Keith Hardy's books: June 2010

Tuesday 29 June 2010

New titles coming....

Have just updated an older story of mine called 'Mice Are Nice' and Carrie is going to update the cover for me before we list for publication.

In the last few days have also written a new story called 'James and Wendy Move House' and will have a think about illustrations next week.

Finally, the illustrations for 'Spider' are coming on nicely and, hopefully, we can get the story to the publisher in early July.

Sunday 20 June 2010

Carrie Chu's blog

Check out Carrie Chu's blog at http://inkkkei.blogspot.com/ - she's another talented artist keen to progress in the world of illustrations for children's books. She's happy to hear from any authors requiring her illustration services

Friday 18 June 2010

Illustrator for my books

Just met a very talented illustrator and author (and potential co-author), Adeline. Her work is very, very impressive and we hope to collaborate on a couple of projects going forward.

Check out her blog at: http://www.adelineko.blogspot.com/

Monday 14 June 2010

Sample pages new Combo book

Just got a couple of the pages from the artist for a new Combo book - the pilot for a series of ten. Love the pics, really bring the robot to life!

Tuesday 8 June 2010

These two books seem to be selling particularly well..

Tuesday 1 June 2010

Combo the Robot

Just about to start writing the next series of books about Combo, everybody's favourite robot - maybe ready for publication in a month or so; will update on progress again soon

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Quite a Day Out

Trapped

On a Junk trip heading for the coastal areas of the New Territories four children are happily playing around when they discover a small dinghy. Not content to stay close to their Junk, with their new found ‘toy’, they end up getting washed towards the shoreline, but towards some rocks and not the beach! By the time they try to correct their mistake, it’s too late and they end up in a hidden cave, cut off from the open sea and from their family on the Junk. When they discover a secret passageway, they also discover some surprising secrets. But most of all, can they discover a way out in time?

A Race Against Time

Hurrying back towards Shek-O after a day at one of Hong Kong’s best beaches, Big Wave Bay, four children are struggling with tiredness and their old bicycles. On the deserted road, a car nearly crashes into them but misses and leaves one of them lying in a ditch, with an ankle sore enough to stop her riding any further. There are no other cars or no taxis in sight, so someone has the idea to seek help from one of the big houses sitting high above the road – one of the houses presumably belonging to one of Hong Kong’s super rich persons. Yet, there’s a strange welcome and it becomes a race against time to help prevent a major incident

Mice Are Nice

When Jenny and Ronald agree to look after their friend's two white mice when he goes on holiday, they think it's best not to tell their mother. All is well until mother returns home with a mysterious cardboard box - containing her workmate's cat and which she's agreed to look after for a while. And when the mice go missing, the children have to tell their parents the whole story - and there's only one suspect... the smiling, black cat. A lovely story of adventure and intrigue - after all, 'Mice Are Nice', aren't they?

Weekend Getaway

Four children take a short weekend holiday to Lantau Island, an island about an hour from Hong Kong. One of the children is so engrossed in a book he recently purchased that he simply can’t put it down. Gradually, all four of the children become more and more aware of certain things that don’t quite seem right and there are mysterious happenings on their first night in their rented house.
A sequence of even more “spooky” events follows the next day and the children are left wondering whatever will happen next!

Treasure Trail and Canadian Adventure

Story 1 ‘Treasure Trail’ Adam and Emma’s family plan a weekend picnic at a restful beauty spot in the New Territories, an unspoilt area north of Hong Kong city. Their two friends go with them and it’s not long before the four children discover something unusual when playing hide and seek. When they tell their parents, it’s time to call for the Police.
Story 2 ‘Canadian Adventure’ Adam and Emma take a holiday to Toronto, Canada, to meet relatives they’ve never met before and hoping for a peaceful vacation. But the children are followed by several men in a strange car and soon their Uncle who is driving has to take evasive actions. Enter the Police and it looks like the children are in trouble.

Unexpected Thief

The school holidays are coming to an end and Adam and Emma have done just about everything they wanted to. A few days before they are due to go back, their mother returns home and tells them a famous Circus in is town – unfortunately, it’s too late to book seats for the Circus so they settle for a weekend trip to a Country Park with their family. Co-incidentally, it's their father's birthday that weekend and they invitetwo of their friends for a huge picnic.But things aren't always what they seem and the weekend ends up with an unexpected result.