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Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Mermaid's Tail (Hattie B, Magical Vet #4)
By Claire Taylor-Smith. 2014
Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Mermaid's Tail (Book 4), is the fourth title in a brand new magical series for…
girls!Discover a secret world of fairytale creatures! King Ivar is growing powerful as he steals more magic from the creatures of Bellua. Luckily they have Hattie B to help them.Ivar has taken the magic from a mermaid's tail leaving her weak and defenceless. Hattie must travel across the desert to collect some rainbow syrup, but King Ivar is waiting to ambush her...Hattie B is inspired by a little girl called Harriet, who once asked 'where do unicorns and dragons go when they're unwell?' Her mum, Lindsay Taylor, and their friend, Suzanne Smith thought long and hard and suddenly realised - a magical vet of course! With this twinkle of an idea they met the writer Claire Baker and together they created the Kingdom of Bellua - and the pen name Claire Taylor-Smith.Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Fairy's Wing (Hattie B, Magical Vet #3)
By Claire Taylor-Smith. 2014
Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Fairy's Wing (Book 3), is the third book in a magical new series for girls!Discover…
a secret world of fairy-tale creatures!Hattie B knows there's no time to lose when her charm bracelet calls her back to the Kingdom of Bellua.Evil King Ivar of the Imps wants to fly, so he's stolen the magic from a fairy's wing.Hattie must find an enchanted thread to fix the wing, but someone is determined to stop her . . .Hattie B is inspired by a little girl called Harriet, who once asked 'where do unicorns and dragons go when they're unwell?' Her mum, Lindsay Taylor, and their friend, Suzanne Smith thought long and hard and suddenly realised - a magical vet of course! With this twinkle of an idea they met the writer Claire Baker and together they created the Kingdom of Bellua - and the pen name Claire Taylor-Smith.Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Dragon's Song (Hattie B, Magical Vet #1)
By Claire Taylor-Smith. 2014
Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Dragon's Song (Book 1), is the first in a brand new magical series for girls.…
Discover a secret world of fairy-tale creatures! On her tenth birthday, Hattie B is swept into the magical Kingdom of Bellua where she meets a little pink dragon who needs her help. Evil King Ivar of the Imps has stolen the dragon's magical voice and Hattie is the only one who can help her get it back. Hattie B is inspired by a little girl called Harriet, who once asked 'where do unicorns and dragons go when they're unwell?' Her mum, Lindsay Taylor, and their friend, Suzanne Smith thought long and hard and suddenly realised - a magical vet of course! With this twinkle of an idea they met the writer Claire Baker and together they created the Kingdom of Bellua - and the pen name Claire Taylor-Smith.A Girl Called Dog
By Nicola Davies. 2011
Dog wasn't really a dog, she was a human girl. But she was called Dog because that is what Uncle…
had always called her.Dog has never been outside of nasty Uncle's pet shop. She sleeps in a box on a floor and has no idea what the world outside looks like. Then in a flurry of colour and feathers, Carlos the parrot arrives in the shop and her world as she knows it changes for ever.Managing to escape, Dog, Carlos and her best friend Esme the coati set out, in search of the same thing, somewhere they belong, somewhere they can call home. But the world is a huge, dangerous place, and they face danger and adventure at every turn . . . A spirit-soaring tale of adventure, friendship and belonging that will appeal to all lovers of Michael Morpurgo and Roald Dahl.Half-Sick Of Shadows
By David Logan. 2012
On the eve of Granny Hazel’s burial in the back garden, a stranger in his time machine – a machine…
that bears an uncanny resemblance to a Morris Minor – visits five year-old Edward with a strange request. And Edward agrees to be his friend. But Edward is not alone in the world. His twin sister Sophia is about to bring future tragedy upon herself through an all-too-literal misunderstanding of a promise she’s made to their father. So while Sophia stays at home, seemingly condemned to spend the rest of her days in The Manse – a world untouched by modern trappings – Edward is sent to boarding school. There he encounters the kind and the not-so-kind, and meets the strangest child. His name is Alf, and Alf is a boy whose very existence would seem to hint at universes of unlimited possibilities...and who might one day help Edward liberate Sophia.With its Gothic backdrop, Half-Sick of Shadows is a novel of many parts: at once a comical tragedy, a dark and dazzlingly told tale of childhood wonder and dismay, of familial dysfunction, of poetry, the imagination and theoretical physics.A Gift for Dying: The gripping psychological thriller and Sunday Times bestseller
By M. J. Arlidge. 2019
