Books about old Birmingham, Birmingham nostalgia, old Coventry, Coventry nostalgia, Birmingham UK, Birmingham remembered, Birmingham the war years, Childrens books, nonsense verse, childrens humour,
For children from 9 - 90, these books present a fabulous collection of malfunctioning and thoroughly nonsensical characters. Let me take you into a new world of fun and mayhem - as you enjoy the humour of Alton Douglas, and marvel at the illustrations of Clive Hardy
THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Here is a slideshow featuring some of the characters in the book.
For the second book they introduced a few new characters and also brought back some of the original cast!
WARNING: This page contains animation
Alton's publisher suggested that he ask one of the characters to pick a favourite item from each book, but I said "I have a better idea. I will do it myself - I am about as malfunctioning and thoroughly nonsensical as you can get!" Please click on the star below to see my choice.
To purchase either of these books (or even both if you are feeling brave!) - then please click on any of the covers above to access the order form.
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Of course - Alton is the Midlands best selling local author - so please click on any of the covers below to return to the Home Page, where you can browse the complete range of his LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS.
