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Children’s Books by Ed Boxall – Stories, Poems & Illustrations

A selection of children’s books by author and illustrator Ed Boxall, filled with stories, poems, illustrations, wonder and magic – for children and anyone who loves a good story.

All books can be signed and personally dedicated, making a lovely gift for children. Just leave a message with your order.

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My Walk To School Friends

A special gift for children who love cats! This delightful, funny book follows a boy as he meets all the amazing cat-characters on his way to school.

£8.99

The Twilight Dragon

A warm-hearted story about a child finding comfort with a dragon made from sunset colours. The Twilight Dragon is full of wonder, beauty and feeling. An imaginative gift for dragon lovers and daydreamers everywhere.

£8.99

We The Wild Seas

We The Wild Seas is a treasure trove of sea-inspired poems and stories for both children and adults. Find dolphins, unicorn islands, giants, wild swimming and The Ruddy Useless Fisherman! It’s also a perfect gift for Hastings lovers as it’s full of references to my home town. 144 richly illustrated magical pages. A sister book to ‘We the Wild Ones’.

£8.99

The Castle of Um

By day, Lily builds a castle out of cardboard. By night, she builds a castle from dreams… A unique chapter story for children aged 7 to 9 ish. As well as being an exciting story, this book is based on real experiences and is a powerful tool for helping children navigate friendships with empathy, honesty, creativity, and humour

£8.99

Umpkin

Umpkin lived by a pumpkin, with her mum and dad in a garden on a clifftop. One day there was a terrible storm that blew Umpkin, and the pumpkin, far out at sea. Join Umpkin on a marvelous adventure as she finds her way home, seeing wonders, facing dangers, and making friends. A gloriously illustrated picture book for young children.

£8.99

We The Wild Ones

We The Wild Ones is a magical collection of stories, poems and art all about ‘The Wild’. The poems and stories are for 6 to 12 year olds and anyone who loves nature, magic and all things wild. 144 richly illustrated magical pages.

£8.99

Carried Away with the Carnival

A full colour picture book for 3 to 6 year olds. It is a joyous celebration of carnival, featuring a dramatic story set in a ‘world carnival’, full of Brazillian dancers, Chinese dragons, celtic mermaids and thunderous drums.

£7.99

Me and My Alien Friend Poetry and Wellbeing Pack!

Me and my Alien Friend is a reassuring collection of poems about friendship that has been highly praised for its empathy and was chosen for The Summer Reading Challenge when it was published in 2019. I have now written a wellbeing activity book to accompany the book, based on lots of activities I’ve run in schools over the years. So, Me and my Alien Friend now comes with a free, fabulous book of activities. 🙂

£9.00

Dragons’ Wood

A fabulous picture book for 3 to 6 year olds by Brian Moses, with my illustrations. Beautiful words combined with a spot-the-dragon adventure.

£7.99

Moonstruck

A wonderful anthology of poems about the moon, illustrated with my lino prints. Featured in The Guardian as one of their children’s books of the year.

£6.99

The Waggiest Tails

Poems written by dogs of all shapes and sizes! By Brian Moses and Roger Stevens, with my illustrations.

£5.99

The Rooftop Garden

A magical story about a lonely prince finding escape in his ‘rooftop garden’, which magically changes every night. Please note- this is one of my older stapled booklets. The price reflects the ‘lo fi’ production and slight rusting on the staples!

£3.00

Dolphins Keep Me Safe in Dreams

A little girl sails away from her nightmares with her cat and three friendly dolphins. A story-poem illustrated throughout in black and white. Please note- this is one of my older stapled booklets. The price reflects the ‘lo fi’ production and slight rusting on the staples!

£4.00

Some kind comments from readers…

“The story so touched me as sometimes I feel we all need that fantasy world to go to to get us through our everyday life full of complexities and decision making” Zoe, who enjoyed reading ‘The Rooftop Garden’ with her daughter.

“Your stories have a wonderful earthy quality, a gentleness and an almost spiritual sense of connection between people and places and the natural world” (Katriona Chapman, Children’s Illustrator)

“(the work) pirourettes through the innocence and optimism of the child’s imagination” (Hastings Observer)

“The books are very personal, dreamy and poetic, opening up a world we can’t see” Penny Dann, Illustrator, writing for Brighton Illustrators Group.

My books make great children’s gifts. They are a good choice as a thoughtful Christmas or birthday gift. They are particularly nice gifts for children who love nature, the sea, dragons or cats!

They seem particularly popular gifts for grandchildren!

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