Childrens story list. Enquiries from prospective publishers welcomed.
Featuring Hasty the 125 - modern alternatives to TTTE
(Age 2 to 5)
Hasty's Saturday
Hasty is bored and pretends to breakdown. He really does breakdown. Once repaired he saves the day for a party of school children heading to the seaside.
Hasty meets the Queen
The Royal Train breaks down and Hasty takes the Queen to York
Hasty gets tickled
Hasty hates wet days, the carriage washer tickles. Read about Hasty's wet day
Featuring Penguin Peggy
(Age 2 to 5)
Peggy's big mistake
At the dawn of time when the birds and animals are being created Peggy listens to a fish. A reason why penguins do not fly.
Peggy and the explorers
It is a cold snowy Tuesday and Peggy meets the explorers. She knows it is a Tuesday explorers always come on Tuesdays. A tale of the Antarctic.
Sultan's Christmas
(Age 6 - adult)
Sultan is an old diesel engine and due for retirement. He waits in a siding at Christmas waiting for some work. A special train movement is given to him and on a foggy Christmas Eve he heads down a branch line. He meets Santa and becomes a part of his magic present distribution chain.
This story helps to explain the mystery of how Santa can get all the presents delivered from just one sleigh.
Published as the Christmas fiction feature in January 2001 edition of Railway Magazine.
If you are a publisher of books or magazines and are interested in following up on any of these stories for potential publication please contact me at johnnew@johnrnew.demon.co.uk
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