Published by: Beyond The Vale Publishing
Published date: August 2024
Our poor old Mole is out for this fifth adventure and his first full-length novel. Beautifully illustrated as ever by Josephine Frances Versfeld.
Shady Shelter is usually a quiet little town, but something big is about to happen there.
Mole has planned a great occasion with the help of his friends. It should be the biggest and best party that Shady Shelter would have ever seen. Things are not going to plan though.
Mole is determined that the party will be a success no matter what it takes. How will he cope when instead of eating the birthday cake, Mole finds himself buried in it? He has to ask the Mayor for a very special favour and how will he deal with Ms Cuckloo, the town’s very nosey cuckoo bird?
The party is for a very special guest, will Mole get everything ready in time?
Contains an English Language Guide especially designed to assist you with the rules of English grammar along with helpful practical examples and so much more!
About the author
Kim Schreuder-Horn is an experienced lawyer (admitted as an attorney of South Africa and solicitor of England and Wales). She is the proprietor and principal attorney of the law firm Schreuder Attorneys in Sandton, South Africa which she had established over 25 years ago and where she still practices as a lawyer today.
During 2004, Kim wrote about a wonderful and whimsical mole character, then filed (and totally forgot) about these stories until their recent re-discovery in 2020 during a routine office clean. Despite the lapse in time, and in between the serious business of lawyering, Kim has discovered, and rediscovered, her delight and joy for creative children’s book story-writing.
Her children’s stories involve the joy and delight of learning, discovery and re-discovery. They are focused on early development/ junior school development and learning for children between the ages of 0 and 8 years (her picture books) and between the ages of 9 and 13 years old (for this novel). Kim is a firm believer that no one is ever too old to learn, and she avidly advocates trying new things that make you learn, discover and re-discover. She hopes that the readers of her books and stories will take as much delight in reading them as she has had in writing them.
Kim’s books have also provided a wonderful opportunity for new and up-and-coming South African illustrators to showcase their wonderful talents.
Kim lives in Sandton, South Africa and is married with two teenage daughters.
This is Kim’s first novel following four picture books featuring the adventures of Mole.
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