Alfie Gives A Hand
£7.99Alfie is not quite sure how the birthday party he’s been invited to is going to turn out, and wishes his mother could be there. In the end, he has a marvellous time, but not quite in the way he anticipated.
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Alfie is not quite sure how the birthday party he’s been invited to is going to turn out, and wishes his mother could be there. In the end, he has a marvellous time, but not quite in the way he anticipated.

David Sedaris’s ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights in this sixth essay collection. Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily etiquette to the most deeply resonant human truths.

240 pages on acid-free, ivory-coloured paper. Expandable inner pocket. Size: 21 x 13cm.


It’s a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything – someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg’s private – his big brother, Rodrick.

The tree house lands in Wild West America but there’s no one around. Has it landed in a ghost town? When a gang of nasty horse thieves gallop past, it’s not long before Jack and Annie are swept up in another adventure. With their new cowboy friend, Slim, they set out across the prairie to rescue Slim’s mare from the horse thieves.

After a break from their trips in the tree house, Jack and Annie are delighted to find that it’s back! Morgan le Fay needs their help, but they’ll have to become Master Librarians first, and that means solving four riddles.

What if you woke up and your life was perfect? This is the dilemma facing Lexi when she recovers after a car accident. What happened to her? Will she remember? What will happen if she does?



Ella Bella longs to be a ballerina, and so each week she goes to Madame Rosa’s ballet class at the old theatre. As soon as she opens Madame Rosa’s musical box on the empty stage, she’s whisked off in a lilac light to Sleeping Beauty’s palace. Will she be able to help the Lilac Fairy save Sleeping Beauty from the bad fairy’s wicked spell?

Eight-year-old Jack and his little sister, Annie, are playing in the woods during their summer holiday, when they find a mysterious tree house full of books. But these are no ordinary books, and this is no ordinary tree house. Jack and Annie are whisked into the future – to an exciting outer-space hotel!
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