Every year, Blackpool holds a sandcastle competition. Last year, there were a few complications that left a bad feeling between Sam and Eva. Can Sam make up for his mistakes, and will Eva see him as more than an enemy?

RebeccaThe Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival takes place once a year. It's my chance to show off my ice cream-making talents. The problem is, my old enemy from school is also here. Oliver Simmons has always been my biggest rival and now he's set our biggest challenge. Can I win our bet, or will he get what he's always wanted from me?OliverTouring with the Gin Tin, my home brewed drinks van is my escape. Working on the farm is my priority. I've lived down the r...

I bet you think you know this story.You don't. The real one's much more gory.From Jack in the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears to Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, wicked beasts, brazen crooks and a ghastly giant star in these hilarious nursery rhymes with BITE!The text in this edition of Revolting Rhymes was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

The story of an Aboriginal boy whose house is invaded by a Hairyman - a spirit the old people call a Quinkin. When a little green tree frog lands on his windowsill, he knows she has been sent by the ancestors to help him face his fears.BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13'I wake with a start. The doorknob turns. It's him. The Hairyman.'There's a bad spirit in our house. He's as ugly as ugly gets and he...

An act of betrayal leaves a teenaged girl in 1961 wondering if the only person she can ever truly trust is herself in the finale of the “rich…timeless” (The New Yorker) Katie Nash series.Thirteen-year-old Katie Nash is not looking forward to her summer. Her father has enlisted her in two difficult jobs—babysitting the rambunctious Wexler children and looking after her elderly, bedridden neighbor.Luckily, she does have something to look forward to: ...

The first hilarious book in the blockbuster REAL PIGEONS series about crime-fighting, mystery-solving pigeons! Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!Did you know your city is protected by a secret squad of crime-fighting pigeons? It's true! With master of disguise Rock Pigeon, bendy Tumbler, strong Frillback and super-finder Ho...

The thrilling tale of a poor miller, his beautiful daughter and the terrible consequences that come from spinning lies...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 fo...

"Fans of Griffiths, Gleitzman and Jennings will be thrilled to have this in their collection … What a great book." Kids Book ReviewI'm Tom Weekly. This is a nail-biting - make that toe-biting - thrill ride through my life.This is where I pour out whatever's inside my head. Like the time a bloodthirsty magpie out to get me. Or when I had to eat Vegemite off my sister's big toe. And don't forget the day I ate 67 hot dogs in ten minutes. My life gets ...

SOMETIMES A NIGHT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Carl knows this, because it happened to him.And he's decided to start again. Soon he's free from his gang, free from the violence and theft, free to make a new start.But it's not that easy.As he heads towards the date of the London riots, Carl discovers that it's just not that easy to stay out of trouble. It's not easy to do what's right.A gripping and compelling short story - only available online - featuring characters...

Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum is packed with all sorts of poems and rhymes including a sequence of number rhymes, action rhymes, noisy rhymes and more thoughtful pieces too.If tigerlilies and dandelions growled,And cowslips mooed, and dogroses howled,And snapdragons roared and catmint miaowed,My garden would be extremely loud.Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum is a fantastic collection of funny, silly and entertaining poems for the very young from a...

A new revolutionary phonic reading scheme. Learn To Read With Phonics teaches reading rapidly, in as little as six months PROVEN! Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends. They hardly realise that within each fun story are disguised phonic sounds. Learning to read with Guinea Pig has never been so easy or so much fun. This exciting scheme has been written by a Surrey teacher and tutor catering for the needs of the children she teaches. The scheme works wel...

'Like Dahl, Bancks is passionate about inspiring a love of reading in the young by placing fun at the centre of his storytelling.' Andy Griffiths, author of the Treehouse seriesI'm Tom Weekly and eating is my favourite sport.My mum's raspberry muffins are weapons of minor destruction. I've been trapped inside a runaway car on a trip to buy ice cream. I accidentally invented meatball bungee. And my recipe for chocolate mousse has a secret ingredient that y...