Books published by Graffeg Limited

New in the "Nature Books" series, which explores our relationhip with some of Britain's best-loved creatures.

The Most Glorious Prospect reveals the historic gardens of Wales as experienced by contemporary travelers and tourists. Endlessly fascinating, intricately detailed, and delightfully humorous, it relates how the great gardens were first made accessible to the polite world before being opened up to a wider, middle-class audience. A bygone era of garden visiting is brought to life using travelers' diaries, letters, and experiences, as well as more than 200 photographs, watercolors, sketches, and maps.

Aside from Glasgow, there were a number of other tramways that served the west of Scotland. These included those that served the towns of Ayr and Kilmarnock, the north and south banks of the Clyde, Balloch, Greenock and Gourock. This book explores the history of these tramways.

At the peak of Britain's first-generation tramways, it was possible to travel by tram all the way from Pier Head at Liverpool to the Pennines in Rochdale by tram. Amongst the chain of tramways that formed these links were the services that operated in Bolton, St Helens, Wigan and the company lines controlled by South Lancashire Tramways. Each of these systems had a fascinating history but all were to suffer greatly as a result of lack of maintenance during and after World War I and from bus competition, with the result that only one - Bolton - survived into the post-World War II era. Locations featured include: Farnworth, Dunscar, Tonge, Horwich, Halliwell, Montserrat, Bury, Huyton, Prescot, Worsley and Leigh. The Lost Tramways series documents the tram networks which were at the heart of many of Britain's growing towns and cities from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. An informative, accessible and portable resource for the tram enthusiast as well as the general reader, and a superb souvenir or gift for visitors past and present.

In the second volume in the Lost Tramways series to feature Ireland, the history of the trams that served Dublin and its environs are recalled.

Meet Rita. She''s a little girl with very big ideas. When she doesn''t feel like getting dressed in the morning, she dreams up a Fairy Godmother to help her out. Rita''s Fairy Godmother would only have to twirl her wand - swoosh! - and things would happen. But who knows what things...

Celebrate this festive season with three brand new Mouse and Mole short stories by Joyce Dunbar and James Mayhew.SnowmoleMole wakes one morning to find the ground is covered in snow! Mouse and Mole decide to build their very own snowy friend - Snowmole - but Mole doesn't want to leave him alone so decides to keep him company all night long and wakes to find another snowy surprise.Lo and Behold!Mole is impatiently waiting for Christmas to come when Mouse presents Mole with a brilliant gift - an advent calendar! Mouse and Mole use the advent calendar to countdown to Christmas and complete all the festive chores that need to be done and before they know it...it's Christmas Eve!A Bump in the NightLate at night on Christmas Eve, Mouse and Mole are getting ready for bed, when they realise they've forgotten a few important tasks - putting the stockings by the chimney, leaving the mince pies and cherry brandy out for Father Christmas and sending their Christmas lists - but as they finish these jobs something goes BUMP! in the night...

As Fletcher looks up at the night sky, the stars flicker out, one by one. Soon, instead of a starry sparkle, there is... nothing! Fletcher sets out to help the stars shine again, but as he and Badger race through the winter woods, they find it''s not easy to reach the stars... and help can come from unexpected places.

Merlin won''t go out. Not without his best friend Hobbs. Join Merlin as he goes on an adventure to learn how to say ''Goodbye Hobbs''. A story of what it means to love and lose a friend, and to find reasons to go for a walk again.

In the cold wildnerness of the Himalayas, we meet Bugg, a mountain flea in search of a home. Bugg searches high and low for somewhere to call home, but nothing seems quite right until he meets Hugg, the yeti. Join Hugg ''n Bugg in this comical, illustrated, rhyming story of a mountain flea who is on the hunt for some shelter.

Rory is afraid of winter''s darkeness. So Rory makes a Winter Dragon of emerald green, with a crest of brilliant red. Each night the dragon comes alive to tell stories of knights and battles, of elf-kings and treasure-hoards ? and through his dreamtime adventures, Rory grows brave. But as spring approaches, the Winter Dragon dreams of...

Molly makes friends with a family of dolphins whilst out sailing with her dad, but one day Molly goes out sailing and gets stuck. Who will come to her rescue and save her and her little boat?

As the autumn season sets in, Fletcher is very worried - his beautiful tree has begun to lose all of its leaves. Whatever Fletcher attempts to do to save them, it''s simply no use. When the final leaf falls, Fletcher feels hopeless... until he returns the next day to a glorious sight.

Caretaker''s daughter Fili is sad to see her city neighbours hustle in and out, too busy to talk. But will feeling sad help - or is a bit more imagination needed? Fili gets to work creating a mysterious something that just might build little bridges between them all.

Flo and Mum are busy and Bird is talking to the ducks, which means Ebb is left on her own. So she sets off to find someone to play with. Suddenly, there''s a little cry ''Wah! Wah!'', it''s a baby seal. At last! A friend for Ebb! But the baby seal is a long way from home. It''s up to Ebb and the family to find the baby seal''s mother.