Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, Green Lawn's newest-and biggest!-visitor. The kids' old friend Jud Wheat is in town raising funds for a dinosaur museum. But after the show in Green Lawn, all Jud's money disappears! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose track down the cash?
A wonderful story written by the master storyteller Michael Morpurgo. Read by Cassandra Harwood.Cool as a Cucumber is a delightful story about a boy called Peter, who at first seems a little reluctant to help dig up a garden patch for his school project to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. He then starts to dig up some interesting things - a huge worm, a big beetle, bits of china, an old coin and what looks like a giant cucumber, but turns out to be something a lot more exciting!
Robbie says swimming is easy. You just have to pretend you're a mermaid. With a little bit of help from a new special friend, Mairi soon learns that swimming is fun and that she has nothing to worry about.Robbie says swimming is easy. You just have to pretend you're a mermaid. But that doesn't help Mairi. She isn't even sure that mermaids are real...
When Nick's grandmother decides to help him become Conker Cahmpion of Jubilee Park, she sends him off to find some special conkers from Cotter's Yard. But Nick frinds far more than conkers in the Yard.When Nick's grandmother decides to help him become Conker Cahmpion of Jubilee Park, she sends him off to find some special conkers from Cotter's Yard. But Nick frinds far more than conkers in the Yard. He discovers a half-starved dog who needs his help. Will Nick be able to rescue him?
Jo-Jo sells melons in Venice. One dark night he has to save the city from the sea...Jo-Jo sells melons in Venice. One dark night he has to save the city from the sea. With the help and a little encouragement from the Doge's daughter, Jo-Jo realises that anything is possible - and he can do more than simply selling melons.
Classic fables are told with a twist by the wonderful children's author Michael Morpurgo. Read by Harry Man.Classic fables which are told with a twist by the wonderful Childrens book author Michael Morpurgo. READ BY HARRY MAN
A fun, clever poem about Melinda and her frightening, malevolent school mistress Miss Wirtle.Miss Wirtle saves the day as one of her pupils dares to race all the boys in Devon.
The classic story of a much-loved bear - Paddington! Join Paddington and the Browns as they start their adventures at Paddington Station and relive their treasured story in this stylish book and CD set.
Paddington Bear first met the Brown family at a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and a label reading 'Please look after this bear'. Without further ado, Mr and Mrs Brown promptly welcomed the adventurous bear into their family, and in honour of their meeting place they named him Paddington.
The Browns soon discover that Paddington is a most unusual bear. Ordinary things - like having a bath - become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is around.
Now this treasured story is available as a charming picture book and CD set that even the youngest children will enjoy.
Wombat loves digging deep holes and thinking deep thoughts, but nobody thinks much of that until danger threatens the bush and he comes up with a great big idea...
One day Wombat digs the deepest hole he's ever dug and crawls into the cool darkness to think. But when he climbs out again, he can't see his mother anywhere. He is all alone.As he wanders through the great outback looking for her, Wombat meets all kinds of wonderful creatures - Kookaburra, Wallaby, Possum, Emu, Boy and Koala, but none of them think very much of him.
But when a fire sweeps through the bush, it is Wombat's skills which save the day, and everyone races off to find his mum and bring her back to him.
Adventure is in Tory Brennan's blood. After all, she"s the grandniece of world-famous forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Always up for a challenge, Tory and her science-geek friends spend their time exploring the marshlands of Loggerhead Island, home to the very off-limits Loggerhead Island Research Institute, where something strange is going on. After rescuing a stray wolfdog pup from a top-secret lab, Tory and her friends are exposed to a rare strain of canine parvovirus, changing them--and their DNA--forever. Now they are more than friends. They are a pack. They are Virals. And they're dangerous to the core. But are they unstoppable enough to catch a cold-blooded murderer?
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Lionel, a housecat given the power of speech by the magician Stephanus, begs his master to turn him into a man. After many objections concerning the depravity of humans, Stephanus relents; and the transformed Lionel begins his adventures to town of Brightford. The mayor and his officers are plaguing Brightford with capricious rule and economic hardship. The mayor is especially covetous of the inn belonging to Gillian, with whom Lionel begins a rocky friendship. Lionel becomes entangled in the struggles of Brightford, and escalates the conflicts between the mayor and the people, while falling in love with Gillian as he becomes more and more human. -Wikipedia
After the sharp-eyed Jay and the roaring Lion, peace will come on Dove's gentle wing.
The deadly battle between ThunderClan and ShadowClan is over, but the aftermath still echoes around all four Clans. As Dovepaw grapples with the knowledge that there are realms'and cats'her senses cannot reach, Jayfeather and Lionblaze are determined to figure out how StarClan could have allowed this fight to happen. Jayfeather soon finds the answer in the darkest of places, and he and Lionblaze prepare to do whatever they can to staunch the flow of evil into ThunderClan.
The ties that bind the Clans are slowly breaking in the face of the greatest threat that the warriors'and the warrior code'have ever known. As leaf-bare closes its grip upon the territories, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw realize just how close the battle is, and how far they are from being able to succeed. And before the prey can run again, one more cat will be lost to the fight.
