Kat has always dreamed of being a dancer, but when she injures her ankle a few days before the ballet show, the show really can't go on! Mum and Dad have a surprise to cheer her up: a new kitten! Pearl is the most gorgeous kitten ever - Kat is sure that if she entered her into a pet show, she would win! Perhaps Pearl can be the star of the show!
In a perfect world there'd be no need for Animal Magic. But Eva and Karl Harrison, who live at the animal rescue centre with their parents, know that life isn't perfect. Every day there's a new arrival in need of their help.
Young children will love finding out what happens when Rusty the dog goes for a train ride in this charming short story specially written for new readers. Includes music and sound effects.
One of a series for children who are starting to read on their own. Blessu is a very small elephant who suffers from dreadful hay-fever. Although he is small he has a very large sneeze. Blessu does not grow very fast except for one part of him - his trunk.
When the carnival comes to METROPOLIS, BEPPO THE SUPER-MONKEY isn't far behind. This CHIMP OF STEEL can't wait to chow down on chocolate-covered bananas and other fair foods. Unfortunately, the world's evilest ape, GORILLA GRODD, has other plans. He wants to turn this festival of fun into a day of destruction.
Cara is very sad when she breaks her leg and isn't able to join her best friends on their summer activity holiday. To cheer her up, Mum takes her to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, where they meet Stella the gorgeous and gentle Staffordshire bull terrier puppy. Stella goes everywhere with Cara - even on the bus to a birthday party.
An aadorable and funny love story between aardvarks.
Aardvarks Aalfred and Aalbert both need a pal. But Aalfred sleeps in the day, and Aalbert sleeps at night. How will they ever get the chance to meet?
Bird conjures up a series of sillier and sillier schemes to get the two aardvarks into the same place, but their paths simply refuse to cross. Until one day, when they find each other in the most unexpected way – and now Aalfred and Aalbert will never lose each other again.
Aalfred and Aalbert is as funny and memorable as Morag Hood's previous books, Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea, I Am Bat and The Steves. With its sweet and natural portrayal of love accidentally blooming between two aardvarks, it makes a brilliant gift for a loved one.
Sarah's full of nerves when she arrives at Sunnyside Stables, but she's not the only one. Sprite, a new addition to Sunnyside, is flighty and anxious. Together they must work to rebuild each other's confidence - but in order to help Sprite, Sarah must first conquer her own nerves.
Poppet is a little African elephant. When he is born, his mother warns him against mice because they run up elephants' trunks. Poppet spends some time asking various creatures if they are mice and then, to his horror, one of them says 'Yes'. However, Momo the mouse persuades Poppet that he's been told an old wives' tale and the two become friends. Poppet's mother is horrified but is won over in the end by Momo's eloquence.
Little do we know it, but mankind is in danger from the evil, plotting, killer-kitty, Katmanchew and only the Action Dogs can defeat this malevolent moggy. When the MS Retriever is hijacked by ferocious feline Captain Claw, Benji the faithful watchdog is hurled into the cat-catching, top secret world of the Action Dogs.
Villainous feline Katmanchew is plotting to steal the famous Da Vinci painting, Dozy-looking Woman With A Stupid Grin On Her Face, at the opening ceremony of a luxury hotel in Paris, and only the Action Dogs can stop him. But with Benji in the doghouse, Spike, Sally and Rascal must fly to France and save the day without him.
