Following a misunderstanding involving the Princess of Canada's prized pet pug Spynosaur is ordered to turn himself in. But Spynosaur is certain he's been framed and he knows there's only one agent who can clear his name - him! Together with his sidekick Amber, can Spynosaur discover who set him up before his former comrades track him down?
The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey
It's a bitterly cold winter in Yorke and Rose Raventhorpe and her butler Heddsworth are stuck with Rose's unpleasant cousin Herbert, and his equally horrible butler, Bixby.
When an orphan boy named Orpheus interrupts the Cathedral's Mistletoe Service, saying that his sister has been kidnapped, Rose vows to help. Solving the mystery will be a lot better than accompanying ghastly Herbert! But the investigation is more complicated than Rose has anticipated and will lead her and her butler friends through fancy tea-rooms, horrible factories, secret underground passages and more...
Fireplace pokers are much more dangerous than you might imagine . . .
Bertha is excited to be on RMS Titanic's maiden voyage, but she quickly realises some passengers are not what they seem, and she determines to unravel the mystery onboard.
A mysterious mission.
A deadly secret.
Can Ryan and Cleo survive the Dragon Path?
Ryan Flint and Cleo McNeil are heading to China with their parents to examine an archaeological site. But when Cleo's grandmother tells them about a secret that haunts her past, they're plunged into a new mystery.
Ryan thought he'd used up a lifetime's supply of adventure - now he's surrounded by fire-breathing dragons, ancient poisons and an army of terracotta warriors! Sometimes, just staying alive is an adventure . . .
The second in a fantastic new series from the author of the Adventure Island books.
Save the planet … Pluto! Stink Moody, wise-cracking champion of everything small, is on a new mission: to reinstate his favourite celestial orb.
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a falling leaf? A speck of dust? A speeding mosquito? No, it’s Stink Moody, Solar System Superhero! When Stink learns that Pluto has flunked out of the Milky Way for being too shrimpy, he feels like he might just explode with a Big Bang. He has no choice but to take a stand for the sake of little planets (and little people) everywhere. Will our humble hero, Stink Moody, be smart enough to defeat a panel of big-shot scientists? Will he be strong enough to beat know-it-all Riley Rottenberger and her ""Team KPB""? Will Stink succeed in rescuing Pluto from a fate worse than being swallowed by a black hole? Start the countdown for a funny (and very informative) out-of-this-world adventure - and prepare to have your universe rocked!
The fifth book in the exciting Little Legends series, The Secret Mountain by Tom Percival sees the fairy tale friends on a thrilling adventure to the mysterious mountain home of the trolls.
Everyone in Tale Town knows that trolls mean trouble, and the Mayor and his guards have captured a fearsome troll spy. But when Jack, Red and Anansi see the prisoner, they find out the so-called spy is just a lost troll child . . .
With the help of all their friends, the Little Legends decide to rescue the young troll and take it back to its secret mountain home. But what they find out when they get to Troll Mountain changes everything they've ever known!
Little Legends is a brilliant highly illustrated series featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know and love having brand-new adventures!
Nisha and her mother, Amma, flee the war in Malaya to take refuge
at her father's ancestral home in England. Here, however, Nisha
must follow her stern grandmother's countless rules - and most
of all ignore the ghost child beckoning her from the weeping tree
high on the cliff top ...
From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series - set in an ancient, magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites.
#1 Sunday Times Bestseller
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award
This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide.
Perfect for boys and girls who love fantasy adventure...
Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came...
Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it.
In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they're going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort.
Where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring...
“I love this book . . . Iona Rangeley has written a wonderfully witty story in Einstein the Penguin which is beautifully complimented by David Tazzyman's hilarious illustrations” DAVID WALLIAMS, author of GANGSTA GRANNY
“An outstanding debut. Funny and surprising” The Times Best Books for Children 2021
When the Stewarts spend a sunny, frosty December day at London Zoo, they’re enchanted by one small penguin. At the delight of young Imogen and Arthur, Mrs Stewart insists the penguin “must come and stay with them whenever he likes.”
But not one Stewart expects the penguin to turn up at their door that evening, rucksack labelled “Einstein” on his back…
The family’s new feathered friend helps Arthur to come out of his shell and makes massive demands on Imogen’s amateur sleuthing. But together they must find out why Einstein came to them and they must keep away from the mysterious white-coat man.
And Einstein can’t stay forever, can he…?
From stunning new writing talent Iona Rangeley, and illustrated with wit and brio by the award-winning David Tazzyman, this is a book that will be treasured for years to come.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade ...
'This thought-provoking adventure is remarkably uplifting,
humorous and life-affirming' BOOKTRUST
'Enchanting, reassuring and nostalgic' LANCASHIRE
EVENING POST
Despite being named after her mum’s favourite saying, there
isn’t much for Lemonade Witt to look forward to since her
mother died – especially now she has moved to the wilds
of Willow Creek.
Here, she meets an annoying boy called Tobin who, as head of Bigfoot
Detectives Inc., is obsessed with finding the legendary beast.
Reluctantly, she joins him in search of the elusive creature –
but what they find instead is even better ...
A heart-warming adventure about friendship and overcoming
grief
Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
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