Wilma goes to do work experience for her Grade 4 Certificate in Magic with her great-aunt Angria - the thirteenth faerie who put Sleeping Beauty to sleep for a hundred years. The spell is coming to an end in a few days, and Angria is determined to stop the prince from awakening her with a kiss. Wilma is drawn into her wicked plan, which involves go...

Through the gentleman's cloakroom on Platform 13 at King's Cross Station lies a beautiful secret island, where people live together with ogres, hags, mermaids, brollachans, harpies and the wonderful mistmakers. But one day things go badly wrong and the Prince of the island is kidnapped by the evil Mrs Trottle. He must be rescued before it's too lat...

Plop is a baby barn owl who lives with his mother and father at the top of a very tall tree. He has a small problem: no matter how hard his parents try to convince him otherwise, Plop is afraid of the dark. Plop is persuaded to at least find out more about the dark, so leaves the nest to ask people what they think about it.

When Miss Price falls off her broomstick it's the start of an amazing adventure for Carey, Charles and Paul. Their summer holiday suddenly takes on a new turn when Miss Price, who is learning to be a witch, casts a spell on their brass bedknob so that its magic can whisk them off anywhere they want. Their night-time travels lead the children into a...

When Emily Windsnap discovers an old diamond ring during a class hunt for trinkets, how is she supposed to know that the ring is half the key to unlocking an ancient curse by Neptune himself? Now, with the ring stuck firmly on her hand, Emily finds herself under a new curse: in just a few days, she'll cease to be half-human and half-mermaid and mus...

When 11-year-old Jacqueline discovers a curious bottle of liquid in her granny's attic, she develops a dual personality, Jacqueline Bad. It's fun at first. Exciting. But then Jacqueline Bad gets into serious trouble, and although she keeps trying to be her old self, the bad side just won't let go.

'What does he mean? What's going on? Are you two thinking of putting Granny into a Home?'. 'Thinking is finished,' Natasha told him, 'It is decided'. The four children, Ivan, Sophie, Tanya and Nicholas, can't believe it. Their parents are planning to put their grandmother into a Home. She's a bit of a dotty old lady - sometimes demanding, often ann...

Beware! Only those who are McFearlessly brave may listen to these monstrous memoirs. Enter the monsterminating world of 11-year-old Minerva McFearless, her brother Max, and their mysterious coyote friend, Mr. Devilstone, as they battle the evil army of the king of all monsters - the dreaded Zarmaglorg!

Sunita starts at her new school determined to hide her horrible secret. But class 'goddess' Celina soon becomes Sunita's arch-enemy and their classmates soon find out that Sunita's dad is an infamous fraudster on the run. Sunita has her work cut out to prove that she's no criminal herself. She tries to be ultra-careful about making friends but some...

THE BOY WHO COULD FLY: When the Fat Fairy turns up at his house and grants him a birthday wish, Thomas Top can fly. Flying makes Thomas the most popular boy in school, but he isn't happy. His mum and dad are having problems. But then he discovers how his magical gift can make things better. THE INVISIBLE BOY: One night Sam notices a tiny spaceship...

Rupert spends the day with his Great Aunt Ada, along with his unruly puppy, Roly. Great Aunt Ada is determined to teach them some manners and get them to clean her house. Worse than Great Aunt Ada is her parrot, Gordan, who bosses Rupert and Roly around as they clean.

Theo, Ricky and Angela have to become Lie Detectives to uncover the truth about top inventor, Darius Marriott, after he comes to give a talk at school and collapses. Who is out to get him and why does their friend, Bullet, seem so personally involved? The friends are determined to get to the bottom of it all - but that could prove to be much harder...

Toby Tucker is an orphan who has been fostered by the kind Don and Evie. His sole possession is a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. 'When, not where?' thinks Toby. 'That can't be right.' Yet when he manages to put together a name, the most inc...

Suzy, a little French cat, finds herself in a hot air balloon on the way to England. This is the start of her big adventure as she tries to get back to France, resulting in many amusing scenarios. Can she find her way home?

Not sure what to do when you've been dumped? Join the Ex-Files society and let them help you. Let's face it we've all been there. And how do you cope when your boyfriend goes off with your best friend, or the girl you thought was 'the one' dumps you by email? Bella and Joss are going to pieces until they meet Rupert, who runs the Ex-Files. Motto: t...

Luke is a gifted musician, so when his treasured flute is destroyed by the school bullies, his grandmother takes him to a mysterious old music shop to buy another. Instead he comes away with a beautiful old piccolo. The piccolo plays wonderful, strange music at first, and Luke is captivated, but then he discovers a more sinister side to the instrum...

Cosmo, a witch-cat, is delighted that evil Sybil - the most terrible of witches - is safely in prison. In fact, she's even fitted with a special tag, which means that if she and her cronies try to escape they will be turned into frogs. But then mysterious goings-on are reported in Witch News. Baby witches are being visited by a strange new health v...

Left for dead in a lion's cage, baby Daniel is adopted by Hubble, owner of a travelling circus. Twelve years later, his carefree life as a bareback rider is shattered by vivid premonitions. When Josie joins the circus, Daniel realizes that his visions are coming true, but he still cannot stop the terrible fire that he had foreseen. In the aftermath...

Olga da Polga is a guinea-pig with a wild imagination, and from the minute she arrives at her new home, she begins entertaining all the other animals in the garden with her outrageous stories. As well as telling all her tall tales, she also has time to get up to all kinds of mischief and have lots of wonderful adventures too.

Cy has the ability to control his own dreams and knows his own, personal Dream Master. But sometimes Cy's own imagination is so strong that he can run his own dream. Or so he thinks. For there's plenty of mishap and adventure ahead when Cy and the Dream Master travel back to Pompeii - on the eve of the eruption of Vesuvius. Not only does the Dream...

There's a new craze at Theo and Ricky's school. The rules are simple. Write a dare, put it in the bag, then take turns to pick one out. Nothing dangerous, just a bit of fun. But when Ricky does his dare, he disappears. And Theo realizes that someone had a frightening reason for playing the game.