Mouse and Mole are the best of friends. They have fun together, and share everything. They trust each other completely, even with their deepest secrets. Then, one day, whilst lying side by side on a hilltop, they see a falling star. ""It's my star! I saw it first,"" says Mole. ""No, I saw it first!"" shouts Mouse. Their quarrel tears them apart, but as the days roll by they begin to miss each other...
Mr. Straw is a very good scarecrow. One day Poppy and Sam creep up to examine him - and they discover the scarecrow's secret. Young children will love finding out what happens in this charming short story, specially written for new readers.
Emily's mum is being sent to India to take photos of an endangered forest. Emily isn't expecting to meet any wild friends, so is delighted when runaway tiger cub, Bala, turns up! But the local people are less happy to see her. Can Emily help Bala find her mother, before she's forced to fend for herself in the wild?
With a beautifully fluffy tail and a keen nose for adventure, Max the Detective Cat is ready for any mystery...
The pampered cats of Paris are being kidnapped! Could it have something to do with a singing competition that is gripping the city? Max knows he has to solve the mystery and bring them home. Especially as he's fallen in love with one of the victims...
Beautifully illustrated throughout by Nicola Kinnear, Max the Detective Cat is perfect for readers aged 7+.
Check out all of Max's adventures! The Disappearing Diva, The Phantom Portrait and The Catnap Caper.
This full-colour, highly illustrated diary series is perfect for
young readers who love friendship stories starring animal characters!
Eva Wingdale gets in over her head when she offers to organize a
spring festival at school. Even with her best friend Lucy's help,
there is NO way she will get everything done in time.
Will Eva have to ask Sue (a.k.a. Meanie McMeanerson) for help? Or
will the festival have to be cancelled? !
Eight-year-old Emily's parents are travelling to the remote Chinese jungle to carry out some important work for WWF – and Emily's getting to go along too! A greedy businessman is threatening to build a new hotel on a reserve that's home to a family of Giant Pandas, and it's up to Emily's mum and dad to stop him. When she meets adorable baby panda cub, Li, Emily is even more determined to help protect his home and family. But will she be able to find the other pandas in time to save the reserve?
Hilarious, hen-sational new adventure series by the author of bestselling ATTICUS CLAW
Young chicken Amy Cluckbucket dreams of escaping from Perrin's farm to a life of chicken adventure. One day Amy receives a summons to the Kung Foo School for Poultry in Tibet where she learns she is to become part of an elite chicken squad whose mission is to defeat their evil predators. It sounds like a dream come true for Amy but she's disappointed to find that fellow squad members, Ruth and Boo, don't seem to want to make friends. Ruth is too busy inventing things and Boo has problems of her own.
The chickens travel to Chicken HQ to meet their mentor, Professor Rooster. When their first mission flops it is Amy who persuades the others that they should stick together to restore Professor Rooster's faith in them.
Through a series of egg-citing adventures and hilarious mishaps the three young chickens learn the value of friendship and teamwork. But will they be ready for their biggest mission so far - to save the chicks of St Eggbert's Primary School from the jaws of their mortal enemy, Thadeus E Fox?
From bestselling author and winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award, Uki and the Swamp Spirit is the fifth title set in the world of Podkin One-Ear.
Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. Of tendrils connecting all the creatures of the marsh in a web . . . Linking itself so it could poison it all and destroy it.
Uki and his friends have two more spirits to find and capture. After defeating Valkus, they make for Clarice, who is spreading disease through the swamps. Can Uki and his friends outwit him - all whilst they themselves are being chased by the Endwatch and Jori's clan of assassins?
'Storytelling perfection.' Sophie Anderson
'One of my sons very favourite authors.' Romesh Ranganathan
'Superb.' Max Porter
'It's jolly good fun ... expect sequels to breed like... well, rabbits.' SFX on The Legend of Podkin One-Ear
Roddy Doyle's 'brilliant' Brilliant is a wonderful, heartwarming middle grade tale of friendship and family.
Gloria and Rayzer must save their Uncle Ben. The black dog has got him.
At least, that's what they heard their granny say. And she says it's taken Dublin's funny bone too.
As Uncle Ben’s Dublin business fails, it's clear to Gloria and Rayzer that something is wrong. He just isn’t his usual cheerful self. Gathering all their courage the children set out on a midnight quest to hunt down the Black Dog and chase it away.
Gloria and Rayzer are really brave, but the black dog is really scary – and soon they realize that they can't fight it alone. Before long loads of other children are searching for it too, because the Black Dog is hounding lots of Dublin's adults. Together – and with the help of magical animals, birds and rodents – the children manage to corner the Black Dog . . . but will they have the courage and cleverness to destroy the frightening creature?
