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When the Stewarts spend a sunny, frosty December day at London Zoo, they're enchanted by one small penguin. At the delight of young Imogen and Arthur, Mrs Stewart insists the penguin 'must come and stay with them whenever he likes'. But not for one second do they expect the penguin to turn up at ...

There's nothing out of the ordinary about ten-year-old Ella Griffin. Until she's forced to move to the seaside town of Cod's Bottom and everything changes. In search of adventure, Ella stumbles into an old abandoned theatre, but all is not as it seems. Because the theatre isn't empty, it's haunte...

When Darren Devlin is arrested for destroying his school with his bare hands, it's not just the police who are after him. Enter Marek Masters, 14 years old, 19% alien, and the most intelligent, most wanted 'almost human' alive. Marek is here to tell Darren the truth - he is 21% monster, and toget...

They say children who are born on Friday the 13th are immune to evil spirits. Whilst Ivy and Maple liked to believe that was true, it didn't stop them checking for monsters under their bed each and every night. Ivy and Maple have been best friends ever since they were born at exactly the same min...

Britain is at war, & a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong: courageous, smart, stubborn - & desperate to do whatever she can to help end the war, so she can go home to Hong Kong. May knows that there is no one more p...

X was a Pokémon Trainer child prodigy. He hated the shine of the spotlight, so he took to hiding in his room and avoiding everyone -including his best friend Y. But now a surprise attack has brought X out of hiding! X, the champion of the Pokémon Battle Junior Tournament in the Kalar region, re...

Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers. When Grace moves to Hong Kong with her mum and new stepdad, her biggest concern is making friends at her fancy new boarding school. But when a mysterious old woman gifts her a dragon egg during a field trip, Grac...

Come on a journey full of magic and adventure. When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home, they discover an enchanted wood, and the Magic Faraway Tree with all its weird and wonderful lands! Join the children and their friends Moon-Face, Saucepan Man and Silky the fairy as they explore the mos...

Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe Conroy love reading and having fun more than anything else. So the sisters are horrified when they learn that their parents are sending them away to Cumbria for the summer, to stay with their fearsome grandmother - Big Grandma. Big Grandma is strict, makes them do ...

George and Harold (the co-stars of the popular 'Captain Underpants' series) are in big trouble again! Their mean principal, Mr Krupp, has had it with their comic books. But the boys aren't giving up, and they decide to create an all-new epic novel about a subject they've never tackled before!