Tells the story of Luke, a gifted but awkward ten-year-old who is obsessed with world records. When Luke's village is in danger of being bulldozed to the ground to make way for a waste incinerator plant, the only way to stop it is by putting the village on the map: by breaking 50 world records in a week. This is Luke's chance to shine.
When friends Lenny and Ted take their bikes off to the woods on a cold, snowy day, Mum warns them to keep away from the icy pond. The trouble is, Lenny just can't resist it and ends up nearly paying a very high price...
Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.
Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.
The Key Stage 2 Reading Champion Books are suggested for use as follows:
Independent Reading 11: start of Year 3 or age 7+
Independent Reading 12: end of Year 3 or age 7+
Independent Reading 13: start of Year 4 or age 8+
Independent Reading 14: end of Year 4 or age 8+
Independent Reading 15: start of Year 5 or age 9+
Independent Reading 16: end of Year 5 or age 9+
Independent Reading 17: start of Year 6 or age 10+
Independent Reading 18: end of Year 6 or age 10+
The first HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON book ever, and the inspiration for Cressida Cowell's best-selling fiction books that is now a Dreamworks feature film.
So begins Cressida Cowell's stories about a little Viking who cannot fit in. Unlike his dad, Stoick the Vast, Hiccup is tiny, thoughtful and polite and scared of almost everything - especially of going to sea for the very first time. But go he must... So who will save the day when everything goes wrong aboard ship and all the big Vikings lose their cool? This wonderfully witty fable will delight all those who have ever faced up to their worst fears.
This 2014 reissue includes a letter from Cressida Cowell to the reader.
'This is a lovely book; it is warm and witty, with instant appeal...' - The Children's Bookseller
A brand new young fiction series by TV broadcaster and intrepid explorer Ben Fogle, inspired by his real-life animal experiences...
Co-written with best-selling children's author Steve Cole.
X-Men meets Beast Quest at the school for superheroes! An epic new adventure series from bestselling author Adam Blade - with amazing comic-book style illustrations.
Hero Academy has been infiltrated by an enemy agent. Jack and the rest of Team Hero must discover who it is before the secret spy can tear their world apart.
Hero Academy is under threat. You must escape now!
There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in this series - don't miss out! Battle for the Shadow Sword; Attack of the Bat Army; Reptile Reawakened; and The Skeleton Warrior
And don't forget Adam Blade's other series: Beast Quet and Sea Quest
'I devoured The Light Jar whole and insist you do
the same. Pure, breathtaking genius' Maz Evans, bestselling
author of Who Let the Gods Out?
The second read-in-one-sitting mystery from the bestselling
author of The Goldfish Boy, one of 2017's biggest
children's books.
Nate and his mother are running away, hiding out in a tumbledown
cottage in the middle of a forest.
When Mum heads off for provisions, and then doesn't return, Nate
is left alone and afraid, with the dark closing in all around
him.
But comfort can come from the most unexpected of places - a mysterious
girl trying to solve the clues of a treasure hunt and the
reappearance of an old friend from his past.
Will Nate find the bravery needed to face the
troubles of his present and ultimately illuminate the future?
A story of fear and hope, loneliness and friendship.
A genuinely gasp-out-loud twist.
A page-turning, twisty mystery with characters to root for.
Luke and his brother have swapped bodies by accident. Zack's got Luke's weird feet while Luke has Zack's SUPERPOWERS! Now he needs another world-threatening adventure to try them out. Could a family mini-break at Great Minds Leisure Park be his chance? Probably, because that's where his super-clever arch-enemy lurks, fermenting dastardly plans and bubbling gently...
My Arch-Enemy Is a Brain In a Jar is the fourth instalment of Luke's laugh-out-loud adventures. From the author of My Brother Is a Superhero, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the British Book Industry Awards Children's Book of the Year, and My Gym Teacher Is an Alien Overlord, winner of a Lollies Laugh Out Loud 2017 Book Award.
Books don't come much funnier than these! Packed with heart and soul, this series is perfect for fans of David Baddiel and David Walliams.
My Brother Is a Superhero
My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord
My Evil Twin is a SupervillainMy Arch-Enemy is a Brain in a Jar
My Cousin is a Time-Traveller
From the creator of CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, comes a BRAND NEW out-of-this-world
friendship adventure -- in full colour!
Ricky may be small in size, but he's a big hero with an even BIGGER
best friend! Like most best friends, Ricky and his Mighty Robot
do everything together. So when the Unpleasant Penguins from Pluto
invade Squeakyville and try to take over Earth, it's up to Ricky
and his Mighty Robot to fight these flightless felons and send
them back to their own (former) planet!
This is a never-before-seen RICKY RICOTTA adventure!
Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine and plague in Ireland. They survive a shipwreck and land safely in America searching for their father. But their new land is one of hardship and they live in poverty on the streets of Boston. However, their adventure is just beginning.
The witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny Spellsticks and super-whizzy Skyriders instead. And no one has a cauldron anymore, just a cupboard full of Potions2Go.
Ssh! Keep the noise down! Shut Uuuuuppp!!! Thanks . . .
There are strange things happening on the island of Great Kerfuffle. Listen carefully . . . can you hear that humming noise? It's getting louder . . . and louder . . . it's coming this way! I think we'd better LEG IT!!
Oh, hang about, here come our heroes, Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face to save us. They're sure to know what's beehind all this strange beehaviour. Let's hope they don't buzz off beefore the end of the story!
