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Like Roald Dahl - but different! The first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister....

Fight the Beasts, Fear the Magic! A clash of Beasts is about to begin! Evil Max is using the magical Golden Gauntlet to turn Tagus the Horse-man and Amictus the Bug Queen into mortal enemies. Meet a new Avantian hero... Evan must ride forth and take on a new Quest to rescue these...

Max and his friends have already fought off three terrible Robobeasts. Now they face the ultimate battle, as the evil Professor tries to use Mangler the Dark Menace to destroy the ocean worlds! Don't miss the other books in this series: Shredder the Spider Droid, Stinger the Sea Phantom and Crusher the Creeping Terror.

The fight against pirate Cora Blackheart and her crew reaches its thrilling conclusion. As they face the deadly Ocean Hammer, can our heroes deliver justice and restore harmony to the seas? Don't miss the other books in Series 3 - The Pride of Blackheart: - Tetrax the Swamp Crocodile - Nephro the Ice Lobster - Finaria the Savage Sea Snake

Join the hero Tom on a high-action adventure with terrible Beasts and deadly danger! Tom faces terrible danger on a brand new Beast Quest. Issrilla the Creeping Menace is out for blood! How can Tom defeat this ferocious Beast? Only one thing is certain: if he fails, the Beast Quests end forever...

Did you know that Adolf Hilter wasn't, in fact, German? The Second World War brought horror and heartache to millions of people all over the globe, and it turned everyday living upside down too. Any history book will give you the boring facts THEY think you should know, but only this one will tell you what life during World War II was REALLY like ...

Exciting stories about famous people, outlining their lives and the important events which made them memorable. Every page features easy-to-follow text and a black-and-white line drawing to help bring these events to life. Each title gives further facts about the famous person and the times in which...

A tin-pot knight on an epic adventure! Young Sir Lance-a-Little has a dangerous quest to fulfill. He must face evil wizards, save damsels in distress, outwit hungry ogres, win a jousting contest, and battle a terrible creature whose name rhymes with flagon. Will he fail, or will he prevail?

As Lulu scales new heights with her enchanted recipe book, she discovers that the evil Varaminta is looming again - and this time she has joined forces with an international arch villain! Lulu faces her greatest challenge yet...

Young Henry 1/8 is Prince of the Pitch! Henry 1/8 has a goal - to captain England in Ye First Worlde Cup! To win, his team of Young Lion Cubs must tackle the Potent Portuguese, the French Strikers, the Dutch Masters and the Smashing Spaniards. Will the pint-sized prince bring football home?

Tiny Tom Thumb may be a ghost the size of a stick of gum, but he knows how to make a lot of scarily MASSIVE mischief!

On 5th November 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and his friends tried to blow up the House of Lords in London with gunpowder. They wanted to kill King James I. Find out all about the Gunpowder Plot with this story that is packed with all the facts and colourful pictures. This book is part of...

Meet Polly, Keri, Frizz and Lily - they're the Gang of Four, and they're determined to be best friends for ever! Their bond of friendship is severely tested, though, when they discover that they are all going off to different schools in the autumn. And poor Frizz is going to be left with their arch...

As top reporter at Zephon TV, Ben Maddox is used to breaking the news - and sometimes he even makes it. When he is sent to investigate the situation on Kutuliza, he finds himself face-to-face with slick politicians, guerrilla fighters and a young footballer who is the hope of his people. Ben has to put everything on the line - including his life...