An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Magic Horse - with engaging illustrations throughout. At the festival of the New Year, the King of Persia is given a horse carved from ebony. It has the power to fly riders anywhere they wish to go, and it flies the king’s son all the way to Bengal. There he meets and falls in love with Princess Ameera. But to marry her, Prince Firouz will have to convince her father by defeating an army, then fool a sultan by pretending to be a doctor. Luckily anyth...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Zobeida and the Three Qalandars - with engaging illustrations throughout. A porter in a marketplace, three holy beggars new to Baghdad and a caliph in disguise with his advisor. Somehow, they all end up in the home of three beautiful sisters. Though sworn to mind their own business, each has questions. Why do the sisters punish their dogs? How did each holy man lose his left eye? The answers will take them from a graveyard to a magnetic mountain, through...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Gulnare of the Sea - with engaging illustrations throughout. A battle between sea kings means Gulnare is forbidden to return home. After a storm washes her up on a beach in Persia, she meets the lonely King Hamid. Unable to walk, unwilling to speak and mistrustful of land people, Gulnare still finds herself falling in love. But their peace and happiness is not matched under the sea. In a story of wrong impressions and magical enchantments, can a child of...

Maggie Sparks does NOT fit in! Especially not with Arthur’s new friends, who all love SCIENCE. Maggie tries everything she can think of to be like them – even reading BORING science books. But nothing works! Then things go from bad to worse when an angry astronaut upsets Arthur. Thankfully, Maggie is a super powerful, super smart, super talented WITCH. She plans to use her powers to fix things, fit in and make Arthur’s dreams of exploring SPACE come true. All she needs is a little magic …

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp - with engaging illustrations throughout. When the time comes for Aladdin to become a tailor like his parents, he refuses to learn one end of a needle from the other. He would rather spend his time playing in the streets, which is where the mysterious Ja’far finds him. After a trip to a secret cave to find a magic lamp, Aladdin’s life goes from rags to riches. But there are some things money (and wishes) can’t buy – like the he...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Three Princes and the Magic Carpet - with engaging illustrations throughout. Brothers Hussain, Ali and Ahmed are very competitive – and they are all in love with Princess Nourinnihar. To win her heart they travel to distant kingdoms, seeking the rarest gifts, from a magic apple to a flying carpet. Until tragedy forces them to work together. In the end, only one prince can marry the princess. Another goes off to see the world and soothe his heartache....

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Fisherman and the Genie - with engaging illustrations throughout. A poor fisherman nets a strange pot instead of fish to feed his family. Luckily, there is a genie inside. Unluckily, that genie is furious. Only stories about a regretful father and an ungrateful king convince him not to kill the fisherman. Instead, the genie takes him to a magic lake with all the fish he could ask for, but which he cannot eat. The reason why lies in another story abou...

Book 5 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series! ‘Einstein will be all ready to deliver his oh-so-important speech … only to find that he doesn’t have the equipment to deliver it with!’ Christie dreams of a train adventure – the kind she’s read about in fiction. But Christie and Agatha’s journey aboard the Green Express, with company including Albert Einstein, is more than even they bargained for. The twins uncover a plot to sabotage the physicist’s radio broadcast, and it’s al...

Book 3 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series! ‘The truth of the matter is that a number of valuable artefacts have been stolen. There is a thief at the dig!’During the excavation of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, Christie and Agatha find themselves at the heart of a mystery. Lord and Lady Carnarvon’s dig is in jeopardy unless the thief at the site can be found. But time is quickly running out for the twins to wrap up the case and recover Tutankhamun's treasures.

Book 4 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series! "If you want to see your cousin again, come to the old quay at seven tomorrow night, alone. Be prepared to be married. Do not involve the police." A relaxing break on the French Riviera becomes a dramatic investigation when famous physicist, Irène Curie, receives a ransom note demanding her hand in marriage. What’s more, Christie and Agatha’s friend has been kidnapped! Can the twins find out who is behind the ransom note and save...

Maggie Sparks does NOT want to go to a new school! Especially not one with mean students and a teacher she is sure is a VAMPIRE. But Maggie has no choice. When their school gets closed down, she and Arthur are forced to go to Peregrine Primary. Thankfully, Maggie’s a super powerful, super smart, super talented witch. Maggie plans to use her powers to get out of going to the nightmare new school – one way or another. All she needs is a little magic …

Maggie Sparks does NOT want a baby brother! Especially not one who is noisy, smelly and gets ALL the attention. The good thing is, Maggie’s a witch. A super powerful, super smart, super talented witch … who sometimes gets her spells wrong. But that won’t stop her finding a way to win back her mum and dad from the evil monster baby. Especially when she’s got Bat, her pet chameleon, to help. All she needs is a little magic …