Jenny is as close to her grandfather as a small mouse can be. Grandfather shows Jenny how to button her buttons and how to write her name. He passes along to her the secrets of making the best lasagne in all of Boston. And during long, shared days at Revere Beach, Grandfather teaches Jenny the names of the seashells they find washed up on shore. Wh...

After Charlotte's first night at boarding school, the view from the window has changed and the girl in the next bed is not the girl who was there last night. She is a stranger who calls Charlotte Clare and says she's her sister. Somehow, Charlotte has slipped back to 1919 and is someone else.

When Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane rescue the magic sand-fairy from a pet shop, they have no idea of the astonishing adventures to come! The children are whisked back in time to exciting and sometimes dangerous places, such as Ancient Babylon and Atlantis, to search out the missing half of the amulet.

The Borrowers are homeless again. The gamekeeper's cottage, their latest refuge, is being closed up. Luckily their friend Spiller comes to the rescue and introduces them to a new home by the river, in a kettle! Once more the Borrowers find themselves in the middle of a huge adventure.

There are lots of birds living by the lake in Poppy's garden but Archie, a chick hatched by a mallard duck, can't find anyone who looks like him. Poppy feels sorry for the little chick, especially as she doesn't like her new life in the country - she can imagine how lonely Archie feels. And yet when disaster strikes the lake, it's Archie who comes...

Ten millennia ago, the fairy people were defeated in a great battle with mankind, forcing them to move underground. Only the 8th family of fairies remained undefeated: the demons. But now one demon has discovered the secrets of the fairy world, and if humans get hold of this information, the fairies are in big trouble. Only one person can prevent t...

The Borrowers lose their home under the kitchen floor of an old house and are forced to move out to the fields. It's harder work than under-floor borrowing, but to Arrietty the life is enchanting and full of new adventures. The second book in the series.

Here's an A-Z of over 70 poems using the alphabet as a framework, written with humour and zest. From an aardvark to the zoo, by way of knickers, the Queen and a vampire, this is a collection that kids are bound to enjoy. Teachers and parents will also appreciate the varied poetry forms (concrete, limerick, nonsense, free, rhyming etc).

Deadly spots are catching and pretty soon the whole world is going to be in danger. Morphus has already lost his wife to the dreaded disease. Can he help to save the rest of the world or will he just make matters worse? Part of the Spirals series for reluctant readers.

The author and illustrator of the best-selling Words Are CATegoricalr series brings their trademark sense of humor to the subject of subtraction. Rhyming text filled with funny, countable examples shows what it means to take one number away from another. Readers are also introduced to the terminology they'll encounter as they learn to subtract.

Edmund and Lucy are gazing miserably at the picture of the ship with the dragon prow when it slowly begins to rock, and the wind starts to blow. The frame disappears, and Lucy, Edmund and their awful cousin Eustace are suddenly swept into the picture. They find themselves in the magical kingdom of Narnia, and on a dangerous voyage of discovery to t...

Josh collects horror comics and he loves to terrify his brother, Paul, and his stepsister, Mandy, with scary stories - the more gruesome, the better! So when the three are sent to Wales to stay with their grandparents, Josh starts to spin a spooky yarn about the strange Balwen Black Mountain sheep that live around Grampy's farmhouse. He says that R...

Eustace and Jill are called back to Narnia where they meet Aslan the lion who sets them the task of finding King Caspian's long lost son, Rilian. The pair stumble across Harfang, the castle of giants, and are invited to stay for the Autumn Feast. little realising that they are the main ingredients. This is the sixth book in the Narnia series.

A crystal pool of myths and legends from around the world: 28 of the most wonderful tales ever told. Geraldine McCaughrean, a great storyteller herself, has gathered them from distant times and faraway places and retells them brilliantly, adding notes on their origin and meaning.

In The Magician's Nephew, nothing is quite as it seems. Digory and Polly find themselves magically transported to a Wood between the Worlds, where several small ponds act as gateways to different worlds. They discover the dead world of Charn and together with Aslan the lion the pair fight against the evil Queen Jadis, restoring the land to its natu...

Who is making badgers fight dogs for sport near Tilly's home? Does the new boy at school and his family have anything to do with it? Tilly and William are determined to find out.

Katy was the sort of girl who might do anything next, so long as it was something exciting! At twenty-one, she was as eager for adventure as ever, and what greater adventure could there be for an American girl than a trip to Europe? Watching a Punch-and-Judy show in London.driving down the Champs-Elys‚es in Paris.on to the Riviera and the pic...

Bree the horse has been kidnapped from Narnia and longs to return there. Shasta, on the verge of being sold into slavery, decides to run away with him in search of his beloved home. Before they know it, the horse and his boy find themselves on a wild and dangerous journey through evil cities, eerie tombs and harsh deserts. This is the third book in...

'I don't know that you have done anything wrong,' Miss Hepplewhite said. 'But it is possible that you have done something rather dangerous.' William and Susie thought they were just playing a game when they cooked a witch's brew in the old barn and said a spell over it, but Martha was not so sure. And indeed, the three friends soon learn that they...

Chloe has difficulty making friends at her new school, until she makes friends with Aiden, who is considered odd and a little scary. She can't figure out why, until she sees one of his pictures and catches a glimpse of the Frignteners. Now the Frighteners won't leave her alone.

There's a hurricane smashing, trashing, bashing through our house. Crash! Bang! Wallop! The doors are slamming, chairs are falling, cushions are flying, feet running, voices shouting, stop! stop! stop! stop! The hurricane is Wills. Chris' thirteen-year-old brother. He has A.D.D. - Attention Deficit Disorder. Chris says it stands for Acts Dumb and D...