'Rundell's interpretation is glorious.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling's best-loved characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves each short story together into a wider whole, will make readers both laugh and cry.
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, first published by Macmillan in 1894, is one of the most enduring books of children's literature, delighting generations of children. Katherine Rundell has taken this as the basis of her new and enchanting tale, sharing the early years of favourite characters and informing the creatures they become in Kipling's classic, with stories about family and friendship, loyalty and jungle law, and a final battle which will decide the future of the forest.
A gorgeously produced paperback with a foiled cover and colour illustrations throughout by creative genius Kristjana S Williams, this is truly a book for all the family to treasure and share.
Clayface is pilfering untested prototype weapons and it's up to Batman and Robin to track the criminal's slime spree through the streets of Gotham City. Can the Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder get the weapons back, and contain the shapeshifting super-villain, before someone gets hurt?
The Good Beast Sepron is in danger! Malvel has sent Voltrex - a hideous Octopus-Beast to kill him. If Sepron dies, Malvel will be closer to conquering Avantia. Tom must dash to Sepron's rescue before it's too late!
Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2019
The School Ship Tobermory and its intrepid young crew are back in Hebridean waters. When a violent storm blows them off course to a remote island, they discover a fisherman’s journal written a hundred years ago which tells of a mysterious shipwreck crammed with treasure.
But without a precise location, where do they start looking? An extraordinary chance encounter gives them a valuable clue. Before long, Ben, Fee and their friends realize they are not the only ones searching for the lost wreck and must face a ruthless and determined adversary who will stop at nothing to seize the prize.
Howl with laughter with the SIXTH book in the hilarious
full-colour, illustrated series, Dog Man, from
the creator of Captain Underpants!
Is Dog Man bad to the bone?
The heroic hound is sent to the pound for a crime he didn't commit!
While his pals work to prove his innocence, Dog Man struggles
to find his place among dogs and people.
Being a part of both worlds, will he ever fully fit in with one??
Dav Pilkey’s wildly popular Dog Man series appeals
to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes,
including:
empathy,
kindness,
persistence,
and the importance of being true to one’s self.
Full colour pages throughout.
Features nine stories that make you cry with laughter. This title includes characters such as Farticus Maximus, a boy whose gassy gift has made him the greatest gladiator of all time, a teacher who can't stop rasping, and a guffing grandad.
FLEATECTIVES is a fast-paced detective series from Jonny Zucker, ""a seriously funny author"" (Sacha Baron Cohen). Disaster has struck in Larva Town. All the Bug Notes have been stolen from the bank! Can the Fleatectives follow the clues and find the robber in time?
The third gripping installment in bestselling children's author Sophie McKenzie's MEDUSA PROJECT series – back with a bold new cover look!
Fourteen years ago, four babies were implanted with the Medusa gene– a gene for psychic abilities.
Now teenagers, Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan have been brought together by government agents to create a secret crime-fighting force: The Medusa Project. Since their existence became known to members of the criminal underworld, they have been hidden away in a secluded training camp in Spain, where their identities are being kept secret.
Life in camp is hard enough, but then things take a turn for the worse. Ed is blackmailed into using his mind-reading powers – and in doing so he threatens to endanger the whole Medusa Project . . .
Joshua’s uncle has survived a near fatal accident and Rose and Joshua drive to Newcastle to visit him, along with their friend Skeggsie.
Joshua is convinced they are being followed. Can it be true, or is it just his paranoia? Rose and Joshua do not know who to trust – even Joshua’s uncle has a dark past, touched by murder. And then the precious murder notebooks are stolen and it is Skeggsie who pays the price for Rose and Joshua’s so-called meddling. Somebody out there really does not want Rose and Joshua to find their parents. But who? And why?
A taut and pacy thriller, perfect for teens.
LET THE INSECT BATTLES BEGIN! Max's friend Spike has been bugnapped by the General Komodo and his lizard warriors. To free his friend, Max must embark on a daring mission, tunnelling under the ocean and deep into enemy territory.
