Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin in the most captivating picture book debut of the year! Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
Meet Penguin Blue, in this Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winning tale!
It’s a windy day, and he has a brand new kite – but where’s he going on this maiden flight?
Penguin Blue and his friends go on a gloriously illustrated adventure full of good ideas, homesickness and the perils of kites, from the sparkling new talent Rob Biddulph.
Delores is angry with her boyfriend Brazil, because she feels as though he is using her, so she decides to get even. Meanwhile, a young woman named Anguilla becomes friends with a mongoose who needs her help to break a spell. Anguilla also finds herself falling in love with the mongoose. In the end Delores plan to get even with her boyfriend turns out horribly wrong.
Rex Bright is thirteen, and his life is ordinary …… until he sees a face in a cloud.
Rex glimpses the girl from an airplane window while traveling to his aunt and uncle’s farm for the summer. Her features are so perfect Rex can’t believe she’s only vapor.
But Cloud Girl is real.
And no one can know about her.
So a week later, Skyclyffe, a mysterious airship cloaked in a cumulus, abducts Rex and his family. The captors expect the Brights to live in their flying city forever. Although he’s kidnapped, Rex loves the craft filled with robots, scientific discoveries, and silvery-white beings.
Before long, Rex will have to decide whether to stay in the secret society, never to step foot on Earth again, or to find an escape, exposing Skyclyffe to the world.
A breathtaking story of bravery, friendship and fighting for what you believe in, Umbrella Mouse to the Rescue is the eagerly anticipated sequel to Anna Fargher's bestselling and award-winning The Umbrella Mouse, based on the true stories of the heroic animals caught in the conflict of WWII.
Young mouse Pip Hanway is in France as she continues fighting for the French Resistance group Noah's Ark: a secret gang of animals operating beneath the feet of human soldiers, whose aim is to liberate France and secure the victory of the Allies. Determined to reach her ancestral home of the Umbrella Museum in Italy, Pip hopes she can find long-lost family and a home. But as Pip makes the perilous journey through occupied territory, she soon realizes that danger comes from all sides and that the enemy is all around, and she does everything she can to fight for her friends.
Beautifully illustrated by Sam Usher, Pip will take you on an incredible journey through a war that reaches even the smallest of creatures.
With a noisy giant crashing around the kingdom, the Princess in Black uses the Sparkle Signal to call ALL her heroic friends together--for the biggest adventure yet.
The Princess in Black is ready for her snowy playdate with the Goat Avenger and the Princess in Blankets. It's a perfect day to build snow monsters and battle them for practice. But just when they're about to wage battle, a huge foot smashes their snow monster. 'SQUASHY!'
It's a giant, and it's smashing everything in its path! The giant is too strong for the three friends, so the Princess in Blankets has an idea: it's time to light the Sparkle Signal and summon help. With a rising crescendo of a plot and a delightfully surprising ending, the latest adventure in the New York Times best-selling series features all the Princess in Black's friends as heroes for the first time.
Do you remember your first real adventure? When summer was filled with magic and anything seemed possible?'Magic Tree House meets The Hardy Boys...A perfect summer reading adventure!'
When young brothers Derek and Sam move with their family to Virginia, they have no idea what adventures the summer will bring. As they explore their creaky old house and the deep surrounding woods, they uncover a sixty-year-old mystery of a valuable coin collection stolen from the local museum. Join the boys as they spend their summer running from danger and searching the woods, secret caves, rushing waters, and hidden passageways for treasure and the rare 1877 Indian Head cent coin!
Summer of the Woods is the first book in The Virginia Mysteries series. If you enjoy mystery and adventure like the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Magic Tree House, or National Treasure, you'll love author Steven K. Smith's exciting middle-grade series. The stories are modern-day fictional mysteries with twists of real locations and events from Virginia history. These fast-paced books are popular with both boys and girls ages 7-12, appealing to even reluctant readers!
Pemberton and the Pendant
By M. J. Tinsley
Narrated by Karl A. Nordman
Pemberton is a dark blue fairy cat from the land of Feyloria. She takes another trip to the land of Verdantia where there aren't any fairies to visit her dog friend, Thaddeus. While trying to help a man, Pemberton is knocked out by a thief who steals her magic pendant stranding her in Verdantia. Again! Can Thaddeus, now a police dog, help Pemberton recover her magic pendant so she can return to Feyloria? Or is she trapped forever away from her friends and family?
