Written in diary form, this is the story of reluctant pirate pupil Pickles, packed off to pirate school. At Captain Abdul’s awful academy she is taught such essential pirate topics as treasure, how to make cannon balls and the correct way to say, “Ooh arrgh!” Then she discovers a staffroom plot to kidnap the pupils and hold them to ransom! So she leads a mutiny, following which she and her fellow pupils set sail in the Golden Behind and have a great life robbing other pirates. Pickles (revealed on the last page to be a girl called Maisy) is happy because she has plenty of time to paint!

Ben and Mary Norm have got an embarrassing personal problem – their parents. They’re impossible! How can they be stopped from completely shaming Ben and Mary at Parent’s Day?

Fabulous new title in the Sprinters series relaunch – the further entertaining adventures of a daring stuntman and his even more daring daughter! The Stupendos are the most famous stunt duo in the world. But when the Great Stupendo is injured by one of his stunts, it’s up to his daughter, Little Stupendo, to prove what a high flyer she really is! Her exploits make a stupendous story packed with thrills and laughs in equal measure.

Little Molly plants a story seed, but she doesn’t like the tale that grows. The sun’s too hot, the earth’s too dry and Old Ma and Sylvie Cow are hungry! What can Molly do to make her story end happily ever after?

Long ago there lived a troll named Ulf, who had a very bad habit – he liked to eat fingers! Many men, women and children lost a finger thanks to the razor-sharp teeth of the Finger-eater. And many more might have suffered the same fate if it hadn’t been for the plucky Gudrun…

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A touching story about family life and a boy’s birthday treat, from a multi-award-winning storyteller.
It’s Jack’s birthday and his friend Sam is coming round after school for a little party. It’s just Sam and Jack in a small flat, with Jack’s mum talking too loudly and getting them to play childish games. Jack’s birthday cake is a homemade shark and doesn’t look as good as the huge windmill cake that Sam had for his birthday, nor is there a DJ, treasure hunt or a magician. But when Sam’s mum comes to collect him, Jack realises just how lucky he is.

Move over, Sherlock Holmes – there’s a new detective on the block!
Drusilla is a quiet, thoughtful little girl who has a small toy hippopotamus and four older brothers. Her hippo (Mrs Mu) goes everywhere with Drusilla. Her brothers (Harlan, Kal, CJ and Joe) go nowhere with her. In fact, their sole aim seems to be to taunt their small sister and stop her from joining in with their games. Usually, Drusilla can withstand any amount of teasing, but when Mrs Mu goes missing, she suspects foul play… This time Drusilla will have to call upon all her resourcefulness to win through

An endearing and heartwarming story about a little girl’s summer holiday in Edinburgh with her grandma.
Ellie usually goes to see Yiayia, her Greek grandma, for the summer holidays, but this year Yiayia can’t have her. Instead, Ellie will have to stay with Granny Mac in Edinburgh. Ellie had been looking forward to swimming in the sea and seeing octopuses and feeling silverfish between her toes. She isn’t so sure about summer in Scotland – doesn’t it always rain there? But Ellie is pleasantly surprised to discover that there are lots to do with Granny Mac, and when she tells Yiayia all about it on the phone she realises that when you have two grannies you get the best of both worlds!

Enter a prehistoric world with cave-boy Glog in this innovative storybook designed to boost reader confidence.
Cave-boy Glog is accidentally left behind when his tribe move to new hunting grounds – and things look bleak. Glog will have to do the best he can to fend for himself until they come to find him. Along the way, he encounters a ferocious wolf and gathers some new friends. He draws them on the cave wall for company, but it’s not the same as his own tribe. Will Glog’s family come back for him?