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Flora McTavish was born the same year as Queen Victoria and as the Queen's undermaid is the perfect person to comment on life above and below the stairs in Victorian times.'VICTORIAN SCANDAL'Scrubber tells allNewly discovered diaries reveal rather more than should be seen or heard of Queen Victoria! Astonishing details of Victorian life from above and below stairs, faithfully recorded by one of HM…
The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel – the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bull…
Feather Tucker has two wishes:1)To get her mum healthy again2) To win the Junior UK swimming championshipsWhen Feather comes home on New Year’s Eve to find her mother – one of Britain’s most obese women- in a diabetic coma, she realises something has to be done to save her mum’s life. But when her Mum refuses to co-operate Feather realises that the problems run deeper than just her mum’s unhealthy…
PEEVES: They’ve come to annoy you!Imagine if your worries and annoyances turned into real living creatures… That’s what happens to 12-year-old Steve Pickings in this hilarious adventure.Steve is a highly strung kid and many, many things annoy him. Following an accident, Steve’s worries and annoyances take the form of actual living creatures – aka Peeves. This starts with Noisy Peeve who follows St…
Strong historical fiction and powerful romantic drama set in border country during Elizabethan times – forbidden passions and family loyalties; heresy and witchcraft, but at the heart of it, the burgeoning love of a young girl.The year is 1578 and Queen Elizabeth 1 is on the throne. Sixteen year old Beatie, the daughter of a North Country farmer is defying her family over the matter of her propose…
‘This is an important, powerful contemporary YA that you won’t regret reading’– BuzzfeedWhen your country doesn’t want you there, how do you know where you belong? Jasmine de los Santos has been pushed by her Filipino immigrant parents to over-achieve, be the best she can be, work as hard as she can at school and reach for the American Dream. She’s thrilled to be named a finalist for the National …
Three of Jean Ure’s stories in one bumper volume of classic girly fiction with ‘Sugar and Spice’, ‘Secret Meeting’ and ‘Is Anybody There’?‘Sugar and Spice’: Geeky Ruth Spicer is shocked when super-cool Shayanne Sugar wants to be her friend.‘Secret Meeting’: Annie's arranged the coolest birthday present for her best friend, Megan.‘Is Anybody There?’: The friendship of three girls is tested when one…
Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for… the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning…When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children’s …
Grandfather had been gone for two years but I never thought it would be an ordinary day he’d come back, like a Monday or a Tuesday… I always knew he’d return across the water, triumphing over a few monsters on the way, I just didn’t know when…When Azi’s grandfather leaves their small Mediterranean island, Azi waits every day for him to return. The arrival of a nesting turtle and a tall sandy dog c…
Three of Jean Ure’s best-loved stories in a bumper 3-in-1 edition – SKINNY MELON AND ME, BECKY BANANAS and FRUIT AND NUTCASE. The perfect summer read!Madness, memories and mayhem!In Skinny Melon and Me, Cherry wonders how her mum could even think of remarrying – and to such a dweeb! At least she has her best friend, Skinny Melon, to cheer her up…In Becky Bananas: This is Your Life! Becky shares he…
Featuring children’s own words and heart-warming pictures, this book is the perfect gift for a brother, or for children expecting a new sibling.‘I love my brother because…‘Everyone’s brother is the best. And who better to tell the world than children themselves?This charming book combines endearing things said by children about their brothers with gentle illustrations of familiar animals. The text…
Очень интересная книжечка об умном мальчике Мише, об озорном домовой Васильке и о плазменном человечке из параллельного мира. В книжке перемешаны реальность и фантастика.
В аудиокнигу «Неуловимый Фунтик», представляемую студией «АРДИС», вошли четыре сказки известного писателя Валерия Шульжика о приключениях поросёнка Фунтика и его друзей: «Неуловимый Фунтик», «Фунтик и старушка с усами», «Фунтик почти попался», «Фунтик и пират». Фунтик сбежал от своей хозяйки, госпожи Беладонны, потому что не хотел обманывать детей. Хозяйка же думала только о наживе и безжалостно п…
Сказки вокруг нас. Их герои живут рядом с нами, они видят и слышат нас. Только мы часто проходим мимо, не замечая их. Как обидно! Верьте в сказки, ищите их, и они непременно откроют перед вами свой удивительный мир.
Сказки вокруг нас. Их герои живут рядом с нами, они видят и слышат нас. Только мы часто проходим мимо, не замечая их. Как обидно! Верьте в сказки, ищите их, и они непременно откроют перед вами свой удивительный мир.