New Release: The Adventures of Cecilia Spark (Ngaire Elder)

New Release: 
The Adventures of Cecilia Spark - Ngaire Elder - Children's (4-9) Illustrated Novel (2012)

About the Book

This is the story about a girl called Cecilia who is captured by a witch whilst she is bug hunting in her garden. The witch takes Cecilia to her witchwam in the Brimstone Forest and she is locked in a cage.
This is the start of Cecilia's enchanting adventure. As the story unravels we read about her encounter with the snapdragon plants, her entrapment in a dragon net and her meeting with the Troglosauruses.
Can Cecilia outwit her captor and find her way home? Get ready for the adventure of a life time and meet the mesmerizing characters and creatures from Brimstone Forest.
The story is beautifully illustrated throughout - creator Peter Maddocks. His illustrations capture the magic and charm of this spellbinding adventure.

This is the first book in the new series - The Adventures of Cecilia Spark.



About the Author

Ngaire Elder was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. She spent most of her childhood playing outside with her brother and her imaginary friends and feasting on her granny's home-cooking. After leaving school Ngaire went to college and university and embarked on a career in the health and safety sector.
She met her husband through her work and they have 4 children.
Now she spend her time looking after her family, taking care of their collection of animals (3 dogs, 1 cat, 2 horses, 2 pigs, 3 ferrets and 1 budgie), nurturing the kitchen garden, learning Spanish, speaking Spanish, reading and writing.

This is Ngaire Elder's first children's book and the first in the new series - The Adventures of Cecilia Spark.
Ngaire is currently working on Cecilia Spark's 2nd adventure, which is called The Adventures of Cecilia Spark - the Mystical Mountains of Terra