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Lottie Brooks is 11 – and her life is already officially over. Not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she’s just discovered she’s too flat-chested to wear A BRA! She might as well give up now and go into hibernation with her hamsters Sir Barnaby Squeakington and Fuzzball the Third.
It’s Betsey’s birthday and she’s been looking forward to it for ages. But when it seems like everyone has forgotten she decides to make herself a birthday treat. But Betsey’s in for a big surprise and so are her family!
From the award-winning author of Noughts & Crosses, comes an adventure for 5-7 year olds. Perfect to read together or as first independent chapter books.Discover FOUR stories in one book. Have no fear, Betsey Biggalow is here! In this collection of stories, Betsey has lots of big ideas for her big adventures! Join her as:She puts on a magic show that doesn’t quite go to planBetsey learns the importance of believing in yourselfShe learns that practise makes perfectBetsey realises that some magic is real…This collection of mini adventures by the beloved Malorie Blackman is perfect to share, or for newly independent readers to read alone.”Perfect for young readers who are beginning to gain confidence in reading independently” – Book TrustAlso available in the Betsey Biggalow series: Betsey Biggalow Is Here!Betsey Biggalow The DetectiveBetsey’s Birthday SurpriseHurricane Betsey.
The Feelings Bookis a multi-sensory exploration of different emotions, through touch-and feel patches and expressive monster characters.
When ten-year-old Theo runs off from a school trip to London’s Natural History Museum and decides to pay his gran a surprise visit, he discovers the surprise is on him – his gran is on holiday and Theo finds himself alone in the big city with nowhere to turn. Enter Alistair Goodfellow, a mysterious, flamboyant young person with a charismatic twinkle in his eye. Alistair offers Theo a room at the Casablanca Lily – by day, a run-down and unloved hotel; by night, a palace of magical wonders. Each night, Alistair sends their found family of runaways and ne’er-do-wells, the Moonlighters, out into London in search of lost magical artefacts, gifting them their own magical powers as a reward. Theo is quickly enthralled, but there is more to Alistair than meets the eye, and soon Theo comes to realise that the items Alistair is hunting could be more dangerous than he’d ever imagined.
Destiny is entering a baking contest! But she is disappointed when her cake doesn’t turn out how she hoped. After doodling in her sketchbook, Destiny has fun baking something different with her best friend. But will they win the competition?
Just when Lottie thought life might be going back to normal, everything goes wrong again! Amber’s hanging out with the Ultra Mean Girl Gang at school and is completely ignoring the Queens of Eight Green. Mum’s gone back to work and expects Lottie to ‘help around the house more’, Bella keeps biting everyone and Pot Noodle will not stop sniffing every dog’s bum. DISASTER! Now Lottie has to come up with a foolproof plan to get Amber back before her friendship group is destroyed forever. What could go wrong? Join Lottie as she battles the mean girls, takes on school injections (apparently they can go through your arm!) and even more extremely embarrassing moments.
When Alyssa accidentally transports herself and her cousins to the Jamaican spell garden, they have to work out a way back home before the end of the summer holidays. But the magical garden is inexplicably hostile and they will need to win it over in order to grow the right ingredients for their spell. They must learn more about their ancestors and their connection to the ancient magic as well as persuading the garden’s prickly guardian, Raheem, to help them. But when the very essence of the garden is threatened will their magic be enough to protect it?
Lately, Nikki’s little sister has been a TOTAL BRAT! But while Brianna is busy raiding her closet and taping a HIDEOUS drawing of Nikki on her bedroom door, Nikki has more important things to think out. It’s the end of summer and she has only 72 hours to completely reinvent herself before starting at Westchester Prep. Nikki is determined to be the COOLEST, CUTEST, SMARTEST, MOST INTRIGUING girl at school. But when disaster strikes and Brianna gets hold of Nikki’s most cherished items. her phone AND her diary, her world is turned upside down. Will an unexpected emergency ruin Nikki’s fabulous start to the new school year or, worse, ruin her relationship with wacky BFFs, Chloe and Zoey, and cute crush Brandon?
Felix Green has a talent – a talent that often gets him into A LOT of trouble – he can forsee the future. And he’s not the only one! When his latest prediction comes true, he soon finds himself whisked off to join the secret underground Future Agency. Here he starts to learn the tools to protect the country from the natural disasters set to befall it – summoning animal star constellations down from the sky, dream weaving and speaking to ghosts. When a dark spectre infiltrates the Future Agency, only Felix can unmask the culprit and save the agency from destruction.
A little monster gets very mad when he feels that everyone gets what they want . . . apart from him. “And what about me?” he continually asks. Everyone gets bigger portions of cake (Little Monster even measures his portions) and they get the presents they ask for, but he is treated like a baby—that’s because HE IS a baby, albeit a baby monster. He has a fit of jealousy at just about everything, until he gets pampered and forced into a hug which makes his brothers and sisters feel very jealous and makes our little monster, very happy. A great picture book to encourage emotional resilience and explore the emotions of jealousy.
Everything, and everyone, is familiar on the Island of Ayrie – nothing much changes, and for Tilda, nothing ever should – it is beautiful, it is perfect and it is home. When newcomer Albie arrives, Tilda wants to show Ayrie off – Albie wants her to leave him alone. She learns quickly that it’ll take more than a tour and some seal viewings to win him around. Then, she remembers stories of the old island just an hour’s boat ride away from the shore. The old island is a death trap. The journey there is treacherous. Trips across to it are strictly forbidden. And there’s a rumour it’s haunted by the ghosts of those left there to die. But with all else having failed, the old island is the only way for Tilda to make Albie see what she sees in Ayrie. Besides, it’s a different kind of ghost that worries Tilda. The ghost that’s been following her, now, since her brother left the island.
The fourth unputdownable adventure in the no.1 bestselling SKANDAR series
At long last Lottie and Daniel are an official couple and everything seems to be going brilliantly (except for Amber being increasingly mean and jealous, but what’s new there?). Meanwhile Toby’s new year’s resolution is to get a dog, and for once Lottie and him see eye to eye. Pot Noodle, the cockapoo, becomes the newest member of the Brooks family. He’s VERY cute but also not toilet trained AT ALL. Lottie soon finds having a new boyfriend and a new dog means she has little time for anyone else, leaving her best friends pretty upset. How is Lottie meant to keep everybody happy and stop Pot Noodle from pooing on the carpet?
Natalie is getting ready for an adventure: going away with Mum and best friend Ashlin to the Own Your Own Pony Week is a dream come true. But when Mum can no longer come on the trip and is replaced by her annoying boyfriend Vik, Natalie’s excitement starts to dim. If that wasn’t bad enough, Ashlin goes off with the older girls leaving Natalie alone. Perhaps being matched with mischievous pony Loki will help Natalie discover a magical new friendship.