Jake is baking a birthday cake for his best friend Sam. But his sweet treat turns monstrous when his friends help out: spider legs, rotten eggs, slugs and slime are definitely not in Jake's recipe book! Sam could be in for a very smelly surprise!
From the brilliant author and illustrator team behind Pirate Pete and His Smelly Feet, Lucy Rowland and Mark Chambers, the bright, bold illustrations bring life to the brilliantly funny rhyming story.
Teaching other kids how to be funny is the toughest gig that Jamie Grimm has ever had, and with the highest stakes. If he fails, his school library will be shut down for good!
Even though he has a national contest trophy and a TV show under his belt, Jamie Grimm isn't one to sit back and relax. When his school has a major funding crisis, Jamie hits on a bright idea to save the day – a comedy class for the other students. Little does he know that making jokes and teaching jokes are two very different things... and he's only good at one of them.
With the fate of his school's library on his shoulders, Jamie has to dig deep to see if he has what it takes to succeed at his most difficult challenge yet.
School's out so have a super summer with Horrid Henry! A great value collection of six favourite Horrid Henry summer stories in one book, with loads of fun activities at the back to keep boredom away.
Join Henry as he creates havoc at the swimming pool, goes on stage at the coolest concert ever, and faces Moody Margaret in the battle of the Purple Hand Gang vs The Secret Club -- plus much, much more!
Featuring:
Horrid Henry and the Secret Club
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine
Horrid Henry and the Swimming Lesson
Horrid Henry Reads a Book
Horrid Henry and the Pirate Party
Horrid Henry Rocks
A funny first experiences story about a baboon who escapes from a safari park to go to his very first birthday party. Great for children learning to read.
Baboons can be so mean! When he falls out with his best friend, Alfie the baboon thinks he'd be better off living with humans. After all, they're never mean and they never argue. Or do they …?
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 2 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for readers who are growing in confidence and are beginning to enjoy longer stories.
Clear type
Up to 8 lines per page
Bright, appealing pictures for added interest
A variety of sentence structures
A wider range of vocabulary
Strong themes and characters to discuss
Book band: Purple
This series featuring the popular Espresso characters aims to support children who are learning to read through phonics, giving them the opportunity to read simple words in print. This book of no more than 170 words concentrates on two letter graphemes and split long vowels.
Winner of the Leicester Our Best Picture Book Award, and the West Sussex Picture Book Award.
A witty and clever story about a little mouse with very big ideas – she believes she is a tiger!
She manages to convince a raccoon, a fox, a snake and a bird that she is a tiger, and that they are not what they think they are! But when a real tiger turns up, can the persuasive little rodent manage to persuade the tiger that he is a mouse!
With vibrant artwork by award-winning illustrator Ross Collins, and delightful characters created by rising star Karl Newson, I am a Tiger is a story that will amuse and entertain everyone, from young children to adults, from the smallest mouse to the biggest tiger.
Duck and Bear are BACK – but where has Bear gone? And what will Duck do without him?
Duck just wants to hang out with his best buddy, bear.
But Bear’s gone fishing for a whole week.
What will Duck do without Bear? And more importantly, how will Bear survive without him?
From the bestselling creators of Goodnight Already! and I Love You Already! comes a fun-filled, laugh-out-loud adventure about friendship and family, from the bestselling author Jory John and award-winning illustrator Benji Davies.
Ever wondered what happened to Mowgli, Baloo, Shere Khan and the others? Mowgli is now living in the man village, but he misses his old friends and wants to see them again. He knows the jungle is dangerous, but he was raised there so surely nothing bad could happen?
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY!
Read the terrifying diaries of volcano survivors, get clued
up with the spotter's guide to eruptions, plan an action-packed
holiday with the volcano vacation guide and marvel
at red-hot volcanic rocks the size of cars. It's sizzling
hot stuff!
Filled with hilarious illustrations by Mike Phillips, HORRIBLE
GEOGRAPHY is the perfect escapism from miserable maps, rotten
rock piles and dire diagrams. Hold tight!
Join author Philip Ardagh, assistant Dotty and harrassed editor Adrian as together they craft the entertaining escapades of young knight-to-be Tom Dashwood and his merry band of outlaws. Well, just as soon as Philip can be convinced to write the manuscript...A story within a story, this rollicking laugh-out-loud romp is sure to appeal to readers of all ages and is particularly suitable for 7-9s.
