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Animal Adventure Stories
Meet the cat who went to see the Queen, the bird who loves shiny things and the horse that turned into a pig. This collection of short stories by Enid Blyton is filled with exciting animals ready for adventure! Will you join them?These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.
Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.
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I Cant Even Think Straight
Big decisions and messy relationships. It's all part of life for Kai. A must-read queer coming of age story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse by Stonewall-Award-winning, Carnegie-shortlisted author Dean Atta.
Kai is going into a new school year with some big decisions to make: when to come out as gay, what he wants to do in life and who he wants to date. Is it any wonder he can't think straight?
Best friends Matt and Kai made a promise to each other to stay in the closet. Matt isn't ready to come out, but Kai wants nothing more than to write his own story. He decides it's time to break his promise and show his true self to the world.
Now out and proud, Kai starts dating super-hot Obi, but it's far from smooth sailing. Is love closer to home than Kai realises?
Stories for Five-Year-Olds
A collection of brilliant short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller - perfect for children aged five!
Read about the time the pixies moved into the playroom and when a cloak that could make you invisible vanished in this exciting collection of short stories from Enid Blyton. Perfect for children aged five and up!
These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.
Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.
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How To Train Your Dragon School 1: Doom of the Darkwing
Welcome to HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON SCHOOL. Where Viking and Dragon Heroes are made!
Join Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and his dragons, Toothless and Windwalker, in their hilarious, hair-raising adventures at the Isle of Berk's Training School for Vikings and Dragons. Where they are BOTTOM in pretty much everything.
Disastrous Lesson Number One: The Art of Battle.
It was supposed to be a quiet, SENSIBLE lesson. Hiccup never MEANT to get into TROUBLE.
But things take an unexpected turn along the way and Hiccup and his friends soon find themselves adrift on stormy seas, in a sinking ship, facing imminent DOOM, in one of their BIGGEST adventures ever...
Packed with illustrations, action and even a Dragonese dictionary, this series is perfect for developing readers, and the millions of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON fans worldwide.
The Camel Who Had The Hump
An uplifting and empowering tale about finding new ways to navigate big feelings, from the bestselling creators of The Lion Inside.
As a shimmering sun lit the desert at dawn,
A clumping of camels awoke with a yawn.
"GOOD MORRRRNING!" sang one,
"YOO-HOO! Rise and shine!"
"I will!" called another. "Today is DIVINNNNNNE!"
But not everyone has woken up in a good mood: Cuthbert the camel is having a bit of a bad morning. He's hot, he's tired and he certainly WON'T be walking to the oasis today! There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that will get him out of his grump. Or is there?
When Cuthbert makes a new friend, he discovers that even if things get off on the wrong hoof, we're all just one smile away from a happy rest-of-day.
A laugh-out-loud tale of how choosing fun can turn a grumpy, humpy start into a happy ending. This spectacularly illustrated rhyming tale from the award-winning, bestselling creators of The Lion Inside and The Koala Who Could is the perfect read for anyone who's ever had The Hump.
Five Little Monkeys
Five Little Monkeys: Play Hide-and-Seek
Join five cheeky monkeys for a game of hide-and-seek in this playful rhyming counting adventure. Lift the flaps to help them find their other jungle friends like a splashy elephant, a hungry hippo and even a roaring lion!
Learning to count is fun with these sturdy board books with bright felt flaps on every spread, perfect for little hands to lift.
Want more Five Little? Also available:
Five Little Pirates
Five Little Princesses
Five Little Dinosaurs
The Girl at the Front of the Class
From Onjali Q. Rauf, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, and award-winning illustrator Pippa Curnick, comes a moving picture book that helps young children understand and empathise with the refugee crisis, and shows the power that friendship, kindness and generosity can have.
There's a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger's, skin as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I'd like to be her friend. But she never plays with me in the playground or makes sandcastles in the sandpit. She's doesn't even like Story Time.
The cleverest people I know say that the new girl is sad because she had to leave her home, her family, her school, her toys, her books and all her friends too.
But I've got an idea! There is something I can do to make her feel better when she's missing everything she's left behind ...
Five Little Pirates
Five Little Pirates: Hunt for Treasure
Join five swashbuckling pirates on their quest for treasure in this exciting rhyming counting adventure. Lift the flaps and follow the clues to help get them to the treasure chest in time - just watch out for the shark!
Learning to count is fun with these sturdy board books with bright felt flaps on every spread, perfect for little hands to lift.
Want more Five Little? Also available:
Five Little Monkeys
Five Little Princesses
Five Little Dinosaurs
Boss of the Underworld: Book 1 - Shirley vs the Green Menace
Join Shirley and her giant cockroach friend, George, on a strange adventure through the Underworld. Will they triumph over scary foes, resist eating delicious things in the forest, navigate the Bog of Intense Emotions, and find their way into the dark sewers to confront the Green Menace??
There are many ways into the Underworld... but only one way out!
Fast-paced, funny and accessible, this graphic novel series is fizzing with charm and energy.
Silver in the Bone 2: The Mirror of Beasts
Avalon has fallen. Bonds have been broken. The Wild Hunt is on.
To save her cursed brother, Tamsin travelled to Avalon - the mysterious world of Arthurian legend. She survived, only to see it fall and the two people she trusted most betray her. Now, back in the mortal world,
Tamsin makes a shocking discovery: she is the one who is cursed.
