WELCOME TO GABRIEL'S WORLD
The Adventures of Gabriel began on a FaceTime call between a boy and his mum. It became an Amazon number one bestseller, a way of writing that won back children who had given up on it, and a world that children want to build inside.
One question. One hour. Nothing corrected. Complete trust. That is where it starts.
A world built on Friday evenings, one hour at a time.
Three adventure books imagined by a boy, for other boys and girls. To read aloud together from six, and alone from eight.
Gabriel was ten. He had one hour a week on a FaceTime call with his mum, and a cuddly toy platypus called Platy. He told the stories. She wrote them down. Those calls became Coral Cove, a seaside village where a platypus talks, a three-legged cat guards a secret portal and the sea monster is not quite what he seems. Coral Cove became three books.
$38.97 $27 for all three books, posted together. You save $11.97.
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Three books, one world
The stories get bigger with every book, and so does Gabriel.
Book One
The Adventures of Gabriel
Where the adventure begins.
In the seaside village of Coral Cove, Gabriel and Platy battle Tentaculus, a ginormous two-headed sea monster. They break out of an invisible cage, sail through a storm to a forgotten island and travel the world on the back of a blue whale.
Six short adventures, each one just right for a bedtime. There are riddles to solve along the way. Can you work them out before Gabriel does?
For ages 6 to 12.
Book Two
The Shadow of Zuff
Platy can talk now. And he has a LOT to say.
Deep in the caves under Coral Cove, Gabriel and Platy find the skeleton of a dodo and a secret message from Gabriel’s great-grandfather. So begins a race across five continents, with sea otters in Alaska, a warrior panda called Sensei Bao and the dragons of Bhutan.
Professor Zuff is close behind, in his orange coat. Can a boy and a platypus bring the dodo back before he stops them?
One long adventure in 27 chapters.
For ages 8 to 12
Book Three
The Thunderbolt of Hindustan
“Find the girl. Set her free.”
A mysterious message appears in Boathouse Number 7, written in Urdu and English. Platy has to rush to Australia, so this time Gabriel has a new companion: Jack, a three-legged cat with no tail and no fear.
Jack leads Gabriel through a secret portal to Shimla, in the Himalayan foothills, where he joins a hidden training camp. Then they cross the border into Pakistan to reach the ancient city of Taxila, where a girl called Asha is trapped inside a painting.
For ages 6 to 12.
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MEET THE CHARACTERS
The World Gabriel Built.
Every character in these books exists because Gabriel imagined them. Each one brings something different to the adventures of Coral Cove.
Platy
The courageous platypus
Gabriel’s favourite cuddly toy became the loyal sidekick who crosses oceans. He may feel afraid, but he goes anyway.
Captain Ali
The leader who listens
Captain Ali listens before she speaks and waits for the real answer. At the end of every book, she invites children to become the heroes of their own stories.
Jack
The three-legged guardian cat
Three legs, no tail and complete confidence. Jack travels through hidden portals, mountain passes and ancient cities while quietly guarding secrets of his own..
Tentaculus
The fear
Tentaculus is not simply a villain. It represents the fear every child must name and face before the story can truly become their own.
What readers say.
A truly remarkable and unique book which has engaged my 8 year old and inspired him to start writing his own book. The puzzles add an extra element to the book, which when read at bedtime to younger children allow for discussion and guesses. The illustrations are beautiful.
I read this book with my eight year old daughter. We both loved Gabriel and Plattys adventures which were fun and exciting. A really uplifting book with fun, fantastic adventures and beautiful illustrations.
I have in my hands this beautiful book created by a 10 year old, a mum and a granddad. Children will love interacting with the stories and can use them as a springboard for their own adventures.
$38.97 $27 for all three books, posted together. You save $11.97.
Imagined by a child, for children
Children recognise these stories, because one of them made them up.
Every Friday at seven o’clock, Gabriel told a story and his mum, Kate, wrote it down with a pen in her hand. She did not correct him. Afterwards they shaped the stories and grew them together.
That is why the monsters have two heads, the cat has three legs and the platypus wants to talk about snacks. These are the things a ten-year-old boy finds exciting, funny and frightening, written the way he told them.
“The only superpower you need is your imagination.”
The Adventures of Gabriel is what trust produced.
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In the press
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The complete trilogy
All three books:
$38.97 $27
Each book is $12.99 on its own, so three would be $38.97. Together they are $27. That’s $9 a book, and you save $11.97.
What you get
The Adventures of Gabriel
Six short adventures. A great place to start.
The Shadow of Zuff
One long adventure in 27 chapters, across five continents.
The Thunderbolt of Hindustan
A mystery, a secret training camp and a daring rescue.
Three paperbacks, posted together to your door.
Perfect for
Children who love adventure, animals, riddles and a bit of magic
Reading aloud together, then reading alone
A birthday or Christmas present
Imagined by a child, for children
The Coral Cove Starter Kit
Meet Gabriel and Platy before you buy. The Starter Kit is free and includes The Adventures of Gabriel colouring book to print at home, with short story ideas by email twice a week.
The adventure is only beginning.
Book Three ends with the start of the next adventure, and Gabriel is already telling it.
Coming soon...
The Coral Cove Decision Book
Platy and the Puggle Squad
Visit the Coral Cove Shop for single books, the My StoryQuest Adventure Journal and the Colouring Book.
PROOF AND EVIDENCE
PROOF AND EVIDENCE
When nearly 500 children entered the world Gabriel built, they didn't just read it. They wanted to build their own.
Across nine UK primary schools in Bradford and Gloucestershire, children were given the same conditions Gabriel had: full permission, a scribes, and a world that showed them what their imagination could become.
What happened was evaluated using rigorous qualitative research methodology in social science. Not because we expected extraordinary results. Because the results were extraordinary and they needed to be documented properly.
"Even the kids who don't like writing didn't want to leave." Tom Hirst, Head of English, Dixons Manningham Primary Academy, BBC News
Childern Find Voice
“I didn’t know I had so many stories inside me until I was allowed to let them out.”
Creativity Without Fear
“I could write anything I wanted, and it wouldn’t be wrong.”
Freedom From Life Challenges
"I felt like I could free my mind to help with hard times."
Engagement Without Pressure
465 children. Nine UK schools. 100% engagement. Zero behavioural incidents.
Book Kate to speak
Build a world together, and trust follows.
Your people are being asked to trust each other across distance, across generations and through constant change. Most have never been shown how.
Kate Markland has. For a time she had one hour a week with her son Gabriel, on a FaceTime call. They could have spent it on everything that was wrong. They spent it building a world. She asked one question, wrote down everything he said and corrected nothing. That world became three books.
In her keynote, Create the World You Want, Kate shows your audience how trust is really built, and gives them a way to begin the same evening.
For leadership, education and family audiences.
Membership continues with:
A personalised PlatyPress for your child
Letters to My Son for you
Monthly live sessions with Kate
The Story Gallery
The 8 Rooms self-leadership
The A2A clinical framework
The Coral Cove family community
Start with 30 days to experience what StoryQuest can become inside your family.
A personalised PlatyPress for your child
Letters to My Son for you
Monthly live sessions with Kate
The Story Gallery
The 8 Rooms self-leadership
The A2A clinical framework
The Coral Cove family community
A personalised PlatyPress for your child
Letters to My Son for you
Monthly live sessions with Kate
The Story Gallery
The 8 Rooms self-leadership
The A2A clinical framework
The Coral Cove family community
STORYQUEST
StoryQuest gives children the freedom to imagine, speak and be heard without being corrected, guided or rushed. It begins with a story. But what families create together is something much bigger: connection.
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