Part of the Far-Flung Adventure series, this is the tale of a small boy, Hugo Pepper. Raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders, his parents eaten by polar bears when he was just a baby, Hugo discovers that the sled they arrived in has a very special compass - one that can be set to 'Home'.

Barnaby Grimes is attacked one night by a dog. He kills it - but that's not the end of this particular mystery - as Barnaby finds himself swept up in a world of crooked doctors, poor and ill-advised patients, strange tonics and expensive furs. Could there be more to the seemingly respectable Dr Cadwallader and the tonics he doles out to the poor?

Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. This adventure features Barnaby who is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it - but that's not the end of this particular mystery.

After collecting a strange parcel from a deserted ship in the fog of the docks, and delivering it to the local schoolmaster, Barnaby Grimes thinks he's earned a moment to sit on the rooftops and eat his favourite pasty. But soon he realises that all is not well at the school - but is the problem quite as he expects it?

In Dickensian times, people were terrified of being buried alive, and so were left in their coffin with a wire, attached to a bell and tied to a finger of the body. Those who found themselves awake in the darkness of their coffin could wiggle their finger and summon help. One night Barnaby hears the tinkling of little bells in the graveyard.

One night, Barnaby makes a shortcut through a graveyard and is horrified to hear the tinkling of dozens of little bells.

Bind-up of three hilarious fantastical adventures of a mercenary knight by the best-selling creators of THE EDGE CHRONICLES.

Barnaby Grimes, running errands in his city, and high-stacking around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. Collecting a parcel from a ship, and delivering it to the local schoolmaster, Barnaby thinks he's earned a moment to sit on the rooftops and eat his favourite pasty. But soon he realises that all is not well at the school.

Quint is travelling with his father, Wind Jackal, on a mission to track down and bring to justice Turbot Smeal, the man who started the fire that killed their family. Having left behind his studies at the Knights Academy, Quint is now eager to learn what it really means to be a sky pirate and to learn from his father.

Billy Barnes has found weird, purple, alien Blobheads in his toilet, where they arrived through an alpha-gamma space-time wormhole. Inter-galactic beings Kerek, Zerek and Derek, searching for the Most High Emperor of the Universe, believe Billy's bathroom holds the key to his whereabouts.

Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the SS Euphonia. As the ship arrives at its destination, Corby must enlist the help of some very well moustachioed locals to uncover the contents of the crate, and the dark secrets of the menacing Clowns.

Living with aliens isn't easy. Billy Barnes is getting fed up with the Blobheads - Zerek, Kerek and Derek. Their very important mission is always getting him into all kinds of trouble. They think his baby brother is the Most High Emperor of the Universe; their ridiculous disguises are just, well, ridiculous.

Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, high-stacking his way across the rooftops of his city in search of adventure. In each tale, he encounters a supernatural force and must battle the horrors that await him. After an experiment goes disastrously wrong, Barnaby finds himself on the trail of a mad chemist with a talent for disappearing into thin air.

As the third moon rises over Muddle Earth's Perfumed Bog, the twinkling lights are lit on a small houseboat, home to a wizard, Randalf, and his familiar, a very sarcastic budgie called Veronica. Randalf is in trouble - he's stony broke. He's just spent his last silver pipsqueak. There's only one way for a wizard to make cash on Muddle Earth - and that's by doing some magic. There's just one ...

Quint, the son of a sky pirate, has just begun his training at the Knights Academy. But when Quint breaks the rules and heads out to Open Sky, he runs into the great sky leviathan known as a cloud-eater and must use all his skill and ingenuity if catastrophe is not to strike the Edgeworld.

Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it - but that's not the end of this mystery, as Barnaby finds himself swept up in a world of crooked doctors, poor and ill-advised patients, strange tonics and very expensive furs. Could there be more to the seemingly respectable Dr Cadwallader and the tonics he doles out to the poor?

Aimed at children whose reading ability is beginning to grow. This title helps build confidence and ability.

Looby has been woken every night for two weeks by a very noisy frog. Her grandpa thinks it might be a prince under a spell, but Looby doesn't believe him. When she does give the frog a kiss, she finds out that he is indeed a boy - under a very unusual spell.

Everyone thinks that a budgie will make the perfect pet for Alice. But everyone is wrong. For, unlike other budgies, Alice's new pet doesn't speak. It barks - all day, and all night. Dad says the bird must go. But the trouble is, what do you do with a barking budgie?