Toys at Night, a new book released by Cowes based not-for-profit publisher Goldfishbooks UK, will be sent across the war-torn country, complete with translation inserts.

The book, illustrated by Anya Lauchlan, will also be sold to raise funds for Mountbatten.

Toys at Night features 13 stories by award-winning author Faye R. DesPres, themed around the stories toys would tell if they could talk.

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The book is the second collaboration between the author and artist following 2023’s Soul to Soul: Tiny Stories of Hope and Resilience.

The book is available at Medina Bookshop, Chivertons, Pocket Full of Pebbles and The Cigar Box.

Anya and her husband Peter have recently moved to the Island to be nearer family and friends, and re-establish Goldfishbooks UK.