Welcome to notreallybooks!
We are a small publishing company set up in response to demand for some of John Harris's stories to be available in print.
So far we've published four books - all of them brilliantly illustrated in full colour by the award winning illustrator Tom Morgan-Jones.
Click on the links to the right for more information and reviews.
a bit different...... a bit special
notreallybooks combine John's experience as a Storyteller with his experience in writing for Theatre and Videos.
His style is a unique blend of the two crafts - so many reviews have said it's obvious he's a storyteller from the simple but effective style that draws the reader in to the story just the way he does when you hear him live. Reviewers of 'The Pearl in the Grass' have said it's ideal for reading aloud to children - and they love it!
All of our books are stories John's been telling and developing over many years, which means each of our books has been tried and tested in front of live audiences totalling thousands of children.
It also means that we know kids love our stories.
How many other publishers can make such claims?
And all our stories appeal equally to boys and girls. We think the idea of boys' stories and girls' stories is a myth created by the marketing departments of some publishers. A great story has universal appeal - if it didn't then John wouldn't make a living doing what he does!
Where to buy notreallybooks
The quickest way to get any of our books is to order them from Amazon. Amazon stock all our books and at the moment they have a special offers on 'The Pearl in the Grass', 'The Geat' and 'The Creature of Crete'.
Click on the links on the pages to the right to see our books on Amazon.
You can also go to any bookshop and order our titles and they should be with you in a few days - just tell them the title, the author and the publisher and they can find it on their system.
As a rule notreallybooks aren't stocked in your local bookshop for one simple reason: there are over 30000 children's books published every year in the UK and the biggest bookshop in Europe only has space for 20000 books altogether, so the books that are stocked by bookshops are a tiny proportion of those that are published. We are a small company and we can't begin to compete with the big publishers who have huge marketing budgets (to get your book in the windows of the big chain bookshops costs thousands of pounds) but we can compete against them with the quality of what we produce!
Schools / Libraries / Bookshops
Our books are detailed on Nielsen's PubWeb system and can be ordered from your usual wholesaler or supplier, including Waterstones.
Special terms are available for orders of multiple copies placed directly with us, however, so you might find it more economical to contact us directly.
For more information please email fran@notreallybooks.biz