Books by Shannon Hale

Get ready for a splish-splashing, action-packed tale in the bestselling series for young readers who like mermaids, monsters and princesses who are always ready for adventure! The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort¿s royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess emerges from the waves! Can the masked heroes help her learn that being a princess means more than just being nice ¿ it means speaking up?

In the eighth title in the New York Times bestselling series, the Princess in Black's snow day is interrupted by a giant who poses a big problem.Princess in Black and her hero friends are enjoying a lovely day in the fluffypuffy snow when BANG! a giant smashes his way through the kingdom. This is too big a job for Princess in Black, Princess in Blankets and Goat Avenger and soon dozens of heroes and pet friends show up to save the day!

Amaya, princess of House Amethyst in Gemworld, is something of a troublemaker. She and her brother have great fun together until a magical prank goes much too far and her parents ground her to Earth! They hope a whole week in the mundane world will teach her that magic is a privilege and maybe washing dishes by hand will help her realise the palace servants should be respected.

Written by a teacher, this beginning reader is approximately 750 words in length. Whales are amazing animals. Let your child discover whales today.

Written by a teacher, this beginning reader is approximately 750 words in length. Whales are amazing animals. Let your child discover whales today.

From bestselling author Shannon Hale comes a hilarious, deliciously readable YA novel that will suck you in - literally.

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.

Five princesses and a Goat Avenger tackle a terrible odour, but just end up moving it around. How can they save the day when their ninja moves are failing? Ages: 5+

From New York Times bestselling authors Shannon Hale and Dean Hale comes a story about making mistakes, learning the hard way, and growing up to become a hero.Eleven-year-old Diana has an almost perfect life on the island of Themyscira. But even though she has a loving mother and many "aunties," she is an only child. The only child on the entire island, in fact. Every other person on the island is an adult who's the best in their trade and mighty in body, while Diana is small, sometimes clumsy, and not particularly good at anything. She's not Wonder Woman...yet. What Diana needs is someone her own age whom to talk to. Taking matters into her own hands, she creates a playmate out of clay. It's all fun and games for a while, until things get out of control and Diana has to decide whether she's made a new friend...or a monster!

Princess Magnolia has a superhero mystery to contend with in this fifth instalment of the series. A colourful and engaging chapter book for emerging readers.

In the action-packed sequel to the "New York Times" bestseller, "The Princess In Black", Princess Magnolia struggles to conceal her secret superhero identity! Ages: 7+

Who says princesses can't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black.

REVNER I ISENDer sker mærkelige ting på kanten af verden, hvor land og vand er dækket af en tyk iskappe. Conor, Abeke, Meilin og Rollan har rejst gennem hele Erdas i deres forsøg på at standse de skånselsløse erobreres fremfærd. Sporet fører de fire venner til en lille landsby højt mod det kolde nord. Her er intet, hvad det udgiver sig for at være, og det viser sig at være en vanskelig opgave at aftvinge dette mystiske og smukke sted sin hemmelighed. Men tiden er knap – erobrerne er lige ihælene på dem.