Meik Wiking founded the world's first Happiness Research Institute in 2013, in Copenhagen, Denmark and is a New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling author. Meik has been called The Indiana Jones of Smiles and probably the World's Happiest Man by The Times. He is the author of four globally bestselling books which have sold over 2 million copies worldwide: The Little Book of Hygge, The Little Book of Lykke, The Art of Making Memories and My Hygge Home.

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Sue Meikle has always been obsessed with picture books, and after working as an Early Years Specialist for over 25 years, she has read stories to children from Stockport to South Africa. In schools, in early years centres, while on forest school adventures... Sue has even read stories on a travelling play bus! So, perhaps it was always in the stars for Sue to not just read books, but write them, too! When she's not reading or writing stories, Sue can be found walking her dog or chauffeuring her teenagers around the Greater Manchester area (because that’s where they live… in a home that they made from a derelict barn!)

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David Meikle is a TV scriptwriter and Sunday Times bestselling author. He has written and co-written seven books, including the autobiographies of Charlie Richardson and Bobby Cummines.

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Ellie Simmonds

Book 2 in a magical new series from Paralympian and star of the Great Comic Relief Bake-Off, Ellie Simmonds. 
 
Ellie's Magical Bakery is a great success. Ellie and Victoria Sponge are having lots of fun baking cakes which Ellie sells in the shop and Basil delivers on his roller skates. Even Whisk is helping out, by decorating the boxes! 
 
But when a local boy loses his new puppy, Ellie and Basil are desperate to find it for him. Ellie's magical book has a recipe to help them, but it is rather unusual. The recipe leads them to the butcher's, where they find the puppy has stolen some sausages, and to the village green where they find a stick . . . But how will the recipe help Ellie and her friends find the lost puppy?

Ellie's Magical Bakery: Perfect Pie for a Perfect Pet

Bonnie Bryant

Stevie Lake gets conked on the head so hard she’s laid up in hospital. Then she starts having weird dreams about herself and her Saddle Club friends, Carole Hanson and Lisa Atwood. No big deal – until the dreams start coming true! First it’s just little things. Stevie saw Phil get thrown off Teddy before it happened. She knew Starlight was going to stomp on Carole’s foot. Then Carole and Lisa rely on one of Stevie’s dreams to make a dream of their own come true. 
But when their sick friend has a scary vision, the girls aren’t sure they want to know: It is just a horse in Stevie’s dreams, or is it a nightmare!

Saddle Club Super: Dream Horse

Chris Ryan

Working for a shadowy government agency, teenage special agent Zak Darke goes undercover to infiltrate a dangerous gang of fifteen-year-old gun dealers. 
 
But while the gang members may be young, they aren’t so easily fooled. Has Agent 21 made his last mistake?

Agent 21: The Wire

World Book Day

Richard Kidd

Jimmy's dad has to get rid of his fishing boat and the whole family - Mam, Dad, Jimmy and his tealeaf-reading Gran - are forced to move away from their coastal village home. At first, Jimmy thinks none of them will never get used to living inland and it will be a disaster, but Gran's tea leaves tell a stranger story than that... 
 
Jimmy's continued fascination with all things aquatic leads him to meet the local retired Major, whose hobby is keeping a pond full of valuable koi carp. When Jimmy inadvertently overhears of a plot to steal the fish, he doesn't mean to tackle the burglars single-handedly. But neither does he really intend to do it with the help of the awful school bully... or of several hundred alarm clocks...! 
 
A truly entertaining, pacy adventure story, which boys will especially love.

The Giant Goldfish Robbery

J. P. Martin

Uncle does not often go on holiday as very few hotels provide beds big enough for elephants. At Sunset Beach he hopes for a real rest and change, but almost at once fifty camels, led by the courteous Claudius, arrive with news of trouble at his great castle of Homeward. 
 
From this moment his attempts to have a holiday are interrupted by one unexpected happening after another. Uncle and his faithful followers rescue holiday-makers from the sinister Wheel House, use paraballoons at the Fun Fair, and face a fearful monster at Water-Step Hill. There’s the noisy braying affair of Idleass and Hot Donk; Fishy William at Comfort Cove; breakfast with the miraculous Singing Flower; high tea with the Glenmore Giraffes. A succession of fantastic adventures lead to the awesome moment when Uncle is chained and helpless at the mercy of the Badfort Crowd in Beaver Hateman’s Chamber of Horrors. Can Uncle possibly escape this time?

