The twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan are dreading going to St. Clare's boarding school for girls. Determined not to enjoy themselves, they cause lots of trouble and many arguments. But they soon realise that this behaviour isn't helping them.
A classic children's story from the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton. School life has never been so splendid. 'I hate sneaks Worse than Anything. If you dare tell tales again, I'll make you Very SORRY.' New girl Carlotta has a secret past! What will happen when sneaky Prudence tells the rest of the class? Watch out! There's trouble at St Clare's! Enid Blyton is arguably the mos…
Uh-oh! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is stuck in reverse. And Little Harry's pressed a button that means she's reversing through time - with the Tootings aboard. When they finally come to a stop, it's at the feet of a very hungry-looking T. rex. How are the Tootings - and Chitty - going to get out of this one? More fun, fast, feel-good adventure with the world's greatest car...driven by the world'…
Viking Vik and Wulf are squabbling over who should be the leader. What they need is a contest to see who's the bravest. A contest with bugs and creepy-crawlies should do the trick.
Get the giggles with Yuck! Two more horrible adventures in this bestselling series for first readers.
Get the giggles with Yuck! Two more hilarious yucky adventures from YUCK - the muckiest, yuckiest, naughtiest little boy EVER!YUCK'S ABOMINABLE BURP BLASTERYuck loves Coola Cola because it makes him burp. Using his new invention, a burp blaster, Yuck and his friends set their burps loose at school. When Yuck's sister, Polly Princess, tries to tell on him, Yuck blames it on the Phantom Burper. P…
Meet Dirty Bertie – a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He''s full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it''s trouble you''re after, look no further – Bertie''s sure to be up to his neck in it. Bertie devises a new scheme for making filthy lucre, has a sickly time at the fairground and manages to teach a toddler her first word: Bum!
H. G. Wells’s sobering, thought-provoking novel is one of the greatest works of science fiction ever created—and as powerful today as when it was written. After inventing a machine that moves through time, the Traveler leaves Victorian London and goes far, far into the future. At first, the world he discovers seems peaceful and prosperous. But as he looks below the surface he realizes that …
Everyone knows that William Shakespeare is famous for having a way with words and creating characters like romantic Romeo and murderous Macbeth. But in this book, readers can find out everything they didn't know, including how he did a seven-year vanishing act and how he nearly had his head chopped off by Queen Elizabeth I! Everything readers ever wanted to know about the man with the quill pen.