An amusing story about little Billy and his shadowy next-door neighbour who always wears a black cloak and a black hat and to Billy is "The Black Queen". Readership level: 6 - 9 years.
When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets and...
Follow the trials and tribulations of poor Toby Jenkins in this brand new edition of his story by acclaimed, award-winning author Michael Morpurgo. Ages: 9+.
New jacket edition. When 12-year-old George is sent to the Dyer's farm - his 7th foster home - his instincts are to run away. But he soon becomes caught up in events that make him change his mind.
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children should love to read, banded to help teachers choose the right...
Robbie, football fan and animal lover, runs after his dog Lucky one day when he chases a cat and is hit by a car. Robbie lies in hospital, locked inside his own head. He is able to hear but not move or speak, as he tries to keep himself from slipping ever...
Nothing disturbs the peace of a French village until the arrival of a bear cub. Adopted by the orphaned Roxanne, he quickly becomes part of village life, and the village grows to be famous for its honey. Then a film company arrives to make a video starrin...
Robbie McLeod is on the run from the English Redcoats in the Highlands. On his travels he finds a wolf cub, near a sign proclaiming the killing of the last wolf in Scotland. Robbie adopts the orphaned cub and a friendship grows between them. But can they...
When Antonito learns of the horrors of the bullfight he flees with the black bull called Paco. In the hills they witness the bombing of their village. This is a moving and nostaligc story set in 1936, around the the Spanish Civil War.
Olly's brother Matt wants to go and work with children who have been made orphans, through war, in Africa. He wants to be a clown and make them laugh. His mother and sister want him to stay in England and go to university. The siblings' story is...
"I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday, July 28th 1988. Only now can I tell the whole extraordinary story, the true story." Michael's family are on the adventure of a lifetime, sailing around the world in their yacht, the...
The story of a young boy who rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African bush. They remain inseparable until Bertie has to go away to boarding school and the lion is sold to a circus. Years later they are reunited, until the lion gently dies of...