Elly, Tash, and Sierra are back for their most mysterious adventure yet. At a sleepover in Tash's tree house, the girls are going through all of Old Man Blake's inventions, trying to figure out what they are and what they're meant to do. When Tash pulls out a ghost detector, the three of them can't resist trying it out. At first, nothing happens, but then it starts bleeping madly, and when Elly looks out of the window and sees lights coming from the graveyard, the girls know something's up. There are rumours that Sunday Island's haunted by the ghost of Old Man Blake, so perhaps he's trying to tell them something about his inventions ...But Sierra's sure that ghosts don't exist. So why is she scared of them? And if ghosts don't exist, then who was it in the graveyard? Can the girls face their fears and solve the mystery?
Get ready for blast-off on an adventure to the moon! With stunning original artwork by John Hare and charming text by bestselling author Jeanne Willis, Field Trip to the Moon is a wonderfully witty story about exploration, creativity and making friends in the most unlikely places.
It’s not every day you find yourself on a field trip to the moon, let alone stranded in outer space! But for one student that’s exactly what happens when her curiosity separates her from the rest of her class. Why wouldn't you take the opportunity to get your crayons out, look back and draw planet Earth?
Alone on the moon, she sits down to draw. But could there be an even bigger surprise when she realizes she’s not alone? What would someone that lived on the moon even look like? Find out what happens when you reach out to those that are different from us and greet them with an open pack of crayons!
Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea, she receives a strange anonymous letter. The dire warning it contains makes a man die of fear at her feet. Determined to discover the truth about her father's death, Sally is plunged into a terrifying mystery in the dark heart of Victorian London, at the centre of which lie a deadly blood-soaked jewel.
The story continues in the ninth volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs read by David Tennant.
Bad times have come to the Archipelago. Ever since the woods of Berserk burned down, it is almost as if the world is cursed. Dragons are starting to revolt against their Masters. The waters have risen, flooding fields and washing whole villages away. But worse still, the wicked witch Excellinor has returned. Can Hiccup find the King's Things and win the sword-fighting contest to stop Alvin the Treacherous from becoming King of the Wilderwest?
How to Train Your Dragon is a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out on DVD adapted from the best selling How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell. Listen to the rest of Hiccup's exploits in How to Train Your Dragon, How to Be a Pirate, How to Speak Dragonese, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale, A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, How to Ride a Dragon's Storm and How to Break a Dragon's Heart. Check out the website for games, downloads, activities and sneak peeks! Hear all about Hiccup and all of your favourite characters, learn to speak Dragonese and train your own Dragon to do tricks!
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When the only way to get at a target is by using a child, MI5 bring in special agents Tom and Zilla to help. When a billionaire businessman builds a private island which seems to jam government satellites, Tom and Zilla must convince his son to invite them for a visit. Can they figure out what's happening on Island X?
Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language. Printed on tinted paper and with a dyslexia friendly font, Mission Alert is aimed at readers aged 8+ and has a manageable length (72 pages) and reading age (7+). This collection of stories can be read in any order.
Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
Join your favourite Rainbow Magic fairies in this special collection of easy-to-read magical adventures.
Three of the bestselling Rainbow Magic specials, adapted for developing readers in conjunction with a Reading Consultant.
With full colour pictures throughout!
All four Clever Polly books in one volume including Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf, Polly and the Wolf Again, Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf and More Stories of Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf.
Drawing occasionally on well-known fairy tales, and skilfully blending fantasy and reality, these stories are bursting with humour, originality and charm. And Polly, not scared at all, outwits the wolf on each and every occasion!
Translated from the German bestseller, this is a funny and original
mystery starring two unlikely boy detectives.
Rico is an unusual boy. Sometimes he's laughed at because he mixes
things up in his head and he doesn't know his left from his right.
But Rico is brilliant at noticing the little things that nobody
else does.
Like a piece of pasta lying on the pavement. Or the strange goings
on of his neighbours in the apartment block where he lives.
But it isn't until his new friend, the gifted but anxious Oscar is
kidnapped that Rico gets the chance to put all his special skills
- and tenacity to the test.
The brave, difficult and ultimately hopeful journey across wartime Germany of two best friends and the dog who brought them together.
Tilly and Gretchen have been best friends all their lives, and Gretchen adores Tilly's beloved pet dachshund Wuffly like he's her own.
But tensions are high in Germany in 1938. Tilly's Jewish family are in danger - and Gretchen's father is a train driver in the employ of the Nazis. Before long, Tilly is sent to England as part of the Kindertransport rescue mission. Heartbroken, she has to leave Wuffly and Gretchen behind.
So begins an epic adventure as Gretchen makes the decision to follow her best friend and reunite her with her beloved dog - but when they touch down in England, Wuffly is immediately taken away.
How will each of them fare, as German evacuees in England? And will the three friends ever be reunited in safety...?
The Magic Pyjamas is an exciting story for all adventure fans who are beginning to read independently. It is perfect for children aged 4+ who are reading at orange band 6.
Jack cannot get to sleep. It is just too boring! Then Granny sends him some magic pyjamas and the adventure really begins!
The Froglets series is perfect for children aged 5-7 who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words. A reading game at the end of each book encourages retelling the story and boosting vocabulary. Compiled in consultation with Catherine Glavina, Early Years Course Leader, The Centre for Professional Education, University of Warwick.
Outgrown BEAST QUEST? Enter the world of the Dragon Knights!
Evil General Vayn gained power twelve years ago on the Islands of Alariss, defeating the Dragon Knights, an elite force with the ability to transform into dragons, using dark magic to bind them in their human forms. Now the realm is a ruin and Vayn's Black Guard rampage the land, taking whatever they want.
Twelve-year-old Quinn, Vayn's nephew and the true heir has sworn to claim the realm that is rightfully his. With the help of Thea, a feisty girl with magic skills and an uncertain past, and Ignus the Flame Dragon, he travels to the remote and misty Keriss Island to seek his destiny. The Black Guard and their allies are on their heels when they meet Ulric, another Dragon Knight. Can they trust the shapeshifter to aid them in their quest? And will Quinn gain control of his own emerging dragon powers before it's too late?
The second in an exciting new dragon-fantasy series for 9-12 year olds!
