Deep in the city something had been woken, so old that people had been walking past it for centuries without giving it a second look! When George breaks the dragon's head outside the Natural History Museum he awakes an ancient power. This prehistoric beast, sentry-still for centuries, hunts him down with a terrifying wrath. And this is just the beg...

In this novel, Armpit finds all his small steps becoming much bigger than he had anticipated. When he gets mixed up with his old friend X-Ray in a ticket scam, things look set to unravel but this is only the beginning of Armpit's troubles in this adventure story.

The world of Hans Christian Andersen is seen through the eyes of children. There is the everyday wonder of an ugly duckling being transformed into a swan, the puffed-up Emperor being fooled by his own importance, the tender tragedy of a little match girl, and the upright honesty of John rewarded by his travelling companion. By bringing true feeling...

Though 'The Arabian Nights' are generally known as stories for children, they were originally tales for adults. This selection of tales certainly inspired the imagination of Sir Richard Burton, the nineteenth-century explorer, linguist and erotologist who brought all his worldly experience and an expressive prose style to bear on the tales of Sinba...

This is the story of Patty Hirst, a good-hearted and honest girl with a swarm of younger brothers and sisters. Patty is forced to leave her family and is sent to a new boarding school by her rich uncle. At Morton Priory she is expected to keep her cousin Muriel company, only Muriel has other ideas. With the two girls at odds how will Patty manage t...

William is back in a succession of stories 'dressed as a Red Indian, cooking an experimental mixture of treacle and lemonade in an old sardine tin', escaping from a wrathful shopkeeper by pretending to be a window dummy and turning the tables on his deadly rivals - the Hubert Lane Gang. William's long-suffering parents might not agree, but there i...

Just Jimmy is a collection of stories about Jimmy, a younger version of William Brown (of 'Just William' fame). Like William, Jimmy has a big heart and all of his efforts go towards making his friends and family happy. Unfortunately, his plans always seem to take a turn for the worse.

Roman Britain: Marcus Flavius Aquilla, a young centurion is forced into retirement after he is wounded in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he fi...

Two stories about getting rich quick. One story starts in a farmer's field, the other one ends in a bin bag! Part of the Spirals series for reluctant readers.

Buck didn't want to shoot the elephants, but it was his job. He wasn't being paid to kill the baby elephant though, and it would die if he left it so Buck came up with a plan to save it - but would it work?

'I think I'm turning into a werewolf!' Follow the ups and downs of life for a young man who's changing shape fast. Part of the Spirals series for reluctant readers.

There's something bad going on among a group of musicians. Kate Smith has got to find out what it is before it is too late.

Penguin Small is afraid of the water. He always has been. So when all his penguin friends swim south to escape those mean North Pole bears, Penguin Small is left behind, lonely and frightened. If only he could fly to the South Pole. But everyone knows that Penguins can't fly.

The little prince has a new baby sister who won't stop crying so the brave and loyal knight is sent on a quest to find the softest and fluffiest pillow in all the kingdom - and fast! Will he be up to the challenge?

Sid has six owners, lives in six houses and has six dinners a day. Since each owner believes that Sid is theirs and theirs alone, life is just about perfect. Until the day he is found out!

There was once a group of trees who were fed up with living in a deep, dark and crowded valley so they decided to move to the brow of a nearby hill. But trees cannot walk without magic. A lost little boy wanders into the enchanted forest and falls asleep, leaving the way open behind him.

The Hogg family are bursting out of their small house, so Mr Hogg challenges his three sons to build an extra bedroom themselves. An utterly original and engaging story filled with facts about the environment. Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2006 - Best Book with Facts.

Elecktra is a human mermaid, a mermaid with legs instead of a tail. Abandoned as a tiny baby, she was found by the merpeople of Mermaid Island. They decided to adopt her and gave her sea-powder so that she could live and breathe underwater. Now aged nine, Elecktra is always getting into trouble, usually because of her desire to have adventures. Whe...

The kids are so fed up with their Super Hero mums and dads spending more time saving the planet than looking after them that they've formed their own group of heroes - the Super Zeroes. Which is very lucky for the citizens of Multiplicity - because the Heroes are currently falling over themselves to welcome a group of inter-planetary visitors. The...

Yanis has spent his life so far scrubbing socks in an orphanage. But that changes when Dr Gomarus knocks on the door, seeking an apprentice. The strange doctor is travelling to far-flung Osva to study the craniums of criminals. He needs a helper, and Yanis fits the bill. Awaiting execution in Osva jail is Nikolai Kolchak, the notorious leader of th...

In the basement of Washington's International Spy Museum are the headquarters of the Spy Mice Agency. In this first adventure, Morning Glory, a brave and intelligent spy mouse joins forces with Oz, a human boy, to outwit the dastardly Roquefort Dupont, commander-in-chief of the rat underworld. Oz helps the mice to rescue Glory when she is kidnapped...