Tom has always been fascinated by volcanoes. So this summer Mum takes him, his sister Anna and his best friend Kevin for a holiday close to a dormant one in France. It's their first holiday away since Tom's dad died two years ago.They explore the area and make friends with a scientist studying a cave system nearby. Everything is peaceful and fun - until one morning the volcano comes to life again.

Cackling Carol must be the only witch in the world who hates cats! But she really wants a pet to keep her company and so she decides to get a dog instead. Together with her faithful and very clever Broom, she visits a dogs' home. She's after a nice small dog that will fit on on Broom with her. But who does she come out with? Big Roddy, the biggest, bounciest and shaggiest dog you could imagine. All Cackling Carol's witchy friends fall about laughing when they meet him. But just who is it t...

Gran is recently back from spending a few years in Australia. She comes to look after Emily for a weekend. Emily is dreading it as she doesn't really know her Gran, and all her friends say theirs are boring and fussy. Grans can be so uncool.But not this Gran. She rides a tiger-striped motor-bike, a bit too fast sometimes. She eats nothing but burgers and muffins and has picked up some handy Aboriginal skills during her time 'down under'.Emily is in for quite a surprise!

Cackling Carol sets out to find her dog Big Roddy ad her broom. After she was moved out of her cavern and into a flat by social workers, Carol became de-witched. She forgot about her friends so they set off to find a new home. But Cackling Carol is hot on their trail now. She realises how silly she's been.Unfortunately Broom and Big Roddy bump into Egbert, the wicked blue wizard, again. Can Carol save her friends from his evil magic? Can she even save herself?Fun and adventur...

Anna Partridge is house-sitting for family friends in a very cold cottage in the middle of snowy France. She'll be there for a fortnight over Christmas. It's all rather quiet and unexciting until, on Boxing Day, a pheasant gets tangled in the pear tree in the garden. Anna can't possibly leave it there but her rescue attempt goes horribly wrong, leaving her the stuck one. All she can do is wait to be rescued by a knight in shining armour, or at least a passing Frenchman in posh wellies…

Welcome to the Stone Age! Flint Dog is the story of a ten-year-old boy, Youngest. He has just two dreams — the first is to be a Hunter like his big brother and his father, and his second is to have a new dog of his own, after his beloved White Tail dies. Both dreams are fulfilled in the form of misshapen lump of flint — the flint dog of the story’s title.On the way Youngest has several adventures concerning baskets, caves, a mammoth and a menhir.Flint Dog, set in France, has ...

Ben is staying with Grandad. Grandad may be a senior citizen and drive everywhere very, very slowly, but that doesn't mean he's dull. Far from it! There's great excitement when he has a go on on Ben's scooter before he finds out where the brake is, with dramatic results. He takes Ben to the seaside where they get soaking wet and nearly get into trouble at the amusement arcade. But Grandad comes to the rescue of the Firework Night party for the Cub Scouts and Brownies after vandals seem to ...

This is the second story about Cackling Carol and her witch's dog, Big Roddy, and their best friend Broom.In this adventure, Cackling Carol is taken into care by well meaing social workers. They find her a horribly clean flat without even a single cobweb and keep giving her cups of tea, which Cackling Carol hates. Carol can't wait to leave.But, thanks to her neighbour Flo, Carol starts going shopping and buying nice clothes. She has her hair done and even gets her nails manic...

Kelly is throwing everything she's got into her new bone health Pilates course. Her elderly landlord, ex-policeman Tom, and his friends help distribute leaflets so news of the forthcoming classes reaches our other main characters of gardener Ginnie and her relentless mother-in-law Mabel; self-employed, vivacious and voluptuous sewist Violet; quiet, retired deputy-headteacher Heather, and her son's partner of French descent, Vincent.Pharmaceuticals sales rep Aidan sees a leaflet too...

'You are invited to attend the funeral of Dominic Ignatius McCoy on Friday 29 December at St Mabel's Crematorium, Guildtown, at 11a.m., and afterwards to a meeting and finger buffet at the offices of Woodville-Leyton, Kensington-Harris and Snodkins, where you will learn something to your advantage.'Ethel Porter has no idea who this Dominic chap is. But free food is hard to resist, and advantageous tidings don't come along every day. So, on the fifth day of Christmas, she attends th...

Cam's career and romantic prospects take a nose dive once she becomes guardian to her young nephew. She leaves a bustling Dutch city to move to a small, dull country town in England, and where once she restored magnificent old paintings to their former glory, now she operates the paint-mixing machine at a soulless hardware store. As much as she adores little Rowan, life has lost some of its sparkle.However, a handsome and charming customer causes her heart to flutter once more. Fate...

Grumbling guests and escaping piglets are precisely what Martha doesn't need. She's already struggling to run a holiday cottage and a rather large smallholding single-handedly. Since her husband Mark died, three years ago, her rural property in France, beautiful as it is, has become an increasingly heavy millstone around her neck.So whilst she's horrified to stumble across a corpse at the local farm supplies shop, it does at least distract her from her own woes. Best friend Lottie s...