Uncle and Claudius the Camel

Lynne Reid Banks

Tracy wasn't surprised that her dad disapproved of Kev, with his hair in spikes, his Dayglo socks and all the rest of his punk gear. But she liked the way he looked and enjoyed going round with him. Besides, she was determined to have a good time before she had to get some boring job and settle down, like her sister Mary. 
That was why the trip to Holland seemed such a great idea. Of course it was Kev who suggested it, and Tracy knew that her parents would never let her go off with Kev, just the two of them. On the other hand, if there was a whole bunch of them going, including her friend Karen and some of the others from school, Dad might - just might - say yes. 
As things turned out, persuading Dad to say yes was only the beginning of her troubles. In fact so much went wrong that it was hard, afterwards, to remember the good bits, and it wasn't until the whole awful business was over that Tracy realised she should have seen what was going on all along.

Writing On The Wall

Joseph Delaney

With her parents' bodies still warm in the ground, Alice Deane is whisked away by her aunt to be taught how to be a witch. Alice isn't happy about this - and who would be, with her aunt's brain guzzling familiar, Spig, out to get her? It soon becomes clear that one of them will have to go, and so Spig and Alice's bitter rivalry plays itself out to a gruesome end . . . 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in Spooks: Witches.

Alice and the Brain Guzzler (Storycuts)

Katie Chase

Rosie's just had her first day at her new school in Scotland, after moving to live in her Great-aunt Rosamund's castle. Rosie's class have to put on a show about the different countries in the world and Rosie's country is Japan. That evening back at the castle, Rosie finds a painted fan and it has a little princess on it! 
 
And, sure enough, after saying hello, Rosie is whisked away to a beautiful garden in Japan where she meets Princess Hana. The little princess is very sad because Gawa the river god is angry with her father, the emperor, and has created a water sprite who looks exactly like Hana. The evil sprite is pretending to be Hana and no one at the palace can tell because the god has made Hana herself invisible. 
 
Somehow Rosie must help Hana to break the spell!

Little Princesses: The Peach Blossom Princess

Janey Louise Jones

Learn how to create tiaras and finger food for your Perfect Princess Party, or get ready for the festive season with some wonderful Winter Wonderland recipe and gift ideas! There's plenty to keep you busy all through the year. 
 
With clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions, you'll be able to make (and bake) along with Poppy. 
So what are you waiting for? Princess Poppy can't wait to share her favourite recipes and crafts with you!

Princess Poppy's Cookbook

And other Special Gifts to Make and Share

W E Johns

'You're out last hope, Bigglesworth,' said the Air Commodore, with something like despair in his voice. 
 
The war supply route between Calcutta and China is a vital one but something is attacking the planes that fly it. Again and again pilots set off, only to disappear somewhere along the line, never to be seen again. When Biggles and his team are called in to investigatem, flying the route is close to a suicide mission . . .

Biggles in the Orient

Poppy is putting on a play in her garden! But there's so much to do - she will need tickets and costumes and actors and a story. Her best friend Honey is taking part, and so are her cousins Daisy and Edward. Everyone in the village will be there for the performance, so Poppy wants to make sure everything is just perfect. But when Poppy starts ordering everyone around, the others name her Princess Bossy Boots, and won't help her any more. 
 
What should Poppy do to save the play?Join Poppy as she learns a valuable lesson, and listen along as well with a fab CD read by the perfectly princessy Tamzin Outwaite.

Princess Poppy: The Play

Ben Hawkes

Is a crocodile's favourite thing doing ballet while dressed as a princess? Or maybe it's eating a dirty pants sandwich? Or what about riding a car made out of a sausage? There's silliness galore and a twist in the tale, when dinnertime comes for our croc...

What is a Crocodile's Favourite Thing?

Jan Burchett

Sara Vogler

It's time for the summer fête at Max and Ben's school and the Gargoylz are eager to join in. They're soon busy helping with the Hoopla, tumbling in the Tombola and lurking in the Lucky Dip! Suddenly the school fête is a whole lot more exciting than anyone had planned! 
 
