about the books
The Prince Who Lost His Pants
The Prince Who Lost His Pants is a comic, urban fairytale that is funny on the surface but which deals with important themes such as gossip culture and how this can get out of control and cause harm to innocent people if targets of defamation are not given a right to reply and to seek their rights. Given that it is a book for children, the topic is dealt with in a light hearted way.
The book has a great deal of allegory and symbolism for the more discerning reader under the surface layer of comedy. It looks at corruption, crime and the need for integrity and good leadership to protect people from injustice and abuse.
All of this is done is a light hearted way given that it is a book aimed at children, albeit older children.
Given the nature of the themes in the book, it may also appeal to some adults.
Body Fascist Britain
This is a comedy story for children but can be enjoyed by adults who have a childlike sense of humour. It is a parody of body shamers but it carries a serious message about the effects of body shaming on young people especially young women and girls.
I Found Out How Babies Are Made!
It is March 1982 and Danita Khan is ten years old. Her parents have separated and she is living in social housing with her mother who is struggling financially after spending money on sending Danita to private school for two years.
Sarita Khan is protective of Danita, her only child, so Danita is not allowed out with her friends but has to stay at home with her mother when she is not at school.
An only child with no siblings for company, Danita is often bored. She finds solace in reading books and talking to her poster of Simon Le Bon and to God! Danita dreams of the day when life will get better, when life will be fun.
In her final year of primary school, Dani is struggling to come to terms with upcoming secondary transfer when she has to leave the safe, cosy atmosphere of primary school to go to “big school.” She is struggling to cope with the effects of puberty and finding out the facts of life when two other children tell her in the school playground how babies are made!
Just a few years ago, Danita Khan lived in a world that was exciting, a world of fantasy and fairy tales, a world where there was Santa, fairies, an Easter bunny and a stork who brought babies from God!
Glory Days
A coming of age tale about five young friends at university, Glory Days is both humorous and poignant.