Fairy tales

Weird and Creepy Tales of Whitby. It's half term and the kids have nothing to do until they spot an advert to model vampire costumes. But there is something creepy about the shop and those Goth keyring charms looks weirdly real ...

Weird and Creepy Tales of Whitby. The girls are on a boat ride out of Whitby harbour to see the dolphins. But they sail straight into a thick fog. What is the wooden wall that appears by the boat and where does the sword that smashes down onto the deck come from?

Weird and creepy tales of Whitby. Jack is on holiday with his friend Violet and her annoying little brother Tom when they see a strange shadow of a dog playing on the 199 Steps. The dog's owner is a girl called Lucy who lives with her grandfather, who seems suspiciously like a vampire ...

When the mudlarking gang find a mysterious cutlass on the banks of the Thames, they immediately know that something fishy is afoot. When the cutlass vanishes, and Mrs Drummonds disappears too, it's down to Clem and the gang to find them. The mystery leads them to a band of ghost pirates, who will stop at nothing to find their long-lost treasure. With the help from their friends in the Undercity, the gang must set sail on the seven seas, solve riddles and save the day! This is the third instalment in the critically acclaimed series from award-winning author Katya Balen.

Alisha Alva just wants teachers to treat her like a normal human being.Yes, her (super cool) mum has mental health issues she calls her Letters. And yes, staying up late helping Mum on Bad Nights sometimes means it's hard to keep her eyes open in school.But surely if Alisha acts like a very normal perfectly proper girl, her head of year Miss Penn will finally leave her alone.Oh, and don't forget the aliens. Last term, Alisha and her friends the Late Crew met extraterrestrials. Now, a new out-of-this-world creature is following Alisha. A creature that can become a copy of any living thing it sees.It might be that nothing is ever normal again...

Agent Asha is back in the third instalment of this action-packed spy adventure series, combining STEM with exciting adventures to engage young readers in coding and critical thinking. Top-secret Children's Spy Agency recruit Asha Joshi has gone undercover to investigate teenage tech billionaire Shelly Belly. When she discovers that Shelly has used artificial intelligence to program the world's first robot twins, she is panicked. They haven't been tested, and they are sure to be dangerous. As twenty robot twins run riot chasing an "evil" cow, top coder and super-spy Asha must work out how to deactivate them. Can she stop Shelly from launching her robot twin technology before anyone gets hurt - or worse?

This is a book to help children understand our universe a little more, now I have found that in a child's mind, fact and fiction can be one and the same thing. It's only when we grow up that the fiction fades and the facts become all too real. We must learn not to blind children with science, but to open their eyes so they see for themselves all the wonders it holds. With fiction, we must allow a child's mind to explore for itself all the wonders of freedom of thought. So hopefully, I have combined just enough of both to keep a child interested, while also teaching them a little about our solar system, so that they will want to go on and read more.I believe as an adult, the best thing to hear in life is children laughing and, as a child, the best thing is a good bedtime story. So this book is ideal for mums and dads to read together with their children. And when the child asks for facts, they are there within the story, along with lots of new little alien characters for the children to discover and follow in all their adventures.

A twist on a well-known Disney story, presenting popular characters from a new slant. Matt and foil cover.

In The Firework-Maker's Daughter, young Lila has learned from her father almost all there is to know about his profession-but he insists upon holding back the final secret. With the help of her friend Chulak, Lila discovers that anyone who wants to be a true firework-maker must face down the Fire-Fiend of Mount Merapi. It is only after Lila has set off on her quest that Chulak discovers the other half of the secret-and without it, Lila will perish. In the company of Hamlet, a talking white elephant, Chulak sets off to find Lila before it's too late. Clockwork features an apprentice clockmaker who is tempted to sell his soul. As the townspeople of Glockenheim gather on the eve of the annual unveiling of a new figure for the town clock, Karl, the apprentice, confides to Fritz, a storyteller, that he has failed his task to create one. Fritz, in his turn, has no idea how to finish the new story he has begun concocting, which he calls "Clockwork." He begins to tell it anyway, only to see its dangerous antagonist materialize in front of the two boys and offer Karl a Faustian pact. Real life and storytelling merge, and destruction must be narrowly averted, in this unusual and suspenseful tale of the power of creativity.

When disaster strikes on the International Space Station, Stella needs a whole galaxy of luck to return safely to Earth. Bestselling author Chris Bradford crafts Gravity for younger readers in this gripping outer-space thriller.

Princess Ava and Pugicorn to the rescue! A new series for young readers featuring the stars from The Magic Pet Shop picture books.

