Connie Button amazes her parents when she begins to speak - somehow she can add up even the biggest numbers in her head! And when Rollo says HIS first words they are all in rhyme. But will Connieâs brainy tricks get her into trouble?...
SOMETIMES THE MOST UNLIKELY PAIRS MAKE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. A hilarious prehistoric yarn for newly-independent readers from a master of children's animal stories.
Is it a beastie? Is it a kelpie? Is it a sea monster? Angus and his sister, Kirstie, have found something strange at the beach so they take it home to put it in the bath - who knows what it might be? At first they think it's just a big old piece of...
Dick King-Smithâs classic story about a very unusual petâa water horse!âreturns with a charming new cover to win over a new generation of readers!
Nosy, a young pterodactyl, makes friends with Banty, a young brontosaurus, despite the disapproval of their parents. When the pterodactyls save Banty from the terrible tyrannosaurus rex, the adult dinosaurs become great friends as well. Nosy comes up with...
Frank is a funny chick. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he doesn't want to peck around at anything in the dust. He wants to dabble about in the lovely duckpond, splashing himself with water. Can Jemima, the farmer's daughter, find a way to help...
Jackson is a very unusual rabbit - a rabbit with a dream. He spends his days watching the tall sailing-ships coming and going. He LONGS to go to sea too. So one day - with his girlfriend, Bunny - Jackson stows away on the Atalanta and sails off in search...
When 75-year old Percy Sloggett's battered old slippers are replaced, it is a surprise to discover that the new pair are magic. They make him feel years younger and also make him strong and clever. When they enable him to leap across the road to prevent...
When Tom the shepherd comes across a wailing little bundle in the lambing pens, it changes his life. He and his wife are childless and are delighted to adopt the baby, but soon realize that
Harry isn't very pleased when he inherits a parrot from Great-Uncle George, but Maddison is no ordinary parrot. Not only can he talk, but you can have conversations with him and he and Harry quickly become great friends - but then Maddison is stolen...