At Tailored Hat Publishing, you will discover fun, magical chapter books for children and the young at heart to read.
'The Tooth Bearer' series weaves around the famous Cottingley fairy photographs of 1917 and asks, 'What happened to the fairies when the cameras stopped?'
'The Tooth Bearer tales' are set around the time of the photographs and feature an exciting mix of characters that are suddenly coming to terms with the attention of the world.
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A Cottingley Christmas - A Tooth Bearer Tale
Winner of 'The Golden Wizard Book Prize' award 2024.
At a time when the world was at its bleakest, magic still found a home within a child's heart.
Leaving Canada for England, a new life in Cottingley awaited Edna whilst her uncle fought in the trenches of World War I. But with the war over and her uncle lost, the home fires are still burning bright within Edna's heart. However, a letter from the war office tears down her protective veil and exposes a world of magic that she never knew existed.
As autumn turns to winter, Edna finds herself in the middle of a series of strange thefts that threaten to ruin the Christmas festivities, just when Cottingley needs to unite.
Will she solve the crimes and save Christmas, and just how are the tales of the fairies related?
A spellbinding story of friendship, love and loss, family ... and fairies.
Available in either paperback or eBook via Amazon, or order from your favourite bookstore.
Ages 9+
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The Tooth Bearer
Book one in the Tooth Bearer trilogy
Do you believe in fairies?
All Katelyn knew about the Tooth Fairy was that the tooth went under the pillow at night and would be replaced by a coin.
Then she met Tilly, and her life was never the same again.
Katelyn is a typical child who believes in Father Christmas, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny amongst others and in her eyes, the rules were simple especially when it came to the Tooth Fairy, but a chance encounter changes all that and she soon finds out that she holds a special power that can save the fairy realm but others seem to work against her.
Available in either a fully coloured, illustrated edition or a text-only version in paperback and eBook via Amazon, or order from your favourite bookstore.
Ages 6+
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The Tooth Bearer and the Masked Crown
Book two in The Tooth Bearer trilogy
Grown in glade by brook or tree.
Fairy rings just for thee.
Step within by moon’s first light.
To be taken against your might.
King Pontin of the fairy realm has been missing for years ever since he failed to prevent the Darkness of Disbelief from edging closer into his land.
As the consequences of past events emerge, the Tooth Bearer is forced to grit her teeth and fight tooth and nail to save those she loves. However, a new powerful adversary stands in her way, one who will stop at nothing to see their plan succeed.
Will the Tooth Bearer solve the riddle of why fairy rings are appearing all over our world, and will the Masked Crown be revealed?
Available in either paperback or eBook via Amazon, or order from your favourite bookstore.
Ages 6+
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The Tooth Bearer and the Darkness of Disbelief
A tale of Cottingley
Book three in The Tooth Bearer trilogy
They say a camera never lies.
When a child's game of photographing fairies in 1917 unleashed a magical entity known as the Darkness of Disbelief upon the fairy realm, no one knew what the consequences would be.
But now, as the lights go out and the people of the realm become forgotten, only Katelyn, the Tooth Bearer, possesses a slim chance to halt the evil entity. However, the Darkness of Disbelief has grown in power.
Can a child’s determination be enough?
The story you thought you knew didn’t end with the Cottingley photographs.
But it may end now…
Available in either paperback or eBook via Amazon, or order from your favourite bookstore.
Ages 6+
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Watch as Pippa Sevenpenny's 'The Mushroom Inn' comes to life as a drawing by David Howden and taken from 'The Tooth Bearer and the Darkness of Disbelief.'
Listen to David Howden read the first chapter of the second book in the trilogy, 'The Tooth Bearer and the Masked Crown.'