Meet RORY BRANAGAN – he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. Second in a hilarious comedy-crime series for readers of 8+.
Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am ACTUALLY a detective.
One day, I will be the biggest detective in the world! And I will find out what happened to my Dad…
But today, a CRIME has been committed on my OWN road. Someone is stealing dogs!
What if they try to take Wilkins Welkin – my best friend who is also a sausage dog?
I need to find these stinking baddies and I need to stop them!
And THAT, friends, is what Rory does, with the help of his Accomplice, Cassidy, in a BOOMTASTIC adventure involving dogs, cats, a wheelie bin chariot, a brave and daring rescue and Mrs Welkin, who fights crime in quite a surprising way. (Just you wait! Just you wait!) There are seven books in the RORY BRANAGAN (DETECTIVE) series and this is the second.
The city of Aquora has been infested with a plague of tiny robots that are controlling people's minds. Can Max and Lia find out who's responsible and stop them, or will the people be doomed forever?
The first thrilling adventure in Sea Quest Series 6: Master of Aquora. Look out for Tengal the Savage Shark, Kull the Cave Crawler and Gulak the Gulper Eel!
· Winner of the Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize · Blackwells Children's Book of the Year · An instant New York Times bestseller ·
Pari Thomson's magical adventure series begins with Greenwild: The World Behind the Door, with stunning illustrations by Elisa Paganelli. Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the earth itself . . .
'This book was absolute perfection' - 5 star reader review
'This is one of the best middle grades I’ve ever read' - 5 star reader review
Daisy Thistledown has escaped from boarding school and has a mystery to solve. Her search for her missing mother will lead her across London and through a hidden doorway to another world, filled with plants and bursting with magic: the Greenwild.
But all is not well in this astonishing land. Before long Daisy finds herself confronting a dangerous presence that threatens green magic on both sides of the door. Daisy must band together with a botanical genius, a boy who can talk to animals, and a cat with an attitude, to channel the power that can revive the Greenwild and find her missing mother - and save her own world too.
Embark on an unforgettable adventure through the Greenwild, in this enchanting fantasy with an environmental twist.
*Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award*
*Longlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing*
*The Times Children's Book of the Week*
'An eco-thriller novel every child should read' - The Telegraph
'Greenwild is a thrilling adventure that takes seed in your imagination and runs wild!' - M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy
'I adored this book!' - Aisling Fowler, author of Fireborn
Best friends Millie and Jess look just like twins! Millie is a princess and Jess is a maid so they have lots of fun swapping dresses and going on adventures around Peveril Palace. When Millie's snooty cousins come to stay, a silk dress goes missing. Can Millie and Jess work out who took it, before the wrong person gets the blame?
Frankie and his team love playing football. There's always time for a game - especially when it's a tournament!
When Frankie and his friends are whisked to the Canadian Rockies they land with a splash - straight into a freezing river. Thank goodness for a giant rescue dog who turns up just in time. To return the favour, the friends save the dog's owner, Danni, from a grizzly bear. But when they get back to school, they realize their mission isn't over yet. Something has followed them through the portal... Can they return a large, furry creature to Canada, and help their new friend win the tournament of her life?
Luke is a comic-mad eleven-year old who shares a treehouse with his geeky older brother, Zack. Luke' s only mistake is to go for a wee right at the wrong time. While he's gone, an alien gives his undeserving, never-read-a-comic-in-his-life brother superpowers and then tells him to save the universe. Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
Books don't come much funnier than these! Packed with heart and soul, this series is perfect for fans of David Baddiel and David Walliams.
My Brother Is a Superhero was the winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016.
Look out for:
My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord
My Evil Twin is a Supervillain
My Arch-Enemy is a Brain in a Jar
My Cousin is a Time-Traveller
The brilliant new book from Megan Rix, telling the story of Florence Nightingale through the eyes of her young ward. Florence loved cats, and had many during her lifetime. This is the perfect introduction to the Lady with the Lamp for young children, told with warmth, humour and adorable animals.
Summer 1888: In a fancy house in London, a kitten called Scamp escapes through an open window and finds himself lost in the middle of the city. Across Hyde Park, a young girl called Beth is marching with thousands of other girls to protest the working conditions in the Bryant and May match factories.
When Beth stumbles across the tiny kitten she finds that he belongs to none other than Miss Florence Nightingale, who is now indebted to Beth for returning her beloved pet. So begins an unlikely friendship between the great lady, her mischievous kitten, and Beth the penniless orphan.
But when Beth's sister Iris is struck down with illness in one of the poorest parts of London, can Beth, Scamp and Miss Nightingale find a way to save her before it's too late?
Reissue into the First Modern Classic livery of this delightfully squirmy story starring Harry the Poisonous Centipede in a scary world of flying swoopers, furry biters and the dreaded Hoo-Mins! With wonderful humour and brilliant illustrations by award-winning artist Tony Ross, this is the perfect book for wriggly young readers.
Minecraft meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in book 2 of the very popular 8-Bit Warrior series of the journal of a young Minecraft villager who dares to dream of becoming a Minecraft warrior!
THESE ARE THE REAL BOOKS BY CUBE KID! DIARY OF AN 8-BIT WARRIOR: FROM SEEDS TO SWORDS WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS WIMPY VILLAGER KINDLES 5-8.
Pet slimes. A potion brew-off. A creepy forest that no one will explain. What’s a twelve-year-old warrior-in-training to do?
As Runt and his friends continue their battle preparation, they face their biggest challenges yet—and it’s not just those zombies decked out in body armor (which is really weird, by the way). Runt’s got a brand new nemesis who will stop at nothing to claim the top spot in the warrior competition at school. And, to make matters worse, there’s a strange girl following him around wherever he goes. But old enemies will become new allies as the town rallies to save the school from a series of mysterious mob attacks. Can Runt and his friends take down the biggest, baddest boss mob yet?
