Several Other Children's Books

oTHEr children's titles by paddy gillard Bentley

‘TRUTH’
BY RIGHT OF ARMS

It's not easy when you move from a big city to a house in the country. It's not easy for anyone. Branwyn found this out herself, when her folks decided that the country life would be good for all of them.

Branwyn's family belong to a very unusual organization...and it is this organization that got her into such a dilemma.

Have you ever been so wrapped up in something that you forgot, for even a moment, that it wasn't actually real? This happened to Branwyn too, and if it wasn't for the love and fast-thinking of her folks...she would probably still be lonely and without friends. The creative way that Branwyn's folks saved her day...not to mention her whole social life at school, was to be something none of the kid's in nasty Mrs. Sharnlock’s class, would ever forget...especially, Mrs. Sharnlock!

THE TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR POOP

Dave really likes Vivian. Vivian really likes Dave. Dave really likes children. Vivian really likes Dave, so she pretends she really likes children, and this is exactly how the problem started in the first place.

Dave brings his infant nephew Engelbert over to meet Vivian. Unfortunately, Dave gets called into work for an hour, so he leaves the baby with the unwilling Vivian. No one knows for sure if things would have turned out differently for Vivian, had she realized the plastic container held baby wipes, not little hand towels, but never in your wildest dreams can you imagine how much damage can occur from the simple act of changing a baby’s diaper. Simple of course, to those of us that have experience in that particular area.

Vivian, although she said she had, actually, had no experience changing diapers. What a mess!.

THE DANDY LION
© 1999 Paddy Gillard-Bentley

Written in the same meter as a timeless classic children's book,

a dandelion attempts to educate a gaggle of gardeners about the dangers of pesticides and the virtue of herb.

"Now look what you've done!"
Said the plant to the crowd.
"You've failed to see greatness!"
And he said it quite loud.
"We're wonderful medicine,
Yes it is true,
We're good for digestion
Rheumatism too!
And we're good for the liver
And edema!" he cried.
Which is when you hold far too much
Water inside.

ALEXANDRA
MEETS
THE OCTOPUS
©1989 by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Published by, The Educational Media Group (E.M.G)

Alexandra is a only a baby when she goes to the market with her dad. She understands very little of what he says to her, but she is amazed by the sights and sounds of the bustling place, safe in her snuggle. Unfortunately, Alexandra's curiosity is aroused by something dark and mysterious, lurking in a bucket. Little does she know, that
the dark lurking thing is as interested in her, as she is in it. Both of them become surprised when the come in contact with a creature that they had never touched before.

THE SOMEWHAT IFFY
&
MYSTERIOUS GOINGS ON
OF
CAFFA LADY
or
(The Adventures of a Modern-Day Faerie)

This tale began a very long time ago, when Wales was a country filled with mystery and magic. The lush green hills echoed with beautiful music performed by the enchanted dwellers of the woods. The creatures there, both great and small lived their lives in spite of mortal civilization moving ever closer by the day. As people migrated to the more remote areas of the countryside, they brought along their nasty dirty habits. As time progressed, they had the impertinence to force the inhabitants to move away from their beloved land, and then rip the land asunder, plundering it of its riches and beauty by mining it until it lay barren and ugly. It's not to say that the magic there has vanished, but now it is a rare and extraordinary thing to discover. You must seek out the areas of undisturbed territory. Fresh springs that spill down from the mountains that no man has plunged his hands into the cool waters to drink. Caves that travel deep into the mountainside; the entrance concealed by foliage. Hillocks that may appear to be only an ordinary hill, often have secret entrances for the creatures that live inside. There are still areas that contain magic, but none that have been laid to waste by mortal greed and a disregard for anything else. For you see creatures of the Old Earth Magic, can make themselves very scarce if they have no desire to be recognized by humans, and if truth be known, they usually don't.

This is the tale of how just when you believe there is no more magic in the word, you are proved wrong...and just when you think you know exactly who you are, you are proved wrong...for living in each of us, is wise and ancient magic waiting to awaken.

Kate discovers this magic when she chances upon a little cottage, in a lane where she frequently walks, where there has never been a little cottage before. Enchanted by the lovely garden in the front yard, she braves the odd place to take a closer look, runs right into the resident of that cottage...Caffa. From that day forward, everything in Catherine's life changes.

THE UNTIMELY APPEARANCE
OF
MAXIMUS FOEDITAS WARTY

     It could’ve been worse but not much. It was the first day of school and Jaden was going into the fourth grade. Yesterday, he had been looking forward to today. New teacher, new year and hopefully, with a little luck, no Sivart! Sivart was the class bully who had made most of grade three absolutely miserable for Jaden.
     Jaden woke up that morning, yawned and then remembered what day it was.
     "YOO HOO!!!   SCHOOL!!!"
Jaden jumped out of bed and raced to the washroom.
     Downstairs his mother smiled as she made his lunch, and whispered to herself, “Yoohoo! School! It’s been a long summer.”
     Jaden’s mum was just filling his water bottle, when she heard the panicked scream. She dropped the bottle and bolted up the stairs.
     “Jaden! Jaden are you all right?”
     “Nooooooooo!” came the anguished voice from behind the door.
     “Are you hurt?”
     “Noooooo,” he moaned.
     "What is it?”
     “I have a wart!”
     His mother sighed and thought, “A wart. It could’ve been much worse.” But not much.
     When Jaden finally allowed his mother to see the monstrosity that had situated itself on his leg, she thought to herself,
”OH MY WHAT A MONSTROUS WART!”
But she said instead, “Ah, that’s not so bad.”

     You see, this was no ordinary wart! Clinging to Jaden's leg was MAXIMUS FOEDITAS WARTY, as he would tell them later, Maxwart for short. Maxwart looks a bit like a goblin. He is about six inches from the point of his green hat, to the points on his odd-looking shoes, with very pallid skin, a pointy nose with enormous nostrils, eyes that protrude from his head and move independently of each other, brassy wild hair and a red beard.
     And there it is, it’s long arms and legs wrapped around Jaden’s leg, and his mother worried that nothing would be able to rid her son of this obnoxious growth.
     But Jaden's mother is very smart about things such as ugly warts...as Jaden will soon discover.

THERE AND BACK AGAIN...
TO SEE HOW FAR IT IS

Once upon a time...
I discovered there wasn’t any. Not that time itself did not exist, but it really all depends upon your concept of space-time continuum. Perhaps it is easier to understand if you imagine time in our reality as moving in a straight line; linear. We are born at the beginning of the line, live through the middle and we should cease to exist on this earth when the line ends.

What if the line was there long before we were born and continued long after our death? Were we alive long before our birth, and continue our journey after our last breath? What if the line suddenly became like a worm and part of it looped? Would you then follow the path of the line and move out of linear time? This concept could produce very interesting results if that meant you experienced things out of everyone else's time frame. You could perhaps have an adventure lasting two weeks and return to find out you have only been missed for ten minutes. Because there is a tiny gap where the loop begins and ends, if you chose to ignore it and travel the straight path, would you lose ten minutes of time?

This brings up some very fascinating ideas but I am getting way ahead of the story...a story which bravely goes on a search for truth, discovery and answers to some very puzzling questions. Purely a fantasy...Jamie goes to an alternate world with her Granny Tess, who is by our definition, a ghost, and learns some interesting philosophies regarding the theory of ... Reincarnation. She'll be back for supper though, just there and back again...to see how far it is.

THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF LIAM THE CURIOUS

CAN BE READ IN MORE DETAIL BY USING THE GOBLIN LINK PROVIDED BELOW.

THE TWILIGHT OF ENCHANTMENT CAN BE READ IN FULL

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