the hairy plug monster & friends - childrens books by HPM Media

The Hairy Plug Monster

Leighroy Marsh

Samuel Perry

Since its publication in 2009, The Hairy Plug Monster has been entertaining parents, teachers and children up and down the country. Written in easy flowing verse and brilliantly illustrated by Samuel Perry; The Hairy Plug Monster is quickly becoming a modern day children's favourite.

The story begins with a young girl called Maya, asking her dad about the noise that the bathwater makes when it goes down the plughole.  Her dad tells her that it is the Hairy Plug Monster who lives under the bath; who drinks the bathwater and eats bubble bath sandwiches.

That night when everyone else is asleep, Maya decides to go and find The Hairy Plug Monster and sneak downstairs to find something better to eat than a bubble bath sandwich. 

No 1 with Hairy Plug Monster  ebooks at Waterstones  - how good is that 

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funny and cute little story....   

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story time!!!!

Urmston Bookshop received several copies of the HPM just before Christmas and have invited me to give a reading on the 28th of January.  As it's the first one of the year I hope that some of you can come along to and listen to some old favourites. I am hoping that I will have another story all ready by then...

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No. 1 today in  Waterstones young childrens  ebooks   with  


'BE CAREFUL ETHEL'   


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www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leighroy+marsh/kim+eagle/be+careful+ethel+28ebook29/8744408/

then again,  it's worth  downloading - cute little picture book story for kids aged 3+ by Leighroy Marsh author/songwriter 
in verse  with great illustrations by Kim Eagle....  

synopsis 

The King and Queen went out one day for pizza and a dance,

So Grandma came to babysit all the way from France.

Read how Princess Ethel and her brothers, Prince Pierre and Prince Maurice weave their mischief around poor old Grandma. 

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for a sneaky peek!   

blog post update - by Leighroy Marsh : Author/Songwriter

 

With both feet firmly in 2012, I have decided to concentrate on trying to get a more permanent source of income to help get all these projects moving again.  

Jim sent me the final pictures for the first book over the weekend and I manages to get the book ready in time for Monday.   Unfortunately,  Kath didn't like our choice of characters and images which means that we are going to have to go back to the drawing board, literally. Even though it was a disappointment, it was unrealistic to expect to get it right on the first attempt.

The HPM on the other hand has enjoyed several stints at number 1 in the picture book charts and even Be Careful Ethel has managed to get to number 3.  The ebook market for younger readers is still in it's infancy even though ebooks themselves amount to 35% of sales.

Urmston Bookshop received several copies of the HPM just before Christmas and have invited me to give a reading on the 28th of January.  As it's the first one of the year I hope that some of you can come along to and listen to some old favourites. I am hoping that I will have another story all ready by then...

As you may have noticed, our old website  http://www.hairyplugmonster.com/ i  s sick at the moment and we are working on getting the new website up and running as soon as we can.  There are even rumours of a fab HPM game specially made for the website. (but I couldn't possibly comment at this stage.) plus a host of other exciting features.

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and dont for get to book a place for storytime at URMSTON BOOKSHOP suitable for aged 3 + 

back again soon....

ebooks from Waterstones

ebooks available from Waterstones  - 

get your copy's  today - you won't be disappointed 

written in verse  by Leighroy Marsh

amazing illustrations by Samuel Perry

Synopsis

In the quiet of the night, Maya creeps into the bathroom and makes a new friend. 'The Hairy Plug Monster'.

Join Maya and 'The Hairy Plug Monster' on their delightful adventure filled with bubble bath sandwiches and chocolate éclairs that answers the age old question, "Where does the bathwater go daddy?"

"The lyrical writing easily matches up to the likes of Julia Donaldson and the illustrations are just fantastic"

Rachel (Children's buyer - Waterstone's Bury)

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http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leighroy+marsh/samuel+perry/the+hairy+plug+monster+28ebook29/8737770/

one of my favorite childrens books... we love this! and so will your kids 

written in verse  by Leighroy Marsh
Retro illustrations by Kim Eagle 

Synopsis

The King and Queen went out one day for pizza and a dance,

So Grandma came to babysit all the way from France.

Read how Princess Ethel and her brothers, Prince Pierre and Prince Maurice weave their mischief around poor old Grandma.

visit the link 

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leighroy+marsh/kim+eagle/be+careful+ethel+28ebook29/8744408/

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BLOG UPDATE - FOR HPM MEDIA LTD

WEDNESDAY, 28 DECEMBER 2011

post from  leighroy Marsh..... 

WORTH A READ!

Darn, I forgot to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

I meant to do this earlier, but you know how it is - so little time, so many pies.  

Happy Christmas

Its been another pretty difficult year in establishing ourselves amongst the big boys of publishing although in the final week of the year Waterstones placed the HPM no.1 in the Ebook Picture Book Chartsand no.77 in the Ebook charts for children.  In the whole of the Ebook charts we are 902 out of 4739.  (so that's still in the top 20%.

I know this might not sound "whoop" at the moment but I am higher than Connan Doyle, Clive Barker and John Le Carre - ( and they have good PR.) Of course there is a chance that by the time you read this I may have slipped back into oblivion, in which case - take my word for it.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leighroy+marsh/samuel+perry/the+hairy+plug+monster+28ebook29/8737770/


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Jim sent me some more black and white images to experiment with over the holidays. At the moment I am still toying with the palette and colour scheme of the book - 

I never realised that colouring in a spaceman would prove to be so difficult.  Most of the good skin colours have been used already i.e. Smurfs, Simpsons, Toy Story, which left very little choice.

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Posted by Kul Cuthbert

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE....

A Blast from the Past - SLADE - uplifting spirits...

wishing you all a          Merry Christmas....  

and a very successful 

NEW YEAR for 2012

from the team at HPM MEDIA LTD.,

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Posted by Kul Cuthbert