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Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and – for one boy and his sister – he’s about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It’s time to make some PIRATE STEW. Marvellously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, doughnut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly? Or to live high in the tree tops? Or perhaps you’ve wondered what birds do when no one is looking? Birds have some of the most extraordinary – and peculiar – behaviours on the planet. Ravens love PLAYING games. In winter, they sledge down snow-covered rooftops on their bellies, getting faster and faster. Partridges are SNEAKY and know just how to trick hungry foxes. And honeyguides are HELPFUL. They help humans to find the sweetest treat in the forest – honey. These are just some of the incredible stories you’ll read in this book.
Grown an extra head and don’t know why? You need the Space Detectives! Connor and Ethan are bamboozled when Starville, the space station where they live, is overrun with cosmic chaos! Boys have two heads, dogs have three tails and even aliens who normally have six arms are growing extra ones! What is going on? Can Connor and Ethan get to the bottom of this intergalactic mystery?
There was a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to have been built with 30 classrooms all next to each other in a row. Instead it was built with the classrooms all on top of each other. That may be why all kinds of strange stuff happens, especially on the 13th floor.
Nut isn’t like the other Vikings; he doesn’t climb hills or swim icy lakes. But he does have one great passion – Nut loves to bake cakes! So when Viking Sports’ Day comes round Nut isn’t excited at all – you can’t put sprinkles on a shot put. What will he do instead?! Told in effortless verse, ‘The Viking Who Liked Icing’ is a quirky and original take on realising happiness comes to those who just are themselves.
Tilda’s world is just as she likes it – until one day, it turns completely upside down! All of a sudden, everything is topsy-turvy, and nothing feels right. Things that were once easy now seem incredibly challenging. Can Tilda discover a new way to approach her problems and believe in herself? Bold, bright and empowering, this is an inspiring story about coping with difficult situations. It’s the ideal book for helping children to build resilience and embrace a ‘can do’ approach to life. The perfect springboard for conversations about mental and emotional health, positive self-image, building self-confidence and managing feelings.
Welcome back to a new year at Wayside School – where things are as strange and eccentric as ever. There are twenty-nine kids in Mrs Jewls’s class on the thirtieth floor, and this book is about all of them: there is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a magic dog; Paul, whose life is saved by Leslie’s pigtails; Ron, who dares to try the cafeteria’s mushroom surprise; and all the others who help turn each day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky and hilarious characters.
All the kids at Wayside had to spend 243 days at horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of an infestation of cows! Now they’re back and the fun begins on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared liver in purple sauce, and it is pet day on the 30th floor and there is a substitute teacher.
It’s a new year at Wayside School, and Mrs Jewls’s class on the thirtieth floor has a LOT to deal with. First of all, they must prepare to face The Ultimate Test, which involves a fiendishly difficult Spelling Bee, upside-down singing and blindfolded smelling. Meanwhile the paperclips are triple-locked in a safe so no one can access them, Miss Mush is threatening to serve rainbow stew for lunch – and a CLOUD OF DOOM is gathering over the school. It can only mean one thing: the kids at Wayside School are in for their strangest year yet!
Harry – known as Harry the Hulk to his friends, because he is freakishly tall for an 11-year-old – is desperate for a dog. His mum has said if he can earn 500 Puppy Points then he’s allowed to get one. And today she has offered him 50 points if he takes Gran to the Caught Short Awards, where she has won the Lifetime Achievement Award for services to Loo Roll. All Harry has to do is take her for a haircut and then to the ceremony. It should be easy! It should be a piece of cake. But what Harry doesn’t know is that Gran has her own agenda in mind, and after a stop at the supermarket for some toffees (the sweet she is BANNED from having!) things go very wrong indeed!
Rumble, rumble, dinosaur! Wake up dinos near and far. Join the fun with a whole host of different dinosaurs throughout the course of one exciting day in the jungle – from the friendly brontosaurus to swooping pterodactyls, the gigantic stegosaurus, and of course the fearsome T. Rex. Add to that a text to read aloud to the tune of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’, and you have the perfect preschool combination!
The Kingdom of Wondermere is all aflutter. For the first time ever, the mermaid queen of the Outer Ocean is coming to visit. What an honour! Everyone must be on their best behaviour and wear theor most elegant clothes to greet Queen Jeen. Yes, even you, Princess Grace. And it goes without saying that there will be no rule-breaking whatsoever. Nothing must put the royal visit at risk. Not even one teeny-tiny little baby dragon called Dennis.
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