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.
'Glubbslyme. You're magic!'
Rebecca decides to wade into the witch's pond after a row with her best friend Sarah, and she meets a very unusual new friend - a huge, warty toad!
And Glubbslyme is no ordinary toad. Hundreds of years old, he can talk and - best of all - he can work magic. Maybe, just maybe, he can help Rebecca be best friends with Sarah again . . .
A touching tale of friendship and magic from bestselling Jacqueline Wilson.
A funny, rhyming tale about friendship, kindness... and witches! From Peter Bently and Jim Field – the illustrator of the bestselling Oi Frog books.
There once were twin witches named Rita and Rose, who each had a wart on the end of her nose...
Twin witches Rita and Rose couldn't be more different. Rose is poor and helps others for free, while Rita is rich and charges clients huge fees. When Princess Anna Lucinda Cecilia Grace is too glum to even smile, Witch Rita is summoned to cheer her up. She conjures up exquisite tiaras, fabulous frocks, delicious treats and even a pet dragon – with no success.
But, as Witch Rose knows, sometimes you don't need an expensive wand to work magic!
A hilarious story about the importance of being kind and making time for others – the perfect book to read together at Halloween, or any time of the year.
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.
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior.
Oh yes. And dead.
Skulduggery Pleasant is gone, sucked into a parallel dimension overrun by the Faceless Ones. If his bones haven’t already been turned to dust, chances are he’s insane, driven out of his mind by the horror of the ancient gods. There is no official, Sanctuary-approved rescue mission. There is no official plan to save him.
But Valkyrie's never had much time for plans.
The problem is, even if she can get Skulduggery back, there might not be much left for him to return to. There’s a gang of villains bent on destroying the Sanctuary, there are some very powerful people who want Valkyrie dead, and as if all that wasn’t enough it looks very likely that a sorcerer named Darquesse is going to kill the world and everyone on it.
Skulduggery is gone. All our hopes rest with Valkyrie. The world’s weight is on her shoulders, and its fate is in her hands.
These are dark days indeed.
Will's new teacher, Mrs Dumpy, is really, really mean! And his monster friend, Urk, thinks she's hiding a monstrous secret. Can a trip to the Horror Hills uncover the terror teacher's putrid plan?
The second in a fantastic funny younger series from Carnegie and Branford Boase long-listed author, Joanne Owen.
Martha is still causing accidental mayhem in this second book in the series.
She accidentally drops a nutmeg into a ""grow and move"" potion concocted by grumpy witch, Griselda Gritch . . . and mayhem unfolds, including an even-grumpier-than-Griselda-Gritch magical nutmeg lady, the village hall being accidentally knocked down by a herd of cows, and a VERY eventful and catastrophic village fete and football match.
Everybody blames Martha - again!
Return to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating third series of Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell!
In Enchantia, Holly discovers a carousel of mythical creatures. They have been enchanted and trapped on the carousel by Wicked Fairy. She wants to capture the Silver Unicorn to complete her menagerie. Can Holly and the White Cat warn the unicorn in time? Or will he also be trapped on the carousel forever…
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.