The totally gripping psychological thriller, from the million-copy bestselling author of the Helen Grace series. 'The perfect psychological thriller' 5*****…
Reader Review ________ Nothing surprises Adam Brandt anymore. As a forensic psychologist, he's seen and heard everything. That is, until he meets Kassie. Because she claims to have a terrible gift - with one look into your eyes, she can see when and how you will die. Adam doesn't believe her. But then a serial killer starts wreaking havoc across the city, and only Kassie seems to know where he'll strike next. Against all his intuition, Adam starts to think Kassie might be telling the truth. He just doesn't realise how dangerous this trust might be . . . ________ 'Strikingly well-told, and with a compelling central character' Daily Mail 'Keeps you guessing right to the end' 5***** Reader Review Praise for M. J. Arlidge: 'Page-turningly chilling' The Times 'Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent' SunThe Ghost Teacher
By Tony Bradman. 2012
Look...there by the dustbins, what do you see? A shimmering and a glimmering, and a figure forming in the darkness.…
It is the Ghost Teacher...Class 3 are the worst class ever. They do lots of crashing and bashing, nose-picking and flicking, fighting and fidgeting. No teacher can control Class 3. Until Miss Shade - the Ghost Teacher - pays them a visit...Gulliver's Travels
By Jonathan Swift. 1990
A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Books in beautiful paperback…
cover designs.In the strange countries of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver meets some extraordinary people and remarkable creatures. From a race of miniature folk to some surprisingly gentle giants and wise horses, Gulliver sees society from many different perspectives. Back in England life seems very ordinary after all his experiences, but Gulliver's fantastic adventures change his views on human behaviour forever.In the same collection:Peter PanThe Great Adventures of Sherlock HolmesOliver TwistFive Children and ItAlice's Adventures in WonderlandGhost Stories: More Ghost Stories
By M. R. James. 2011
Malignant forces and supernatural visitors haunt this selection of superbly spooky tales selected and introduced by Ruth Rendell. M. R.…
James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a dolls house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window - ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense.Gulliver's Travels (The Penguin English Library)
By Jonathan Swift. 2012
With an essay by George Orwell.'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high,…
were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant'A savage and hilarious satire, Gulliver's Travels sees Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling Lilliputians, philosophizing horses and the brutish Yahoo tribe, that change his view of humanity - and himself - for ever. Swift's classic of 1726 portrays mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with a comical yet uncompromising reflection of ourselves.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.Gulliver's Travels
By Jonathan Swift. 2003
The classic tale of shipwreck and adventure in strange lands, Gulliver's Travels is also a wickedly clever satire on the…
nature of humankind 'A masterwork of irony ... that contains both a dark and bitter meaning and a joyous, extraordinary creativity of imagination' Malcolm Bradbury Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction by Robert Demaria, Jr, which discusses the ways Gulliver's Travels has been interpreted since its first publication.Ghost Detectives: The Missing Dancer (Ghost Detectives)
By Emily Mason. 2013
Ghost Detective: The Lost Dancer is brilliant for younger fans of the spy series The Gallagher Girls and also paranormal…
fiction. Girls of 9+ will love the gentle romance, school friendships and thrilling detective case to be solved. The perfect series for aspiring tweens.Some ghosts are haunted by their past . . .When Abi, Sarah , Hannah and Grace are visited by the ghost of a littl lost girl trying to dance one last time so that her spirit can rest, they jump at the chance to help. But this Ghost Detective case seems to be shrouded in secrets and everywhere they look, people get upset. With clues runing out, can the Ghost Detectives solve the mystery of the missing dancer?Emily Mason is an exciting new Irish author. Her previous book Ghost Detective: The Lost Bride was her debut novel for Puffin. Emily has been a bookworm since she was little. She is now an editor and author but has yet to see any ghosts herself...Guards! Guards!: The Play (Discworld Novels #8)
By Terry Pratchett. 1989
Terry Pratchett's infamous city of Ankh-Morpork is under threat from a 60-foot fire-breathing dragon, summoned by a secret society of…
malcontented tradesmen.Defending Ank-Morpork against this threat is the entire, underpaid, undervalued City Night Watch - a drunken and world-weary Captain, a cowardly and overweight Sergeant, a small opportunistic Corporal of dubious parentage...and their newest recruit, Lance Constable Carrot, who is upright, literal, law-abiding and keen. Aiding them in their fight for truth, justice and the Ankh-Morporkian way are a small swamp dragon and the Librarian of Unseen University (who just happens to be an orang-utan).Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and the Firebird: A Magic Beans Story
