Packed with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations, Goth Girl and the Pirate Queen is a World Book Day book from Chris Riddell, award-winning author of the Ottoline series.
When Ada travels to the seaside resort of Brighton on holiday, she is very excited to meet leading followers of fashion Lady Vivienne Dashwood and her rival, the fashionable shepherd, Beau Peeps. They are there preparing for World Frock Night - a lavish ball where everyone dresses up in their finest costumes to compete for the grand prize.
Ada has been given money by her father to buy a spectacular outfit for the ball, and she's excited to be in with a chance of winning the prize. But nothing goes to plan, and becoming the belle of the ball will prove to be Ada's biggest challenge yet . . .
Enjoy this mini adventure into the life of Ada Goth, and continue the fun with the Costa Children's Book Award-winning first book in the series, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse.
Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur! On the incredible spaceship DSS Sauropod, along with his faithful crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy, Teggs rights wrongs, fights evil and eats a lot of grass! The Astrosaurs are on another mission when they almost crash into a deserted space station. It turns out to be a dinosaur prison that has been hit by a meteor and abandoned. Teggs and Iggy Investigate - but are taken captive by two dastardly prisoners who are hiding out in the wreckage. The master criminals have a body-swap machine - and they use on the Astrosaurs! Can Gipsy and Arx save their Captain before it's too late?
Molly hesitated. 'Are you cursed?'
The girl nodded. 'Aren't you?'
Curses aren't real. Magic is only in stories. So Molly Drummond definitely can't be magically cursed. Can she?
When Molly finds herself in a curse-lifting workshop with four magical classmates -- a kelpie, a dryad, a sphinx and a toad -- she's determined not to believe in it.
But it's true that whenever a dog barks, Molly suddenly becomes a small and very fast hare...
Molly and her friends set off on a quest to lift their curses -- solving riddles, facing an ancient snake and battling curse-hatched armies.
Can they find the Promise Keeper, who controls all curses, before their magical world spins out of control?
Follow Molly into a world of brilliant magic and extraordinary friendship in the breathtaking Spellchasers trilogy by award-winning author Lari Don.
This exclusive eBook edition contains all three books in the Spellchasers Trilogy: The Beginner's Guide to Curses; The Shapeshifter's Guide to Running Away; The Witch's Guide to Magical Combat.
Get your child hooked on reading as they meet Ahsoka from the Star Wars The Clone Wars series and learn all about how she trains to become a Jedi
Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed The Clone Wars Reader is all about your child's favourite heroine, Ahsoka. Watch as your child meets Ahsoka training to become a Jedi. They'll find out all about her adventures under the wing of different Jedi's - Anakin, Luminara Unduli and Plo Koon - and see how she learns to trust her Jedi instincts and to work as part of a team.
Packed with pictures from The Clone Wars series, it's an out-of-this-world read. And don't forget, there's a galaxy-full of DK Star Wars books to collect.
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.
Janey is fed up of being told what to do by her mum and dad. So she jets off to the cafe at the edge of the moon where she can do anything she likes - eating pudding first, splashing in puddles and racing a dinosaur.
The Matrix meets Oliver Twist, WARP: The Reluctant Assassin is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl.
It all began with the FBI and WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme). Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future - until now . . .
Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master . . .
Albert Garrick, the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with . . .
Chevie Savano, the FBI's youngest and most impulsive special agent.
As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley and Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive and stop Garrick from returning to his own time - armed with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.
Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour - Sunday Times
Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast. - Publishers Weekly
When Connie is sent to live with her aunt, she knows it's going to be one more place where she doesn't fit in. But soon she realises how wrong she is. The seaside town is full of adults and children who have strange links to creatures. It's the heart of the secret Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures, a group of people sworn to ensure that mythical beasts are kept safe. Normally the creatures and their chosen humans work in harmony. But something
abnormal is happening here. The Sirens, who for generations have kept their deadly song to themselves, are once again luring humans to their deaths. It doesn't take long for Connie to realise that the victims are oil workers. The Sirens are fed-up with their seas being polluted, but should the Society
protect the Sirens or the oil industry?
Connie doesn't think she has a role to play, until it becomes clear that she's a Universal - the first person in over a century who can communicate with every type of beast on earth and in the air. Her power is immense. It corrupted the previous Universal . . . and now he's back. And he'll use any means he can - from violence to the terrifying Storm Giants - to turn Connie to the dark side.
Everyone has had more birthdays than Ben. His sister Jessica has had 10. Dad has had 38! But Ben's birthday just never seems to come. Then Ben rescues a magical, talking snail and is given the chance to change all that. He is granted one special wish with very surprising results...
The green men of Gressingham are on a quest to find a dragon! The hilarious follow up to The Green Men of Gressingham. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.
