Item category 1: Short Chapter Book

After being framed by jealous rivals, young sailor Edmond Dantes is sent to a gloomy prison for 20 years. He orchestrates a daring escape and disguises himself as a rich count to gain revenge on the enemies that framed him.

Join Tom on a brand new 'Beast Quest' and take part in a terrifying adventure where you call the shots.

You are a monster slayer from the land of Scanda. You have battled ogres and giants, but now there is a new threat - a dragon! Will you find the dragon and destroy it? Or will you choose another path? You are the hero of this book. Only you can decide your own destiny.

Things have been going missing on the Island - and Amy suspects that there's a furry thief at work. But can she catch the culprit red-handed?

The second title in a series about the dragons made by Elizabeth Pennykettle. The stories set the scene for Chris d'Lacey's epic dragon series, being set in the time just before David Rain arrives in the Pennykettle household.

Amy can't believe it when her parents say she can have a kitten. She falls in love with Ginger straight away and is determined to be the best kitten-mummy ever! But in spite of all her love, poor Ginger falls ill. Can Kitten Club help to make him better?

Lucy is horrified when her mum decides to sell one of her special dragons. She doesn't want Glade the mood dragon to go anywhere. But maybe someone else desperately needs Glade's help.

As darkness falls in Dinosaur Cove, Tom and Jamie settle down to tell scary ghost stories. When some noisy triassic frogs start up their mating call, it makes them jump! But just as the boys get back to their stories, a sharp-toothed coelophysis runs past their lantern and they discover they're s...

This is a new edition of this much-loved Horrid Henry story with colour pictures and short, accessible chapters - ideal for newly confident readers.

Horrid Henry reads Perfect Peter's diary and improves it. He goes clothes shopping with Mum and tries to make her buy him some Rootatoot trainers. He is horrified when his old enemy Bossy Bill turns up at school. And he tries by any means, fair or foul, to win the class football match and defeat ...