When Frankie and his friends go to a kung fu lesson to improve their football skills, a giant Chinese puppet magically transports them to the gates of The Forbidden City. The team soon learn that an ancient warrior called Zha-Hu is planning to destroy the Great Wall of China, with help from his dragon and an army of terracotta animals. Can Frankie and his team break the dragon curse in time to stop him?
Includes three stories taken from the case files of Agent Amelia, the resourceful and feisty secret agent. In ""Spooky Ballet"": Amelia is enrolled in a dancing class, but the teacher uses her class to pillage the audience at the local theatre and it takes all of Amelia's presence of mind to foil her.
Young Teggs Stegosaur is a pupil at astrosaurs academy - where dinosaurs train to be astrosaurs. With his best friends Blink and Dutch beside him, amazing adventures are never far away! The Academy is set to feature in an amazing mega-movie and Teggs and his friends have starring roles.
From the bestselling and Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author of Barry Loser comes the third book in the brilliant Future Ratboy series! Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of David Solomons, Pamela Butchart, Tom Gates and Mr Gum.
When a bolt of lightning hit Colin Lamppost he was zapped millions of years into the future and turned into a half boy, half rat, half TV! With new superkeel powers and a real life sidekick in Not Bird, Future Ratboy was born.
In this new adventure, Future Ratboy sees a surprising new side to his enemy, evil Mr X, goes on a journey to the Planet Bin and faces a race against time to find the missing thingy.
This laugh-out-loud, unlikely superhero comedy adventure will delight all those that enjoyed Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants and Jedi Academy.
Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and is the author of the award-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER series: I am not a Loser, I am still not a Loser, I am sort of a Loser, I am so over being a Loser, Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom, Barry Loser and the Case of the Crumpled Carton and Barry Loser Hates Half Term. He lives in London. He also designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.
A beautiful story about imagination from bestselling author Holly Webb. James doesn't like night-time. When the lights go out, strange shadows appear in his room, and who knows what's hiding under the bed! But when one of the shadows turns into a big, friendly panda, James realizes that maybe the dark isn't so bad after all.
Introduce The Famous Five to younger readers with these BRAND-NEW mystery stories for children aged five and up!
Set in the world of Enid Blyton's best-loved series, this newly-created early reader follows Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on a special new adventure - illustrated in gorgeous full-colour throughout by Becka Moor.
Expect all the usual excitement as the Five head off to birthday party with a very special present. Little do they know, two thieves are on their trail and desperate to get their hands on it...
The story is broken down into short chapters with vibrant, full-colour illustrations on every page - perfect for shared reading or for newly confident readers to enjoy independently.
This new title sits alongside Enid Blyton's eight original short stories about the Famous Five- also available in early reader format, illustrated by Jamie Littler. Collect them all!
A Lazy Afternoon
George's Hair Is Too Long
Well Done, Famous Five
Five and a Half-Term Adventure
When Timmy Chased the Cat
Five Have a Puzzling Time
Good Old Timmy
Happy Christmas, Five!
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Betty Q is no ordinary girl. She is an ace detective whose special deductive powers can solve any mystery!
Race Further with Reading is the perfect tool to build reading confidence with illustrated stories in manageable bite-size chapters, following on a level from the Race Ahead with Reading series with stories of 2,000 words.
Mrs Blackhat returns in this hilarious rhyming picture book. Perfect for Halloween!
Mrs Blackhat has a new broom. And it's not just any broom: it's a whizzy new ZoomBroom, with buttons, bleeps and its very own app!
But what will Mrs Blackhat do when the battery runs low? Maybe it's time for some old-fashioned magic ...
A wickedly funny Halloween tale, with a timely message about embracing technology and good old-fashioned magic.
Clever time travel novel following the history of the Olympics and Paralympics. Exciting story which presents the history of the Olympic Games in a fun format.
Spud he's scatty and accident-prone - but good with the gadgets... Star she's super-smart and ready to pounce... Together they're Spy Pups, following hot in the paw prints of mum, Lara. Spud and Star are on a daredevil rescue mission to save Lara from the evil Mr Big! Can the Spy Pups jump into action and save the day - and their mum?
