Louise Francis: 5 books

Podgy Bear and Olga the magic honeybee celebrate their new friendship with a picnic, where they have fun feeding the ducks, squirrels, rabbits, swans and cygnets. On the way home Podgy witnesses a garage robbery and he meets the local police bear constable catchum who is going to help catch the robbers.

Podgy’s cousin comes to visit him, because she has a will of her own. Olga the magic honey bee helps to tame her ways by using special magic. Podgy goes fishing but he treads on a fishhook and Olga magic’s it better. Bertha has a barbecue, in her haste one or two things go wrong but it doesn’t stop them enjoying the afternoon.

Podgy is a lovable brown bear that lives in a cottage on the edge of Webberton wood. During a visit to the wood he meets a magic bee called Olga when she lands on his nose, whereupon they become friends. Because Olga had lost her family and friends in flight on the way to making a new home, she is invited...

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...

Providing fresh insights and understandings about educationally ‘successful’ minority ethnic pupils, this book examines the views, identities and educational experiences of those pupils who are undoubtedly ‘achieving’, but who tend to remain ignored within popular concerns about under-achievement. Combining...