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?