GARGOYLZ ARE VERY NAUGHTY AND WON'T KEEP STILL FOR LONG. THEREFORE, THE TOY INCLUDED MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN.

Gargoylz: Summer Fun

Jane Clarke

This fantastic rhyming romp is a magical mix of dinosaurs and dancing competitions. Each type of dinosaur has its own dance style, from tapping raptors to body popping triceratops. 
 
But why do the judges keep disappearing? 
 
The funky artwork is packed with crazy colours and deliciously funny outfits. 
 
Come on! Dance with the dinosaurs. You could be a winner. 
It's tons of fun for everyone, until it's time for ...

Dance Together Dinosaurs

Kate Tym

The angels are on a mission 'down below' to beat three school bullies. Will they be able to turn the bad kids into nice people that the other kids actually like? Their newly acquired skill of voice-throwing seems an ideal way to tame the teasers . . .

Angel Academy - Angels To The Rescue

Gary Paulsen

When you grow up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt: Shooting waterfalls in a barrel 
The first skateboarding 
Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel-except they only have bikes 
Hangliding with an Army surplus target kite 
Bungee jumping 
Wrestling . . . a bear? 
 
Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new tales from Gary's boyhood. !

How Angel Peterson Got His Name

Adèle Geras

Anne Fine

Henrietta Branford

Jacqueline Wilson

Malorie Blackman

Philip Pullman

Tony Mitton

Alan Garner

Berlie Doherty

Gillian Cross

Kit Wright

Michael Morpurgo

Susan Gates

Linda Newbery

Magic beans. Sow them. Plant them. Watch children grow. 
 
'If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!' - Shel Silverstein, Poet 
 
Each and every one of the stories in this anthology is a magic bean: a wondrous tale that will capture your imagination. Prepare to be dazzled by Rapunzel's golden tresses. Prepare to be moved by the suffering of the Little Mermaid. Prepare to laugh yourself silly as 'Mr Sultana' struggles to get the better of a little red rooster! 
 
Lovingly crafted by the finest authors and illustrators, these 'magic beans' will delight, thrill and thoroughly entertain.

Magic Beans: A Handful of Fairytales from the Storybag

Mandy Archer

Kirsteen Harris-Jones

Plum and the fairies of Blossom Bakery are looking forward to Princess Crystal's Winter Ball but who will be crowned the Snow Belle? Plum has been working hard to get better at skating but on the day of the ball it's all going horribly wrong. Will her fairy friends be able to bring some festive cheer? 
 
 
A gorgeous new series about fairies, friendship and baking!

Fairies of Blossom Bakery: Plum and the Winter Ball

Louise Yates

Meet Professor Frank Mouse. He's very clever, very inventive and very ... lonely. Though he loves collecting, making and mending all sorts of things, shy Frank would love to have a friend to help him, so one day he makes Teddy! But Frank doesn't realise that what he really needs is a true friend - someone to teach him that real friendship is all about sharing, and Teddy might be just the fellow to do it...

Frank and Teddy Make Friends

Ruby Nash

All aboard the school broom-bus! 
 
Sparky and his friends are going on a school trip, and they can’t wait. 
 
They are visiting a magic animal sanctuary to collect the three things they need for the Hideaway Spell: a golden egg, a dragon scale and a phoenix feather. Wowzers! 
 
Without these ingredients, their school will be discovered by humans. 
 
But somebody is trying to ruin their day out . . . and spoil the spell!

Sparky's School Trip

Alex Latimer

Penguin would love to take part in the BIG ANNUAL TALENT SHOW. 
But he just can't seem to find his special talent. He tries magic tricks and juggling household appliances - even burping the alphabet... But nothing seems quite right. 
Can his friends help him discover what he's really good at? 
 
This is an even-funnier follow-up to the brilliant Boy Who Cried Ninja. Alex Latimer has created another beautiful, atmospheric world that you long to visit and return to.

Penguin's Hidden Talent

Gretel Killeen

When Eppie falls into a pot hole, gets squashed to the size of a strawberry and becomes completely entangled in her brother Zeke's yo-yo, Zeke only has a day to get her back to normal. What follows is a hilarious high tale of escape, theft, bullies, brats, goody-goodies, garbage trucks, magic lamps, scabs, snot, bribery, bravery, a blind mum, a fat nurse and a boy on a bicycle covered in something very unsavoury - and that's only the beginning! This slapstick adventure, bursting with anarchic energy has enormous child-appeal for even the most reluctant reader.

