April 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the April 2025 newsletter from Stella and Rose's Books. The aim of our newsletter is to keep you informed of new information, articles and books available on our website.
We've enjoyed some lovely warm weather here in the UK over the last few weeks. It seems to have encouraged an early emergence of the Bluebells in the local woods adding a beautiful splash of colour on the morning dog walk! Our photo this month (thanks Alison!) is of the Bluebells in Cadora woods just a few miles up the Wye Valley near Redbrook.
We've all have been working hard to add notes about book contents on to books on the website. This can be especially useful if you remember a particular story from a book - but not the title. For instance, if you search for 'Rupert and the Rugger Match' using the search box at the top of the site, you'll get results for the 1972 and 2013 Rupert Annuals that contain this story. We are also trying to list chapters in books. If you search for 'Locarno Honeymoon' you'll find 'The Royal Air Force: An Encyclopedia...' which contains a chapter on this subject. This is obviously a work in progress - but if you remember a particular story or subject, it's worth searching for it.
Our article this month takes a look at the notorious M25 motorway that encircles London. Lisa looks at the history of this landmark as well as her personal experience of having to drive it on a regular basis. And our featured book is The Silver Tide by Michael Tod. This first book in the Woodstock Saga is based around the introduction of the Grey Squirrel to the UK and the effect it has had on the native Red Squirrel population. Enjoy!
This Is The Road To Hell - Or Is It? The M25 contributed by Lisa
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Everyone in the UK has heard of the M25 Motorway and a vast majority of people have travelled on it at some time in their lives. I have the pleasure (or misfortune) of travelling on it at least a couple of times a month to visit family in Kent. To make this journey from Tintern in Monmouthshire, where I am lucky to live, I take the M4 and then join the M25 at junction 15 near Heathrow Airport... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| The Topper Book 1975 No author listed. | The Sword of St Cyprian and Other Stories written by Needham, Violet | An Autumn In Wales (1856) written by Rodenberg, Julius & Linnard, William | The Autocourse History of The Grand Prix Car 1966-1985 written by Nye, Doug |
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| Price: £14.00 | Price: £54.00 | Price: £12.00 | Price: £34.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ANNUALS | Categorised in CHILDRENS | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES | Categorised in TRANSPORT CARS MOTOR SPORT |
| VW Camper - The Inside Story written by Eccles, David | The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995 written by Gunston, Bill | The Story of The Order of St. John In The Principality of Wales Volume Two written by Parry, C.J. | The Art of Walt Disney written by Disney, Walt & Finch, Christopher |
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| Price: £12.00 | Price: £42.00 | Price: £45.00 | Price: £54.00 |
| Categorised in TRANSPORT CARS CAMPING VOLKSWAGEN | Categorised in TRANSPORT AVIATION AIRCRAFT AIR FORCE RUSSIA ENCYCLOPEDIA | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES HISTORY | Categorised in CHILDRENS DISNEY REFERENCE |
The Silver Tide by Michael Tod contributed by Alison
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The Silver Tide is an enchanting story by author Michael Tod. Published in 1993 it is the first book of the Woodstock Saga about the introduction of the grey squirrel into the UK native red squirrel population and the impact this had. I have a soft spot for animal stories, particularly those like Duncton Wood by William Horwood and Watership Down by Richard Adams, where the animals are portrayed acting like animals. I am less keen on the stories where the animals act like humans – wearing waistcoats, jackets and smoking pipes for example. This book falls into the former category and Tod offers us a fully developed, imagined world in his book. For example, the red squirrels have a folklore that they live by, which is remembered by bits of squirrel wisdom called ‘Kernal’s’. Each kernal works as an arrangement of sounds, five, then seven, then five... Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| The Adventures of Tintin Reporter For Le Petit Vingtieme In The Land of The Soviets written by Herge, | Old Testament Miniatures written by Cockerell, Sydney & Plummer, John | Ladybirds (NN 81) written by Majerus, Michael E.N. | Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia written by Clarke, Charles |
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| 1st thus 1989 Large format. Beige cloth covers with pictorial onlay to front cover and blue and red title to front as well. B/w illustrations. Limited edition of 500 copies. This is copy no. 283. Spine bumped at top and tail. Some light foxing to rear cover. Light page browning to endpapers and page edges else contents fine. With rare bookmark enclosed. Price: £420.00 | Circa 1970 A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings From The Creation to The Story of David. Reproduced from the Illuminated Book belonging to The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, with additional leaves from the collections of The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and Dr. Peter and Irene Ludwig, Aachen. Introduction and Legends by Sydney C. Cockerell... Price: £130.00 | 1st 1994 New Naturalist No. 81. 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 369 pages including index. Top & tail of spine very lightly bumped from shelf wear else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright and clean. Price: £320.00 | 1st 2001 Carnivorous pitcher plants in their natural environment. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. x and 326 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a superb copy, looks unread! Price: £180.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on books illustrated by Arthur Rackham in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code RACK25 at the checkout to apply your discount before payment. Valid to 8th May 2025. Browse current stock in this offer. |
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