New book stars a hover craft!

Sompting author Graham Lelliott is in print with his second children’s book Jack, Thomas and The Hovercraft (Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers, £8.99, ISBN 9781838755737).

Graham sets the scene: “Jack and Thomas were brothers who loved an adventure. A family day out found the boys experiencing something very different and very exciting – a ride on a big hovercraft. The boys would soon learn what a hovercraft is and how it works. But could such a machine really travel on bothlandandwaterand would it prove to be their best dayoutever?”

Graham, aged 45, who is currently working as a leakage technician for one of the UK’S largest water companies, said: “Having written my first children's book Jack, Thomas and The Miniature Railway, I wanted to continue the Jack and Thomas theme. Being based on family days out I decided to create something a little different, something that hasn't been done before to my knowledge and that is write a children's story including a big passenger hovercraft. Having been aware of the cross channel and Isle of Wight hovercraft I thought this would be an exciting subject. I was only fortunate to travel on the cross-channel craft twice although over the years I had travelled to the Isle of Wight countless times by hovercraft. Once my wife and I had two boys we introduced them to these fascinating machines, so much so that the boys absolutely love going on the hovercraft, especially when the tide goes out at Ryde and the craft travels over thesandybeach!soifeltitfitting to write about their experiences and putting it into a children's book so they learn what a hovercraft is, how it works, how it can travel over land and water and why it can travel very fast etc.”