A collection of five bite-size myths from across the globe, The Wrath of the Gods by Anthony Horowitz includes exciting tales from Greek, Norse and Inuit mythology.
Part of the Legends series of six books, The Wrath of the Gods tells the dramatic stories of those who dared to disobey the heavens - and it does not pay to anger the gods . . . If you’re lucky, you might just end up being transformed into a spider, falling hopelessly in love with your reflection or being hunted by your own hounds.
And if you’re unlucky? Well . . . read on . . .
Featuring black and white illustrations, the Legends series by Anthony Horowitz, the author of the phenomenally successful Alex Rider series, brings classic stories to life with thrilling imagination.
Reading is UNdead! Everyone has zombies on the brain as Stink's school and a local bookshop cook up a frightfully fun Main Street event. Guts! Brains! Eyeballs! There's only one week before the new book in the ""Nightmare on Zombie Street"" series comes out. Of corpse Stink will be first in line at the Blue Frog Bookstore to buy his copy and join the town's Midnight Zombie Walk! Until then, Stink and his friends keep busy making ketchup-stained zombie costumes, trying to raise money to buy the book and racking up points for Virginia Dare School's race to one million minutes of reading. But with all that talk about the undead, Zink - that is, Stink - starts to wonder: is he being hunted by zombies? He does have a very delicious - er, superb - brain, after all. Readers will just have to open ze book and zee! Mwa ha ha ha! This is Book 7 in the popular series starring Stink Moody (aka Judy Moody's little brother). ""The Virginia Dare School's race to One Million Minutes of Reading"" will echo reading campaigns in many schools and libraries around the country. This is one of the best pro-book, pro-library, pro-bookshop lines ever!
In the words of Principal Zombie (aka Principal Tuxedo), ""I hereby officially declare reading is UNdead!""
Zeb is determined to take part in the biggest dog sledding race in the world in this fast-paced drama.
An exciting story of courage and friendship. Zeb defies his parents to take part in the biggest dog sledding race in the world.
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 6.5.
The stench of death drifts over Avantia - Sanpao the Pirate King has summoned a giant vulture-Beast to destroy Tom before he finds the Tree of Being. If Tom fails, Freya and Silver will be trapped in Tavania for ever...
Don't miss the rest of the series!
BALISK THE WATER SNAKE
KORON JAWS OF DEATH
HECTON THE BODY SNATCHER
TORNO THE HURRICANE DRAGON
BLOODBOAR THE BURIED DOOM
FEVER CRUMB is the stunning prequel to Philip Reeve's brilliant science
fantasy quartet. It is set many generations before the events
of Mortal Engines, in whose dazzling world huge, predatory cities
chase and devour each other. Now, London is a riot-torn, ruinous
town, clinging to a devastated landscape and hiding an explosive
secret. Is Fever, adopted daughter of Dr Crumb, the strange
key that will unlock its dangerous mysteries?
A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+. Perfect for fans of Holly Webb and Michael Morpurgo.
This is the story of one brave dog's journey home.
Rascal is hot and thirsty, and still miles from his owner Joel. The woods are tinder-dry, and when careless campers start a forest fire, Rascal must fight to save not only himself, but a frightened and lost little girl.
Packed with entertaining illustrations from James De La Rue. Fans of Morpurgo's Shadow will love this.
Have you collected all of Rascal's adventures?
Rascal: Lost in the Caves
Rascal: Trapped on the Tracks
Rascal: Running for his Life
Rascal: Facing the Flames
Rascal: Swept Beneath the Waters
Rascal: Racing Against Time
Chris Cooper is the pen name of Paul Shipton, who grew up in Manchester and went to university in Cambridge. He spent several years teaching English as a foreign language and lived in Istanbul for a year.
Paul then moved into publishing, working on science activity books and primary school English materials. He published his first book, Zargon Zoo in 1991. Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He, his wife and two daughters, now divide their time between Cambridge, England and Madison, Wisconsin.
Now a major animated TV series from Studio Ghibli!
Ronja lives with her father, a robber chieftain, and his band of men in their fortress on the top of a mountain. On the night Ronja was born, a bolt of lightning split the stronghold in two, leaving a huge chasm - Hell's Gap - in between.
Soon Ronja is old enough to explore the forest around her, but she must beware of the grey dwarfs and wild harpies that live there. One day she meets Birk, the son of a rival robber leader who has claimed the other side of Hell's Gap, and upon whom Ronja's father instantly declares war.
Ronja and Birk develop a friendship that is as indestructible as the mountain fortress itself. But with their families sworn enemies they are forced to keep their friendship a secret until one fateful day when Ronja's father catches Birk . . . prompting Ronja and Birk to escape into the woods and fend for themselves.
How long can Ronja and Birk survive in the magical forest? And will their fathers ever put aside their differences to get their beloved children back?
Explore opposites with Maisy in this exuberant concept book.
What's the opposite of big? Small! What's the opposite of old? Young! What's the opposite of hot? Cold! An exciting range of opposites is explored by Maisy as you've never seen her before: stripy and spotty, happy and sad, tall and short! This large-format concept book with rounded corners is bursting with exciting, colourful art and sure to delight young children.
Your home was the one place you felt safe.
Now it’s your prison.
You were invisible.
Now your every move is monitored by masked strangers.
You looked after your mum, your best friend.
Now you barely know her.
Everything can change in thirteen hours.
Eight-year-old Jack and his little sister, Annie, are playing in the woods during their summer holiday, when they find a mysterious tree house full of books. But these are no ordinary books . . . And this is no ordinary tree house . . .
Jack and Annie are whisked into the future - to an exciting outer-space hotel! But they've only got two hours before they run out of air . . . Will the mysterious moon man and his map help them get back safely?
