Anisha is all set to be a bridesmaid at Aunty Bindi’s wedding…until a secret ransom note arrives. Bindi’s groom has been kidnapped & will only be released IF THE WEDDING IS CALLED OFF! It’s up to Anisha Mistry, bridesmaid detective, to find her uncle & save THE big Indian Wedding of the year. ...

Anisha is all set to be a bridesmaid at Aunty Bindi’s wedding…until a secret ransom note arrives. Bindi’s groom has been kidnapped & will only be released IF THE WEDDING IS CALLED OFF! It’s up to Anisha Mistry, bridesmaid detective, to find her uncle & save THE big Indian Wedding of the year. ...

Pack your bags, we’re going on a road trip, in the third hilarious mystery in the award-winning Anisha, Accidental Detective series! Milo & I have been looking forward to this half-term for what feels like FOREVER – we’re finally going to the National Space Centre, to meet a real-life space engineer! My whole family wanted to tag along & visit a festival first, where this super-famous, mega-expensive diamond is on display. But guess what? The diamond has been STOLEN! & the police think MY GRANNY did it so she’s in serious TROUBLE. Someone needs to prove Granny Jas is innocent, so it looks like Milo & I might need to go UNDERCOVER. It’s lucky I’m Anisha, Accidental Detective! Praise for the Anisha, Accidental Detective series: Winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize & of the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for Children Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year, & the Laugh Out Loud Book Award “DELIGHTFUL! Perfect for younger detectives – so funny & clever & sweet” Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series “ An absolute joy” Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Lake “ Super funny & packed with lovable characters” Swapna Haddow, author of Dave Pigeon ...

Winner of The Week Junior Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year: Younger Fiction The Mistrys are off on holiday, in the fifth hilarious mystery in the award-winning Anisha, Accidental Detective series! Pack your bags – we’re off to a holiday camp! Milo can’t wait to see the wildlife, Manny’s learning survival skills, & even Granny’s going to have a go at archery. Honestly, I just want to read my book, but there’s NEVER any time to relax for Anisha, Accidental Detective. The holiday park’s mascot, Delilah the duck, has been DESTROYED, & my new friend Cleo is everyone’s number one suspect. But I’m sure she’s innocent, & I’m going to do whatever it takes to prove it. Let’s hope we can find the real culprit, & QUACK the case!! Praise for the Anisha, Accidental Detective series: Winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize & of the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for Children Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year, & the Laugh Out Loud Book Award “DELIGHTFUL! Perfect for younger detectives – so funny & clever & sweet” Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series “ An absolute joy” Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Lake “ Super funny & packed with lovable characters” Swapna Haddow, author of Dave Pigeon ...

Anisha can’t wait to show off her volcano project at the science fair…and maybe win the prize trip to the national space centre. But when the volcano explodes & floods the school, Anisha is disqualified. It’s so unfair, because it wasn’t her fault! Can Anisha, her best friend Milo, a pet rat, & a high-school vlogger catch the culprit? ...

It’s 1972. Meena is nine, growing up in the only Punjabi family in the Black Country mining village of Tollington. Like all the kids her age, she wants freedom. But her struggle for independence is different from most. Meena wants fish fingers & chips, not chapati & dhal. She wants an English Christmas, not the usual endless Punjabi festivities. But – most of all – she wants to roam the backyards of working-class Tollington with blonde, aloof, feisty Anita Rutter & her gang… The debut novel of best-loved writer/comedian Meera Syall A hilarious story of family, friendship & youthful rebellion Meera wrote the screenplay to the film Bhaji on the Beach She also starred in the hit comedy Goodness Gracious Me Supplied as a pack of 10 copies. ...

It’s 1972. Meena is nine, growing up in the only Punjabi family in the Black Country mining village of Tollington. Like all the kids her age, she wants freedom. But her struggle for independence is different from most. Meena wants fish fingers & chips, not chapati & dhal. She wants an English Christmas, not the usual endless Punjabi festivities. But – most of all – she wants to roam the backyards of working-class Tollington with blonde, aloof, feisty Anita Rutter & her gang… The debut novel of best-loved writer/comedian Meera Syall A hilarious story of family, friendship & youthful rebellion Meera wrote the screenplay to the film Bhaji on the Beach She also starred in the hit comedy Goodness Gracious Me Supplied as a pack of 30 copies. ...

Ooh la la! Blushes, kisses & near-misses… A heart-pounding, knee-trembling boarding school romance set in Paris, the City of Light. No wonder Cassandra Clare is a fan. Who’s not? ...

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa with her mum, her baby brothers & a big extended family. She splashes in the sea, bathes in the sun & sells luscious ripe oranges … but what she really longs for is snow! toppacks-reading-collections sum-18-ie ...

Question: which author has twice won the Carnegie Medal & twice been named as the British Book Awards Children’s Author of the Year? Who served as Children’s Laureate from 2001-2003, was honoured with an OBE & won the coveted Guardian Prize? & delighted kids across the world with books like Bill’s New Frock, Flour Babies & Diary of a Killer Cat? Answer (you guessed it): Anne Fine. So as you’ve probably worked out, her children’s books are really worth writing home about. But before you do that, you’ll have to read them – so get started with this pack of funny favourites! An entry-level pack from a true legend of children’s literature Funny, accessible reads which give a first taste of Anne Fine’s work Anne has won the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread Prize & Guardian Prize Light yet realistic stories which explore family life, school & bullying The ideal way to show younger children how rewarding reading can be ...