The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey
When Rose Raventhorpe's beloved butler is found (gasp!) murdered in the hallway of her own house, she's determined to uncover the culprit. Especially since he's the third butler to die in a week!
Rose's investigation leads her on a journey into a hidden world of grave robbers and duelling butlers, flamboyant magicians and the city's ancient feline guardians.
Knives aren't just for cutting cucumber sandwiches, you know . . .
A special bumper edition of dorkiness featuring the third and fourth books, Pop Star and Skating Sensation, in the bestselling DORK DIARIES series!
Nikki Maxwell really is Queen of the Dorks, from talent show disasters to BFF dramas, super-crush dilemmas to ice-skating fiascos. No matter how hard she tries, Nikki's life never runs quite a smoothly as she'd like!
So, get ready to enjoy some of her best cringe-worthy moments in this dork-tastic bind-up! It's time to embrace your inner dork!
Mr Moot lives a quiet life with his cherished pet, Fluffywuffy, by his side. He isn't troubled by neighbours, or mice, or even the postman… But when an uninvited guest comes to visit, Mr Moot finds himself kept awake every night. If it's not the sound of drums, then the noise of chainsaws and even motorbikes comes from the living room below. Luckily for Mr Moot, Fluffywuffy has a solution for how to deal with his (unlucky) guest! Kids will love this darkly funny story with a brilliant mischievous twist!
""Edwin isn't an ordinary boy. He is a king, with a throne, and his own suit of armour and a castle with secret passages and everything.""
Every Friday, King Edwin spends all his money on chocolate for the peasants. But when the money runs out, Edwin finds himself in a fix. Cue the arrival of evil Emperor Nurbison, in his pointy-collared black cloak and accompanied by scary striding music. He has had his eye on Edwin's kingdom for a while and intends to use the peasants' unhappiness to his advantage!
When the emperor builds a fake dragon out of a cow, green crepe paper, furry monster novelty slippers and two birthday cake candles, to scare the peasants, Edwin knows it's time to come up with the first sneaky plan he's ever had in his life ...
The fifteenth title in the bestselling Tom Gates series
of books from the brilliantly talented Liz
Pichon.
What's that?
A MONSTER?
How has this scary beast escaped into Tom's sort-of-normal world?
Is it one of his doodles?
Is it Delia on the rampage?
Or is it Mr Fullerman at full moon?
All will be revealed in this book.
According to Tom, it contains:
MONSTERS - MYSTERY - A MUSIC FESTIVAL - MISSING STUFF.
Oh, and also a very strict supply teacher who is every kid's nightmare.
Is _that_ the monster?
But you're not scared of monsters, are you? So don't let it put
you off!
Tom Gates is a series of books in diary form
Full of Tom’s doodles and pictures & his amazing
sense of humour
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, was the
winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize!
Perfect gifts for boys & girls who love to laugh themselves
silly
The first series of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won
the Scottish BAFTA for Entertainment!
TOM GATES BOOKS
Brilliant World of Tom Gates (book 1)
Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses (And Other Good Stuff)
(book 2)
Tom Gates: Everything's Amazing (sort of) (book
3)
Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (mostly) (book 4)
Tom Gates is Absolutely Fantastic (at some things) (book
5)
Tom Gates: Extra Special Treats (not) (book 6)
Tom Gates: A Tiny Bit Lucky (book 7)
Tom Gates:Yes! No. (Maybe...) (book 8)
Tom Gates: Top of the Class (Nearly) (book 9)
Tom Gates: Super Good Skills (Almost...) (book
10)
Tom Gates: DogZombies Rule (For now...) (book 11)
Tom Gates: : Family, Friends and Furry Creatures (book
12)
Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (kind of) (book 13)
Tom Gates: Biscuits, Bands and Very Big Plans (book
14)
Tom Gates: What Monster? (book 15)
Tom Gates: Mega Make and Do and Stories Too! (book
16)
Tom Gates: The Music Book
Mr Strong has become a superhero with his own secret hideout and gadgets galore, but what every good superhero needs is a sidekick. So Mr Strong asks his friends if they'd like to try out. But he soon realises that choosing a sidekick is hard work. Which Mr Men or Little Miss will have what it takes to make the perfect superhero sidekick?
The sixth hilarious title in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud series, The World of Norm. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he woke up and found himself in 18th century France...
If only he hadn't fallen asleep in History! And if only he'd done his punishment exercise! And if only he could go biking instead of playing stupid football! Except Norm can't go biking. Why not? BECAUSE HIS BIKE'S BEEN STOLEN, THAT'S WHY! Nightmare? It's worse than that... IT'S AN ABSO-FLIPPING-LUTE DISASTER!
With brilliantly funny illustrations throughout from Donough O'Malley.
Praise for Jonathan Meres:
'Hilarious stuff from one of my comic heroes!' - Harry Hill
'Jonathan Meres is flipping funny!' - Eddie Izzard
Dark forces are at work at Highworth Grange school: the student council
has been taken over by a tyrannical villain with his own agenda.
With the help of her brilliant band of misfit friends, a bad-tempered
parrot, and a former nemesis, can Effie save the school
she loves before it's too late?
