Coming soon from Splendid Publications, the latest mousy adventure in our fabulous Underneath the Underground series - just in time for the festive season! When King Charles and Queen Camilla sneak off to Covent Garden in search of £5 Secret Santa gifts, they never imagine their festive outing will collide with a mouse-sized Christmas adventure beneath London’s Palladium.
As the Theatre Mice prepare their pantomime of Cinderella and hand-stitched gifts for friends, a lost white mouse named Snowball sparks a flurry of chaos—mistaken for a ghost, then kidnapped by a meddling cleaner. Cue the daring Special Mouse Services, a vintage London bus full of misplaced presents, and a butler who gets more than he bargained for. Brimming with laughter, mischief, and holiday magic, this is a heart-warming tale that proves even the tiniest heroes can bring the greatest cheer.
When Charles and Camilla arrive at Kew Gardens to open the wild strawberry patch, Harry the Hero Rat and his mouse friends sneak in for a picnic. But instead of just strawberries, they find something even more exciting—a rare 50p coin with the famous Kew Pagoda on it! What should they do? Sell it? Keep it? Bury it under the flowerbeds?
With Bert and Jean the Gardening Mice, Sir Roger Russell, Shoba, and Mo Low on the case, the animals form a committee (with plenty of arguing, of course!) and decide to auction the treasure for charity. But giving the money to Prince William for his homeless charity is easier said than done… especially with a brand-new pagoda to unveil and lots of royal eyes watching!
Finding Your Way is a series of six books from family psychologist and author, Kay Brophy. Each book examines one of the six core human emotions of Disgust, Happiness, Surprise, Fear, Sadness and Anger. The aim is to help young children learn to cope with their feelings, develop empathy and to navigate the challenges life throws at us all, even from a young age. Teachers and parents can use the books to help their youngsters not only build on their reading skills in the classroom and at home, but assist them in developing strong mental health and resilience.
There’s huge excitement at Buckingham Palace when King Charles and Queen Camilla receive a surprise invite from Princess Kate; to watch her and Prince William play Andy Murray and Heather Watson at a charity match on Wimbledon’s famous Centre Court! Meanwhile, Underneath the Underground, little Elly Archer is a mouse on a mission – to sneak over to Wimbledon for the Ladies’ Final without the adults finding out.
And Harry the Hero Rat has a secret plan too… he’s heard that juicy red strawberries are eaten there by the tonne, a perfect opportunity to gather up the leftovers and make strawberry jam for all the mice on the London Underground! But things go messily wrong when Kate and William discover Harry’s stash of strawberries… and Charles and Camilla find themselves serving for the match instead! But will they win…?!
Underneath the Underground by Anthea Turner and Wendy Turner is a collection of adventure stories about the busy mice communities which live underneath London’s bustling tube stations. The first adventure is The King’s Coronation and the Kohinoor Diamond…
It is two weeks before the King's Coronation and the British Asian Mice at Hounslow Underground Station are planning a fabulous party to celebrate. But disaster strikes when a huge glitter ball spins around and fails to shine! There's panic all round until clever mouse, Mo Low, has a fantastic idea - to take back the famous Kohinoor diamond from the Royal Crown and return it to the Indian community where it belongs! It's a daring plan and it could all go terribly wrong. But the mice know the Kohinoor diamond is perfect to light up their ballroom on the King's special day and they're determined to pull it off. The question is, will King Charles and Queen Camilla notice?!