In rural southern Georgia, a periodical cicada brood returns after 13 years underground, and with their deafening scream comes the Cicada Song, a competition hosted in the gated, wealthy enclave of Lake Clearwater to find the best musician in the state. For Neera Singh, this competition is a lifeline, a way to save her family's future from the financial debt they've been battling since her uncle Ajay's death three years ago. Winning could ensure the survival of their motel ? their home and their livelihood.When Dawson Sumter, a guest at the motel, disappears, Neera is drawn into an amateur investigation with Isaiah Johnson ? her estranged childhood friend and the son of a prominent judge. They start to suspect the town's wealth, their family's debts, and the strange disappearances are entwined with supernatural forces rooted in a creepy local legend.Teaming up with two other local teens?Sam, the daughter of the motel's loathsome handyman, and Reid, the son of the wealthiest man in town?they set out to figure out how deep the rot of this town goes, and to find a way to escape its reach. The call of this summer's brood of cicadas is growing...and beneath their deafening scream, something awakens, ready for its next meal.

An ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his life and the life of his nephew Axel is changed for ever. An old piece of paper has tumbled from the book, a priceless parchment that will lead them on a terrifying journey to find what lies at the centre of the Earth. A timeless adventure, brilliantly introduced by Diana Wynne Jones, one of Britain's top fantasy and sci-fi writers for children.

Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle'. With a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.

Anybody who found themselves in the rigging of the good ship Lotus very early that morning would have seen an unusual sight: a shy, plump girl with a magpie fidgeting on her shoulder, holding in her hand a glinting coin...We begin in LONDON, 1774. Twelve-year-old Lettice Breech is excited to visit Europe with her Pa - a collector of ancient objects. Together they're going to admire breathtaking French art, astounding Roman ruins, and spectacular Greek carvings. But their plans are dashed when a famous statue is exposed as a forgery, and Pa is thrown in gaol for the crime. Pa has taught Letty how to tell a real antiquity from a fake, but she needs the other pieces of the statue to prove it! So she escapes to France with only a notebook of clues in her pocket, and her pet magpie for company. Letty is whisked from her quiet life on an adventure to bustling cities, underground mazes, and misty mountains. But can she unravel the mystery of the statue, and prove Pa's innocence before it's too late?LETTY AND THE GOLDEN THREAD is an exciting, continent-traversing adventure from debut talent, Penny Boxall; perfect for fans of Netflix's plucky ENOLA HOLMES, the whimsy of Hana Tooke's THE UNADOPTABLES, and the caper of Katherine Rundell's ROOFTOPPERS.

Welcome to Whodunnit High - the school where puzzles and mysteries are the name of the game!Join friends and puzzle-solvers Sasha, Rahim, Mae and Angelo as they adventure through the school. Find a different challenge in each chapter - and keep your eyes peeled for clues ...

Join Theo on new adventure at Dragon Towers - the school where everyone has their own dragon best friend!A hilarious new series from the author of the Naughtiest Unicorn - highly illustrated, full of fun and adventure, and starring a dragon with a magical bum. Perfect for readers aged 6 and up.

Sariyah is determined not to let her missing friend become just another statistic, one of many vanished Black girls. But despite her talent for ESP, Sariyah is struggling, even when the clues point surprisingly close to home. When Sariyah's birthday celebrations at a music festival turn sour with the disappearance of one of her friends, she knows she can't rely on the police to find her. The authorities are no more help than they were when her friend's twin sister, another young woman of colour, went missing five years earlier. Sariyah feels guilty that her uncanny ability to predict people's needs didn't help to keep her friends safe. She is determined to find out what's happened to Deja. But the more she cracks the clues leading to her, the closer she gets to home ...A brilliantly page-turning thriller with an unusual psychological twist, which fans of One of Us is Lying and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love.

All aboard for The Train of Dark Wonders! The second book in the magical must-read middle-grade series.

The nation's favourite blended beastly family is BACK for the fifth and FINAL book of the series from multiple award-winning author Jack Meggitt-Phillips

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of Crater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine's Goosebumpsand Stranger Things.

An energetic and highly engaging picture book that encourages children to get up, move and have fun alongside a troupe of adorable bunny characters.

Agent Harrier must discover the identity of a top-secret file-stealing traitor in the BARK intelligence agency. But something's happening to the book itself . . . whole pages are repeating, and there's an ink-deleting weapon threating to wipe everything out! Will Agent Harrier sniff out the rat before he's TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY ERASED?

A thrilling middle grade historical adventure from bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Your past actions have consequences that can affect your future. We always remember the mistakes we made that caused unnecessary difficulties to our lives and future. Most mistakes don't have grave consequences, and we forget about them soon enough. But it's the mistakes we forget, the ones that caused tragic accidents that come back to make the future consequentially fatal.