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Esio Trot
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl – the world`s NUMBER ONE storyteller. High up in a tall building lives Mr Hoppy all alone. Downstairs lives Mrs Silver. Mr Hoppy loves her. And Mrs Silver loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her
The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes
With over 250 nursery rhymes, including both well-known favourites and hidden gems, this collection has something for every child. Beautiful illustrated by Raymond Briggs, the much-loved creator of the Snowman, this revised edition of a famous classic first won the Kate Greenaway in 1966 and is now available again for a whole new generation.
Fantastic Mr Fox
“A true genius…Roald Dahl is my hero”. (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller – Roald Dahl! Bold and exciting and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fat. Bunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him
See You in the Cosmos
`I haven`t read anything that has moved me this much since Wonder` Jennifer NivenAn astonishingly moving middle-grade debut about a space-obsessed boy`s quest for family and home. All eleven-year old Alex wants is to launch his iPod into space. With a series of audio recordings, he will show other lifeforms out in the cosmos what
The Enormous Crocodile
The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch. This foul fiend – the greediest croc in the whole river – wants to eat something juicy and delicious. His teeth sparkle like knives in the sun and he`s getting hungrier and hungrier. But what can the greedy grumptious brute guzzle up? Beware –
The Magic Finger
“A true genius…Roald Dahl is my hero.” (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognizable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it`s made her
The Twits
“A true genius…Roald Dahl is my hero.” (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a
The Witches
Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. The Witches by Roald Dahl is the story of a detestable breed of Witches. Beware. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting
The Very Hungry Caterpillar`s ABC
Learn your abc with The Very Hungry Caterpillar…Explore the amazing animal alphabet with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this delightful board book. Featuring Eric Carle`s bright, distinctive artwork and lots of favourite animals, big and small.
The Book with No Pictures
You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except …here`s how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say …BLORK. Or BLUURF. And even if the words include things like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and MY HEAD IS MADE
Riverkeep
Fifteen-year-old Wulliam is dreading taking up his family`s mantle of Riverkeep, tending the river and fishing corpses from its treacherous waters. But then everything changes. One night his father is possessed by a dark spirit, and Wull hears that a cure lurks deep within the great sea-beast known as the mormorach. He realizes he must
Brendon Chase
Three brothers run away from home to live like Robin Hood and his merry men, deep in the forest of Brendon Chase. They make their camp in an ancient oak tree and live like outlaws, loving the dangers and excitements of their wild surroundings. Their aim is never to be caught – but how can
Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes
If you like poisonings, betrayals, mutilations, murders and flesh-eating farmyard animals, keep reading…In this gripping follow-up to Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods, demigod Percy Jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original Greek heroes in all their gory, bloodthirsty glory. Want to know who cut off Medusa`s head? Which hero was raised by
Girl Online: On Tour
The sequel to the number-one bestseller Girl Online. Penny`s bags are packed …When Noah invites Penny on his European music tour, she can`t wait to spend time with her rock-god-tastic boyfriend. But, between Noah`s jam-packed schedule, less-than-welcoming bandmates and threatening messages from jealous fans, Penny wonders whether she`s really cut out for life on tour.
Edie
Hello! My name is Edie. I am EVER so helpful. In fact I think helping is one of the things i am best at. Edie certainly is a very good helper, whether it`s helping Mummy wake up bright and early, helping Daddy to get everything at the shops or helping her little brother with sharing
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator together in a single bumper volume with phizz-whizzing new Roald Dahl branding! In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mr Willy Wonka opened the gates of his amazing factory to Charlie Bucket, our hero, and four repulsive children. They are Augustus Gloop (greedy), Veruca
Matilda
Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. Matilda Wormwood`s father thinks she`s a little scab. Matilda`s mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda`s headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she`s the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories
CAN a machine really do the job of a writer? HOW would you take exact revenge on a cruel tabloid journalist? WHY does no one emerge from the house of an eccentric landlady? THIRTEEN UNEXPECTED TALES WITH SHOCKING AND UNSETTLING TWISTS AT EVERY TURN.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
WHAT if you stumbled upon a boy who could talk to animals? WHY is a hitchhiker both a saviour and a threat? HOW can a man see without using his eyes? SEVEN EXTRAORDINARY TALES OF MAGIC, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE.
Skin and Other Stories
HOW would you dispose of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? WHERE would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? WHAT if you discovered the tattoo on your back was worth a million dollars? ELEVEN TALES FILLED WITH INTRIGUE AND SUSPENSE TO STARTLE AND SPELLBIND YOU. ROALD DAHL: THE WORLD`S
