If his mother had known the amazing adventures Emil was going to have in Berlin, she would never have let him go. But when his money goes missing on the train, Emil's determination to get it back leads him to team up with the detectives he meets in Berlin - and that was just the start.

Terrorists working to stop the building of a power plant threaten to trigger an earthquake on California's coast line. An FBI expert warns that the individual behind the threat is sane, capable and serious. If he causes the earthquake millions of lives will be at risk.

Nim lives on a beautiful island in the middle of the wide blue sea with her father, Jack, an iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie and a turtle called Chica. But when Jack disappears and disaster threatens her home, Nim must be braver than she's ever been before. And she needs help from her friends.

Introduces the idea that in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings - especially babies - require the kind of instinctive nurturing as practiced by our ancient relatives. This book suggests practical ways to regain our natural well-being, for our children and ourselves.

When both of Eddie's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow and smell of hot-water bottles, it's agreed that he should go to stay with relatives at Awful End. Sadly for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud.

All is not well at StregaSchloss, home of the bizarre but lovable Strega-Borgia clan. Mum's attempts to improve her witchcraft skills are failing miserably. Dad has stormed out in a fit of pique. Pandora is seriously bored. And, Baby Damp is getting her fat little fingers into everything around.

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Molly has spent all her life in Hardwick House, a miserable orphanage run by hairy-faced Miss Adderstone whose favourite punishment is making Molly clean the toilets with her toothbrush. When Molly finds a mysterious book on hypnotism in the library, she realizes she has an extraordinary talent.

How much fun can three mice have with three differently coloured pots of paint? LOTS!

When the Cat in the Hat steps back into the lives of Sally and her brother, he's soon up to his old tricks, turning the house upside down and the snow pink, ably assisted by a team of tiny helpers that he keeps in his hat.

Princess Smartypants does not want to get married. She enjoys being a Ms. But being a rich and pretty princess means that all the princes want her to be their Mrs.

Two orphaned children are on the run, hiding among the crumbling canals and misty alleyways of the city. Befriended by a gang of street children and their mysterious leader, the Thief Lord, they shelter in an old, disused cinema. On their trail is a bungling detective, obsessed with disguises and the health of his pet tortoises.

Two years have passed since the events of The Amulet of Samarkand and the young magician Nathaniel is rising fast through the government ranks. But his career is suddenly threatened by a series of terrifying crises. A dangerous golem makes random attacks on London and other raids, even more threatening, are perpetrated by the Resistance.

The first volume in the 'Bartimaeus Trilogy' is a fantasy centred on the relationship between a magician's apprentice and a djinni, with humorous undertones of satire.

Eloise lives with her nanny at The Plaza Hotel in New York. The daughter of rich parents, she is left daily to her own devices. She knows everything about The Plaza and everyone in it. Henry James would want to study her, and Queen Victoria would recognise her as an equal.

A collection of letters and pictures written by the author in the guise of Father Christmas. Take them out of the envelopes and read the adventures of the naughty North Polar Bear, of the elves who help him get the presents ready and the battles with the troublesome goblins.

Considered classics and available in twenty-six languages, the Nicholas stories delight children and are used as teaching materials by primary and junior school teachers. This book contains eighteen stories, which presents an archetypal schoolchild whose world of mishaps, confusions and downright naughtiness tends to raise a smile.

Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with general unrest. Meanwhile, living under a false identity, Kitty has been researching djinn; she has come to believe that the only way to destroy the magicians is with an alliance of some kind between djinn and ordinary people.