Music is:
Holiday Weasel by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5517-holiday-weasel
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Liberty or death is just the beginning in this hunt for secrets left by the Founding Fathers.When sleuthing brothers Sam and Derek visit Richmond’s historic St. John’s Church for a reenactment of Patrick Henry’s famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, something’s hidden in the basement. Something important.
As the brothers and their classmates dig deeper, they find clues from Thomas Jefferson, George Wythe, and other Founding Fathers in a quest for a priceless document hidden over the centuries. But they’re not the only ones searching, and if they don’t solve the puzzles fast, a cunning adversary named Jerry may steal this precious piece of our nation’s history. Secret inventions, hidden passageways and tales of murder are all part of this high-stakes chase from the cemeteries of Richmond to the streets of Colonial Williamsburg.
Mystery on Church Hill is the second book in The Virginia Mysteries series, but it can also be read as a standalone. If you enjoy mystery and adventure like the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Magic Tree House, or National Treasure, you’ll love author Steven K. Smith’s exciting middle-grade series. The stories are modern-day fictional mysteries with twists of real locations and events from Virginia history. These fast-paced books are popular with both boys and girls ages 7-12, appealing to even reluctant readers!
A prehistoric adventure, perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all!
A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear . . . But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall?
Created by the critically acclaimed author Julia Donaldson and Kate Greenaway medal winner Emily Gravett, Cave Baby celebrates the messy creativity of babies!
Books 7-8 in Shannon Hale & Dean Hale's New York Times bestselling series take the Princess in Black on two of her biggest adventures yet!
The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle: The Princess in Black is in a very stinky situation. A foul cloud is plaguing the goat pasture, and it smells worse than a pile of dirty diapers or a trash can on a hot summer day. But every time the Princess in Black and her friend the Goat Avenger manage to get rid of the odor, they accidentally blow it to another kingdom! Other masked heroes and their trusty companions show up to help, but how do you battle a stench when your ninja moves fail? Fans with a nose for slapstick will be tickled to see the six stalwart friends join their wits to take on an impossibly beastly stink.
The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem: The Princess in Black is ready for her snowy playdate with the Goat Avenger and the Princess in Blankets. It's a perfect day to build snow monsters and battle them for practice. But just when they're about to wage battle, a huge foot smashes their snow monster. 'SQUASHY!' It's a giant, and it's smashing everything in its path! The giant is too strong for the three friends, so the Princess in Blankets has an idea: it's time to light the Sparkle Signal and summon help. With a rising crescendo of a plot and a delightfully surprising ending, book 8 features all the Princess in Black's friends as heroes for the first time.
The evil Rumplestiltskin is planning to cast a curse that will erase Enchantasia as the world knows it, and a fairy prophecy declares that Gilly Cobbler will play a key role. Never likely to shy away from adventure, Gilly and her friends embark on an epic swashbuckling journey to stop Stiltskin from getting the ingredients he needs before it's too late.Gilly can't help but wonder if it's already too late for her beloved sister, Anna, who is still a member of the villainous Stiltskin Squad and will seemingly stop at nothing to thwart Gilly and her crew. Only by harnessing the skills she may have inherited from her fairy grandmother can Gilly stop Stiltskin and reunite her family. But with time running out and her fairy skills lying dormant, does Gilly have what it takes to prevent the evil curse and ensure a happily-ever-after for the Cobblers? Or will she lose Enchantasia and her friends forever?This series is perfect for read-alongs between parents and kids and engaging reluctant readers.
The age-old battle between Kin and Transitioners is escalating, and now the Kin have a new weapon: Evangeline's younger sister, Addie. With magical Emrys blood flowing in her veins, Addie is the Kin's best chance to break the Eighth Day spell, which will unleash chaos upon the world. Riley and the Crandalls are trying to get her back, but it won't be easy. As Evangeline's liege-sworn to protect her and her people-Jax won't accept Addie's fate hanging in the balance, so he puts it all on the line with a risky plan of his own. Addie isn't aware of the war at her heels, or the threat that the Kin pose, but she enjoys finally being allowed to use her magic. No longer in the shadow of her martyr sister, Addie finds herself a key part of the Kin's power. But when Jax shows up, attempting to rescue her, the Kin pounce-making Addie realize that she's been walking a fine line between control and utter oblivion. And that's not all. The Morrigan is on the loose, pushing both sides of this fight toward annihilation. The conflict is raging, but on which side will Addie stand? With the stakes higher than they've ever been, Jax, Riley, and Evangeline must confront a terrible possibility: losing Addie to save the world.
