I am excited for little children to get to enjoy this book. This he does as he becomes a therapy horse and becomes the feet for disabled children. However, he doesn't like to run! The wise, old mare in the pasture advises him to find his true purpose. This story is about a little, thoroughbred colt who was supposed to grow up to become a great racehorse. I don't like picture books where the horses have big buck teeth and oversized hooves. I had strong opinions about what I wanted the illustrations to look like. That is hard for a novelist like me that usually writes about 65,000 words! But I had fun working on it and working with an illustrator. The Industry Standard for a picture book is 30 pages and 1,000 words. 'PERCY - The Racehorse Who Didn't Like to Run' is my first-ever picture book for 3 to 7 year-olds. It makes all the hard work worth it when they write to me to say they love the books. That is great when the critics like my work, but it is even greater when my middle-grade and YA readers love it! It is so fun getting emails from them. 'The Stone of Wisdom' is the fourth and final book of 'The Centaur Chronicles.' This series, about a land filled with Centaurs, Ogres, Cyclops, and a tiny race called the Duende, has won numerous national and international literary awards. It actually takes a lot of work finalizing covers, getting professional reviews, setting up distribution, and on and on. A celebration of a master storyteller, beloved by fans around the world: 'The real deal: one gorgeous read' Stephen King 'This book will change your life.I have been very busy the last few months getting two new books ready for publication. Special Edition: a limited edition of 125 hand-numbered examples, bound in plum coloured book cloth, with copper foil blocking to the front.

Standard Hardback Edition: a dark green case binding with copper foil blocking to cover & spine, 90gsm cream paper stock, mulberry endpapers, with gold and copper and tail bands.

And a brilliant Catalan architect named Antoni Gaudi reluctantly agrees to cross the ocean to New York, a voyage that will determine the fate of an unfinished masterpiece. Available in the following editions: Paperback Edition: gloss laminate cover. A strange gentleman tempts Cervantes to write a book like no other, each page of which could prolong the life of the woman he loves. A labyrinth maker flees Constantinople to a plague ridden Barcelona, with plans for building a library impervious to the destruction of time. The echo of the novels of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series resonates in the stories of Carlos Ruiz Zafon: gathered here for the first time - and some never before published in English - these stories are a celebration of one of the world's great storytellers A boy decides to become a writer when he discovers that his creative gifts capture the attentions of an aloof young beauty who has stolen his heart.

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