Praise for Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief:"I loved it! A rich and exciting story." LD Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency"A wonderfully pacy adventure full of imagination and jeopardy." Jasbinder Bilan, author of Asha & the Spirit Bird"Hilarious - full of humour, friendship, and mythical adventure." Sarah Driver, author of The Huntress trilogyJoin Alex Neptune, the boy with the power of the ocean in his hands, on his second adventure - perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Dragon Realm!Alex Neptune is struggling to get to grips with his new oceanic powers...so the last thing he needs is Haven Bay being attacked by pirates in a ship made of rubbish. The marauders are hunting for the missing egg of the elusive water dragon - and Alex is determined to reach it first to stop them stealing its power.Along with friends Zoey and Anil - plus a clumsy seal, a lock-picking hermit crab and some seriously menacing otters - Alex sets out on a
From author Ellen Delange!A boy discovers an egg and wonders what is inside. Could it be a turtle? A dinosaur? A new pet? Filled with humor and wonder this imaginative picture book is for nature lover
From author Ellen Delange!A boy discovers an egg and wonders what is inside. Could it be a turtle? A dinosaur? A new pet? Filled with humor and wonder this imaginative picture book is for nature lover
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (I
Send your kids on an adventure!This fun children's picture book is about a boy with red hair and freckles named Terry, yet everybody calls him Terry Treetop because he loves climbing trees.Terry finds
Tomie dePaola?s classic (and hilarious) story of a young cave boy and his mysterious egg.Mama Grunt sends Little Grunt out to find a dozen eggs. All he can find is one huge egg. The egg hatches and ou
A delightfully simple story about ivf, an egg donor and the arrival of a baby boy. Fabulous pictures make it ideal for very young children and a simple story makes it perfect for older children to re
When Compton Valance and his best friend Bryan Nylon discover the world's first TIME MACHINE (aka a mouldy, thirteen-week-old-cheese-and-pickled-egg sandwich), they become the most powerful boys in th
In the tradition of E. B. White and Kate DiCamillo comes the magical and moving story of a bird-like boy who longs to flyTen-year-old Nashville doesn’t feel like he belongs with his family, in his town, or even in this world. He was hatched from an egg his father found on the sidewalk and has grown into something not quite boy and not quite bird. Despite the support of his loving parents and his adoring sister, Junebug, Nashville wishes more than anything that he could join his fellow birds up in the sky. After all, what's the point of being part bird if you can't even touch the clouds?"This is an impossibly lovely tale—but then, as Nashville, the soaring heart of this exquisite novel, learns, nothing is impossible when you follow your dreams.Beyond the Laughing Sky is a triumph."—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award-winning author ofThe One and Only Ivan
A charming story set on a Scottish island about one boy and a fib that gets out of control...Robbie's been spending lots of time with Uncle Poached Egg who has the bad habit of exaggerating a lot of h
Clutch (The Twitchers)It’s spring, and Aves Wood is alive with migrating birds returning to build their nests. But eggs are going missing. Could someone be stealing from the nests of the wild birds? Horrified, the birdwatching detectives set up a stakeout, patrolling the woods to protect the nesting birds and hunting down the despicable egg thief. But the Twitchers are soon caught in their own trap. Can they work together to prove their innocence and catch the real criminal before any more birds get hurt?Spark (The Twitchers)Can Jack and The Twitchers stop the villains before it's too late?Praise for Twitch:"Leonard knows her audience and the jeopardy comes in flocks ... Twitch (Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2021)Find your nest, curl up and enjoy." The Times, Children's Book of the Week"A twist-laden, thriller-like tale of a bird-mad boy, some bullies and an escaped convict hiding in the nearby woods." Observer"A twisty crime drama as well as a persuasive story about friendship an
A boy must contend with his weird parents--a mother who puts a hard-boiiled egg with rabbit ears and whiskers in his lunchbox and a father who asks the boy to imitate a chicken in public
When a boy is refused a puppy as a pet, he finds a dinosaur egg and takes care of the hatched dinosaur as his own, but he finds trouble when the little dinosaur becomes lost.
A gentle and beautiful book about slowing down and growing up, featuring a 10-year-old boy and his uncle10-year-old Clancy and his bird-watching Uncle Egg embark on a 10-day paddling trip down the Aus
Three teens chase their own version of the American Dream during the Roaring 20s in this YA remix of The Great Gatsby.New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old Latinx transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city’s glamor. He rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin, Daisy Fabrega, who lives in fashionable East Egg near her wealthy fiancé―and Nick is shocked to find that his cousin now goes by Daisy Fay and passes seamlessly as white.Nick’s neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious young man named Jay Gatsby, whose mansion is the stage for parties so extravagant that they both dazzle and terrify. As Nick is pulled deeper into the glittery culture of decadence, his feelings grow more complicated when he finds himself falling hard for Jay's openness, idealism, and unfounded faith in the American Dream.
In this funny and winsome epistolary picture book, a young boy who orders a dinosaur egg ends up with more than heor his dadbargained for!All Maximus wants is a pet dinosauris that really too much to ask? But when his dad tells him he must send the egg back to where it came from, a mysterious company called Eggasaurus, Inc, a hiccup in communication leads to Max getting moreand moreand MORE eggs! Can he and his dad find a compromise before the eggs hatch and the baby dinosaurs take over their home?
