An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Prince Camar and Princess Badoura - with engaging illustrations throughout. Prince Camar and Princess Badoura have a lot in common. Both have been locked up by their fathers for refusing to marry. Both have been brought together by two genies to settle a disagreement. One evening is all it takes for them to fall in love, but by morning they are separated. To find each other again, one will fake their own death and one will disguise themself as the other....

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Sinbad the Sailor - with engaging illustrations throughout. A porter in Baghdad meets a retired sailor whose travels have made him rich and famous. Though jealous at first, the porter learns through seven stories how hard Sinbad has worked for his fortune. The first story tells of a vanishing island, the second of a valley of snakes; places the porter can hardly imagine, voyages he can scarcely believe. There are storms and shipwrecks, pirates and treasu...

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...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - with engaging illustrations throughout. In a forest in Syria, a poor woodcutter called Ali Baba spots a cloud of dust in the distance. Fearing attack, he hides as forty men on horseback unload stolen treasure. Once they are gone, he helps himself. Ali Baba’s fortunes are looking up – until the robbers return and discover they have been, well, robbed. Now their leader will stop at nothing to find who did it, but it won’t b...

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...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Merchant and the Genie - with engaging illustrations throughout. When a heartbroken sultan goes mad, a brave woman has a plan to stop him hurting innocent people. For a thousand and one nights, Scheherazade will use the magic of storytelling to bring the sultan back to his senses. In a story about forgiveness, a merchant angers a genie and faces death unless three strangers’ tales of animal transformation can save him. Will Scheherazade’s plan work? ...

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 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 …

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.

Maggie Sparks is NOT afraid! Especially not on her favourite day of the year: HALLOWEEN. Maggie is determined to show Arthur that Halloween is FUN not scary. But with giant spiders, floating ghosts, evil Ella and … is that a real VAMPIRE?! There’s plenty to be scared of. Luckily, Maggie is a super powerful, super smart, super talented WITCH. She plans to use her powers to solve the vampire mystery, and help Arthur find his courage too. All she needs is a little magic …

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 …

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...