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 .

Bear doesn't like visitors. He even has a sign to warn them off. So when a small, grey, bright-eyed mouse appears on his doorstep while he's making breakfast, he is furious. And when the unwanted guest turns up again in the cupboard, then in the bread drawer, and then in the tea kettle, Bear is beside himself.

Adventurous and enthralling, a graphic novel encompassing family values and survival on a volcanic island.

A mixup on a class trip leads to a hilarious chain of events.

Halli loves the old stories from when the valley was a wild and dangerous place - when the twelve legendary heroes stood together to defeat the ancient enemy, the bloodthirsty Trows. Halli longs for adventure but these days the most dangerous thing in the valley is boredom. He tries to liven things up by playing practical jokes.