A fourth audio book in the hugely successful Horrid Henryseries. 'The devilish child, most wonderfully brought to life byMiranda Richardson, sees off any and all opposition to get what hewants!' Daily Express Unabridged.

Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to winhis favourite board game, comes up with another spectacularmoney-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the schoolgossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks hisbirthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party - and gets it bytaking over as Head Teacher when Peter plays school with hisgoody-goody friends.

"Esio Trot" is Dahl's wonderful, warm-hearted story about MrHoppy, Mrs Silver and the tortoise who brings them together. In"The Minpins", Little Billy doesn't really believe there aremonsters in the wood, but the tiny minpins are real enough, andtheir miniature world is in danger.

This bestselling book features a collection of favorite I Spyriddles that send readers searching 12 photographs for hiddenobjects.

This is a collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for humanblood, ranging from Gocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling thescorpion. It is described in verse with all Dahl's usual gusto andillustrated in suitably lurid style by Quentin Blake.

Jules Verne’s classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling anddangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live inthe ocean’s depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel thathad not yet been invented: the submarine.

In the second book in the New York Times bestselling series,Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City ofLight, home to Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anythingbut sweet. Niccolò Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated artcollector, lives in Paris and is working for Dr. John Dee. He’s inhot pursuit, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenell.Josh and Sophie Newman are the world’s only hope. . . . If theydon’t turn on each other first.

Ten years after its original publication, the first book inthe I Spy series still has all of the magic and wonder thatcaptured readers in 1991. Each brilliantly composed spread is atreasure trove of intriguing items. Rhymes present hide-and-seekchallenges for young readers in a lively and accessible way. Likeeach best-selling title that followed, I Spy: A Book of PictureRiddles is a true feast for the eyes. This special edition is amust-have for I Spy fans both old and new.

Cicely Mary Barker's original Flower Fairies books, firstpublished in the 1920s, have been known and loved by generations.Like the pre-Raphaelite painters whom she so admired, Barkerbelieved in re-creating the beauty of nature in art and drawingfrom life. Her Flower Fairies watercolors have a unique combinationof naturalism and fantasy that no imitators have matched. Each of Barker's four seasonal books features poems andfull-color illustrations of at least 19 flowers that bloom during aparticular season.

Includes 'Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman' and'Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker'.

Most grandmas are kind and helpful ladies. Not George'sgrandma. She's a grumpy and grizzly old grouch and George wants toteach her a lesson. So when it's time for her medicine, Georgeconcocts a bubbling, frothing, marvellous mixture, which isguaranteed to send her through the roof...

Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so the Muggle-Wumpmonkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give themjust the ghastly surprise they deserve.

Bumper pack, including Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend, aswell as the Horrid Henry Joke Book and free gift. Laugh along withHenry as he tries by any means necessary to win the class footballmatch and defeat Moody Margaret; reads Perfect Peter's diary andimproves it; goes clothes shopping with Mum and tries to make herbuy him some Rootatoot trainers; and is horrified when his oldenemy Bossy Bill turns up at school.

Little Billy doesn't really believe there are monsters in thewood, but the red-hot smoke-belching gruncher is real enough, andso are the tiny minpins, whose minature world is in danger.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to Englishlanguage learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely publishedauthor of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted herfamous detective novels for English language learners. Thesecarefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targetedat upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each readerincludes: * A CD with a reading of the adapted story * Helpfulnotes on characters * Cultural and historical notes relevant to theplot * A glossary of the more difficult words Lymstock is a smalltown with lots of secrets. Recently several people in the town havereceived anonymous hate-mail. When Mrs Symmington receives one ofthe letters and then dies in mysterious circumstances, the peopleof the town no longer know whom they can trust. Who is writing theletters? And why? Miss Marple helps solve the mystery.

For the first time in over 10 years all eight original "FlowerFairies" books have been re-designed.

Give children a head start in school! Summer Express includes100 fun-filled activity pages that reinforce skills and alsoprepare kids for the school year ahead. Topics covered includereading, math, writing, vocabulary, handwriting, grammar, and lotsmore! A full page of colorful incentive stickers will help kidskeep track of their progress and stay motivated. A summer's worthof great learning! 144 pages + 1 page of 4/c stickers.

BOY,Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography,is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days.With fabulous new line drawings by Quentin Blake. An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.This is not an autobiography' - Roald Dahl.This reissue includes 30 delightful new line drawings by the inimitable Quentin Blake. Throughout his young days at school and just afterwards,a number of things happened to Roald Dahl,which made such a tremendous impression he never forgot them.Boy is the remarkable story of Roald Dahl's childhood; tales of exciting and strange things - some funny,some frightening,all true. Roald Dahl,the best-loved of children's writers,was born in Wales of Norwegian parents.His books continue to be bestsellers,despite his death in 1990,and worldwide sales are over 100 million! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to

Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job ofa writer? What is it about a landlady's house that makes it so hardfor her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wifeor one of his priceless sculptures? Here are thirteen of RoaldDahl's most unexpected tales, offering young readers the perfectintroduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius. Fromthe sensitivity of stories such as "Katina" to the surprisingcreepiness of "Taste", these stories are full of all the fun,excitement and wonder of Roald Dahl's writing, offeringoriginality, ingenuity, horror, unexpected twists and turns, atouch of the macabre - and much more besides.

First published in the 1920s, the "Flower Fairy" books byCicely Mary Barker have delighted generations of children withtheir exquisite illustrations and engaging poems. In "FlowerFairies of the Wayside" we meet no less than nineteen fairies, whoencourage us to look at nature and learn to appreciate the truebeauty and wonder of the 'ordinary' world around us.