Publisher: Twin Sisters Digital Media
Children travel all through the town on the bus in this exciting book! Round and round! Up and down! Click, click, click! Swish, swish, swish! This exciting bus ride is sure to become a favorite!
A twelve-book series of supernatural horror scares that will hook even the most reluctant readers. The Dark Hunter Mr Blood and his young assistants Edgar and Mary take on a series of terrifying mysteries, dealing with ghosts, vampires, werewolves and even weirder threats. In this tale the Dark Hunter is called to a mysterious house, but the person who summoned him is nowhere to be found. Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Dark Hunter encourages and supports reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers or those with English as an additional language aged 11+, at a manageable length (64 pages) and reading level (7+). This series can be read in any order. Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.Show book
“The infectious fun continues to the ending, which will be—trust me—a giant, hilarious surprise to both parents and kids.” —The New York Times Once upon a time there was a book about . . . MONSTERS! No. SPACE ALIENS? Nope . . . a BUNNY! A GIANT SCARY TRUCK-EATING BUNNY?!? Um . . . well, maybe it was a tiny bit big. From the curious mind of Rowboat Watkins, award-winning author of Most Marshmallows and Mabel: A Mermaid Fable, comes a ginormously imaginative story that is as funny as it is philosophical. How big is Big Bunny? And how will this story end? Delightfully meta and humorously subversive, Big Bunny will take its place as the next go-to story about stories. “Watkins’s pictures exude the giddiness of an imagination unleashed.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Show book
Glasruhen Gate is the sequel to Catherine Cooper’s award winning The Golden Acorn. When Jack Brenin found out that, beyond doubt, he was ‘The One’ written about in ancient prophecy, his whole life changed. Now, armed with the golden acorn, his wand and newly acquired skills, Jack must fulfil his promise and ensure that Glasruhen Gate is opened before it’s too late. His new friends are depending on him. Jack doesn’t want to let anyone down but he knows he has to summon up all his courage and overcome his doubts if their quest is to succeed. Jack’s extraordinary magical adventures continue in this sequel to the bestselling 2010 Brit Writers’ Awards winner, The Golden Acorn. Written for readers aged 8 to 11, the Jack Brenin series continues in Silver Hill.Show book
Achim is eleven years old when he moves from the orphanage to the house by the sea. Here everything is strange and new. But one day he discovers an unusual door that leads to a circular room with walls made of rough stone. The light coming through the window is hazy, as if the room is under water. It is a magic room—which he calls “The Adopted Room”—belonging to another world. And on a bed in the room sits a boy who is waiting to take Achim with him into the realm of the powerful Nameless One. Achim learns that the boy, Arnim, is the long-dead son of Achim’s new parents. When he died in a car accident at the age of four, Arnim was supposed to have become a bird and flown free to the land of the dead, which can be seen through the window of The Adopted Room. But the Nameless One has somehow locked Arnim inside, so he cannot leave. Achim, however, finds he can turn into a bird, slip through the window, and fly across the strange land. And thus begins a journey in which Achim must fight the Nameless One and free Arnim so he can finally leave his parents and they can let go of their grief.Antonia Michaelis’s fresh voice helps to address the delicate issues of death, grief, and mourning, portraying them as an essential part of life. The Secret Room is full of humor and adventure, but also brings to light these difficult life issues in a way that young readers can understand. The first in a trilogy, with its sequel, The Secret of the Twelfth Continent, to follow next spring, this captivating mid-grade novel is sure to become a favorite series with young readers.Show book
Every time you gaze up into the sky, and no puffy little clouds are in the way, you will see the sun shining brightly by day and the moon surrounded by sparkling stars at night. Can you imagine even one little star might be missing?Show book