By Alan Garner. 1998
When fruit is stolen from his golden tree, the King is furious! Prince Jack must locate the culprit, but his…
simple quest to find the thief soon turns into a thrilling tale of love, friendship and betrayal . . .This story is a magic bean. It may not look much like a bean, but I can promise you that it is. For if you plant it in a young mind, it will grow into a love of story and reading. These beans are favourite fairytales and legends that will delight, thrill and thoroughly entertain. Each story has been brilliantly crafted by one of the best-loved writers for children. This story was published by David Fickling Books as part of the Magic Beans anthology. The complete anthology is available in hardback and in ebook format.Gargantua and Pantagruel
By Francois Rabelais. 2006
The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour,…
while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy to make us look afresh at the world. Gargantua depicts a young giant, reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors, who is rescued and turned into a cultured Christian knight. And in Pantagruel and its three sequels, Rabelais parodied tall tales of chivalry and satirized the law, theology and academia to portray the bookish son of Gargantua who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided in his wisdom, and his idiotic, self-loving companion Panurge.Fright Night: The Shrieking Stones
By Steve Rogers. 2008
'Welcome to Fright Night! Tonight’s destination is . . . Ireland: at the Shrieking Stones of Bray.'The cast and crew…
of Fright Night are roaming the country in search of all things spooooooky. Just when it seems the ghosts and ghouls are staying hidden, twins Adam and Lana make a chilling discovery, which leads them to an eerie circle of standing stones. Something very sinister awaits them – and the question isn’t what, but WHO is lurking inside? First in a brilliantly creepy new series. Perfect for boys and girls of 8+ who love to be seriously spooked!Fright Night: The Howling Castle
By Steve Rogers. 2008
"Welcome to Fright Night! So here we are in the corridors of Castle Dragomir . . ." The cast and…
crew of the Fright Night TV show are filming at the spookiest castle they’ve ever seen! The owner looks eerily like Count Dracula, growling wolves bare their fangs in the forest below and there’s even talk of vampires. Twins Adam and Lana suspect the count has something sinister to hide – can they uncover the mystery of the creepy castle before it’s too late? Perfect for readers of 8+ who love to be seriously spooked!The Goose Girl: A Magic Beans Story
By Gillian Cross. 1998
When a princess is sent away to begin a new life, little does she know what lies in store .…
. . Discover how this heroine, cruelly tricked by her evil maid, struggles to prove her innocence to the handsome prince she is destined to marry.This story is a magic bean. It may not look much like a bean, but I can promise you that it is. For if you plant it in a young mind, it will grow into a love of story and reading. These beans are favourite fairytales and legends that will delight, thrill and thoroughly entertain. Each story has been brilliantly crafted by one of the best-loved writers for children. This story was published by David Fickling Books as part of the Magic Beans anthology. The complete anthology is available in hardback and in ebook format.Fintan's Tower
By Catherine Fisher. 2011
Jamie was at the library looking for a book that was different, one he could get lost in. But he…
didn't mean it literally. The Book with his own name in it leads Jamie and his sister Jenny into the Summer Country - a world of magic and danger, where even time behaves strangely; where Fintan's Tower has held its prisoner since the days of Camelot, and will keep Jamie and Jenny, too, unless Jamie can read the book right . . .Fin and the Memory Curse
By Helenka Stachera. 2022
A chilling Victorian London adventure about one girl's mission to break a centuries-old curse with her long-lost family at its…
heart - perfect for fans of Cogheart and The Castle of Tangled Magic.Fin is a foundling growing up in the Hackney marshes, living in a tiny attic and selling leeches for a living. When she accidentally discovers she is the long-lost child of a rich Polish family called the Kaminskis, she is swept up into a supernatural adventure where she has to use everything she has learned on the streets of London and deep in the marshes to stay alive.For the Kaminskis are haunted by an ancient evil - and Fin is the key to stopping it forever . . .PRAISE FOR THE ICE WHISPERERS:'Heart-warming, adventurous and thought-provoking . . . An enchanting debut from Helenka Stachera' - Sophie Kirtley, author of The Wild Way Home'A gorgeously-written book full of magic and adventure' - Radiya Hafiza, author of Rumaysa: A Fairytale