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Introducing Benjamin James Huxley with his first book

Muffin And The Passage Of Time

Eleanor was five years old sitting cross-legged, her eyes wide open, watching a seaside puppet show, mesmerised by the many characters in the performance.

She did not know then how that early encounter with puppets on Weston Super Mare promenade would help her to understand the friends she would make seven years later, when she and her younger brother, Rigby have to uproot from their country cottage in the little village where they had been born and move across country to an old run-down spooky house that stands alone on a beautiful tree-lined street in London. 

Eleanor and Rigby find themselves catapulted into an adventure taking them and their new friends to places they could never have imagined, trusting in each other and being brave. 

This is the story of a small gang of children whose friendship, love and wonder carries them through the realms of time.

  • Peregrine from Muffin And The Passage Of Time. There are 12 full page watercolour illustrations by Jane Keay within the book, and one half page.

  • Zebbie from Muffin And The Passage Of Time © Benjamin James Huxley

    Zebbie from Muffin And The Passage Of Time. There are 36 pen and ink illustrations by Bianca Andres within the book.

  • Muffin the Mule reading Muffin And The Passage Of Time

    Muffin Reading His New Book

  • Peregrine on a pile of Muffin And The Passage Of Time

    Mr Peregrine Esquire

  • Hubert hiding behind Muffin And The Passage Of Time

    Hubert

  • Oswald sitting on Muffin And The Passage Of Time

    Oswald

  • Peter the Pup surprised by Muffin And The Passage Of Time

    Peter

  • Muffin

  • Paul Atterbury

    “This is a delightful book, beautifully produced with a classic style – fine typography, design and illustrations, generous margins, high quality paper and binding, all very attractive in this age of large scale and cost conscious mass production.
    It is also a classic children’s tale, full of adventure and surprises and with a magical cast of characters that easily span the puppet and human worlds. Meeting Muffin and his friends again is a real treat, both for those old enough to have known him in his ‘Watch with Mother’ prime, and for modern children to whom he may be new but for whom nostalgia and fantasy are familiar. At the same time plenty of modern references keep the nostalgia under control, to give the book a universal appeal in a world in which simple charm and innocence are increasingly rare.”

    Paul Atterbury is a writer, lecturer, curator, historian and broadcaster, best known for his 30 years of appearances on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow.

  • Ben Huxley Storyteller and Muffin the Mule Hogarth and Bussell Puppet

    Photo: Ben's first meeting with Muffin © Three And Six Book Publishing

  • More Reviews

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    “Muffin and The Passage of Time has been long awaited. Now the book has arrived, I can't put it down. Reality has ceased to exist while I immerse myself in the world of Muffin and his friends.”

    Sarah Clay

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    “From the first paragraph of Muffin And The Passage Of Time, the reader is welcomed into a beautiful world of family and friendship, of magic and wonder, and not once do you feel like you are intruding on this enchanting story.

    "Imagine if you can, the most tender of places to experience the world. Reading this book is like falling into a pocket of the most sumptuous velvet ... a place you never want to leave.”

    Penelope Taylor-Newton

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