"The devil walks... But the devil can make no headway if he has no help. We must invite him in..." Raised in secrecy by a mother everyone thinks has gone mad, Daniel's only link to his past is the intricately built model of the...

A classic children's book from one of best-lovedand Bill's New Frockand authors, former Children's Laureate Anne Fine. Perfect for readers aged between 7 and 9 and fans ofand Awful Auntieand and Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series.and Until the angel came, Penny, Mark and Marigold...

A classic children's story from one of our best-loved authors, former Children's Laureate Anne Fine.Gemma doesn't believe a chicken could have written a book - chickens can't even read! But here in front of them is The True Story of Harrowing Farm, and its...

A delightful collection of stories about friendship from the award-winning former Children's Laureate Anne Fine.Once best friends, always best friends. Nothing can come between Jamie and Angus - a boy and his toy Highland bull. Join them as they tackle a lively play mate,...

A portrait of 16th and 17th century Italian convent life, set in the vibrant culture of late Renaissance Venice. Early 16th century Venice had 50 convents and about 3,000 nuns. Far from being places of religious devotion, the convents were often little more than...

An entertaining story from former children's laureate Anne Fine, perfect for children learning to read.Nicky, Tasha and Joe's mum leaves for work early one day and she leaves instructions for them on a cassette-player - all they have to do is press play! Nicky...

Boggle hats are the latest craze. Everybody at school wants one - but only Lola has one. So she decides to form a club to show the other children how best to nag their parents into buying them one. Tactics range from the Huffy...

Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner, Harris. By the time an elderly neighbour spots his pale face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window and raises the alarm, he is seven....

It's a dog's life for Anthony. Not only is he lacking the respect he deserves from the neighbourhood dogs and cats, but suddenly all he can do is scratch, scratch, scratch. And now bits of him are dropping off - yeuch! Just when Anthony...

Lancelot's lovely teacher, Miss Mirabelle, is in big trouble. She's told a giant whopper and unless she can come up with a brilliant plan, she's going to look very, very silly. Can Lancelot help this damsel in distress? Little does he know that Ivan...

Maya longs to be in the Nativity Play but when she's given the part of Mary she's shocked to see the pink baby Jesus doll. She offers not to be Mary as she knows she's too brown to have a pink baby. The children...

Meet the queen in this sweet story by Anne Fine, perfect for children learning to read.Pip's class are sending big red helium balloons off to celebrate their school's 100th anniversary. They ask the people who find them to tell them how far they'd gone....

Philip has an incredible imagination, and when he lets it run riot in school one day it really gets his classmates thinking.

The children of Weir(d) Street are lazing about one sunny day when they challenge each other to tell stories of all the odd goings-on in their neighbourhood. A grandfather's guilt at the long-ago death of his twin brother, a young waiter whose rude customers...

The classic award winning story from Anne Fine.Kitty Killinand is not just a brilliant story-teller, but also the World's Great Expert when it comes to mothers having new and unwelcome boyfriends.So it's no surprise that she's the one chosen to sort out classmateand Helly,...

Tom wants to join the army, but he has to pass his exams first! When he turns up without proper uniform on exam day, strict Mrs Dell threatens to send him home. There are spare clothes available, but is Tom brave enough to face...

Warm, timeless and humorous illustrated stories about a boy and his soft toy companion by the former Children's Laureate, with new illustrations by celebrated artist Sam Usher.When Jamie sets eyes on Angus he knows they will be the best of friends. On Christmas morning,...