Today will be the most unforgettable day in Finkle Knotweed’s life. Desperate to prove himself to his mother, Finkle decides to enter an unorthodox wrestling contest; the dollar entry fee would be a small price for respect. If only things were that…normal.

Gangsta Granny, from Children's author David Walliams.Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma s house. She’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn’t know about his grandma:She was once an international jewel thief.All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben’s help…

A sweet, heartwarming tale of love and family for Christmas.A lonely career woman stranded in a blizzard, a disillusioned man who has cut himself off from women. When he rescues her from the snow and takes her into his home, the spirit of Christmas and his little girl's love work their magic.

'Brilliant laugh out loud easy read. I currently have 3 children under 6 and this had me howling -just don't buy this for anyone expecting their first child- let them keep their fantasies about parenthood for a bit longer! Am going to buy for all my fellow knackered mummy friends!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐If you have an embarrassing child who bursts into friends' houses announcing 'It stinks in here' or shouts 'Why is that man so fat?' on the bus (and not a spooky child...

The twentieth-anniversary edition of a modern Australian classicThis story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves.In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream – Asian style. Armed with an ocker accent, Alice dives head-first into schooling, romance and the getting of wisdom. Her mother becomes an Aussie battler – an outworker, that is. Her father e...

'The Apprentice Chef' gives a glimpse into life as an apprentice working in a famous London Michelin star restaurant……"…The thing about working in a kitchen is that you have to be an adrenalin junkie and a sucker for punishment. There is just no other reason for working in one. If you want to be a chef because you like to cook, then do so at home because working in a professional kitchen you will soon grow out of it. Working in a professional kitchen is comparable to working on the...

It's Peter Pan with attitude as Conn Iggulden, creator of the phenomenal bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys, presents three big adventures about very little people…“Tollins are also a lot less fragile than fairies. In fact, the word 'fragile' can't really be used about them at all. They are about as fragile as a housebrick…"In these three tales, Conn Iggulden explores the explosive, magical and adventurous world of the Tollins, all delightfully illustrated by Lizzy Dunc...

There are certain moments studded throughout our lives where events embed memories that last the distance. Not just the obvious, like births, deaths and marriages, but also the smaller, less overtly impactful ones, which glue our past to our present to our future. The minutiae that solidify us. It may be as inconsequential as a conversation, a meal, or the sun-speckled image of a six-year old running ahead, blonde hair becoming iridescent as it whips across her shoulders. Jogging behind is...

Lies, damned lies and holiday brochures. A comedy of errors in the Caribbean.

Casper Candlewacks is the only boy with any sense in a village full of idiots… a hilarious debut novel from the funniest new voice in young fiction.But don’t just take our word for it! Jeremy Strong has hailed it “a funny and engaging debut”.Most villages have an idiot but Casper's village is full of them. So being bright makes poor Casper something of an outsider. When famous magician the Great Tiramisu curses the village, Casper's father is blamed and sentenced to death by...

The world is a confusing place, especially for children, and their innocent observations and questions can be side-splittingly hilarious. They can also be a tiny bit embarrassing if you're, say, behind an elderly gentleman at a busy checkout and your little angel asks you...'is that man all wrinkly because he's been in the bath too long?'

A retelling of the classic fairy tale for 21st century youngsters by a master storyteller.We are all familiar with Goldilocks, of course, but there is a lot more to her than a bowl of porridge and a broken bed. What awas she doing in the woods in the first place, and what did she do after she left the Three Bears? The story as we usually hear it today is a very much shortened version of the original.Fairy Stories have been told for hundreds and hundreds of years. No one rea...