In "A Lantern Waits by the Ancient Oak," young Etta embarks on a journey guided by a mystical lantern that sits beneath an ancient oak tree. Each chapter reveals a new lesson on values and virtues—honesty, kindness, courage, patience, and more—while Etta encounters challenges and meets new friends along the way. The lantern’s glow teaches her that the virtues she learns are not just abstract concepts, but guiding lights that help her navigate the complexities of life. Through vivid adventu...

In "The Quest for the Sparkling Gem," young adventurers Dave, Mia, and Max embark on an extraordinary journey to find a legendary gem that promises to grant wisdom and virtue. Along the way, they encounter obstacles that test their courage, honesty, patience, and kindness. With each challenge, they learn powerful life lessons, discovering that the true treasure lies not in the sparkling gem, but in the values they cultivate within themselves. This heartwarming story teaches children the im...

"The Wise Owl and the Honest Bear" is a heartwarming children’s tale filled with adventures, challenges, and valuable life lessons. Through the friendship of a wise owl and an honest bear, children will learn important values such as honesty, courage, empathy, teamwork, and perseverance. Set in a magical forest, each chapter introduces a new problem to solve or a virtue to understand, making this story both entertaining and educational. With colorful characters and meaningful life lessons,...

A teacher, at the end of a Science lesson on wind farms, asks the question, ‘So, what do we think about wind farms now?’ A quick-witted pupil replies immediately, ‘I’m a big fan!’Often amusing and occasionally candid or controversial, Teach Your Children Well takes the reader on a refreshingly honest journey through the world of contemporary education.‘Teach Your Children Well’ has been written from the perspective of a teacher who has spent almost a quarter of a century teaching English i...

What is psychiatry and how can we improve it?In the last hundred years, most of the medical sciences have progressed in immense and unforeseeable ways—except for psychiatry, which has somehow remained immune to this progress. Daniel Barron, a psychiatrist who trained at the Yale School of Medicine, asks an important question: What’s holding psychiatry back?Reading Our Minds takes us to a psychiatric hospital, where Barron evaluates a young woman wi...

What is Psychiatry and How Can We Improve It?In the last hundred years, most of the medical sciences have progressed in immense and unforeseeable ways―except for psychiatry, which has somehow remained immune to this progress. Daniel Barron, a psychiatrist who trained at the Yale School of Medicine, asks an important question: What’s holding psychiatry back?Reading Our Minds takes us to a psychiatric hospital, where Barron evaluates a young woman wi...

Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues with the second book in the New Prophecy series!The second book in this second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy #2: Moonrise, brings more adventure, intrigue, and thrilling battles to the epic world of the warrior Clans.Moons have passed since six cats set out on a journey to save their Clans. Now they are traveling home again, but on their way through the mountains, they meet a tr...

'DEEPLY HONEST, SURPRISINGLY HILARIOUS AND UPLIFTING' The Pool'HEART-WARMING: UNMISSABLE' Damian Barr, MetroSusan Calman is a much-loved comedian and writer who has appeared on countless radio and television programmes from The News Quiz and Just a Minute to Armchair Detectives and Secret Scotland. She's hosted th...

Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues with the third book in the Power of Three series!The third book in this third series, Warriors: Power of Three #3: Outcast, brings more adventure, intrigue, and thrilling battles to the epic world of the warrior Clans.A secret prophecy shapes the lives of Firestar's grandchildren, and Jaypaw believes that the cats of the ancient Tribe of Rushing Water may hold the key. But when he, H...

Comedian Jack Dee's hilarious account of how he became quite such a miserable git and a stand up comedian.'A brilliant book. So funny. It's my bible' Paul O'GradyIn this hilariously frank account of his life, Jack Dee finally reveals what turned a once optimistic young man into this grumpy middle-aged git. It's a journey that takes him from a first gig as a ventriloquist's dummy, to working in an artificial leg factory and...

It's going to be a L-O-N-G night! A chilling repackage of a best-selling Goosebumps--Now with bonus materials! Sue and her brother, Eddie, are visiting London when they run into a little problem. They can't find their tour group. Still, there's no reason to panic. No way their tour guide would just leave them. All alone. In a gloomy old prison tower. No way they'd get locked inside. After dark. With those eerie sounds. And a strange dark figure who wants them...dead.

In this digital original novella from the world of Erin Hunters #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series, discover the untold story of SkyClans departure from the forest-long before the events of Warriors #1: Into the Wild.Cloudstar, leader of SkyClan, has watched over his Clanmates at the edge of the forest for many long seasons. But Twolegs are encroaching on SkyClan's land and SkyClan is in danger of being driven away. Cloudstar is forced to turn to the other Clans f...