Wee Shona dreams magnificent dreams. Her busy day plays out in colour as she slumbers. Folk songs sung to her as the sun sets add to the array of pleasant thoughts and images she sees and feels in her very own dream land. To be ‘cooried’ is to be wrapped in warmth by those you…
Sheep love Brenda. Brenda loves sheep. They play games, share meals and all the things that friends do. Brenda even has a woolly jumper, just like the sheep. When Brenda makes her fabulous mint sauce, the sheep are excited to try out her recipe, not realising that there’s a special ingredient Brenda has been waiting…
12 year-old black belt, Modesty (Mo) Seto, has never let her height get in the way before. Determined to be a Taekwondo champion, she must turn around her losing streak and start winning competitions before her dreams fade. Now she needs to find a way to grow five inches for the role of a lifetime…
Frankie Parsons is a worrier. Are the smoke alarm batteries dead? Does the cat have worms? Could that odd-shaped spot on his chest be something more sinister than a freckle? Most people are gloriously untroubled. Only his Ma listens patiently to his 10pm questions. However, Frankie’s carefully controlled world starts to unravel around him…
Beanie the Bansheenie watched from her pod in the river as a little girl called Rose stepped near the waters edge. This was her person. The one she is meant to bond with and know everything about. Her job is to get to know her human but also watch for the CLOUD OF DOOM, which…
It’s clear that magic runs in the family when baby Yula starts to make some surprising things happen. Taking after her dad, Nick (known around the world as Santa), Yula is too young to understand what is happening and unknowingly puts her family at risk of separation. Harper and his family try to hide her…
Natalie’s house is busy with people coming and going now that there’s a general election about to take place. Determined to be involved in the revolutionary meetings held at her house she sneaks around trying to listen into conversations, decipher their tactics and contemplates whether or not she really needs red boots to be a…
Welcome and a huge thank you to author Jennifer Claessen, who joins us today with exclusive author content on The December Witches. As fans of The December Witches Trilogy we were delighted to be invited to join the blog tour for this final instalment! Read our exclusive author content here and follow the blog tour, information…
A fabulous YA novel which will enthral readers of all ages. When Kit’s younger sister Libby goes missing her world crashes down as she tries to find her. When her mum appears to have no recollection of Libby, Kit reels at the thought and is determined to find out what happened to her entranced sister…
Ruby and Ash are best friends. They tell each other everything. Almost everything. When Ruby gives birth in her History class, much to the surprise of her teacher and classmates but most of all to Ruby herself, secrets and lies take over as she comes to terms with being a young mum in a seemingly…
When Knight Sir Louis’s sword, called Dave, is damaged in an epic battle with mischievous diamonds, it’s obvious things are a little off in Squirrel Helm. With jewels from the town going missing, ruthlessly gobbled up by the sneaky Cauldron of Chaos, Knight Sir Louis is running out of time to save the day!…
What was buried is about to return! The last time Pippa stayed at her grandfather’s cottage near the forest, a strange figure appeared at her window. Hopefully that won’t happen this time. The legends of spriggan folk and twig men were usually spooky stories told around the fire but it’s not long after they arrive…
Written by Paola Peretti, translated from Italian to English by Denise Muir, published by Hot Key Books (Aug 2022). Cover design by Nick Stern, illustration by David Dean. Nearly thirteen, Mafalda’s best friends are rule-breaker Filippo, and her cat, Ottimo Turcaret. She’s been blind since she was ten so she has a different perspective of…
‘…the dolls’ glass eyes stared into space until Delores whispered, “You don’t fool me”. They blinked back in unison…’ Delores and Prudence arrive back to The Tollbooth Bookstore with one eye on the shadows and the other on the deserted shop floor. An unseen change in the atmosphere confirms their suspicions that all is not…
Tired of hiding away when it’s daylight, Star, the night pixie, decides to step out into the brightness of the world where humans go about their day and thankfully don’t smell like her Granny’s dandelion farts! Her garden can be quite boring at night, she would do anything for a friend to play with or…
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