MURDEROUS MATHS: The Magic of Maths is full of incredible tricks to wow children and teachers alike. With a fabulous brand-new cover design for 2019, children can: discover how to use the power of maths to beat the calculator perform amazing card tricks read minds - using the power of maths! Illustrated by Rob Davis and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of MURDEROUS MATHS. Get ready to be amazed!

We're on the way back from a big shopping trip But the bag's caught a nail and it's started to rip. Dropetty PLOP! Now what could that be? All on his own it's a left-behind pea. Disaster strikes when Pea falls out of the shopping bag . . . Is this the end? Is it ALL OVER FOR PEA?! Of course it's not! Follow Pea as he journeys across the city on a skateboard, and bus, and even on the wings of a passing-by bird - and has the adventure OF A LIFETIME! Sometimes it pays to be small . . . THE RUNAWAY PEA LEFT BEHIND is laugh-out-loud funny, bursting with imagination, and the most perfect third story in this much-loved series. The first book, THE RUNAWAY PEA, was chosen as BookTrust's Time to Read book of 2020, being given to 775,000 children in the UK. Keep your eyes PEAled for more brilliant Pea books - The Runaway Pea and The Runaway Pea: Washed Away!

Why do people think Friday 13th is unlucky? How can you make a liar tell the truth? How many people in the world share your birthday? Easy Questions, Evil Answers provides the answers to all these questions and more. It's the perfect laugh-out-loud, boredom busting read for everyone who's ever wondered just how many footballs you can fit in a swimming pool and how long it takes to count to a million.

It's the swinging 1660s. King Charles II wants nothing too heavy: politics are a bore. When Nell and her friends, from the local Bawdy house, join the new Drury Lane Theatre, Charles is delighted by their saucy songs and cheeky antics. Nell rises to stardom and she and Charles embark on one of the most infamous love stories. A whole army of Charladies and delectable seventeenth-century characters take us through the story of the affair that led to the Great Fire of London and the recovery from the plague; the jealousy and outrage of Charlie's rejected women and to political jiggery-pokery.Large flexible cast

It's time for tea, but one pesky pea has decided to ping himself off the plate in search of a party!

The rogue pea shoots, flings and bounces across the kitchen as he embarks on his perilous adventure - but will he find the fun he is looking for or is the kitchen a scarier place than he thought?

This quirky caper from debut duo Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore will show you just what can happen when you take your eye off your dinner for a second!

This entertaining and funny musical ghost story introduces Sammy, a clever schoolboy, and his unusual parents, brainy Egbert and witty Gloria. They have just moved into a new house overseen by a creepy housekeeper and a kindly, bumbling gardener. When weird things start happening, curious Sammy insists that that the gardener admit him to the wildly overgrown garden where they find proof that a witch has enslaved enchanted flower children. Sammy and his friend Alice save the day: the children are released from their spell and even the witchy housekeeper is won over.8 women, 3 men

Welcome to Catesby's Cabaret Club, your hostess for the evening is Miss Catherine Wheel ... It is the reign of King James I, a time of religious unrest, double-crossing and treachery.13 women, 13 men

Henry VIII believes in the Divine Right of Kings - he looks Divine and he's always Right! His first wife fails to bear him a son and he cannot divorce her in Roman Catholic law, so he creates the Church of England, divorces his wife, and tries again - five times! Henry the Tudor Dude has all these and hilarious dialogue, witty songs and more than a touch of playful cynicism. History has never been such fun!Large flexible cast

Warning: this book contains peculiar and painful pants. Join Sir Horatio Snaptwang on a hilarious tour of his Museum of Pantology as he reveals everything from the mythical golden pants of Egyptian Queen Parpunsniffet, to Brunel's legendary suspension pants. It's pant-astic.

The runaway pea is back for another hilarious adventure! When one rogue pea finds himself s p i n n i n g down the plug hole, surely he's in for a terrible time in the murky glurky sewers? NOT THIS PEA! Everything is an adventure! Everyone is a friend! But is all as safe as Pea assumes, or might he yet end up as someone's dinner?! A fall-over-yourself funny sequel to the bestselling THE RUNAWAY PEA, which has a TCM of over 10,000 in just over seven months.

First Names is a series of fun, lively and highly illustrated biographies that introduces some truly amazing individuals who lived incredible lives, to an audience of young readers. True life stories of the most amazing people EVER! Meet HARRY HOUDINI, the brilliant escape artist who thrilled the world with his death-defying stunts and awesome showmanship. Find out how he was inspired by a man with no head, why he kept asking to be put in jail (and how he got out again) and why he dangled upside down from a crane 120 feet up in the air. Get to know HARRY on first name terms.

Martha's mom has banned her from playing soccer, and it's up to Agatha Parrot to find a way to get her back into the game. Meanwhile, Agatha's big brother, James, receives an email from an unknown girl, and Agatha intervenes to start a correspondence on his behalf. When she discovers the girl's love of spelling might hold the secret to helping Martha get permission to play soccer, the emails turn very warm indeed. Several forged emails--and a few spelling tests--later, will Martha get to play in the big game? And what will happen when Agatha's unknowing correspondent meets the real James?