Books published by Hogs Back Books Ltd

Find out about the origins of the sport, how football really kicked-off with the formalising of the rules, and about the most remarkable events, that have taken place on, and off, the pitch. This pocket A-Z is more than a book of two halves.

This ABC of the biggest sporting event in the world is filled with fun and quirky facts, from letter A describing the first Olympic games of the modern era in Athens to letter Z describing Zeus, who presided over the ancient games in Olympia. Amazing and little known facts about the Olympics will inform and amuse children in equal measure.

Set high up on the cliffs in the grounds of a ruined monastery, overlooking the dreary town of Blinkton-on-Sea, is the otherwise unremarkable Blinkton High School. Here resides the enigmatic Inky Stevens - a talented and astute student, better known as "the Great School Detective".

Age range 3 to 6Is love in the air? Mr White is about to find out. This is the second title in a charming new series featuring the adorable Mr White - simple and gentle tales of life, love and adventure.

Follow the lives and adventures of the creatures living at Pug's Hole. Pongo is helping the Granimal look for a place to live. Will the newest arrival find a place he can call home?

Follow the lives and adventures of the creatures living at Pug's Hole. No one had heard of a Granimal before, let alone seen one. Is he a bird? Can he fly? We are about to find out ...

Aunt Grizelda's Treasury of Grim and Grisly Rhymes helps you gather gruesome lessons about the perils of modern life.

Take a rocket tour to the Zoo on the Moon and meet a menagerie of wonderful creatures, from crocodile snowmen to orangutan pies - it's a real blast!

Who's afraid of the big bad Shmoogly Boo? Not Harry. The Shmoogly Boo tries everything - he grows long teeth, he buzzes like a bee, he changes shape. You'd be amazed, scared too most likely - but brave Harry isn't fazed. Not until ...

Deep in a forest lies Pug's Hole - home to a group of peculiar and opinionated creatures, who like nothing better than to eat, sleep and ponder over the world around them. And what could provide something better to ponder on than the arrival of a mysterious, large, pink Egg? Who or what will hatch out of it and what adventures will result?

Sometimes the things you own become a part of you, and that's how Scruffy feels about his blanket. So when it goes missing, this loveable little dog sets out on a very smelly journey to sniff it out.

Nora, Dora and Flora are three silly chickens who continuously bicker over which of them is the most beautiful. Fed up with their squabbles, the other chickens suggest they ask the farmer. But surely he'll put them in his pot for supper! A wise old goat grants them three wishes. But will they use them wisely? Not these silly birds ...

In a pond at the bottom of a muddy field there lived a frog called Boris. He was big and strong and handsome, but he was also boastful. Watch Boris gloat as he out-hops a grasshopper, takes the crown off the kingfisher, and licks a lizard when catching flies. But Boris's bragging brings him back to earth with a bang when he meets a giant toad.

Are you scared of monsters? You won't be after following the adventures of a young boy and his quest to find his lost bear. The jaunty rhyme and the boy's deadpan reactions to discovering monsters in his sock drawer and under his bed make this great fun for young readers and old.

This story about fairies is told entirely through beautiful illustrations and makes us think about our position in the world. Ignored by passers by, the reader is drawn through a hole in the hedge into an enchanted world within. And whether you believe in fairies or not, there's a hidden, magical world of animals, birds and nature that does exist.

A jaunty rhyming story about a crotchety croc who likes nothing better than to bask on his rock and chase the other animals out of the river. But once he has splashed around and enjoyed the river all to himself, the Croc realises that a world without friends is no fun at all and sharing the river is the best way to enjoy it.

Full-colour, rhyming picture book, featuring a grumpy boy and his fun-loving mum. When Hugh refuses to play, mum cheers him up by making everything blue: his clothes, his food, even his toothpaste. Award-winning Collins has illustrated over 70 children's books. Hodgson is author of The Teeny-Weeny Walking Stick and The Robot Who Couldn't Cry.