Bøger i The Ickles serien

Spellbinding short stories that capture the imaginationDo you like stories that sweep you along with the plot, breathlessly wondering how things will turn out? Then you will love The Ickles!Their stories include action, drama, sci-fi themes, comedy, fantasy and pure imagination. They also promote positive values of encouragement, hope and empowerment.The Ickles are members of a far-flung family of rugged individuals, all with their own incredible stories to tell. They live in a parallel universe with nice straight edges. Their world is pretty much like our own. Messed up, but much more magical and exciting. They experience some extraordinary adventures, get themselves into all sorts of trouble, but always come out OK.Imagine if your name tells us everything about you. That's how we recognize The Ickles in their own Ickle world. In many ways the Ickles are just like us. They laugh, they cry, they have adventures and disappointments. They discover new things about themselves that surprise and delight them. The Ickles is a collection of 20 short stories with a cast of Ickle characters sure to entertain, educate and amaze you with their crazy antics and unbelievable experiences.You'll meet Artickle who becomes famous for his accidental works of art. There is Astronomickle who almost discovers a new star cluster; Clerickle who dreams of life as a ballet dancer; Comickle, the saddest clown on earth; Astronautickle with zero gravity experiments in space; and Topickle, who only packed a pair of board shorts and open sandals for a vacation at the North Pole!The Ickles 2nd Helping is a collection of 20 short stories with a new cast of Ickle characters to join your favorites from Book 1.Author A J Eccles' vivid writing style is a mixture of Roald Dahl meets Rod Serling. He combines fantasy, sci-fi. and adventure in some wildly imaginative stories sure to entertain young readers.

The Ickles® return in their first full-length novel."We are Ickles. A proud, and independent people."We just didn't know we were such tiny little beings."To us we seemed normal size."Until the day we came face to face with our greatest challenge."How would you feel if your world was suddenly overrun by giants five times taller than you and your friends? "How would you react if you and your neighbors were driven out of your homes and had to watch your town being turned into a theme park for the giants?"This was the situation facing Mac, a ten-year-old boy, as a rift in the fabric of space and time brought together two worlds of very different sizes.The invading giants were not monsters, not aliens, but normal-looking people just like the Ickles themselves. Only much, much larger.For the briefest moment in time, the tiny world of the Ickles and the larger world of humans overlapped, in a small bubble of physical space.Our hero, Mac, has an amazing adventure in both worlds and manages to help his fellow Ickles return home after the humans are pushed back to their own parallel universe.This is author A. J. Eccles first full-length novel featuring The Ickles®. His other books are collections of short stories with themes ranging from adventure to sci-fi to humor and fantasy. His writing style has been described as a combination of Roald Dahl meets Rod Serling. Suitable for young people of all ages.