The third title in an exciting new Edwardian mystery series about an aristocratic young girl embarking on a Grand Tour with her parents - and finding herself uncovering adventure in each exotic location they visit.

Rip-roaring tales of historical adventure.

Rip-roaring tales of historical adventure.

Helps young children discover the answers to questions about their favorite subjects. This book features pouncing spiders, industrious ants, buzzing bees and beautiful butterflies. It features a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, a ladybird taking flight, pollen being collected by a bee and an inside look in an ant's nest.

Princess PJ is a series of four books for Band 8 of the Start Reading programme.

Rip-roaring tales of historical adventure.

Exciting, page-turning adventures for children developing their reading confidence.

Derek was no ordinary cat. He was a cat with a difference. If dogs could be in the police force, why not cats? So, when all the other cats were out chasing mice, Detective Derek and his partner Sergeant Norman were out on top secret police business - they were on a mission to catch the Mouse and the Boxer, the sneakiest crooks in town ...

Gentle Giant Octopus jets through the water, slides over the seabed, searching for a safe den in which to lay her eggs. This book helps to find out what you wanted to know about the octopus.

When Alice reads about Christmas she realises that she and her fellow anteaters have been missing out. Why don't anteaters get Christmas presents? No one in the jungle can tell her, so to find the answer, she sets off on a hazardous journey to the icy North, in search of Father Christmas himself!

King Cudgel keeps having nightmares about Queen Carrion and a bear and wonders if these could reveal the whereabouts of his missing wife. So he consults Crackle the Court Magician, who finds out that strong magic is at work. If the King ever wants to see his Queen again, he needs to go deep into the forest in search of the wicked fur witch.

Alice is an anteater who lives in the jungle and eats ants. But one day, Alice decides she wants to be a film star. So she paints her toenails, dresses up in a satin dress, and catches the plane to Hollywood. Soon Alice is the talk of the town and her picture is in all the magazines. There's just one problem - will she ever get to star in a film?

Helps readers to take a trip round the zoo. This work aims to combine photographs and illustrations with engaging age-appropriate stories to capture children's interest. It is suitable for beginner readers.

When the new owners of Honeycomb Cottage move in, the mice that live there are not happy. They like the cottage just as it is but Melanie and Hugo have plans to change everything. But the mice of Honeycomb Cottage are no ordinary mice. They set out to scare Melanie and Hugo away. They are ghost mice after all, and isn't that what ghosts do best?

Run for cover - there's a raccoon loose in the sweet factory! Albert's new pet, Rocky the raccoon, can't resist interfering with anything mechanical. He turns the toaster into a spaghetti machine, and the washing-machine into a scrambled-egg maker. Albert's parents are not impressed - the raccoon must go.

Long ago, a clan of Viking raiders were the terror of the oceans. Well, they would have been if they hadn't been so busy arguing about whose boat was the best. And so two boats embark on a voyage, and whichever ship brought back the greatest prize would be declared the bravest boat in the land.

This is an exciting and action-packed story of the Honourable Ratts - an unusual, rodent-like family who have passed their heydey. Now, their enemies have tracked them down and they must do anything they can to search for the family treasure and secure it. But with the villains on their trail, who will get there first?

A multi-level reading programme that helps children to develop their reading skills and general knowledge. It features photographs, illustrations and age-appropriate stories.

Chief Thunderstruck and Ma Moosejaw's sons, Spike Carbuncle and Whiff Eric, are both useless. But Ma Moosejaw wants to travel North to see a big white bear and someone must look after the kingdom while their gone. The time has come for their sons to seek wives

Flash Harriet, together with Gus, her pet tarantula, is back and on the trail of a new crime. Huge footprints have smashed up the local vegetable garden. Is it something to do with Marmaduke Mildew and the Giant Vegetable Competition? Or does the clue lie in the footprints themselves? Find out how our favouite detective solves the mystery.