Theres An Alien In The Park. 5 4 3 2 1 ZOOM! In his dreams, Dans toy alien comes alive. Together, they lift off in his super spacecraft and travel to an Earth park with Zack, Dans dog. For the alien, there are many interesting things to observe in the park and a few things that make him feel a bit scared. Most of all, he learns how important it is to have a faithful friend by your side. A fun story to read with children.

In hierdie omnibus, wat nog drie gewilde Trompie-stories bevat, word die sproetgesig Grootkaptein en die Boksombende se avonture voortgesit. Trompie wil 'n seun se krieketkolf leen, maar hy moet mooi met die suinige ryk seun onderhandel om sy kolf vir hom te leen sodat Kwaggaberg se seuns kan gaan krieket speel.

Die vyf vriende ontdek ’n geheimsinnige trommel op Kirrin-eiland en hulle vermoed onraad. Maar dan hoor hulle ’n kind in die middel van die nag skree! Wie is saam met hulle op die eiland, en hoekom?

Pragtige nuwe omslagkuns deur Laura Ellen Anderson maak dié klassieke reeks vir moderne jong lesers toeganklik.

The year is 2000, which is practically the future! The location is Reading, England. Cleo Howard is almost eighteen years old. Shea s studying for her A Levels. Despite this, shea s going to have the best summer of her life. By the end of the year shea ll have seen Slipknot, MotArhead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine and David Bowie, plus local bands Venomous Lizzard and WhyY2K. As usual, Cleo is lucky to have her constant companions Ian and Jenni to join in her adventures. There is a list of characters in the back of the book should you need it. If you want to read more about Cleo Howard her later adventures are covered in The Eviscerated Panda Quintet; Eviscerated Panda A Metal Tale, Eviscerated Panda Back In Bamboo, Eviscerated Panda Vulgar Display Of Panda, Eviscerated Panda Vol. 4 and Eviscerated Panda So Far, So Good, So Panda. This is her fourth diary. Her first one, The Very Metal Diary Of Cleo Howard covers the year 1997 and should be read first.

High school nemeses fall in love in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy, a queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston. What happens when two high school nemeses fall in love? Seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac can't catch a break. First there's the embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, and then she gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her head cheerleader nemesis, Irene Abraham. Irene is as mean as she is beautiful, and Scottie makes a point to keep her distance, only their little car accident means the girls are forced to ride together to school. Every day. But when an opportunity arises for Scottie to get back at her toxic ex - and climb her school's social ladder - she convinces Irene to take part in an elaborate fake-dating scheme that threatens to reveal some very real feelings. 'A must-read for every romcom fan' - Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars

Die avonture van Kuifie (Frans: Les Aventures de Tintin et Milou) is een van die gewildste strokiesverhale wat in die twintigste eeu verskyn en is vandag steeds populêr. Die boeke word in ongeveer 60 tale vertaal. Die hoofkarakter van die verhale is die jong Belgiese verslaggewer Kuifie. Saam met sy hond, Spokie, beleef hy verskeie avonture.

In Die farao se sigare onderneem Kuifie en Spokie ’n bootreis na die Ooste. Tydens die vaart ontmoet hulle die Egiptoloog Filemoon Sikloon. Hy nooi hulle na Kaïro om saam met hom na die graf van die farao Kih-Oskh te gaan soek. Al die vorige geleerdes wat hierdie missie aangepak het, het geheimsinnig verdwyn.

Wanneer Kuifie ’n sigaar met die farao se teken op die etiket vind, wonder hy of die sleutel tot die raaisel dalk daarin opgesluit lê …

The first in a new children’s fantasy adventure series, full of imagination, humour and heart, and with echoes of Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Neverending Story and Jumanji. The Land of Roar is perfect for children aged 8 to 12, and can sit on their bookshelf next to Nevermoor, Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon. Readers can bring their fantasy world to life and meet dragons, unicorns, mermaids and more in this beautifully illustrated children’s book.

Believing is just the beginning . . .

When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of Roar, an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the folding bed in their grandad’s attic. Roar was filled with things they loved – dragons, mermaids, ninja wizards and adventure – as well as things that scared them (including a very creepy scarecrow. . .)

Now the twins are eleven, Roar is just a memory. But when they help Grandad clean out the attic, Arthur is horrified as Grandad is pulled into the folding bed and vanishes. Is he playing a joke? Or is Roar . . . real?