My Sister's A Yo-Yo

Rob Childs

THREE BOOKS IN ONE! 
 
Wicked Day! Join all the fun and games of Sports Day. Bradley and his mates are out to a very special day. But what's happened to the cup? 
 
Wicked Catch! Come and enjoy all the excitement of a challenge game of rounders. Who will make the vital catch - could it be Bradley's dog, Dylan? Woof! 
 
Strike! Whether it's football or fishing, Jake seems to be out of luck. He can't get a ball or a fish into the net! But his friends Adam and Owen are very keen to help Jake score.

Wicked Hat Trick

Rob Childs Troubadour 3in1

It's Fair Day in Honeypot Hill, and Poppy is almost bursting with excitement! There's a carousel, ice cream and the Fair Day Ball that night. And she finds the most perfect princess dress at cousin Saffron's stall . . . but will she have enough pennies to buy it? 
 
A classic Princess Poppy story - now available as an ebook with narration by Tamzin Outhwaite

Princess Poppy: The Fair Day Ball

It's half term and Max and Ben need a hobby, but the Gargoylz don't want to be left out. Soon the boys are up to all sorts of mischief while kayaking, go-karting and outwitting Enemy Agents at every turn. It's all in a day's work for top superspies like Max and Ben - with a little help from their Gargoyle friends! 
 
Read all about it in these four new Gargoylz superspy adventures! 
 
GARGOYLZ ARE VERY NAUGHTY AND WON'T KEEP STILL FOR LONG. THEREFORE, THE TOY INCLUDED MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN.

Gargoylz on the Go!

Saddle up for some more great riding with the girls of Pine Hollow! 
 
Stevie's friend Dinah has invited her to go sugaring in Vermont! She is ready for riding and is determined to help Dinah win the sugar off competition. The winning team gets the first pick of horses for the summer. All is well until Dinah gets hurt, and she makes Stevie promise not to tell...

Saddle Club Book 20: Snow Ride

Corey Takamura has been working hard to get her pony, Samurai, ready for a Pony Club demonstration. The show is a special fundraiser for a local animal shelter, and Corey wants to help the animals – especially a homeless baby goat. 
 
But on the day of the demonstration, Corey has terrible trouble controlling her frisky pony and says she never wants to ride him again. Can the other members of the Pony Tails help get Corey back in the saddle? 
 
From the author of the bestselling series, The Saddle Club.

Pony Tails 6: Corey In The Saddle

Shirley Hughes

Charlie Moon's Auntie Jean runs a joke shop at the seaside. Charlie loves to go and stay there and try out the comic hats, masks, rubber spiders, fake flowers that squirt water, and cushions that squeak when you sit on them...even when his clever cousin Ariadne is staying, too.

Here Comes Charlie Moon

William Bee

Stanley is taking Little Woo, Sophie and Benjamin somewhere special for the day. He prepares the train early in the morning and then, with a chuff, chuff, chuffety-chuff they're off! 
 
Little Woo has a beach ball, Benjamin has a toy boat and Sophie has a rubber ring. Where could they be going? 
 
Join Stanley and friends for another busy adventure in this colourful story from William Bee. 
 
Discover more Stanley books: 
 
Stanley's Boat 
Stanley's Park 
Stanley's Garage 
Stanley the Builder 
Stanley the Farmer 
Stanley's Cafe 
Stanley's Shop 
Stanley the Postman 
Stanley's School 
Stanley's Fire Engine 
Stanley's Library

Stanley's Train

Max Silver

Step on board and join the galaxy's top defence team in this explosive new series for boys! Complete with awesome gaming cards so you can do battle against the Alien Invaders too! 
 
Five mutant alien outcasts from the deep space Wrecking Zone have been recruited by the evil outlaw Kaos to destroy the galaxy... Half hideous alien, half deadly robot - these are the toughest enemies Cosmo has ever faced. 
 
In a remote part of the universe, reserved for the testing of new space technology, a dangerous alien is on the loose. It's time for Cosmo to power up his jetpack and take to the skies for an aerial battle against the deadly robo-alien, Junkjet. 
 
The power of the universe is in YOU!

Alien Invaders 7: Junkjet - The Flying Menace

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