A hilarious story about the bongleweed, a weird and wonderful plant that's threatening to take over the village. It's up to Becky and Jason to try and stop the wickedly wild weed before it's too late... BL Helen Cresswell has been twice BAFTA-nominated for her tv adaptations of such books as The Demon Headmaster and The Phoenix and the Carpet.
When they're asked to make a special pie for the king, to feed 200 people, the Rollers are thrown into a frenzy of excited preparations. This will be the best ever Danby Dale pie! Unfortunately, a rival pie maker has different plans.
From old favourites like "Three Men in a Boat" and "William", to modern masterpieces like "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole", the reader is introduced to the classics of the genre. In addition, there are stories by Jan Mark and George Layton and extracts from "Crummy Mummy and Me" by Anne Fine.
This compilation features writers as diverse as Thomas Malory, Emily Bronte and Carl Jung. The stories are filled with extraordinary events, mysterious circumstances and eeriness. Powerful illustrations add to their atmosphere.
A sumptuous collection of favourite tales, with exquisitely detailed plates and decorative vignettes by illustrator, Sian Bailey. Twelve of the most popular titles are included: Beauty and the Beast Cinderella Dick Whittington The Frog Prince The Emperor's New Clothes Rapunzel Puss in Boots Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White and Rose Red The Sleeping Beauty The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Princess and the Pea
While collecting things to sell for a school White Elephant sale, two friends are given a lamp with unexpected magic qualities
When she arrives in Wellow, Polly knows there is magic in the place. The story goes that if you put your ears to the ground on Sundays you can hear the church bells of the missing village of Grimstone. But Polly seems to be able to call up the village that has disappeared - and the people who live in it, as they slip in and out of time.
While staying with her mother's godmother, Minty finds herself drawn to a mysterious sundial which takes her back in time and links her life to that of two unhappy children she meets in two different centuries.
When Jessica is sent from London of the Blitz to the seemingly peaceful Powys Castle in Wales, she swaps the bewildering world of war for another of screaming peacocks, whispering mists, superstition, and a chain of grey-faced children searching out homesick evacuees to catch in their ghostly net.
When the woman looking after them in their parents' absence dies suddenly, three children find themselves in foster care and must use all their courage and ingenuity to cope with the situation.
Ben en Eva zijn dik bevriend met Twinkie, een dier uit de Twinkelzee. Twinkie wordt op een dag verliefd op een soortgenoot. Vanaf ca. 8 jaar.
