When Rose Whittenhurst's father loses his prestigious Wall St. position, he moves the family to a mountainous village where neither cell phone service nor cable TV exists. While her parents are embracing village life, Rose is secretly swept back into the 1880s when she dons a necklace of mourning beads found in the attic. The Bradford sisters quietly encourage their young neighbor's sudden interest in history and anxiously await the results of her repeated trips back in time. Rose carefull...

Cosy up for Christmas with this festive story, starring everyone's favourite Victorian foundling, Hetty Feather!"Let me tell you about Christmas 1888, when I was twelve . . ."An unexpected gift leads to trouble for Hetty on Christmas Day at the Foundling Hospital, and the dreaded Matron Bottomly is delighted to have an excuse to exclude Hetty from the festive celebrations.Poor Hetty is distraught - but just when it seems that all i...

This beautiful Ladybird Classic ebook edition of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic horse story for younger readers.It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key parts of the story including Black Beauty's friendship with Ginger, his treatment at the hands of his owners, and fascinating historical detail about how how horses had many different ...

Verity Sparks is good at finding lost things, but will she be able to uncover the truth about her own past?London. 1878. Verity Sparks has an extraordinary talent: she can find lost things just by thinking about them. When she joins a Confidential Inquiry Agency, she discovers there is a mystery lurking in her own past and that unknown forces are working against her. It soon becomes clear that Verity and her friends are in great danger. Who doesn’t want them to lea...

In a world where two nations rule all, Rob must find a way to live among them both in this futuristic story from the author of the Tripods series.In the future, the world has been divided into two societies. One is the Conurb—a sprawling, modern city where technology rules and people live with only the bare minimum they need to survive. The other is the County—a land of green fields and beautiful mansions, where the people have turned back the clock to a pristine p...

Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy are keen to show Aunt Fanny how much she means to them.Join Julian, George, Dick, Anne and Timmy the dog as they try to celebrate Mother's Day with Aunt Fanny. George has past form in forgetting - not least her mum's birthday and Christmas presents - so tensions a...

Rose Wood is almost thirteen and and lives in the Wood Briar Hotel, a cosy country guest house near the sea, which she helps run with her parents. But Rose, although favourite with all the guests and loved by her parents, feels very ordinary: she is clumsy and no matter how hard she tries, she can never improve her horse-riding skills, despite her great love for horses. And she always fails to impress Ben, a fifteen year old prodigy athlete, who comes every year with his family for summer ...

These ghostly adventures and spine-chilling stories are great for reads for reluctant readers. Written by well-known authors and illustrated by much-loved illustrators, this series will appeal to boys and girls.

Gems is a series of books written specifically for struggling girl readers. In this title Ella isn't your average girl. She dresses all in black, dyes her hair purple and will only answer to the name Midnight. When she has to babysit her princess loving sister, she's less than thrilled, especially when she has to read her a bedtime fairy tale story! All of a sudden, the two find themselves transported into a magical realm! Almost as if they have fallen straight into the story book pages. W...

Tommy Brock, a badger, kidnaps the sons of Benjamin Bunny and disappears hiding in one of Mr. Tod's houses. Mr. Tod, came home and discovered the invasion starts a fight with Tommy. Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit take advantage of the confusion to rescue the young bunnies. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.