. What does she do and how does she do it to make lives better for the woodpeckers involved? You may well be entirely surprised at how things turn out in this wonderfully magical tale

The environment, and the health of Mother Earth, is threatened by the way humans have been living. With Fergs' special powers, help from the Eco Tyke clan and from humans, Mother Nature can start to make changes that need to happen.Give the Earth a gift, something to make it feel better. Stop filling it up with plastics, waste materials and other types of pollution. Recycle instead of sending things to landfill. Take more care. Make your own positive impact. Give the Earth a Hug!

If you feel you are pushing water uphill, going round in circles or perhaps going backwards, this book is for you.Just imagine a successful and fulfilled life where you step into your full power, where you not only perform to your best but also where your talents are truly appreciated and cherished.Imagine a world when you continually land on your feet, where opportunity lies around every corner and serendipity turns up at your door.To some, the thought of becoming the biggest and best version of themselves might fill them with dread. Why put your head above the parapet only for people to take a pot shot?Well just imagine that finding your Big Ü leads you to a place of freedom and unconditional love where others want to join you up on that parapet.

Morph can't see a problem with the mess at his place, but when he has a few friends move in and outstay their welcome will he realise that it's a good thing to be clean and tidy? Laced with poems, this story teaches children the importance of tidying up and how to take responsibility with the help of best friends Bobby & Morph.

Proving that fact is stranger than fiction, this book takes you along a teacher's fascinating and often hilarious journey from training-college days to leading a school. Packed full of incredible Teesside-teacher tales it will stir many memories of events from your early days in school - whether you loved or loathed them! This book is 'class' from beginning to end as it takes you on a roller-coaster ride to show you life behind the school gates.Foreword by Gary Pallister (MFC,MUFC & England)Bryan Cross qualifed at Middlesbrough Teacher Training College, Durham University in 1966 and taught at Frederick Nattrass Junior School Norton on Tees, Fens Primary School Hartlepool (as Deputy Head) before being appointed Head Teacher at Grange Primary School 1988-1997. Since retirement Bryan has tutored English and Maths (KS1- KS4) at the Kip McGrath Education Centre, marked English KS2 SAT papers and acted as a part time supply teacher in various schools.

A Seaside Adventure! Monty, Cookie and the spangles are off on their holidays to sunny Pembrokeshire and the beautiful beach at Poppit Sands.In a cave they meet a new friend, the Poppit Dragon, who is sad because she can't fly.Can Monty and the gang save the day? A funny, sometimes moving, and ultimately uplifting story for children.

The fog comes towards my mother's village early in the morning, a floating mass that moves towards the hillsand vanishes in the blue sky. Then we see a beautiful view of the Sigor Valley below, a vast plain of game country that stretches as far as the eyes can see…After leaving England with a double fi rst from Oxford University, Susan Robinson's father moved to Kenya to work for the colonial government. Her mother was Pokot, from a small village of grass-thatched houses on the African plains.As Susan and her siblings grow up in the knowledge that they are half-white, half-black, they struggle to establish their identities in a society that can be ruthlessly cruel to outsiders. Emotionally, intellectually and culturally they are torn between their mother's and their father's worlds. This is the story of their survival and their journey to freedom in the rapidly changing world of the 1960s.Caste in Half is also a hymn to the beauty and majesty of Kenya, conjuring up vivid images of the country's incredible landscape, flora and fauna. Written with great passion and a profound awareness of a way of life that has now passed into history, it is a memoir that will haunt you for a long time to come.

When Santa visits Monty's house, things don't quite go to plan. Cookie has managed to scare the reindeers away and they are nowhere to be seen. Children around the world are waiting, but who will pull the sleigh?It's going to take a massive effort to save Christmas... and time is running out. A magical festive story of friendship and overcoming the odds.

January 1974. In the dying days of General Franco's dictatorship Michael Giddings travels from a small town deep in rural England to Madrid to take up a post teaching English to the locals at a private language institute. He plans to stay for six months before going up to university in Oxford. His experiences with a colourful cast of characters as he adapts to his new life form an hilarious narrative: strange and eccentric pupils, flatmates and new acquaintances populate his story against the backdrop of a society on the brink of change -all set amid the varied landscapes of Spain.He discovers not only much about himself and his ability to survive alone but also about the adult world which he has now joined - a world where not everything can be taken at face value and complicated emotions and relationships intrude into his simple and naïve world picture.

A helicopter crashes in the dense rainforest of Mt Bosavi, Papua New Guinea. The survivors are children en route from Britain to begin new lives at the Transfer Hope Project, a government-approved 'Behavioural Intervention Centre' run by Australian philanthropists, Ethan and Lilian Cook. This story of their shared struggle for survival in the perilous beauty of the rainforest is underpinned by poignant glimpses of their Before. At times disturbing and horrifying, "Children of the Red Dot . Falling" exposes the breathtaking creativity, imagination, kindness and hope of these naïve, yet tenacious, girls.

Retired DCI Geoff Sutton now works as a civilian at Parton Constabulary. Life is quiet as he follows his usual routine ofgolf and watching his beloved Upper Parton RFC - but all that's about to change...Walking home one evening, Geoff sees a familiar van. When it's still there the next morning he decides to act - andwhat he and his colleagues find inside is beyond their worst nightmares.Geoff's experience is needed and he soon finds himself playing an integral part in an investigation that rocks the local force. A dead prostitute, a missing foster child, a senior police officer whose love affair makes her careless… Geoff and his colleagues reveal blackmail, murder and kidnap as they untangle a web of deceit and corruption.And Geoff is forced to ask himself: who can you really TRUST ?

A tiny black kitten, with a white tip to his tail and grey tips to his little ears, mysteriously appears in a cardboard box in the juniper bush outside the front door of the Warwick's home at Number 18 Mulberry Road. There is a note attached to the box, asking for someone to give him a home. Where did he come from, and why is he in a box outside this particular house owned by this particular family? This is a tale about the origin of David Warwick's pet cat, Juniper, and how he becomes so important to the family and to all the wildlife that visits its back garden. There is magic afoot when he meets and befriends a vixen cub in a magical forest over a rickety fence through Mr Grace's tumbling, jungly, back garden …

A thought provoking self-help book, packed with incisive, practical tips, to help avoid common pitfalls in life. It also touches on the bigger questions of what it means to be a human being in the world today. A rewarding manual both for young people passing into adulthood and for adults, who want to change their thinking... and improve their life.

A heart-warming story from the Bobby & Morph collection; teaching children about honesty, as well as forgiveness when things go wrong. Each story in the collection teaches children valuable morals; laced with poems and adventures from best friends Bobby & Morph.

We have within us the ability to transcend the illusion of life to create our own reality, one greater than we could ever think possible.Packed with meditations, visualisations and exercises, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone who wishes to develop theirspiritual growth and connect with higher guidance.You will learn:• How to connect with spirit guides• Angelic communication• How to work with nature spirits• Manifestation techniques• Using mantras for successAnd much, much more!The author takes you on a spiritual adventure as she recounts her own experiences in life's journey and draws upon everything she has learned along the way. This book offers methods and practical exercises to assist you in revealing your spiritual abilities.Tracey Howarth Tomlinson (BSc (Hons), PGDE) is an Angelic Usui Reiki Master teacher, Reiki and Seichem Master Teacher and complementary therapist with 20 years' experience.

A heart-warming story from the Bobby & Morph collection; helping children to understand the importance of being polite. Each story in the collection teaches children valuable morals; laced with poems and adventures from best friends Bobby & Morph.