Early reader

Welcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Best friends Jess and Lily love all animals. But when they follow a mysterious golden cat into Friendship Forest - a place where animals live in tiny cottages and sip dandelion tea at the Toadstool Cafe - their summer holidays suddenly become much more magical! It's Ellie Featherbill's birthday, and she's having a party at her houseboat home on Willowtree River. But Grizelda has a wicked plan to poison the river, and orders the Boggits to steal the Featherbills' barge - with Ellie still on board! Can Lily and Jess save the little duckling and stop the Boggits? Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest to celebrate Ellie Featherbill's birthday but must first foil the evil witch Grizelda's plans to poison the river and put the duckling in danger. Book #3

Belinda lives in Honeybear Lane with her mum and dad. The house next door is empty until, one day, The Three Bears move in. Their house in the woods has been knocked down to make way for a motorway, and now they need Belinda's help to cope with the outside world. After all, bears can't live on porridge alone.

When the Topsy-Turvies babysit for their neighbor, their unconventional ways turn her house upside-down and startle an uninvited guest.

"This is the story of odd and strange things that happen when Cudweed builds a spaceship. Cudweed is off on a fearless adventure in outer space with his pet monkey, Fellah, but when their spaceship is hit by a missile, things don't look good."--Back cover. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Meet the Three Little Magicians, Miranda, Maisy and Max! Can they use a very special book of magic tricks to win the Best Magic Show, help their friend Mr Marzipan and defeat the evil Zigzag?

There are lots of things Algy doesn't like. He doesn't like bright colours. He doesn't like birds. But at the top of the list of things he doesn't like is the sea. So when Algy, his best friend Cherry and her little brother Brad discover that the shed at the bottom of the garden is taking them on an ocean adventure, he isn't very pleased. But will the sea turn out to be more fun than Algy always thought it was?

Fred the street musician and his cat are "purr-fectly" happy, singing together all day long, until Fred gives chase to a thief and the two become separated.

"Hidden away in Algy's garden shed is another world! It's a strange land of aliens and spaceships just waiting to be explored."--Page 4 of cover.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Mickey's gran has sent him a magical pencil. It's red and yellow and blue and green, and Mickey can't wait to use it. But there always seems to be someone who needs the help of its magic powers more than Mickey does ... A lovely story about friendship and togetherness, told in Vivian French's heartwarming style. With full colour illustrations on every page from Sarah Jennings, 'Micky's magic pencil' is guaranteed to delight.

Miranda is on a desert island - all by herself! Luckily she has some very clever ideas ...

Billy the kid is definitely not tired. He's too excited about Gabby Goose's birthday party! It's up to the rest of the animals to tire him out and ensure the party goes with a bang.

Jenny the pony is lonely in her new stable yard, but she soon finds clever ways to make new friends ...

Nauhty fox is on the prowl again, and the animals must come up with a plan to get rid of him once and for all. It's time to creat a Barnyard Hullabaloo!

Henry is not happy that his part in the school Christmas play has only one line for him. He then thinks he will just have to make his part bigger!

It's Mum's birthday and Poppy and her family are putting on a pirate show. It's Poppy's job to be the treasure keeper. The only trouble is, she isn't very good at it ...

Dalmatian Poppy the pirate dog gets a new little brother, but the "brother" is not all that she expected--or wanted.

Horrid Henry loves Hallowe'en. He can't wait to go trick or treating. But surely Mum doesn't expect him to go out with Peter dressed as a fluffy pink bunny?

Mother didn't believe the little boy's tales about a dragon and lion in the meadow, but to the boy the creatures were very real.

Tulsa has to do all the work around the house, just like Cinderella. But if she was Cinderella, wouldn't she go to a magic ball?

Horrid Henry

She's green. She's fluffy. She's ...MONSTAR. Monstar's been given her very own 'hamstar' as a pet, but when it accidentally gets turned into a giant and escapes, can our favourite furry monster save the day?

"Horrid Henry hates car journeys - especially when it means going to visit Prissy Polly and Pimply Paul, and missing Rude Ralph's birthday party. Watch out, Mum and Dad, because Henry is prepared to do whatever it takes to get out of this trip"--Publisher's description.

On Monday the oak tree blew down. Murdoch Mole was perfectly certain it was all his doing. On Wednesday Murdoch had a BIG idea. By Thursday Murdoch was nothing more than an ordinary mole with big ideas. By Sunday Murdoch was a somebody!

A very bad rat rides his horse along the highway stealing travelers' food, from a rabbit's clover to a spider's flies, until clever Duck introduces him to her "sister."

Murdoch Mole loves to dig, but his molehills are making a mess all over the farm. If only there was some useful digging to do!

There are two cottages in Honeybear Lane. One has a green door, and one has a blue door. Behind the green door lives Belinda. Behind the blue door live ... The Three Bears! It's time for Baby Bear to go to school. Can Belinda help him learn all about making new friends, sharing and having fun?

Timothy is cooking something special - a big bowl of chocolate porridge. It looks good and it smells good, but there is just one thing - who is going to eat it?

When Honey the puppy comes to live on Buffin Street, everyone is very excited. And Honey is about to discover just how much fun Buffin Street can be!

Meet the Three Little Astronauts - Rikki, Jenna and Leo, and join them on an out of this world adventure where they take a wrong turn, meet a space dinosaur and come face to face with evil villian Zarl!

A man gives up his office job and runs off to sea with his old mother who used to be a pirate.