Bella instantly falls in love with scruffy puppy Sid when she sees him at the animal shelter. She gets her family to agree that he's the perfect pet for them. But Bella's friend Megan is pretty snooty about Bella's mongrel, so Bella decides to enter Sid in the local dog show...Helena loves to help out at the vet's surgery where her older cousin Luc...

Entrenched secrets, mysterious spirits, and an astonishing friendship weave together in this extraordinary and haunting debut.

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her gro...

India is particularly rich in colourful folklore. These stories, told by parents to their children for many generations, make a rich and dazzling collection of mythological tales drawn from a great heritage of Hindu epics - from the life of the great god Krishna to how the monkey god Hanuman helped defeat the Demon King Ravan and a host of other ma...

Maisie Hitchins lives in her grandmother's boarding house, longing for adventure. She idolises the famous detective, Gilbert Carrington, and follows his every case. But Maisie is about to be given the opportunity of a lifetime: her own mystery to solve! The streets of Victorian London are never safe, but Maisie's on the case!

Peep awakes one morning to the sound of a beautiful song-but where is it coming from? It's the Dawn Chorus! And Peep is desperate to sing with them. But no matter how hard he tries, he just can't make it happen. Little does Peep know, he's just about to meet someone very special who will show him just how enchanting nightingales like him can be...A...

Nilly is the new kid in school, but he doesn't let that or his tiny size slow him down. After all, he has his smart mouth, quick wits, and fearless nature to see him through. Nilly quickly makes two special friends: Lisa, a girl whose own best friend has just moved, and Doctor Proctor, who has (1) a tragic past (including lost love and betrayal) an...

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that...

Music, magic, and a real-life miracle meld in this virtuosic, genre-defying tour de force from storytelling maestro Pam Mu¤oz Ryan. Lost and alone in the forbidden Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedric...

Each year, on Halloween eve, Fright Club meets to go over their plan: Operation Kiddie Scare. Only the scariest of monsters can join Fright Club-Vladimir the Vampire, Fran K. Stein, Sandy Witch, and Virginia Wolf have all made the cut. They've been practicing their ghoulish faces, their scary moves, and their chilling sounds. But when a band of cut...

Going on a plane for the first time is very exciting! This delightful book shows small children what to expect and Stephen Cartwright's gently humorous illustrations are full of things for children to look at and talk about. Includes audio and simple text for children to read themselves. With a little yellow duck to spot on every page! Part of our...

A gently informative book showing young children what to expect when going to the hospital for the first time. Stephen Cartwright's delightful illustrations are full of things for children to look at and talk about to help prepare them for their first experience. Includes audio and simple text for children to read themselves, and a little yellow du...

Ellie Haines despairs of her family. Her brother is obsessed with getting on TV, Mum is going through some kind of midlife crisis and Dad's bad 'yolks' have reached alarming 'egg-stremes'. The only bright spots in Ellie's life are her naughty kitten, Kitkat, and her best mate, Mads. But when Mads and Ellie apply for The Junior Cake Off, their frien...

Greg Heffley and his family and friends are back in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Book 8, the latest installment in the #1 bestselling series by Jeff Kinney and one of the most anticipated books of 2013. A global phenomenon, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has more than 85 million books in print around the world.

A little fox is in a big bad mood, and is worried that its mother won't love it forever. In this beautiful and lyrical picture book we see a clever and resourceful mother prove to her child that a parents love is limitless-no matter what! In this reassuring and warm picture book the hugely talented Debi Gliori manages to treat the familiar subject...

Over the city, high above the sea, into a storm, and through a sky full of aeroplanes, the Noon Balloon is off on a magical journey. Read along as the boy, girl, and little dog fly away for a truly magical adventure! Part of our fantastic, Read-along collection for younger readers, these are picture books which highlight the text in time with the n...

All Hal had ever wanted was a dog. "Never!" cries his mother. "Think of the mess, the scratch-marks, the puddles on the floor." But on the morning of Hal's 10th birthday, the unbelievable happens. He's allowed to choose a puppy at Easy Pets, a rent-a-pet agency (a fact his parents keep from him). The moment he sees the odd-looking terrier, he knows...

Thomas has inherited a magical box from his dead grandmother which provides entry into a mysterious garden where her ghost warns him she was poisoned. For once she belonged to an arcane guild whose members each ultivated a garden and mastered the arts of poison, perfume and medicine. The remaining guilds members jostle for power as one by one, they...

Jeff Kinney's highly anticipated sequel to his #1 New York Times best-selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid chronicles Greg Heffley's creative efforts to dodge middle school hazards, dazzle the girls, avoid talent shows, and-above all-guard his embarrassing secret. Ram¢n de Ocampo's spot-on narration enhances Kinney's authentic portrait of adolescent angst...

A completely topsy-turvey view of a world seen from a dog's eye point of view-a very funny story which turns to real drama when the little girl gets lost on the beach and the search is on to find her... Part of our fantastic, Read-along collection for younger readers, these are picture books which highlight the text in time with the narration.

Get Goosebumps with the startling repackage of a best selling classic. Now with bonus materials! Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they...meet...some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they noti...