When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world, they want to see exciting things, and visit exciting places. But one day, they meet an orca – a killer whale – one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting.

The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange . . .

‘How can Mr Frank be angry now?’ thinks Mike happily. His film is good and he is the only cameraman on the volcano. Now he can go home. But then he finds Jenny and she is dying. Rocks start to move and Mike is afraid. Can they get off the volcano alive? And what happens to Mike’s camera and film?

'How can Mr Frank be angry now?' thinks Mike happily. His film is good and he is the only cameraman on the volcano. Now he can go home. But then he finds Jenny and she is dying. Rocks start to move and Mike is afraid. Can they get off the volcano alive? And what happens to Mike's camera and film?

When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places. But one day, they meet an orca - a killer whale - one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting.

The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange ...

Evie always watched her older sister Jenny from afar. Jenny can’t do wrong, she’s the apple of their mother’s eye. She’s tall, blonde and a model. Evie is the total opposite of Jenny she has dark hair, short and sells jewellery. It’s a regular Sunday afternoon only it isn’t so regular not when Jenny was about to bring her new boyfriend home. Evie is curious. Two sisters, who couldn’t be different or are they?

Two beautiful, snowy animal stories, The Rainbow Bear and Little Albatross, by internationally bestselling War Horse author, Michael Morpurgo. Collected together for the first time and featuring Michael Foreman's original stunning illustrations, this is a gem of a book to be enjoyed over and over again.

Are you interested in the history of the Titanic? Would you like to find out more about this famous liner and how it came to sink? If so, The Titanic Quiz Book has all the answers.Few events in history have captured public imagination to such an extent as the story of the Titanic which has spawned numerous films, documentaries and books through the years. This new quiz book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Titanic including all the facts and figures of the liner’s...

From award-winning author and illustrator Mark Wilson, a stunning celebration of the beauty and majesty of whales.In the warm tropical waters off the north Australian coast, a very special whale is born: Migaloo, the only all-white humpback whale in the world. As he and his pod make their annual migration to Antarctica, Migaloo discovers the beauty, wonder and danger of a whale's journey.Mark Wilson's exquisite illustrations capture the grace and intelligen...

I spent the first 21 years of my life terrified of dying. Then I died. And I've spent 25 years since trying to figure out how I can replicate that experience. Without the dying part."Imagine how a caterpillar might feel when it gets too big for its cocoon. It becomes claustrophobic and knows that it has to break out but doesn't want to because it is safe and familiar and the cocoon is all that the caterpillar has known. Eventually it starts suffocating and in desperation, just befo...

Elephant seals are huge animals that live part of their life on land. When I say they are huge, I mean huge. The male elephant seal can grow to be up to 16 feet (4.9 metres) long. They can weigh 6,600 pounds (3000 kilograms)!An average car weighs about 3,000 pounds (1360 kilograms). That means a male elephant seal can weigh more than two cars! That is big!Female elephant seals are only about half the size of the males. That is still a very big seal, though. Female elephant se...