From acclaimed author Nathan Luff - new middle grade adventure full of action, danger, creepy crawlies and lots of laughs!Dear Evolution,If the bird you have made is too big to fly, it is TOO BIG – FULL STOP!Yours, Branson Hawthorne EsquireWhen Branson’s parents announce a ski trip to Aspen, he’s thrilled – until he learns he won’t be going with them. Instead, Branson is being sent to an exclusive retreat in the Dain...

The fourth book in the Paw Prints series - funny stories from your favourite funny people!When Luca's mum and dad give him a special present for his birthday, he hopes it's the pet dog he's been waiting for. Instead, he gets Fuzzball.But a guinea pig can't play fetch, go for walks or learn fun tricks like a dog can. Just when Luca is ready to give up on Fuzz...

There’s a reason families usually live together—to contain the horror and not inflict it on others. A family holiday is a really, really bad idea! After getting stranded on a deserted island and then escaping an erupting volcano, Jakob thought his holiday troubles were over. Now onboard the luxury cruise ship that rescued them, Jakob and his family are ready to relax. But they haven’t factored in water slide blockages, wardrobe malfunctions, hypnotism mishaps, sea sickness and much worse. ...

**eBook Only** In this action-packed middle-grade novel from acclaimed author Nathan Luff, video-game fanatic Marcus must face the ultimate challenge: notorious boarding school Bad Grammar.Bad Grammar, like a prison cell or a shopping centre on Christmas Eve, is a horrific place best avoided. If unlucky enough to serve a sentence at this remote boarding school, forget packing your toothbrush and a spare pair of undies. You’d be better off with ...

There’s a reason families usually live together— to contain the horror and not inflict it on others. A family holiday is a really, really bad idea! After escaping an erupting volcanic island only to have their cruise ship intercepted by a cyclone, Jakob thought surely his family’s holiday troubles were over. But washed up on the far north coast of Australia, they are still thousands of kilometres from home. There’s plenty more disaster in store as they make their way south, including lands...

Everyone loves the wickedly dry sense of humour of The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine.Okay, Okay. So hang me. I killed the bird. For pity's sake, I'm a cat.Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about.Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ...

'Okay, okay. So stick my head in a holly bush . . .'Tuffy, the Killer Cat, knows what he likes. And he isn't loving the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new class! So what's a cat to do . . .Mischief and mayhem rule in Anne Fine's brilliant new story, with hilarious illustrations by Steve Cox throughout. Perfect for developing readers aged 5–7.

The cat sat comfortably on the wall.Are you sitting comfortably?Then I will continue.As you know cats like to sit. Sometimes they like to sit and think, and sometimes they just like to sit. But on this occasion the cat was sitting and thinking,'What a lovely day'.But little did the cat know that it was all going to go horribly wrong.

Gems is a series of books written specifically for struggling girl readers. In this title following her supervillain parents being captured and locked away in jail, Melody Doom is adopted by a family who couldn't be more different to hers. Her goody two shoes foster family are a complete nightmare. They sing songs, wear bright colours and, worst of all, play charades every night! Melody knows she needs to escape, but how? Hatching a plan involving her fluffy pink foster sister as a sidekic...

What if fairy tales were turned on their head? Book 1 of the successful and ever growing Twisted Fairy Tale Series.A unique spin on traditional fairy tales that children from 2 - 10 will love. Adults will enjoy the humour too!The Twisted Fairy Tales are a series of stories where everything is different and nothing is as it seems!Written with colourful characters, fairy tale cameos and surprises along the way.Read, share and enjoy them all.You might we...

The ‘Creative Writing Tutor’ scheme provides a lively series of themed booklets that will stimulate your child’s imagination and inspire him or her to write in a more interesting way and to achieve better results. The booklets provide ‘a tutor’ for the child, fun features and stories to read, follow up activities to complete, harder vocabulary to prepare children for more advanced writing and many helpful tips and techniques to improve writing style.Written by an experienced teacher, they ...

"WE'VE ALL HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR CLOWNING ABOUT...IT'S NOT FUNNY!"Every morning, before school, Bill dresses in baggy trousers, a silly blue wig and a red plastic nose, as... the Great Bilbo!But clowns belong in the Big Top, not in the classroom, and everyone is getting really fed up with Bill's clowning! Then Mum takes Bill to a real circus, and the Great Bilbo discovers that being funny is a serious business...All the fun of the circus in this hilarious story from th...