Robert Mayfield: 5 books

The crew of the flying castle like to fly off and help anyone with a problem. Usually the idea for a story line comes from something I have come across in the news or in ordinary day life.The Human Cannonball was written in 2005, after seeing the photograph of a human cannonball being shot...

Outline of the stories:Grandma and the Flying Castle;The question that lies behind this story is where would anyone go if they were really given the chance? Perhaps we don’t always know what we want. The trouble is not even Grandma Molly knows where she really wants to go, but the flying...

Outline of the stories:Sarah’s Pumpkin;This story was inspired on seeing a large pumpkin in a shop window during Halloween in the small street round the corner from the town hall. This is the first appearance of Dan Roberts. Legend has it that he haunts the town hall as a benevolent ghost...

On bright sunny afternoons Beauty the unicorn likes to take Rosalinda for a ride in St Leonard’s Forest. Then one day they meet the pixies in a beautiful hidden valley deep in the heart of the forest. The pixies warn Rosalinda that the monstrous green dragon is hunting for Beauty, her unicorn.In...

The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction is a collection of the best biographical sketches from several volumes in SR Books' popular Human Tradition in America Series. Compiled by Series Editor Charles W. Calhoun, this book brings American history to life by illuminating...