Lil is a pirate, a good sort of pirate, and when there is someone to save,
she'll do what is right (if it takes her all night). Yes, she'll always be bold and be brave.
When evil pirate Stinkbeard tries to kidnap Lil's teacher, it's up to schoolgirl and secret pirate, Lil, to come to the rescue. In story two it's sports day, but there's a very hungry croc on the loose. Can Lil and her trusty parrot, Carrot, scare Stinkbeard and his pet croc away?
On a trip to the museum, evil pirate Stinkbeard tries to steal an old king's ruby ring, and it's up to schoolgirl and secret pirate, Lil, to stop him! In story two, Lil and her pet parrot are off to a birthday party. But when Stinkbeard and his pet croc turn up, it's up to Lil to save the day.
The Adventures of Swashbuckle Lil is a bind up of Swashbuckle Lil: The Secret Pirate and Swashbuckle Lil and the Jewel Thief, by author Elli Woollard and illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson. It features four rip-roaringly rhyming, brilliantly illustrated stories which make the perfect transition from parent-led to independent reading.
From the international bestselling creator of Claude, comes a brand new hero - Mr Penguin, adventurer and penguin.
Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot in this new Alex T. Smith series with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure. Highly illustrated throughout with a striking black and orange design.
It has been weeks since Mr Penguin's last adventure and he's been stuck at his desk, twiddling his flippers ever since. That is until the phone rings!
Mr Penguin and Colin (a spider and Mr Penguin's silent right hand man) are called in to find the missing treasure somewhere in the Museum of Extraordinary Objects. The quest finds them solving secret codes, fighting ferocious beasts, eating fish finger sandwiches and travelling deep below the museum to a lost jungle...
Praise for Alex T. Smith's Claude series:
'Illustrated with humour and elegance.' Sunday Times
'Quirky illustrations with plenty of humour.' The Metro
Claude won the 5-9 young fiction Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, was selected for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, the Richard and Judy Book Club and is soon to be a TV star on Disney Junior with 52 episodes airing in 2017. Alex T. Smith is a World Book Day Illustrator.
Follow Alex at http://alextsmith.blogspot.co.uk and https://twitter.com/Alex_T_Smith
From the esteemed New York Times bestselling
and multi-award-winning author Mac Barnett comes a thrilling, hilarious
fully-illustrated new spy adventure series!
Before Mac Barnett was an author, he was a kid.
And
while he was a kid, he was a spy.
Not just
any spy.
But a spy...for the Queen of England.
The precious Crown Jewels have been stolen, and there's only one
person who can help the Queen of England: her newest secret agent,
Mac B. Mac travels around the globe in search of the stolen
treasure...but will he find it in time?
Features:
historical facts masterfully woven throughout
the plot
full-colour illustrations on every page.
BOOKS IN THE SERIES:
Mac Undercover (Mac B, Kid Spy #1)
The Impossible Crime (Mac B, Kid Spy #2)
Written by the author of CBBC's Scream Street TV series!
Nothing ever happens in the sleepy town of Badger's Bottom. In fact, its only claim to fame is that it's the most BORING place to live in the universe.
That's until a UFO lands in Jamie and Megan's back garden and invaders leap out to begin their conquest of Earth, under the command of Major Pain...
Tommy Donbavand's Funny Shorts is a series of 4,000-word colour illustrated, chapter-based readers, which are perfect for bridging the gap between first chapter books and independent reading.
Published by Franklin Watts EDGE, using off-white paper and a font recommended by the British Dyslexia Association.
Princess Rosie is woken in the night by a very strange noise. Just what could it be?
Together with her best friend Ollie, she goes on a hunt round the royal castle to find out. It's going to be a very spooky night!
A funny, poignant family story by bestselling author Joanna Nadin, perfect for children learning to read.
Tom knows all about stepmothers from the books he’s read. They do all sorts of horrible things. In fact, they aren’t really stepmothers at all. They are StepMONSTERS! So when his dad’s new friend Lulu comes to tea, Tom is convinced she will turn out to be a stepmonster.
She might not look like a stepmonster. (Her hair looks like it’s been spun from gold.) And she might not act like a stepmonster. (She likes all of the same things that Tom does – manatees and moles and woodlice and playing Snap for hours.) But maybe that’s just a clever disguise…
The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick up. It’s the first step towards a lasting love of reading.
