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  Episode 6: Bat Rider and the Lair of Hyou. 2010
 
  Story and pictures by Anthony Barton. Ebook

Matthew John’s school is threatened. He must summon his bat riders and brave the leopard of Kanji. A rip-roaring escapade!

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  Episode 5: Bat Rider and the Pit of Mormoops. 2010
 
  Story and pictures by Anthony Barton. Ebook

Matthew John and his friends must travel to the stars and brave the pit of Mormoops in a daring quest for peace. A thrilling ride!

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  Episode 4: Bat Rider and the Den of Baagh. 2010
 
  Story and pictures by Anthony Barton. Ebook

His best friend Bulmer is missing and Matthew John must fly a daring mission into the Lava Tubes of Boom to find him. A red-hot adventure!

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  Episode 3: Bat Rider and the Loony Moon. 2010
 
  Story and pictures by Anthony Barton. Ebook

Matthew John wants to be Wing Commander.
To save the planet of the Yumi trees, he must fly a dangerous
mission to the moon. A hair-raising adventure!

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  Episode 2: Bat Rider and the Back of Beyond. 2010
 
  Story and pictures by Anthony Barton. Ebook

The bat rider Matthew John wants to be Squadron Leader.
He volunteers to ride his bat into a raging storm on a rescue mission.
What awaits him in the Back of Beyond? Nail-biting thrills!

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  Episode 1: Bat Rider and the Cave of Oomba. 2010
 
  Story and pictures by Anthony Barton. Ebook

Matthew John wants to be a bat rider.
If he finds the cave where the bats live, will his dream come true?
Or will he meet Oomba the lion? Gripping suspense.

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  Horsy-hops. 2003
 
  Story and pictures by Anthony Barton. Music by Fergus O'Byrne. Breakwater Books.

Six beasts from Newfoundland lore come to visit. Each must be outwitted and befriended on their own terms before being invited to a birthday party to sing the Horsy-hops song.

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On the Structure of Didactic Tales. 1993
 
  Written by Anthony Barton with a forward by Alan Milton. Simon and Schuster.

Tales which shook the world. Understand the limitations under which the teller of teaching tales labors, and you may be able to examine in a new light the stories you were told in your youth and uncover some of the unspoken assumptions --- the secret messages --- which lay behind them. Thirteen tales which have had an effect on human society are described, together with their authors.

 
On the Methods of Famous Teachers. 1991
 
  Written by Anthony Barton with a forward by Edgar Z. Friedenberg. Simon and Schuster.

Sometimes a method devised by a teacher to fit the customs of a particular century and the beliefs of a certain society gives that teacher extraordinary power to stir hearts and minds and to bring about upheavals in human affairs. Study that method and you may learn what sort of person that teacher was, and what sort of society that teacher faced, and even how it was transformed.

 
Sponge, X and Y. 1979
 
  Written by Harry Barton. Cover and illustrations by Anthony Barton. Penguin Books.

Sponge, X and Y, the three fishy trouble-shooters, were ready to tackle any problem that came their way. But they hardly expected two problems at once and a hobgoblin with magic boots.

 
The 1930s Multi-Media Kit. 1969
 
  Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

A report written and compiled by David Stansfield and edited by Anthony Barton with the help of Gayle Hollins and Robin Collyer, with photographs by Pamela Harris.

 
Life and Breath. 1968
 
  Written and illustrated by Anthony Barton. Methuen.

How the living things on our planet learned to breathe. A brief history of the evolution of respiratory mechanisms.

 
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