Barker, Fiona – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:21:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Barker, Fiona – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The Big Monster Bake https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-big-monster-bake/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=50356 The Big Monster Bake is a picture book with a sweet and inclusive approach to Halloween. It stars a pair of little monsters hoping to share a homemade cake with their neighbours on Monster Street.

]]> Come on down to MonsterStreet this howlingHallowe’en.
The houses look spooktacular, a truly splendid scene.

We’ve been busy cooking and we’ve made a monster bake.
I wonder, would our neighbours like a slice of tasty cake?

The Big Monster Bake is a picture book with a sweet and inclusive approach to Halloween. It stars a pair of little monsters hoping to share a homemade cake with their neighbours on Monster Street.

]]> Fox’s favourite autumn https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/foxs-favourite-autumn/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=35387 DEFINITELY cannot let that happen! Join Fox as he tries to do everything to stop Autumn from slipping by and eventually learns that each season has its magic.]]>  

Tuck into this wonderful picture book introduction to the changing of seasons. There’s nothing Fox loves more in the world than autumn. And he’s going to make it last as long as he can!  

As soon as Fox opened his door, he could tell.
“Autumn at last! There’s so much to do!”

Autumn is Fox’s favourite time of the year. He loves tasting blackberries, scrunching and collecting leaves!

But as the days pass, Autumn starts to reach its end. Winter is coming … and Fox DEFINITELY cannot let that happen!

Join Fox as he tries to do everything to stop Autumn from slipping by and eventually learns that each season has its magic.

  • A funny and quirky story about the changing seasons
  • Fabulous text by Fiona Barker, full of humour and heart
]]> I Definitely Don’t Like Winter https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/i-definitely-dont-like-winter/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=26556  

A brilliantly funny picture book about two best friends who just can’t agree!

Hank and Hoog are best friends – they do EVERYTHING together.

Until one morning, when a single, crisp, brown leaf falls to the ground…

Hank is so annoyed! Falling leaves mean winter is coming, and Hank definitely does not like winter. BRRRRRRR!

But Hoog is overjoyed! Hoog loves winter – the snow, the snuggles, all of it! AHHHHHHH!

Will these two friends learn to put their differences aside? You bet they will! They may not agree on winter, but there’s something they both definitely like: each other.

And there’s nothing more important than being best friends.

  • With a laugh-out-loud story bursting with personality and beautiful illustrations full of heart, I Definitely Don’t Like Winter is an instant picture book classic
  • The perfect read for winter, and all year round!
  • With themes of friendship, disagreement, compromise and honesty
]]> The Big Christmas Bake https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-big-christmas-bake/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-big-christmas-bake/ The BIG Christmas Bake is a funny, lively romp through the twelve days of Christmas, taking the elements of the popular carol, and weaving them cleverly into the ingredients for a Twelfth Night Cake.]]> The Big Christmas Bake  is a funny, lively romp through the twelve days of Christmas, taking the elements of the popular carol, and weaving them cleverly into the ingredients for a Twelfth Night Cake.

Starting with the partridge and its gift of dried fruit, this rhyming story includes all of the familiar characters from the song as they all contribute to the baking of the magnificent Twelfth Night cake.

  • A trio of french hens bring baking powder
  • Six geese bring eggs, and lots of feathers too
  • Ten lords help carry the cake into the oven ready to bake

At the end of the story, there is a recipe included to bake your own cake at home, giving this book the potential to be a favourite Christmas story as well as a resource to be used every year in introducing a twelfth night cake tradition to a family.

Characterfully illustrated by Pippa Curnick The Big Christmas Bake is a beautiful, lyrical, and gently humourous Christmas story for the whole family to enjoy.  

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