Short stories to make you howl! This hilarious collection will get a laugh from any reader! More than 25 short stories feature characters like a rogue elephant, a short-sighted dentist, naughty schoolboys and little girls who ask a lot of questions. Brilliantly illustrated by Mik Brown, these short stories are great fun to share with friends and family.
Book Three of the charming Norma and Belly Series
Norma and Belly want pizza.
Hot, cheesy, tasty pizza.
Too bad no one will deliver. So they must get creative to nab a slice! Even if it means taking on a wild beast. With the help of their friends these squirrels are up to any task.
Successful film and TV star Chris O'Dowd collaborates with friend and fellow screenwriter Nick Vincent Murphy on Moone Boy: The Fish Detective, the second book in this hilarious illustrated series inspired by the Sky TV series they co-wrote.
Martin's parents are strapped for cash: it's going to be a budget Christmas this year. So Martin plans to buy his own presents - and attempts, unsuccessfully, to get a job. Padraic puts in a word for him with his Auntie Bridget, who runs the local butcher's shop. But her shop is struggling as the fish shop across the road undercuts her, and Bridget just can't compete. No one knows how the owner, Francie Feeley, does it - especially since he doesn't seem to employ anyone at his fish factory. No one goes in; no one comes out - it's a mystery.
Intrigued, Martin decides to go undercover and find out the truth, like a fish-mole - or a fish detective. Martin infiltrates the factory and discovers that Francie is illegally employing a gang of Brazilian fish-gutters. They're a lot of fun and one of them, Fabio, becomes Martin's good friend. But when Martin is exposed as a spy, he has to choose which side he's on. Will Christmas be ruined for the whole of Boyle?
Being a monster isn't as easy as it looks. Gormy loves it when his Uncle Kruckles comes to stay - he's the coolest, bravest, most monstrous monster ever. Gormy can't wait for them to go monstering together.
Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death!
Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death.
An extraordinary mystery in Larkin Mills is beginning to take shape. First we meet the apparently healthy Albert Dance, although he's always been called a sickly child, and he's been booked into Larkin Mills' Hospital for Specially Ill Children. Then there's his neighbour Ivor, who observes strange goings-on, and begins his own investigations into why his uncle disappeared all those years ago. Next we meet Young Olive, who is given a battered accordion by her father, and unwittingly strikes a dreadful deal with an instrument repair man.
Make sure you keep an eye on Mr Morricone, the town ice-cream seller, who has queues snaking around the block for his legendary ice cream flavours Summer Fruits Suicide and The Christmas Massacre. And Mr Milkwell, the undertaker, who has some very dodgy secrets locked up in his hearse. Because if you can piece together what all these strange folks have to do with one another . . . well, you'll have begun to unlock the dark secrets that keep the little world of Larkin Mills spinning . . .
Bridesmaid in Training is the second in the Notebooks of a Middle-School Princess, a funny, heart-warming illustrated Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot.
Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison still finds it hard to believe that she's a princess! Not only does she get to live in an actual palace with her newly discovered family and two fabulous poodles, but she also gets her very own pony!
Of course, not everything is going exactly as she imagined . . . her half-sister, Mia, is very busy learning how to run the country while trying to plan a wedding, and her father is getting remarried himself – to Mia's mother! – and spends most of his time 'renovating' the summer palace, although Grandmère says he is just hiding from the wedding madness. Olivia hardly gets to see either of them.
Fortunately Grandmère has her own plans for Mia's wedding, and needs Olivia's help to pull them off. Just when Olivia starts to think that things are going to work out after all, the palace is invaded by a host of new cousins and other royals who all seem to be angry at Olivia (although Grandmère says they are just jealous).
As the day of the wedding gets closer and closer, Olivia becomes more and more worried. For such a carefully planned event, it seems as if a LOT of things are going wrong . . . Can Olivia keep this royal wedding from becoming a royal disaster?
Olivia chronicles her transformation from ordinary girl to princess in her notebook, with illustrations from author Meg Cabot, who studied Fine Arts as an undergraduate.
Horrid Henry comes roaring back in a new story collection enhanced by Miranda Richardson's reading and really horrid music and sound effects Unabridged. Stories about this naughty little boy have sold over 500,000 copies in various formats. ""Unmissable entertainment... hilarious fun for car journeys' - AudioBookseller
Ally's not usually superstitious, but something freaky's happening in Crouch End. Like milk that turns green, wandering garden gnomes and things that go bump in the night. Are Dark Forces at work or is it just a joke? Another warm and funny saga about the Love family and their friends.
Harold and George's crazy creation is back - in an adventure that's WEDGIER than ever! Is Captain Underpants ready to take on three massive, tentacled space aliens (in disguise)? And has he finally met his match in a battle with the giant man-eating Dandelion of Doom...?
