Nine-year-old Lydia lives in the land of Likrishka, ruled over by Stannic the 'Tin Man', a powerful chef who has placed the country under martial law. His plan is to rule over an obedient population and to instil his tastes into the under-tens by placing them in the care of governesses in robot-policed Detainer Zones. Sweets and other food are the most important things in this world, and the source of all power-and so they are fiercely controlled by Stannic. Something has to be done! When Lydia manages to escape, she is recruited by a group of girls on a mission. Together, they embark on a quest through jungles, tunnels, and caves, past natural and man-made hazards, to find a number of forbidden and dangerous sweets, which eventually they will use in an audacious plan to bring down the tyrannous Stannic and his regime for ever.
Starr’s family has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to move to outer space! They’ll live on the world’s most advanced space station and help space tourists explore different planets. Starr is excited, curious and terrified about the big change. She’ll have to leave her school, her house and, worst of all, her best friend, Allison. But whatever happens, Starr knows her new life will be out of this world!
Ellen still can't believe that the mysterious Mirror-Belle is her friend. After all, how can you really believe in a girl who stares at you out of the mirror but who isn't your reflection? A girl who claims she is a princess from a magical, faraway land? But now mischievous Mirror-Belle is back in five funny, exciting and charming stories by Julia Donaldson, with illustrations by Lydia Monks. And she's all ready to make Ellen's life a right royal muddle in Princess Mirror-Belle and the Magic Shoes!
The big day has finally arrived! It's Shyanna's thirteenth birthday, the most important birthday in a mermaid's life. Shyanna will get her legs and be able to go on land for the first time ever! But her excitement quickly fades when Cora's sister, Jewel, gets stuck in a fisherman's net. Will Jewel be saved? And if so, at what cost to the other mermaids?
Rockets is a brilliant series of lively and humorous stories for children who are just begining to enjoy reading. Mik and Mak the Space Twins and their space-spotter chums on earth will keep children enthralled through each book in the four-strong mini-series. The series develops reading ability and the text is integrated with illustrations using speech bubbles, thought bubbles and sound effects.
Sell the cemetery? Over their dead bodies...Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down ...especially since it's Halloween tomorrow. Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were...well...alive. Particularly if they break a few rules ...
A highly collectable series that celebrates the inner
fire of every girl.
We are Dragon Girls, hear us roar!
Azmina, Willa, and Naomi are thrilled to learn they're Glitter
Dragon Girls. Summoned to the Magic Forest by its magnificent ruler,
the Tree Queen, the girls quickly find out their dragon-selves
have unbelievable abilities.
They can soar above the treetops, breathe glittery bursts of fire,
and roar loud enough to shake the ground.
With this newfound magic comes a big responsibility, however.
As Dragon Girls, they are sworn protectors of the forest and must
help keep it safe from the troublesome Shadow Sprites, who are determined
to take the forest's magic for their own.
Perfect for fans of Rainbow Magic, Unicorn
Academy & My Little Pony
A series celebrating difference and the environment
Cute, collectable books for beginner readers
""The story is well plotted, the vocabulary accessible with
a few nicely thrown in challenges ... What's not to love?""
- New Zealand Herald
The thrilling third Geomancer book in the epic fantasy trilogy from the bestselling, award-winning Kiran Millwood Hargrave, for readers of Philip Pullman and Katherine Rundell.
'Destined to be a classic' Garth Nix
'This tale of adventure and magic is as brave as it is exciting' Independent
'A stunning adventure' Cressida Cowell
Ysolda has unlocked the earth magic, and its powers are rising within her. Could she really find out what it is like to fly, or to control the creatures of the deep?
With a rebel princess by her side, she is racing against the fearsome wolf queen. But they're in for a stormy journey across the sea, facing pirates and the elements, and with the future of the whole world at stake ...
From the author of The Girl of Ink and Stars, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies, the Geomancer trilogy is a new modern classic for readers young and old.
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is winner of the Wainwright Prize (Sept 2023), the Waterstones Book Prize (2017), and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year (2017).
Who can catch a memory thief? ' An unforgettable adventure ' THE TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK. ""Starting on All Fools Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Saturday, and that was the day I was born."" 12-year-old Piaf has the ability to (and burden of) remembering everything that has happened since the day she was born. When she discovers everyone in Paris has forgotten the entire last year, 1887, including the disappearance of several gifted children, Piaf and her twin brother Luc embark on a dangerous journey that brings them to the depths of Paris's underground twin, the Catacombs, to capture the memory thief and find the lost children.
