A darkly comic Dickensian ghost story from Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones: it's not the dead you'll need to worry about!
Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift. While his father buries the dead, Sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. Trouble is afoot on the 'other side' - there is a horrible disease that is mysteriously imprisoning ghosts into empty houses in the world of the living. And Sam is caught in the middle - will he be able to bring himself to help?
Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones has woven a darkly comic story, a wonderfully funny adventure that roams the grimy streets of Victorian London.
It's the Cup Final and Pudding Lane are set to win. They have Mad Iris as their mascot! But what will they do when - Mad Iris goes Missing? A new adventure with the maddest ostrich on the planet. New package for the fun sequel to Mad Iris from the King of comedy.
A laugh-out-loud, sing-along counting romp, based on the traditional rhyme, perfect for fans of Supertato!
One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four… playing hide and seek – hang on! Who's inside the drawer?!
Four more energetic, excitable potatoes, that's who! And the potato pals are about to receive an exciting invitation: to take part in the fruit and veg talent show!
But potatoes are too small to dance. They're useless at acrobatics, and can't play musical instruments or ride bikes.
So what CAN they do?!
From the bestselling authors of George's Amazing Adventures and the award-winning creator of Mr Pusskins!
Look out for One Banana, Two Bananas – on sale now!
Come with Claude on a smashing adventure! These waggy tales are perfect for new readers, with illustrations on every page. As seen on TV - Claude is the star of his very own TV show!
'Illustrated with humour and elegance ...' The Sunday Times
Claude discovers a film set right in his very own town! When the two lead actors are injured, Claude and Sir Bobblysock are asked to take their places. Can they become movie stars with just the simple addition of a wig? Of course they can!
'For emerging readers I recommend the Claude books' Irish Sunday Independent
Catch up with ten terrific years of Claude! Read on with:
Claude on Holiday
Claude in the City
Claude at the Circus
Claude in the Country
Claude in the Spotlight
Claude on the Slopes
Claude Lights! Camera! Action!
Claude Going for Gold
Santa Claude
Claude Adventures
Claude All At Sea
Claude at the Palace
Claude Doodle Book
Claude: All About Keith
Claude Snazzy Dress-Up Sticker Book
Claude: Anyone for Strawberries?
Claude Ever-So-Summery Sticker Book
Houdini is no ordinary hamster. He is an escapologist with an exceptional talent for getting out of cages and urge to escape leads him to all kinds of adventures…
Published into the First Modern Classics list, fantastic stories for young readers.
He may look like a small, furry pet, but really he is a Wild Creature – a freedom-loving hamster with a life-long passion for escape and a yearning for the Great Outside, leaving chaos and destruction as he goes.
He tells his hilarious adventures with great intelligence and no modesty – for the world beyond carpets and floorboards can be a terrifying place…
Boyface Antelope has been waiting his whole life to turn ten and be allowed to enter his parents' stripemongering shop. On the morning of his tenth birthday he finds his parents ill, and they ask him not just to go in the shop but to look after it on his own! His friend Clootie has also turned ten today, and has also been waiting to enter the shop. Between them, will they be able to handle the delivery of five irritable tigers and keep the stripemongery running smoothly?
More than anything, Gormy wants to be a big, scary monster just like his dad. But monstering isn't as easy as it looks! Gormy's parents are going away for the evening and that can only mean one thing - a monster-sitter! Oh no! When Nana the Noog arrives, she's like no monster-sitter Gormy's had before.
Warning: This book could change your ideas about history for ever!!
Do you know why the Celts got the best girls? Or who had his portrait painted after he was dead? And have you any idea who planned the first Channel Tunnel? From the dawn of civilization to the end of the Second World War, it's all here in the factually accurate and hilariously funny Very Bloody History of Britain.
Bizarre, barmy and almost beyond belief, you've never had a history lesson like it!
Katie is an expert on operating grown-ups. She knows exactly how to get the best out of them, so she decides to write a guide to help the world's long-suffering teenagers do the same. But then Katie's mum starts dating the awful Yellow Tie Man. For everyone's sake, Katie needs to use all her expertise to get rid of him - and quick!
