Dear reader,
There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution…
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.
In The Wide Window the siblings encounter a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leaches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain and a doll named Pretty Penny.
In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted.
Despite their wretched contents, A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide and been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey. And in the future things are poised to get much worse, thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. You have been warned.
Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?
The Bad Beginning
The Reptile Room
The Wide Window
The Miserable Mill
The Austere Academy
The Ersatz Elevator
The Vile Village
The Hostile Hospital
The Carnivorous Carnival
The Slippery Slope
The Grim Grotto
The Penultimate Peril
The End
And what about All The Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about:
‘Who Could That Be at This Hour?’
‘When Did you Last See Her?’
‘Shouldn’t You Be in School?’
‘Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?’
Lemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. Until recently, he was living somewhere else.
Brett Helquist was born in Ganado, Arizona, grew up in Orem, Utah, and now lives in New York City. He earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University and has been illustrating ever since. His art has appeared in many publications, including Cricket magazine and The New York Times.
A thrilling collection of myths, legends and ghost stories from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.
Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened here … At the furthest edge of Britain, where the sea gently washes over the land and myths brush against reality, lies Zennor. Set in a church town where men become beats and ghosts roam freely, these are haunting and unforgettable tales where magic lies around every corner.
Morpurgo is the master storyteller of such modern classic children's books as An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Private Peaceful, and An Elephant in the Garden. He has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.
Fright-master R.L. Stine invites you on an all-new, all-terrifying adventure! Billy and his sister, Sheena, unwittingly dive into a terrifying mystery when they accept a surprise invitation to HorrorLand - the amusement park that always lives up to its name. But first Billy and Sheena must sink or swim aboard a doomed ship that happens to be underwater - with a captain who happens to be dead. At least, he used to be!
Given that rock zombie Vein is now living in deepest darkest Tibet, the quest to return his tongue proves surprisingly easy for Luke, Resus and Cleo. What the trio hadn't bargained on, however, was a ravenous baby yeti stowed away in Resus' cloak and following them home.
St Sebastian's School in Grimesford is the pits. Can James and his friends get to the bottom of the problem and flush out the ghosts, or will every term at the school be plagued with misery?
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of
all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole
new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare!
Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing
to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer
are worried about their father. Especially when they...meet...some
of the plants he is growing down there.
Then they notice that their father is developing plantlike tendencies.
In fact, he is becoming distinctly weedy-and seedy.
Is it just part of their father's ""harmless"" experiment? Or has the
basement turned into a garden of horrors?
Jodie loves visiting her grandparents' farm. But this summer the
farm has really changed. The cornfields are sparse. Grandma and Grandpa
seem worn out. And the single scarecrow has been replaced
by twelve evil-looking ones.
Then one night Jodie sees something really odd. The scarecrows seem
to be moving. Twitching on their stakes. Coming alive..
When Jerry finds a dusty old piano in the attic of his new house, his parents offer to pay for lessons. At first, taking piano seems like a cool idea. But there's something creepy about Jerry's piano teacher, Dr Shreek. Something really creepy. Something Jerry can't quite put his finger on. Then Jerry hears the stories.
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of
all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole
new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare!
Best friends Erin and Marty love the scary ""Shock Street"" horror
movies. They're anticipating the thrill of a lifetime when they visit
the Shock Street theme park.
But the thrill turns into a chill when they get stuck on a ride and
attacked by terrifying, giant bugs.
Will they ever get out?
