Interest age: from c 7 years

At the start of the summer, Tia is excited to see all the visitors arriving for their holidays on Gull Haven Island, and she's delighted to make a new friend. But Tia's feelings change when some selfish tourists upset a newborn seal pup and its mother, and then she sees how people are carelessly ...

It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything - someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg's private - his big brother, Rodrick.

'Horrible Histories' author Terry Deary presents a hilarious collection of Roman tales based on thrilling true stories - four books in one!

Sam is age eight and three-quarters. Inside you will find 'expert' advice from Sam on how to get through a day at school. There are tips on common (and not so common) playground games, on getting the best lunches and on impressing your teachers.

Mean Princess Poison has ruined the blue lagoon and made the mermaids who live there homeless. Charlotte and Mia have to grant four watery wishes to break the evil curse. Ava loves helping out at her local marine life centre, especially when the baby sea turtles are about to hatch. She just wishe...

When a terrible storm damages the Happy Tails Rescue Centre, Eva and her friends know they need to help. They decide to put on a show to raise money for a new roof - and not just any show. A dog show, of course, with the help of Eva's adorable whippet, Wafer! Everyone at school is keen to pitch i...

The police are no closer to solving the murder of trainer, John Straker. He was killed last Monday night, 22nd October. The famous racehorse Silver Blaze has been missing since the night of the attack. The country's most famous racehorse has mysteriously disappeared and, what's worse, his trainer...

Tess loves to dance - even when her tummy is empty and her boots are pinching. She and her brothers and sisters are all alone in the world after their mum dies and their pa abandons them. They have to eat bread and dripping, and take in washing to earn a few pennies. How will they afford food - a...

Twins, Scarlett and Thomas, are learning about the Stone Age at school. Grandad offers to use his time machine to send them there. Thomas wants to see a sabre-toothed tiger; Scarlett wants to see Stonehenge, but they were thousands of years apart, what should they do? Go back twice of course! The...

Hugh Dunnit may be a schoolboy, but that doesn't stop him from cracking the toughest cases. Like the case of the shredded maths homework. Sure, lesser minds might collar Hugh's new dog, Shelter. But Hugh knows there's more to sniff out. Working through the suspects, Hugh digs up a bigger mystery:...