Meanwhile, Lord Death is harvesting souls with his Wild Hunt. To stop him, Tamsin must find the legendary Mirror of Beasts - even if it means enlisting the help of Emrys, her rival-turned-lover-turned-enemy who abandoned her in Avalon.
But can Tamsin break her curse before it breaks her?
Hedgewitch 3: Seawitch
Step into the magical world of Hedgewitch, where the land of Faerie lies just beyond our own . . . The third book in the enchanting Hedgewitch series, perfect for children age 9+ and readers of Nevermoor and Michelle Harrison.
Cassie Morgan needs to earn her Sapling pin to get one step closer to passing her Witch's Licence. To do this, she's set a challenge of training a beginner witch by the Hedgewitch - but the newest member of her coven is not what she expected. Meanwhile, the wicked Erl King is luring witches up and down the country to his side, with promises of unimaginable power. Those who stand against him are running a deadly risk.
When a letter arrives from Cassie's cousin Sebastian, desperate for help to solve an intriguing mystery, she travels to his home of Porthmorven with her friends, both new and old, to help work out what's going on.
But Porthmorven is no ordinary place, it's a Faerie border town, like Hedgely, and it has its own protector: the elusive Seawitch. But she is nowhere to be found and Cassie is determined to help the people of Porthmorven however she can.
Can Cassie use all of her training - along with help from her friends - to solve the secrets of the sea and foil the Erl King's plans once and for all?
Witches aren't born, they're made ...
The Wobblysaurus Board Book
A funny and reassuring tale about perseverance and resilience, by Rachel Bright and Chris Chatterton, creators of The Worrysaurus.
When Wobblysaurus gets her very first bicycle, she can't wait to go and ride with all her friends. But every time Wobblysaurus sets off her new wheels, she wibbles... wobbles... and falls!
This little dinosaur is just about ready to give up, but then a word from a wise Grannysaurus reminds her that when you really want something, it's always worth trying again.
An empowering story with a reassuring reminder that everyone starts off wobbly when trying something new. From the author of the bestselling The Lion Inside.
Little Myths: Thor
Most people know Thor for being the super strong God of Thunder who could control lightning and rode around on a magical chariot pulled by goats. But once upon a time, Thor was just a little boy. Sure, he was the son of an almighty god, and he was a ferocious warrior, but in lots of other ways he was just like you.
He liked midnight feasts, playing games and he had a really annoying friend. But he grew up, he grew stronger, he found a hammer and he had all sorts of adventures. This is his story.
Packed with facts from the Norse mythology and graphic art panels, Little Myths is the perfect series for mythology-mad kids.
Crookhaven 4: The Impossible Fortress
An irresistible series about chosen family, high stakes thievery, and what it really means to do good. Perfect for fans of M.G. Leonard and Anthony Horowitz.
It's Gabriel's fourth year at Crookhaven School for Thieves, and it's the most challenging one yet. Along with mastering a new class - Lay of the Land - Upper Delinquents are supposed to start thinking about life after Crookhaven. Their schoolwork is beginning to have real world implications, and this year's Break-In challenge is set in an external location known to be impenetrable - the Impossible Fortress.
But the world outside their school grounds can be a dark and dangerous place. And with the most powerful crew in the underworld, infamously known as the Nameless, out to get Gabriel and his friends, the stakes have never been higher.
The crew need to put everything they've learned so far to the test outside of Crookhaven's gates. But there may be something lurking within those gates that the crew should be wary of too...
The fourth book in the 'criminally good' Crookhaven series, the secret school where students are taught to do wrong, so that one day, they can put the world to rights.
Little Myths: Medusa
Most people know Medusa as the monster with a halo of snakes that sit on her head. But once upon a time, Medusa was just a little girl. Sure, she was the daughter of powerful sea monsters, but in lots of other ways she was just like you.
She squabbled with her sisters but all she really wanted was friendship, love and to fit in. But she grew up, people were mean to her and she grew angry, vengeful and dangerous. This is her story.
Packed with facts from the Greek mythology and graphic art panels, Little Myths is the perfect series for mythology-mad kids.
Famous Five Colour Short Stories 17: The Painting Puzzle
The Five are excited to go to the opening of a brand new museum, but their visit takes a turn when they notice one of the paintings has been replaced with a fake! Who could have taken the priceless art piece, and can the Five find out before it's too late?
Set in the world of Enid Blyton's best-loved series, this newly created story follows Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on a special new adventure. The story is broken down into short chapters with vibrant, full-colour illustrations on every page - perfect for shared reading or for newly confident readers to enjoy independently.
Also look out for: The Birthday Adventure, Five to the Rescue!, Five and the Runaway Dog, Message in a Bottle, Timmy and the Treasure, The Mysterious Noise, Five and the Missing Prize and The Library Mystery, illustrated by Becka Moor.
Enid Blyton's eight original short stories about the Famous Five are also available as early readers illustrated by Jamie Littler. Collect them all: A Lazy Afternoon, George's Hair Is Too Long, Well Done, Famous Five, Five and a Half-Term Adventure, When Timmy Chased the Cat, Five Have a Puzzling Time, Good Old Timmy and Happy Christmas, Five!