Category Archives: Travel Guides

Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Sharks!

Brilliantly funny new young series about the bravest scaredy-cat in the world.Sam Wu is NOT a scaredy-cat (except when he is). And when a shark TOTALLY tries to eat him at the local aquarium, he decides he`s not going to take any more chances. So at his friend`s birthday party at the beach, Sam refuses

Mr Men Winter Sports

Little Miss Somersault loves snow. She loves sledging, throwing snowballs and making snowmen, but most of all she loves skiing. So this year, Little Miss Somersault went on holiday to the mountains where she decided to hold a skiing competition. However, some of the Mr Men are not as good at skiing as Little Miss

Invisible Stanley

The hilarious and magical adventures of everyone`s favourite flat hero – Flat Stanley. With brilliant new illustrations by the award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph. Magical things always happen to Stanley Lambchop …Stanley is very surprised when a big storm hits – and he turns completely invisible! At first it`s brilliant – he can get on the

Stanley and the Magic Lamp

The magical and brilliantly funny adventures of everyone`s favourite flat boy – Flat Stanley. With wonderful new illustrations by the award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph. Magical things always happen to Stanley Lambchop. Stanley can`t believe it when he finds a genie inside a teapot. He can have anything he wants! But everyone else wants a turn

Flat Stanley

The magical and brilliantly funny adventures of everyone`s favourite flat boy – Flat Stanley. With wonderful new illustrations by the award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph. Stanley Lambchop was just an ordinary boy – until a noticeboard fell on him. Now he`s flat as a pancake! Being flat is fantastic – he can be rolled up, sent

I am David

`You must get away tonight,` the man had told him. David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe. He is utterly alone – who can he trust? What will await him? And all the while, how can he be sure that they won`t catch up with

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

The classic ghost story from Penelope Lively, one of the modern greats of British fiction for adults and children alike. James is fed up. His family has moved to a new cottage – with grounds that are great for excavations, and trees that are perfect for climbing – and stuff is happening. Stuff that is

The First Egg Hunt

An easter EGGS-travaganza from bestselling authors Adam and Charlotte Guillain with illustrations by rising star, Pippa Curnick. Poor Easter Chick works so hard to make Easter eggs for everyone, but the Easter Bunny always gets all the credit. It`s time for Chick to hatch a cunning plan . . . which accidentally turns into the

Between Tick and Tock

The second magical picture book from the author and illustrator of The Night Box.High above the bustle of the city, are eyes that watch, and hands that know, it`s time to pause the clock . . . and for one tiny second between tick and tock, the city stops!Liesel notices the things that everyone else

Peril in Paris

ALL ABOARD THE TRAIN TO PARIS!It`s 1911, and the young detectives of TAYLOR & ROSE are turning their talents to ESPIONAGE. On a case for the mysterious SECRET SERVICE BUREAU, the daring MISS SOPHIE TAYLOR and MISS LILIAN ROSE must leave London for the boulevards and grand hotels of Paris.But DANGER lurks beneath the bright

Sweep

An uplifting story about confronting big emotions from the author of The Night Box, stunningly illustrated by Julia Sarda.Ed`s bad mood begins as something really small, hardly a thing at all. But before long it grows, gathers pace, and spreads through the whole town.Can Ed sweep his troubles away? A wonderful bedtime story for children

Spies in St. Petersburg

With Sophie still missing in action after their explosive mission in Paris, Lil decides to take matters into her own hands. On a new mission for the Secret Service Bureau, can Lil find Sophie in misty, mysterious St Petersburg? Can they uncover the identity of their true enemy and can they trust anyone – even

Barry Loser and the Birthday Billions

The eighth book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER series. Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Dennis the Menace and Pamela Butchart`s Wigglesbottom Primary series.It`s Barry`s birthday and his mum and dad have bought him the amazekeel new gaming helmet

Amelia Fang and the Unicorn Lords

A GORGEOUSLY GOTHIC, WICKEDLY FUNNY NEW SERIES FROM WITCH WARS ILLUSTRATOR LAURA ELLEN ANDERSONAmelia Fang is the biggest hearted vampiress you`ll ever meet. In this adventure, she and her friends Florence the yeti (DON`T CALL HER BEAST), Grimaldi the Death and Prince Tangine (reformed spoiled sprout), along with her pet pumpkin Squashy, must brave the

Barry Loser: worst school trip ever!

The ninth book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER series. Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Dennis the Menace and Pamela Butchart`s Wigglesbottom Primary series.Barry`s class are off on a school trip to see a history of television exhibition, which

Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief

A brand new title in the bestselling gorgeously gothic and wickedly funny Amelia Fang series ‘“ perfect for readers of 7+Meet Amelia Fang! Everyone’™s favourite little vampire.Amelia and her friends are taking part in a competition to visit Pumpkin Paradise Park ‘“ the most bloodcurdingly brilliant theme park ever! All they have to do is

Star in the Jar

An enchanting bedtime story for toddlers, perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers` How To Catch a Star.Up high, in the dark, dark sky . . . a message: LOST, ONE SMALL STAR. When a little boy stumbles across a special star, he puts it in a jar and takes it on adventures. Together with his

Grandpa Christmas

Dearest little Mia, This Christmas, instead of a Christmas card ‘“ you’™ll have plenty of those ‘“ and instead of a present ‘“ you’™ll have plenty of those too, I am sending you a letter . . .Every Christmas Mia and her family read a letter which her Grandpa wrote to her. His letter is

Sky

`Driver`s prose takes flight in Huntress: Sky. Exhilarating, gripping and full of heart` Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars.The second book in a stunning new fantasy adventure trilogy, perfect for readers aged 9+ and fans of Philip Pullman, Piers Torday, Abi Elphinstone, Katherine Rundell and Frances Hardinge.Seek the scattered Storm-Opals

Monster

The GONE series may be over, but it`s not the end of the story . . . MICHAEL GRANT`S ACTION-PACKED AND MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW BOOK, SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE BESTSELLING GONE SERIES.When the dome came down, they thought it was the end of the troubles. Truth is, it was just the beginning.Shade Darby