Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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George is an ordinary boy with an ordinary family who like eating fish and chips. Green is a monster with a monster family who love tucking into green slime for dinner. What on earth will happen when George and Green swap lives for a day? 
 
The Monster Next Door is from Developing Reader Level 2. It is ideal for children aged 6+ who are confidently using their phonics knowledge and can read short, simple sentences with only a little help. Frequently repeated words help improve fluency and confidence. 
 
Read It Yourself is a series of modern stories, traditional tales and first reference books written in a simple way for children who are learning to read in English. 
 
Beginner Reader Level 0 is a twelve-step programme to support children who are developing their phonics reading skills. It introduces new letters and sounds in a systematic order. 
 
Levels 1 to 4 are written for children who are moving beyond phonics and gaining reading confidence and fluency. Each book includes simple sentences and high-frequency words, as well as a limited number of new words for essential reading practice. 
 
Each book has been thoroughly checked by educational consultants and includes tips for helping children with their reading, as well as comprehension puzzles and book band information. 
 
With five levels to take children from first phonics to fluent reading, Read It Yourself helps every child on their journey to becoming a confident reader.

The Monster Next Door: Read It Yourself - Level 2 Developing Reader

Brought to you by Ladybird. 
 
A collection of ten original spooktacular original audio stories written for 3-7 year olds. With friendly monsters, Halloween parties and plenty of slime these new stories are perfect to listen to in front of the fire on cold winter evenings. 
 
These new stories are especially written for family or independent listening and contain fun sound effects and specially commissioned music to entertain young minds! 
 
The stories in this collection are: Dad's Birthday Surprise, The Halloween Party, Lost, Pumpkin Pals, Midnight, One Good Deed, The Skeleton Olympics, The Visitor, House Party and Willow. 
 
Other audiobooks in the Ladybird Audio Original series include Ladybird Stories for Rainy Days, Ladybird Stories for Car Journeys, I'm Ready for Big School and the Ladybird Audio Adventures

Ladybird Spooky Stories

Hot Wheels

It’s nighttime in the Ultimate Garage, and Brights is telling a scary story to the campers about a car called Bone Shaker that haunts Hot Wheels City. Suddenly, the racers hear a spooky sound . . . Could it be Bone Shaker? Join Brights, Coop and the gang as they try and stop this creepy car from haunting Hot Wheels City. 
 
“You can tell it’s coming by its rattling revving, its groaning honk and its smoky exhaust fumes. If you see those, drive away!” 
 
Don’t miss these other epic Hot Wheels books: 
Hot Wheels: Ultimate Racers 
Hot Wheels: Ultimate Garage Takeover 
Hot Wheels Dino Dash

Hot Wheels: Let’s Race: The Haunted Car

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