MY BOOKS

 

TALES THROUGH THE CAT DOOR

by Belinda O'Keefe

Cover by Lisa Allen

A sequel to Journey Through the Cat Door! 

Enzo, the opinionated Russian blue ‘cat agent’ is back with a new adventure through the portal...

Enzo is mortified to discover a new addition to his home in Chestnut Lane – a trumped-up kitten called Pawsha, who seems to be the new family favourite. On top of that, the ‘Cupboard Monster’ (vacuum cleaner) has been replaced with an upgraded model – without a tail!

To make matters worse, it turns out that Pawsha is the newest recruit for the PAWS agency. Enzo is forced to partner with her to stop a new villain, evil artist Winston Winklepicker, whose plan is to hunt down exotic animal tails for his latest artwork.

The reluctant duo travel through the portal to a chaotic shopping mall, but there are only so many places a cat can hide in public! They encounter a moving staircase, frozen humans, angry security guards, a frazzled shopper and a toddler with an explosive nappy as they attempt to stop the villain and save the animals’ tails, including their own.

Featuring fellow agents Naomi (the golden-eyed parkour expert), Theo (the flat-faced Persian with attitude), and Brandy (Enzo’s neighbour, a lazy Manx), who all have a special part to play in bringing the villain to justice.

 

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!

(ME I MŌHIO KOE KI TŌ WAIMARIETANGA!)

by Belinda O'Keefe

Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird

When Izzy moans about unloading the dishwasher, Great-uncle Arthur says, 'You don't know how lucky you are!' He's always done something worse – like hand-washing stacks of dishes, or dodging arrows in a battle. 

Do you know someone like Great-uncle Arthur? Do you know how lucky you are? 

Translated into te reo Māori by Te Ama-Rere-Tai Rangihuna, this wild and wacky tale promises to bond generations, giving its readers as much fun as the characters it features.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE CAT DOOR

by Belinda O'Keefe

Illustrated by Monica Koster

Enzo the Russian blue gets the fright of his life when he is pushed through his new cat door. Instead of emerging out into his back yard, he finds himself in a strange forest, confronted by an angry bear.

He soon learns that the cat door is a portal to other countries, and he becomes caught up in a mission to defeat the evil villain Professor Olga Stone, a wicked master chef who is capturing endangered animals from all over the world to cook and serve to her customers.

This rollicking intermediate novel is perfect for anyone curious about exactly what their cat gets up to when it disappears through the cat door.

 

PARTNERS IN SLIME
by Belinda O'Keefe

 

The balls of gloop were like blinding meteorites soaring through the air, and a mystery ingredient in the homemade slime had made pet turtle Dave grow to the size of a St Bernard dog, with some serious magnetic attraction. Knives, forks and spoons were stuck to his shell!

Best mates Jake and Cooper are doing a roaring trade selling tubs of their homemade slime at school for a fundraiser, but when they add new ingredients to the recipe and their gloop begins to bubble, glow and grow, can they extract themselves from a very sticky situation?

 

 

THE DAY THE PLANTS FOUGHT BACK
by Belinda O'Keefe

Illustrated by Richard Hoit

An action-packed, hilarious story about two wild, rascally boys and the trouble they cause in the garden, until the plants decide to teach them a lesson ... because, as the boys discover, plants have eyes and ears too!

TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T
by Belinda O'Keefe

Take a group of weird kids, a creepy troll, a chainsaw and a prank involving a stink bomb and a ride-on lawn mower, and what do you get? Trouble with a capital T!

Jeremy and his friends spend most of their time climbing the enormous Sequoia tree at Blaketown Rugby Fields. But Drayton Bates, the school bully, has warned them about Old Troll Turner. The creepy groundskeeper paces up and down the fields watching them, and according to Drayton, she's a cannibal.

Is it true that children have mysteriously disappeared? They thought it was just a rumour, until a surprise encounter involving a chainsaw has them running for their lives!

The trouble began when they became addicted to Bionic Blaze trading cards. They're so close to collecting the whole set in the hope that they'll win tickets to the best show of all time, but will Drayton Bates stand in their way?