Oliver and the Grot

About the author.Born in the UK following the second world war and experiencing the post war hardships along with many families. My memories of playing on bombed out buildings and growing in a world without mobile phones and the Internet are distant now. Somewhere and somehow I felt the presence of God. Never fully committed to finding out about the God that some adults mentioned. Eventually moved to Perth in Western Australia, where I am living today with my wife. We have four adult married children and fourteen grandchildren. I am an artist in the mediums of Oil and Acrylic. This has been my hobby since retiring from paid work. My wife and I are practicing Christians and I enjoy facilitating the Church services and events. Along with my wife we are fully committed to the word of God as written in the Bible from beginning to end.

For the very young, this book is for reading to kids from age five. For capable youngsters who will be reading it alone, the book is suitable for age six and above. The large illustrations identify the unique and unusual feature. Although intended for a juvenile readership, the characters portrayed are all in their upper teens.To classify this book as "easy-reading" does point out the general use of short words. Only an occasional difficult word, or a few having three syllables, may call for help from an adult. The story describes ordinary hardships attributable to work and certain unfriendly behavior on the part of the Grot. This is solved by a parody upon a well-known fairy tale, leading to a happy ending.This book is accompanied by an e-book version. When used under an operating system such as Windows 8, it provides ReadPlay for children. It is well suited to being read at Christmastime.