The enduring appeal of The Famous Five has meant that the stories have been continuously in print since they were first published in the 1940s. These audio recordings are dramatised with a full cast and make wonderful listening for all Famous Five fans. Each story is one hour.
But Glendor the Stealthy Shadow isn't the
only danger. Can Max and Lia defeat the beast and find the next element to power Aquora, before Rivet becomes scrap metal?
The second thrilling book in Sea Quest Series 7: The Lost Starship. Don't miss the rest of the series:
Veloth the Vampire Squid, Mirroc the Goblin Shark and Blistra the Sea Dragon!
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Oi! You at the back! Yes, you! Stop mucking about and get a move on. Some of us are waiting to get
going on this quest you know! These magic porcupines are pretty hard to find, so pay attention and
stick with our fearless heroes, Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face.
It could take many years for us to finish our gigantic quest, or it could take just under 200 pages, but I'm pretty sure we'll be back in time for tea, 'cause we'll be starving by then . . .
With a host of unforgettable characters such as . . . ummm . . . old what's her face and . . . errrr . . . young fellow-me-lad, this is nail-biting and thumb-sucking adventure that will leave you laughing and cheering and quite possibly really fancying a banana!
When Boomerang the cat disappears into a tiny gap behind the fireplace at Stone Cottage, Scott, Jack and Emily are amazed to discover a secret room that Aunt Kate never knew existed! But what was the room created for? Inside is very little other than an enormous old chest which Jack is convinced must be full of treasure, but what secrets will be revealed when the friends finally manage to open the box?
The Ship of Adventure is the sixth exciting instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton, one of the best-loved children's writers of all time.
An amazing voyage around the beautiful Greek islands becomes an exciting quest to find the lost treasure of the Andra!
Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack and Kiki the parrot are plunged into a search for hidden riches – with some ruthless villains hot on their trail! Will they find the treasure before it’s too late?
A thrilling Gothic tale from the author of Our Castle
by the Sea, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's
Book Prize.
'Told in deft and luminous language, The Ghost of Gosswater
is storytelling at its very best.' Kiran Millwood
Hargrave, author of THE GIRL OF INK & STARS
'Family secrets, a ghost girl and a forbidding manor house
that goes up in smoke ... You can't help rooting for Agatha in this
spooky, addictive tale of friendship and family.' THE
TIMES
'Eerie, shimmering, unputdownable'
HILARY MCKAY, winner of the Costa Book Award
The Lake District, 1899
The Earl is dead and cruel Cousin Clarence has inherited everything.
Twelve-year-old Lady Agatha Asquith is cast out of Gosswater Hall
to live in a tiny, tumbledown cottage with a stranger who claims
to be her father.
Aggie is determined to discover her real identity, but she is
not alone on her quest for the truth.
On the last day of the year, when the clock strikes midnight,
a mysterious girl of light creeps through the crack in time; she
will not rest until the dark, terrible secrets of the past have been
revealed ...
The third novel by acclaimed bestselling author Lucy
Strange, author of The Secret of Nightingale Wood and Our
Castle by the Sea
A thrilling gothic adventure for young readers aged 9
and up – perfect for fans of Emma Carroll and Frances Hardinge
Follows strong-willed heroine Agatha Gosswater as she
untangles the dark mystery of her own past, with the backdrop of
the eerie Gosswater Lake
Minecraft meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in book 2 of the very popular 8-Bit Warrior series of the journal of a young Minecraft villager who dares to dream of becoming a Minecraft warrior!
THESE ARE THE REAL BOOKS BY CUBE KID! DIARY OF AN 8-BIT WARRIOR: FROM SEEDS TO SWORDS WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS WIMPY VILLAGER KINDLES 5-8.
Pet slimes. A potion brew-off. A creepy forest that no one will explain. What’s a twelve-year-old warrior-in-training to do?
As Runt and his friends continue their battle preparation, they face their biggest challenges yet—and it’s not just those zombies decked out in body armor (which is really weird, by the way). Runt’s got a brand new nemesis who will stop at nothing to claim the top spot in the warrior competition at school. And, to make matters worse, there’s a strange girl following him around wherever he goes. But old enemies will become new allies as the town rallies to save the school from a series of mysterious mob attacks. Can Runt and his friends take down the biggest, baddest boss mob yet?
Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson's bestselling, classic masterpiece, Journey to the River Sea.
'Unputdownable storytelling. I loved it.' - Hilary McKay, Costa Award-winning author of The Skylark's War
In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier.
The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong. What she finds is Yara’s lively, welcoming family on the banks of the river and, together, they face a danger greater than she could ever have imagined.
Featuring places and characters known and loved by fans of Journey to the River Sea (including, among others, Maia, Finn, Miss Minton and Clovis) this spectacular new chapter in the story tells of the next generation and the growing threats to the Amazon rainforest that continue to this day.
Luke is a comic-mad eleven-year old who shares a treehouse with his geeky older brother, Zack. Luke' s only mistake is to go for a wee right at the wrong time. While he's gone, an alien gives his undeserving, never-read-a-comic-in-his-life brother superpowers and then tells him to save the universe. Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
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 was the winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016.
Look out for:
My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord
My Evil Twin is a Supervillain
My Arch-Enemy is a Brain in a Jar
My Cousin is a Time-Traveller
Frankie and his team love playing football. There's always time for a game - especially when it's a tournament!
When Frankie and his friends are whisked to the Canadian Rockies they land with a splash - straight into a freezing river. Thank goodness for a giant rescue dog who turns up just in time. To return the favour, the friends save the dog's owner, Danni, from a grizzly bear. But when they get back to school, they realize their mission isn't over yet. Something has followed them through the portal... Can they return a large, furry creature to Canada, and help their new friend win the tournament of her life?