Level 3 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for fluent readers who are beginning to read exciting, challenging stories independently.
• Varied sentences
• Detailed illustrations to enjoy
• Chapters
• Interesting characters and themes
• A rich range of vocabulary
• More complex storylines to stretch confident readers
All Reading Ladder titles are developed with a leading literacy consultant, making them perfect for use in schools and for parents keen to support their children’s reading.
Book band: Gold.
Busy with their Around-the-World class project, Judy is learning about Italy with her best friends Rocky and Frank Pearl. But will the arrival of the magnifico Amy Namey make Judy forget all about her old friends?
Judy Moody has a double! Amy Namey is exactly like Judy – same-same – and she's a member of the ""way-cool"" My-Name-Is-A-Poem Club. Judy is meant to be doing an Around-the-World class project with her best-ever friends Rocky and Frank Pearl. But with so much time spent thinking about Amy, Judy's old friends start to feel left out...
George and his pet dragon, Sparky, return for another
adventure in this funny new picture book from the author of Aliens
Love Underpants.
Open Day at the fire station turns into chaos
when George takes along Sparky.
Clumsy as always, Sparky gets stuck sliding down the fireman's
pole, sends a fire bucket flying, and steps on the hose during a
firefighting demonstration.
But when a call comes in for a real emergency Sparky is
able to save the day - and a scared cat from a tree -
by flying to Fluffy's rescue!
Updated edition of a bestselling picture book
by Claire Freedman, the author of ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS
(Simon & Schuster), which has sold over 500,000 copies
(Nielsen).
with shiny foil cover
PICTURE BOOKS BY CLAIRE FREEDMAN
George's Dragon
George's Dragon Goes to School
George's Dragon At the Fire Station
Superkid
Watch Out! There's a Monster About!
It's raining, it's pouring.
And Daddy is snoring.
Mummy is working.
Oh, EVERYTHING'S BORING.
What can Ruby Roo do on a rainy day? Use her imagination! This jaunty, thrilling rhyming text sees these two intrepid explorers jet off to the jungle in their cardboard seaplane, and swing through the exotic pot plant canopy . . . encountering some strangely familiar characters on their way!
Packed with humour, colour and adventure - and with tons of 'clues' for children to spot - this is the latest picture book sensation from Pip Jones and superstar illustrator, Laura Hughes.
Discover over four hundred of the funniest football jokes from the makers of Match! the UK's best football magazine – you'll laugh your football socks off!
Match! Joke Book is a hilarious mix of football quips, puns, knock-knock jokes and shaggy-dog stories.
The Sweetest Stars
Sergio Agu-AERO (Manchester City)
Lee KIT-KAT-termole (Sunderland)
MARS Bender (Bayer Leverkusen)
ROLO Touré (Liverpool)
John TERRY'S CHOCOLATE ORANGE (Chelsea)
Can you think of any more?
Discover more footy fun in this awesome series, with MATCH! Incredible Stats and Facts, MATCH! Football Puzzles, MATCH! Build Your Own Club and MATCH! England Football Heroes.
Part of Nosy Crow's list of publishing in collaboration with the British Museum and developed in consultation with one of the world's leading experts on Ancient Greece. This has witty, carefully researched text, packed with historical facts, by award-winning author Chae Strathie, brought to life with rich, humorous illustrations by super-talented Marisa Morea.
A kid's life in ancient Greece might sound like fun, what with all that brilliant sunny weather and watching the Olympic Games, but actually life for kids could be pretty hard. In this hilarious book, children will learn just how tough life really was, from living on a diet of blood soup whilst wearing nothing but a cloak, to having to learn a poem that was over 15,000 lines long! Thanks, but no thanks, Homer! Probably the first book about ancient Greece to feature a race between a go-kart and a goose, this is a must read for kids with a passion for horrible history!
What clothes should you wear when it rains?
Thunderpants.
What do gorillas sing at Christmas?
'Jungle bells, jungle bells!'
Hands up if you like laughing! Children's TV superstar Justin Fletcher shares his favourite jokes for young fans in My First Justin's Jokes. Giggle-tastic, full-colour spreads include hilarious scenes on the farm, at a festival and going to bed - perfect for ages 2+.
Warning! This book will make you laugh out loud!
