Trixie is a feisty, funny ten-and-three quarters-year-old who knows exactly what she thinks and is always ready to share it! Irresistible illustrated stories from the creator of the highly successful Teenage Worrier series.Trixie's beloved doggy Harpo (yes, the infamous Doggy Yap Star) had puppies and the day has come to find them a new home, much to Trixie's despair. Nothing she says can convince her parents that they really DO need to keep all of the Very Extremely cuddly and tal...

Trixie's hilarious diary, written by acclaimed children's writer, Ros Asquith, tells of her plans to be a world famous trumpet player, horse rider and first child president of the world. She is also determined to teach animals to read! But when her beloved puppy is sick, everything changes.Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.Text type: A humorous recount.A hilarious diary ...

When Flowkwee goes to planet Earth on a mission, he has to stay disguised—as a small Earthling called Nigel, with only one head and four appendages! But that's not all: His personal mission is to go to a school every day to collect Earthlings to "improve." Nigel knows he has to act dumb around the Earthlings, so in math class he pretends he only knows his times table up until two million and six times nine, and in literacy class he pretends to read like a newborn Faathing baby. A lot of Ea...

Trixie is a fun and fiesty free-thinker who never seems to hear the word ‘NO’!Trixie has a heart of gold and a love of animals so big it even includes nits! She’s passionate about vegetarianism, music and Building a Better World.All Trixie has ever wanted is her very own horse – and when her gran wins money in a competition, Trixie's dream finally comes true. But the pony turns out to be more of a nightmare than a dream come true – after all, where DO you keep a pony in a s...

The Ghastly McNasty twins are the ghastliest, nastiest pirates ever to sail the seven seas, and they have invaded the town of Little Snoring in their hunt for treasure. But best friends Hetty and Tat are determined to stop them. The clever kids must deal with the Big, Scary, Very Dark, Dense Forest Where No One In Their Right Mind Would Want To Go, poisonous fudge and other nasty obstacles on their quest. Who will find the treasure first?

The Great Big Book of Life a glorious, diverse celebration of human life, from birth to death, by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith. Featuring funny artwork and wonderfully sensitive and accessible text this book is a must have for children everywhere to learning everything they need to know about the story of life.The sixth title in the Great Big Book series explores every stage of human life. From birth to starting nursery, being a te...

The Ghastly McNasty pirate twins are close to finding the long-lost treasure rumored to be buried in Little Snoring Castle. Lucky for them, they’re not the only pirates in town — Little Snoring villagers sport cutlasses and eye patches, hoping to be hired as extras for the pirate movie being filmed at the castle. Posing as actors is the perfect cover for a couple of ghastly pirates trying to sneak into the castle … until best friends Hetty and Tat spy the duo. Can the kids outwit the nitwi...

Just when the inhabitants of Little Snoring think they’ve seen the last of Gruesome and Grisly McNasty, the pirate twins unexpectedly — and very disgustingly — find themselves on the deck of The Good Hope. The nasty pair quickly casts out the ship’s crew, commandeers the vessel and sets sail once again to Little Snoring, in search of Captain Syd’s lost treasure. It’s up to two local kids, Tat and Hetty, to devise a clever trap to lure the witless duo to their capture. But when things go aw...

**“Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading.” —James Patterson“Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn.” —The Wall Street Journal**A Michael L. Printz Honor WinnerFrom the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest comes the odyssey-like adventure of two boys’ incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail.When Jack Baker’s father sends him from his home in Kansas to attend a boys’ boardin...

Book 1 in the fantastic four-book series about taking risks and flying high. A unique collaboration from children's book legend Paul Jennings and brilliant cartoonist Andrew Weldon.The other kids don't see things the same way as me. I spend a lot of time imagining things. I just don't get it. Inside my head I am not the same as other kids.Ricky is an ordinary boy, who dreams of being famous. And he has a secret that might just help him realise his ...

Stranded in the middle of nowhere, you have to fight to survive!A group of kids on a field trip on a coastal island are abandoned after an earthquake hits and the fort they studying collapses. At first they are trapped inside but after escaping the cave-in, they realize debris from the collapse has destroyed all of their supplies. How long can they survive there? Will anyone come rescue them?

'Other folks get so well known,And nobody knows about my own,'Have you met my sister Jane? She's a great big crow! My Grandpa is an owler and Grandma knits jerseys for wasps! And my other Granny is an octopus...Meet Aunt Flo, Brother Bert and more extraordinary family members in Ted Hughes' irresistible Meet My Folks, his first book for children, illustrated beautifully by George Adamson.