Everyday, John Patrick sets off along the road to school, and although he hurries, strange and improbable happenings repeatedly make him late. To make things worse, his teacher never believes his story. The author has also written Would You Rather , Mr Grumpy's Outing and Granpa .

The evil shapeshifter Kullervo, unknown to Connie, has started infiltrating her dreams. She turns to the Society for the Protection of Mythical Beasts, the group meant to protect her. But they expel her. Connie hides in an old mine - and finds the once-proud Minotaur, who gives Connie the courage to face her demons.

It's a long hot summer. Temperatures are soaring and a strange creature has been spotted on Dartmoor. Connie Lionheart and her friends soon discover that the creature is a chimera. When it attacks Connie, leaving her gravely wounded, Col and Rat must rescue her from hospital: she needs treatment beyond the knowledge of mortals. But a weakened Connie is easy prey for the evil shapeshifter ...

The most overlooked threat in the world is to the loss of peace and quiet. The Varmints come and build their city where once was grass. Before they realise what they have done, there is nothing but a huge dark city. Can someone find the time and space to stop, think and plant the seeds of change? Written by Helen Ward for Bafta award-winning film-maker Marc Craste, sparing words combine with ...

The eagerly awaited second book in the BEYOND THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES sequence. Their world is closer than you think...

Proud new members of the top-secret Terces Society Cass and Max-Ernest can't wait for their first mission. And no sooner have they decoded a message hidden in Cass' shopping list than they are kidnapped by their dastardly enemies, the Midnight Sun, discover the whereabouts of the mysterious and powerful Sound Prism.