Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2019
Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition
2017
Shortlisted for the Waterstones
Children's Book Prize 2020
Longlisted
for the Jhalak Prize 2019
Chosen as one of
the Guardian's Best Books of 2019
'This book is such a light-filled, huge-hearted delight of
an adventure.' KATHERINE RUNDELL
'An evocative debut novel ... satisfyingly classic in feel'
GUARDIAN
'A heartfelt and mystical children's adventure story.'
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Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and
she misses her papa who works in the city. When he suddenly stops
sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home
and her mother talks of leaving.
From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best
friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the
journey is dangerous: they must cross the world's highest mountains
and face hunger, tiredness – even snow leopards.
And yet, Asha has the unshakeable sense that the spirit bird of
her grandmother – her nanijee – is watching over her
...
A gorgeously original and magical adventure set in India,
for children aged 9 and up.
From the author of Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
– longlisted for the Blue Peter Book Prize.
Explores themes of faith, family and friendship while
capturing the wild, rich heart of contemporary India.
The Songs of the Sea festival is about to start, but disaster has
struck! The royal musicians will be performing, but all their instruments
have disappeared!
Harper and her friends use the flying umbrella to come to the rescue,
and that very night they start hearing beautiful music coming
from Melody Bay. Will they have the courage to walk along the pitch-black
smugglers' tunnels passing under the sea to find out who
has stolen the instruments?
A captivating adventure story all about friendship, creatures of
the sea and magic.
Guardians of Magic is an exciting, magical adventure from the Costa Award-winning creator of Goth Girl and Ottoline, Chris Riddell. This fantastic quest is fully illustrated in black and white in Chris's trademark intricate style.
Meet the Guardians of Magic: Zam, Phoebe and Bathsheba, three children who don’t yet know how powerful they are . . .
In a place where fairy tales don’t behave, and magic brings danger, enemies of magic are working together to destroy it. Unless the three brave Guardians fight back and believe in the impossible, soon magic and the mysterious cloud horses will be gone . . .
The Cloud Horse Chronicles continue in Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians.
On my thirteenth birthday, my life changed for ever. That's when I learned the shocking truth: I'm a half-vampire. Think that sounds cool? Think again. I've been attacked by an evil vampire bat, had huge cravings for my best friend's blood, and nearly died from eating a pizza (half-vampires aren't great with garlic).
A dazzling selection of 30 short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller - the perfect Christmas gift for children aged 6 and up!
Snuggle down with this heartwarming collection of classic tales, celebrating the magic and excitement of winter. These fun, entertaining stories are ideal for newly confident readers and are the perfect length for reading aloud at bedtime or in the classroom. It's an ideal stocking-filler too!
Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.
Read all of Enid Blyton's bestselling short story collections:
Springtime Stories
Summer Stories
Holiday Stories
Summer Holiday Stories
Summertime Stories
Stories of Wizards and Witches
Stories of Magic and Mischief
Christmas Tales
Christmas Treats
Winter Tales
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'Funny, sweet and very useful for opening conversations with anxious children' - Guardian
Everyone feels worried sometimes. But what if your worries came to life and started following you around?
Sohal worries about a lot of things: the dark, mutant sheep, being alone - you name it, he worries about it! So one night he tries drawing his worries to make himself feel better - and somehow they look a lot less worrying once they're scribbled down.
But then imagine Sohal's surprise when he wakes up the next morning to find a set of funny, furry friends at the end of his bed!
His worries have come to life, and it's not long before Hurt, Fail, Anger, Big and Alone have turned his world upside down. Now it's up to Sohal to work out how to keep his worries under control - and have some serious fun while he's at it!
The Truth Pixie meets Inside Out in this hilarious, highly illustrated new series, perfect for helping children gently work through their worries and concentrate on having fun.
A new terror is in store for Max and Lia as they hunt for the third precious element that could save them. Horvos the Horror Bird is here, with flamethrowers on its wings!
The third thrilling book in Sea Quest Series 4: The Lost Lagoon. Don't miss the rest of the series:
Rekkar the Screeching Orca, Tragg the Ice Bear and Gubbix the Poison Fish!
A fun, fast-paced story filled with facts about the solar system, doubling as the perfect celebration of grandparents and grandchildren.
Billy's grandfather is a retired astronaut who likes to take Billy on trips around planet Earth. But when the ship's computer takes over, they suddenly find themselves zooming away on a grand tour of the Solar System! But when the computer system fails and Billy's grandfather is forced to pilot the ship manually through the treacherous asteroid belt! Will they make it home alive?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.
Jack, Jessica and Wishler go to Giantland where they are tiny and everything is, well, GIANT! But the wishing-chair gets taken to be first prize in a talent contest and they will be stuck without it. They must help Olga the giantess win the talent show. But does she have the talent to succeed?
