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H.S. Toshack

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H. S. Toshack has lived and worked as an English teacher and educational consultant in the UK, the Caribbean, Africa, Thailand and the Middle East. He now lives and writes in Portugal.

His first three 'Paka Mdogo' stories are set in Africa, but they are coloured by his experience of people, animals and lives lived in all of those other places.

Second editions of the books (with some narrative revisions to make them an even more compelling read) are newly published on Amazon, together with a first edition of 'The Smile of the Tiger', set in Thailand.

"Sheena led me through all four books. It was as if she was telling her stories through me. That's why I've put her portrait on my Amazon profile page: she's my co-author.

"My favourite in the seri H. S. Toshack has lived and worked as an English teacher and educational consultant in the UK, the Caribbean, Africa, Thailand and the Middle East. He now lives and writes in Portugal.

His first three 'Paka Mdogo' stories are set in Africa, but they are coloured by his experience of people, animals and lives lived in all of those other places.

Second editions of the books (with some narrative revisions to make them an even more compelling read) are newly published on Amazon, together with a first edition of 'The Smile of the Tiger', set in Thailand.

"Sheena led me through all four books. It was as if she was telling her stories through me. That's why I've put her portrait on my Amazon profile page: she's my co-author.

"My favourite in the series? Probably the first one, 'Paka Mdogo – Little Cat', since it took me so fully back to Africa in my imagination; but I have to say that 'The Meerkat Wars' is the most important, since it explores in very dramatic fashion the issue of conflict, and offers young readers reassurance in our troubled times that divisiveness can be resisted and harmony achieved through listening, talking and honest thinking."

'The Smile of the Tiger' is dedicated to "all animals (and people) who are in places they do not want to be", and tells a rather different story from the African books; but the indomitable Sheena, with her ability to make friends and her skill in helping them, and her open and inquiring mind, is a constant.

The following is a link to a selection of reviews of the African stories, some by young readers: http://www.litworks.com/downloads/rev....

H.S. Toshack is also the principal author of 'The WordSmith Guides', designed to help senior secondary students prepare for external exams across a range of assessment systems. Here's link to a page of comments on the online editions of those resources: https://www.litworks.com/commendation....

The Shakespeare commentaries are now available in paperback: put H.S. Toshack in an Amazon Search Box.

The first three in a series of poems and photographs reflecting some of H.S. Toshack's travels (in Africa, Portugal and Thailand) - 'Poems and Places' - are newly published on Amazon.
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	The Meerkat Wars 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Cat (The Paka Mdogo #1) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gradual Elephant by H.S. Toshack (Goodreads Author), Mary Ann Nelson McAlister (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Unseen Commentaries: A Student Help Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Study Guide: An Othello Commentary 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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