Bucks the Palace Cat - The 'Pictures by You' edition: A story for YOU to illustrate

A children's story and art activity book.

The story
Bucks lives at a big Palace called Buckingham Palace. If you’ve heard of it you’ll probably realise that he shares his home with Her Majesty The Queen. It seems like any ordinary day, well, as ordinary as a day at The Palace can be. But just as Bucks considers curling up for a snooze, things suddenly get horribly hairy! Can Bucks save the blushes of the Queen’s Guard? … Can Bucks save the Queen?

The activity
Specially designed for young, creative minds this Pictures by You edition of Bucks the Palace Cat is a story book and activity book in one. As the adventure unfolds, children are invited to draw upon their own imagination to bring the story to life. By using the empty frames inside they can create their own illustrations and make a picture book unique to them.

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Extract from Bucks the Palace Cat

Jones looked at Bucks.
Bucks looked at Jones.
Bucks looked at Jones again.
Then blinked …
Once … Twice …
This couldn’t be right.
Were his eyes deceiving him?

Then suddenly the shock became
just too much to bear.
His eyes widened like saucers.
His body launched into the air.

From a calm, composed, cool cat burst
a spiky ball of fur,
fizzing like a ‘cat’herine wheel,
a hairy, black explosion!
For there in line, looking back …

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Who might like this book? …

This story and art activity book is for children who love to draw and paint. It would make a fun, creative art and crafts project, equally suitable for boys and girls.

The rhyming story bounces along with accessible but stimulating language. Gentle humour with a happy ending guaranteed : )

Whether this book might be intended as a birthday present, a Christmas stocking filler or something to do in the school holidays or on a long journey, hopefully the recipient will enjoy making it their very own, giving them something to treasure.

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Pictures by You books aim to make reading even more fun. I hope this one will give pleasure to readers and artists. If so, other books available now in the series are Two Little Mice and the Moon Adventure, Jackson the Dog & the Missing Masterpieces and The Winter Tree. Please look out for more in the near future. You’ll find all my available books and latest news on my Amazon author page (by clicking on Stuart James at the top of this page).