Magical interlinked stories about what one girl learns from talking to trees throughout Time and from around the world in a sumptuous gift book presentation. From the team who brought you Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror, Costa Book Award winning Natasha Farrant and Lydia Corry. Olive's best friend is a four-hundred-year-old oak tree, and it is in danger. As she tumbles into its magic world, she makes it a promise. From deep roots to high branches, a Persian garden to an underwater forest, from tulip trees to wild apple to vengeful box, she listens to the trees telling stories for all time. And she keeps her promise. With a conservation message and facts about tree science alongside the magic and wonder of seven beautifully imagined original stories, this full-colour gift book enchants and reminds us of the importance of trees in our lives. 'Terrific and inspirational' Irish Times

"The Haunted Pavilion" is a collection of nine Patricia McCune Irvine short stories for girls, ranging from ghosts in the pavilion, a rescue at Breakwater Beach, the night the town clock struck thirteen, to the mystery of the pinata, an unusual flight of Santa Claus at Christmastime, and others.

Likened by critics to Garrison Keillor only more deliberate and elegiac Jim May writes the stories of his youth, growing up in the rural Midwest between the Truman and the JFK eras, where trading stories was as common as trading horses, and frequently required the same skills. Neighboring, as his mother called it, was part of the social fabric. These 18 poignant and humorous stories of life's joys and trials told with the freshness of youth, yet tempered with the wisdom of age evoke a simpler time in our nation's history without romanticizing its inherent hardships.

Journey into the Nether (if you dare) in this Step Into Reading Step 3 Levelled Reader, the only official levelled reader series based on Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game! Learn to read with the official Minecraft Young Readers! Practise your reading skills and develop your vocabulary as you read stories about your favourite game. Minecraft (R) is the best-selling video game of all time! And now learning to read has never been more fun for fans of the game ages 4 to 7. They'll get a great introduction to the game's most mysterious biomes when two players, Emmy and Birch - and their tame wolf Byte - set out on an epic adventure into the mysterious Nether! This Step 3 Step into Reading Levelled Reader includes more than 30 full-colour stickers to add to the fun. Look for these other great Minecraft (R) titles: * Mobs in the Overworld! (Minecraft) 9780755500444 * Survival Mode! (Minecraft) 9780755500451 * Escape From the Nether (Minecraft) 9780755500468 Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics for children who are ready to read on their own. (c) 2022 Mojang AB and Mojang Synergies AB. MINECRAFT and MOJANG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mojang Synergies AB.

Persimmon, daughter of a Jewish mold-maker and a Chinese woman, becomes a famous panda painter. Living in the forest of Chengdu Province, she adopts Bampo an orphaned panda bear, but what she has done is illegal, as only members of the royal family can own panda bears. She saves the life of Prince Ting Ling with a secret potion when he is gored by a wild boar in the forest of Chengdu, but afterward his soldiers cannot find her. A poacher alerts authorities and Persimmon is arrested and sentenced to be beheaded. Will the prince find her in time?

The Moomin family and their friends are back in More Adventures in Moominvalley, a collection of warm and charming stories based on the award-winning 3D animation. Go on a journey to Moominvalley - a beautiful and peaceful place where everyone is kind and caring - and join Moomintroll, his parents Moominmamma and Moominpappa, and their friends Snufkin, Little My, Snorkmaiden and more on their exciting adventures. Capturing the wit and whimsy of Tove Jansson's classic tales, the nine stories in this collection follow the goings-on in Moominvalley as Moomintroll wakes up in deep midwinter and meets his mysterious Ancestor, Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden are haunted by a not-so-spooky ghost, the friends undertake a perilous expedition to an erupting volcano, and a very special Invisible Guest comes to stay. Packed full of exciting and eccentric twists and turns and featuring all of Tove Jansson's most beloved characters, this beautiful collection is sure to be treasured by Moomins fans old and new.

A chilling tale from storyteller Ethan Crownberry. What gives you the willies? Strange noises? Creepy shadows? The feeling you are being watched? For a 12-year-old boy lost on Halloween night, it is all of these things and more. Join him on his adventure home as he encounters one hair-raising experience after another. Then, decide for yourself. Are the Willies just something we feel? Or are they actually little monsters that love to torment us when we are at our most vulnerable? Ethan Crownberry has done it again in this spine-tingling masterpiece.

Ethan Crownberry's most epic adventure. Look Up in the sky It's a bird It's a plane It's a toddler with a high-velocity rocket strapped to his back Little Johnny Johnson always dreamed of one day flying through space. And when his inventive grandfather builds him a Jetpack for his birthday, he grows as close to obtaining that dream as any small boy can ever hope. But it's not long before he is faced with the responsibilities that accompany such a magnificent power. And quickly he finds himself torn between fulfilling his heart's desire and helping people in need. Join Ethan Crownberry in an adventure beyond imagination, and meet, for the first time, the world's newest and most unlikely hero.