A C Black Childrens Educational imprint: 120 books

The story of Alexander the Great is one of the most amazing and enthralling that history has to offer. The reader will journey to a world of heroism, of great courage and amazing conquest as we follow Alexander from a childhood rolling in the dust with his toy army to the greatest conqueror the ancient...

Which king lost the crown jewels? Which queen was as wide as she was tall? And who was the king who died with a poker up his bum? A humorous take on British kings and queens through the ages. Packed with facts and information - focusing on all the funny bits!

A family's holiday cottage seems like paradise. But something funny has leaked out of the nearby genetic research lab. When Ellie tells her parents about being attacked by a gigantic fanged frog they think she's making it up, but soon the family's cottage is under siege - by frogs! Highly readable,...

The paper boys on Weir Street don't normally stick around for long ... It's definitely weirder than your average street. After venturing past all the strange houses, number 57 looks suspiciously normal. The garden is neat and the letterbox is gleaming. But then the letterbox nearly snaps his fingers off...

The paper boys on Weir Street don't normally stick around for long and he soon understands why ... It's definitely weirder than your average street. Who is the strange figure standing in the window of number 13? Is that a parrot on his shoulder? Jonny strikes up an unusual friendship with Captain...

Meet the Mudcrusts! Lowbrow Mudcrust is the lumbering, lazy head of the family, who is happiest when he is squelching his toes in the slime. That doesn't stop his wife Flora from nagging him and reminding him that he's not the chief of the tribe. Their two children, Bogweed and Fungus, are always...

When Eva's uncle goes back on his word and refuses to reward her the cow he promised in return for her hard work, she is not about to stand back and let him. Her father goes up against her uncle to battle it out in front of the local judge. The judge decides that whoever can answer his three questions...

This is a fast-paced action story of a young boy's experience in the battlefields of the Crimea. The tale supports the Victorian Britain study of Key Stage 2 History.

Taking Flight is a story about love, loss and dealing with death. Luke goes to see his grandpa every day after school. He likes it there, and especially enjoys helping with Grandpa's pigeons. But Grandpa gets sick and muddled and needs more than Luke's help. When he goes into hospital, events take a turn for the worse and suddenly Luke has to grow up very fast...

Miriam doesn't understand why her mum is buying more food than they need, and storing it away. Or why her parents have given her the nickname, Mandy. Her friend Pam says it's because war is coming. And, if the Nazis invade, it will be dangerous for her to have a Jewish name. But that's not going to happen, is it? Outbreak is a historical story set at the start of World War II.

Od Fitch hates his life. He hates living in the middle of nowhere, he hates the fact that his mum is dead and his dad is too wrapped up in his research to notice him, and he hates his school, where the lessons are too easy and dull to bother with. But everything changes one day when Od arrives...

Four friends are exposed to a strange gas that gives them the powers of earth, air, fire and water, and take on new identities as superheroes. Zaf becomes Zephyr, who can fly and direct the wind. Tara becomes Terra, who can make the earth shake and plants grow. Ian becomes Inferno, with the power...

A wonderful anthology of poems that are easy to remember and perfect for reciting out loud. This book includes new, modern and classic poems, ranging from very short to long and written by a diverse range of poets from Joshua Seigal to Christina Rossetti and from Lewis Carrol to Debjani Chatterjee....

Hercules was famous throughout Greece for his strength and courage, which made the Goddess Hera cross. Why should a human enjoy such fame and success? She wants to see him suffer. So she makes him the servant of cruel King Eurystheus, who sets him a few small tasks to carry out... Hercules the Hero is a modern retelling of the classic Greek legend.