'This funny, captivating story is filled with the painful pangs of growing up and the transporting qualities of imagination' Guardian

'A vividly imagined adventure, [...] full of heart, humour and a terrifying villain' Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

‘This is proof, not that it’s needed, that Jenny McLachlan is a writer of enormous heart and versatility. I’m a really big fan’ Phil Earle, award-winning author of Being Billy and co-author of Get Me Out of Here! with Andy McNab

‘Roar is an exhilarating, hilarious, vividly drawn tribute to the power of the childhood imagination, the love of family and the magic we risk losing as we grow up. If you plan to visit one new place in 2019, make it Roar’ Sarah Driver, author of The Huntress trilogy

Why is Maximus Toadus hiding Crustaceous? Has Crustaceous managed to evolve back into Tartarus again? What new harvoc can she bestow upon Baratonea with her army of 'Ones'? What are Preditus and Threadlord? Be introduced to Jane Ripple, Captain of the space ship 'Ulysses'. Things are about to change forever on Baratonea not only for the Grunts and Wermits, but for Rufus the Wolf and Raven. All will become clear as you travel back into the world of Grunts and Wermits in The Dawn of the Space Age. The Dawn of the Space Age is the second in the series of beautifully illustrated children's adventure stories about the magical world of the Grunts and Wermits.

Rudy the Reindeer lives at Cob House Country Park with his reindeer family. Along with his best friend Spike (a cheeky little mouse), Rudy gets into trouble and can't ride Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. Santa and the reindeer go to deliver the presents but a storm causes the sleigh to crash. Their only hope is Rudy, but will he be able to save them and all the presents in time for Christmas? Helen the author and illustrator of a picture-book series for under fives, this is her 5th book.

A kind visit, when the author was seriously ill in hospital, together with a thoughtful gift of a little teddy bear inspired him to write stories of the world as seen through the childlike eyes of this bear. Though written for children in a Harrogate school they will appeal to children wherever they happen to be and in addition can lead anyone, of any age, to look again at many things we take for granted that can be misleading to a child. Indeed a good read for anyone of any age. The author has spent a lifetime working for and alongside children in England as well as in East Africa.

The simple stories of John Fish, the epitome ofchildhood adventures, are written to infuse themind of the young with healthy fantasy.And although the sea can be an alarming placeat times, especially when carelessness andneglect are present and responsible concern isfar away, it can also be a place where fun andlaughter may be enjoyed and remembered longafter the pleasurable times have taken place.

From a Stonewall Honor-winning author comes a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.

Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS.

Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance... until she falls for Reza, and they start dating.

Art is Judy's best friend, their school's only out and proud teen. He'll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.

As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won't break Judy's heart and destroy the most meaningful friendship he's ever known.
Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, The Great Godden and If You Still Recognise Me.

Abdi is an award-winning author in the US. His YA novels Like a Love Storyand Only This Beautiful Moment were Stonewall Honor Books, and he won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction. He is also a TV and film screenwriter and producer, working on films including Call Me by Your Name.

Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, The Great Godden and If You Still Recognise Me.

Show your daddy just how much he means to you with help from Thomas and his friends!

Hooray for Daddy is the perfect gift for any daddy who is as strong as Cranky, as cheerful as Toby and always coming to the rescue, like Harold.

Thomas and friends celebrate fathers everywhere in this playful picture book. And children can personalise with their own personal thoughts about their dad - the best in the world!

Kerry-Ann Taylor loves cricket. It's in her blood - in the 1950s her grandad arrived in England from Jamaica with just two things: a box of vinyls and his precious cricket bat. Whenever she can, Kerry-Ann heads to her local ground for matches, practise, and fun with her best friend Amardeep. But now there's a problem. Some of the older players - who think they own the place - have found a way to exploit new club rules to stop Kerry-Ann and her friends from using the ground. And the rule changes state that next season the over 13s team will be strictly boys only ... meaning no matches for Kerry-Ann. But Kerry-Ann is determined to carry on playing cricket with her friends. So she devises a daring plan to stay in the game she loves. And unbeknown to her, she's about to get some help via her grandad's precious cricket bat - which has a lot more to it than meets the eye ...

The third and final thrilling book in the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy.

Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she’ll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her . . . and this time it’s all about Pip.

Pip is used to online death threats, but there’s one that catches her eye, someone who keeps asking: who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears? And it’s not just online. Pip has a stalker who knows where she lives. The police refuse to act and then Pip finds connections between her stalker and a local serial killer. The killer has been in prison for six years, but Pip suspects that the wrong man is behind bars.

As the deadly game plays out, Pip realises that everything in Little Kilton is finally coming full circle. If Pip doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears.

Imagine if you could have an adventure as a pirate. What if you could have MILLIONS of them? With this story-building book, readers aged 5+ can create their own pirate-inspired adventures, over and over again. Just read the question and choose from the vibrant pictures on the page to build the story. The book is packed full of fun, silly and exciting things for the reader to choose from, including: Visiting a pirate milkshake bar Wearing a sparkly eye patch and a beard Packing a treasure map Voyaging on a ghost ship Sailing past an island made of chocolate Facing a tentacled sea monster Once they've finished, the reader can turn back to the start and make different choices to build a completely new tale. There are millions of possible combinations and endless stories to be told! And can you find the cheeky penguin hidden on each page? Let's Tell a Story is a series of books designed to help readers dream up their very own adventures. From selecting which hero to be and where to visit, to deciding on how the story will end and choosing a reward, the reader controls the action from start to finish. Packed full of imaginative characters, thrilling places to go, hilarious random objects and extraordinary situations to choose from, these books are made to be read again and again.