For every day of the year Eleanor Farjeon provides a scrap of fun or fancy, poetry or nonsense, fact or fable. Here young readers can set out with Will Kemp on his nine-day dance from London to Norwich and read the lovely tale of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, as well as celebrate Lincoln's birthday with a poem, and Christmas...

Join Betsey, the little girl with big ideas, as she surprises everyone on her birthday, learns to be a guard dog, moves house and even becomes a TV star in these four warm and funny adventures. This book is one of five short story collections featuring Betsey from Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman, beautifully illustrated by Jamie Smith, and ideal for...

School is out for the summer, and The Saddle Club has big plans. Lisa, Carole and Stevie have all been invited to Wyoming to work on a ranch and help run a Western riding camp. The girls are looking forward to a great summer of fun and riding until Lisa’s parents break the terrible news: they want Lisa to go...

It's war in the Flowers household. Will's sister Estelle has turned overnight into a screaming, screeching banshee whose moods explode throughout the household. Mum and Dad have surrendered. Inspired by an author visit to his school, Will decides to keep a record of his life on the front line . . . ...

The Horse Wise Pony Club riders have been working hard on a precision horseback drill. They’ll perform it on Founders’ Day to raise money for the needy animals at a nearby shelter. But Lisa, Stevie and Carole want to do even more. Then Lisa gets the bright idea to set up a tent and read people’s fortunes before the drill....

A hurricane is on it's way . . . And Betsey can't wait! Join her as she helps prepare for the storm, is entered into a very strange contest, and even attempts to eat a MONSTER hamburger in four fabulously funny adventures. This book is one of five collections featuring Betsey Biggalow from Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman. Beautifully illustrated by...

‘Why shouldn’t we be detectives too?’ When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the river, they find their friends the Death and Glories in a very bad situation. Accused of setting boats adrift, sabotage and theft, the boys are under suspicion by everyone on the river. And in the meantime, the...

The Saddle Club girls – Lisa Atwood, Stevie Lake and Carole Hanson – are at one of their favorite places – Moose Hill Summer Camp and the action that began during the first two weeks on Summer Horse continues in this exciting sequel. Everything’s beginning to work out great – except that Stevie and Carole notice that control-crazy Lisa is...

‘So long,’ called the harbourmaster. ‘Don’t run into Missee Lee!’ The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don’t pay much heed to the harbourmaster’s friendly warning as they set off for China. They are on a round-the-world voyage aboard the Wild Cat and it’s been plain sailing for a hundred ports. But when Gibber, the ship’s monkey, accidentally sinks their faithful...

The Saddle Club girls are participating in a new kind of horseback activity – endurance riding. They’ll have to condition their horses and themselves for the grueling contest if they plan to make it across the finish line. But an annoying rider named Chloe keeps getting in the way. Carole Hanson, Stevie Lake and Lisa Atwood are pretty sure they...

The Saddle Club’s number one practical joker, Stevie Lake, has decided to reform. The only problem is, no one believes her. Maybe that’s why no one in the cast of the video Stevie is making for school will cooperate. Cinderella on Horseback? Puh-leease! It has to be a setup to make them look stupid and give Stevie the last laugh....

Betsey puts on a magic show but everyone is less than impressed with her tricks. No matter, in these four sweet and funny short stories, Betsey learns the importance of believing in yourself, that practise makes perfect, and that some magic is real . . . This book is one of five short story collections featuring Betsey Biggalow, from Children's...

The girls in The Saddle Club are making their New Year’s resolutions. That’s the easy part. Keeping them will be another matter! Can Stevie really be nice to Veronica diAngelo for a whole month – especially when the snobby girl is busy showing off all the expensive loot she got for Christmas? Can Lisa learn embroidery to make her mother...

A sick, abused horse has been rescued and brought to Pine Hollow Stables. The local veterinarian is doing everything she can to save its life, but this horse has more than a broken body. Its spirit is broken too. The girls in The Saddle Club know that it needs more than medicine, food and a comfortable stall. It needs a...

The Mennyms have always lived in danger, ever since their maker, Kate Henshaw, instilled in them an indomitable life force, a life force that has carried them through many perils. But now with shocking suddeness, that life force has abandoned them all except for Soobie - the sole survivor. As the blue Mennym he's always been a bit special, and...