This new edition has artwork from award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell.Lettie Peppercorn lives in a house on stilts near the wind-swept coast of Albion. Nothing incredible has ever happened to her, until one winter's night, when the night the Snow Merchant comes. He claims to be an alchemist - the greatest that ever lived - and in his suitcase, he carries his newest invention: snow.'A tale of self discovery, family and friendship...an inventive and accomplished debut' - ...

The ultimate book of poetry for gamers and word nerds alike! It’ll make you laugh out loud, be inspired, and mostly want to play!Get ready to press start on . . . video games, board games, word games, playground games, card games, and play to make you laugh games!This brilliantly imaginative, interactive collection of poems is packed full of fun!Illustrated throughout in black and white. Also contains an added flicker book interactiv...

Pia lives in a zoo in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with her parents (both ghosts), several old and cranky genies, a devil, and two young angels. She spends her days trimming genie-beards, trying to avoid being tricked into selling her soul, and waiting for the angels to make a miracle big enough to save the world.Then the angels go missing. Can she solve the riddles of the mysterious haloes the angels have left behind? Is the zoo’s devil really trying to help her? And what does t...

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing‘There are other ways to be mighty, you know. Not just world weaving. We got all sorts of other powers, ones that are just as magic. Slower, surer ways to change what’s around us. I’m talking about kindness. I’m talking about love. That’s what Ma was strong in.’Hush Quiet is a girl with an infinite baseball cap and certain views on love and kindness.Her sister, Matilda, carries around a shotgun fu...

Something bad has happened to Prince Alexander, the only heir to the mighty Petrossian Empire.Something worse than kidnapping.Something worse than murder.Somehow, the Prince has been miraculously transformed into a fluffy-wuffy kitten.Why has this terrible***cat***astrophe happened?Who are the boy and girl brewing secret potions down in the palace kitchens?And how are they possibly going to avoid getting their heads chopped off?

Lettie Peppercorn lives in a house on stilts near the wind-swept coast of Albion. Nothing incredible has ever happened to her, until one winter's night.The night the Snow Merchant comes.He claims to be an alchemist - the greatest that ever lived - and in a mahogany suitcase, he carries his newest invention.It is an invention that will change Lettie's life - and the world - forever.It is an invention called snow.

Greta is a girl on a mission: to venture to Avalon and bring back a hero who can save her home from destruction by the monstrous giant Yuk.Many heroes have tried before now. Many have failed.What Greta needs is a hero whose courage and self-belief are greater than himself. She needs Hercufleas.The only problem: he is a flea, no bigger than a raisin. But the smallest person might just have the biggest effect . . .

Hush Quiet is a girl with an infinite baseball cap and certain views on love and kindness. Her sister Matilda carries around a shotgun full of bees, and doesn't need much excuse to fire it. Hush and Matilda have been hiding out in a pocket world ever since the war started. Ever since Dustbowl fell. Ever since what happened to Ma. But when a boy with no memory crosses into their reality, the sisters must confront their past, each other, and the intoxicating power that has torn their lives a...

Inspired by Gulliver’s Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clockmakers and very talkative parrots. Join Lily as she travels over rooftops, down chimneys and into chocolate shops on a journey to find the one place in the world where she belongs . . . Home.'An undertaking of which Swift himself would have approved' Irish Times'Spirited and clever tribute to the original' Daily Mail