A funny & accessible guide to creative writing, packed with practical advice, exciting story prompts & a cast of creative monsters. Winner of the Lollies 2023 Book Awards for Non Fiction! In the pages of Unleash Your Creative Monster, budding writers will sink their teeth into story basics, essential writing tools & the hidden secrets of the wordsmith. Featuring top tips on finding inspiration, how to keep a story moving & beating writer’s block, this essential guide has everything you need to unleash your creative monster. ...

From dinosaurs to robots, from our world to the stars beyond, see the secrets of the universe revealed by a legendary scientist & his daughter. ...

The second cycle of the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series comes to a thrilling end. You are not ready… ...

Part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled non-fiction books are engaging & perfectly match the new Letters & Sounds guidance used in schools across the UK. ...

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 3 Scholastic Set 5 Sound Focus: ai ee igh oa oo Book Band: Red This title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled stories are engaging, & are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across the UK. The series

Includes:: a wide selection of diverse & inclusive stories, accompanied by bright, contemporary & humorous illustrations that will engage & inspire young readers with a ‘find the character’ feature on each spread. The artwork is detailed so as not to provide picture cues & prompting. Each book also contains parent’s notes & a ‘retell the story’ task to support children’s oracy, vocabulary & comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of books covering groups of sounds to allow for progression. The stories in this set focus on the sounds found in Scholastic Set 5 & revise the sounds found in previous sets. There are thirteen sets in total, covering: Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d Phase 2 Set 2: g oC k ck e u r h b f l Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels Phase 5 Set 9: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each), ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn) Phase 5 Set 10: o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he), a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e (home), u-e (cute), e-e (these), ew (new), ie (shield), aw (claw) Phase 5 Set 11: y (funny), ea (head), wh (wheel), oe (toe), ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph (phone), le (apple), al (metal), c (ice), ve (give), o-e (some), o (mother), ou (young), se (cheese), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui (fruit), ou (soup) Phase 5 Set 12: or (word), u (full), oul (could), are (share), ear (bear), ere (there), au (author), aur (dinosaur), oor (floor), al (walk), tch (match), ture (adventure), al (half), a (father), a (water), a (want), ear (learn), wr (wrist), st (whistle), sc (science), ch (school), ch (chef), ze (freeze), schwa at the end of words (actor) Phase 5 Set 13: eigh (eight), aigh (straight), ey (grey), ea (break), gn (gnaw), kn (knee), mb (thumb), ere (here), eer (deer), su (treasure), si (vision), dge (bridge), ge (large), y (crystal), ti (potion), ssi (mission), si (mansion), ci (delicious), augh (daughter), our (pour), oar (oar), ore (more) Have you got them all?

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2022 ‘A superbly original debut’ – Guardian ‘A time-twisting, mind-bending thrill ride... I loved it!’ – Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder ‘ Impossible to put down’ – The Independent ONE GLIMPSE OF A TERRIFYING FUTURE. ONE CHANCE TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. After suffering a knock to the head, 15-year-old Esso experiences a chilling vision: that night he will witness the violent deaths of everyone he knows. He writes off the out-of-body experience as a strange dream – until a series of frightening coincidences prove that the vision is just hours away from coming true. There is only one person who can help him rewrite the future. The trouble is, she hasn’t been born yet... SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ACADEMY AWARD WINNER DANIEL KALUUYA ‘A rollercoaster of a story... Orangeboy with an Inception-style twist.’ – Kat Ellis ‘ Ambitious & highly addictive’ – The Bookseller ‘ This is a book I will return to time & time again’ – Caleb Femi ‘ So happy this exists’ – Daniel Kaluuya, Academy Award-winning actor ...

Mad & Roo’s father has vanished, & a creepy coded letter hints at foul play. They must track him down amid the smoking volcanoes of the Costa Rican jungle! ...

A hilarious & heartfelt new series about a group of magical misfits! Nory’s shape-shifting ability is a bit wonky. When she flunks out of her father’s own magic academy, Nory’s forced to enter the magic equivalent of the remedial classes. But Nory & her new classmates are going to prove that upside-down magic beats right-side up! ...

A hilarious & heartfelt new series about a group of magical misfits! Nory’s shape-shifting ability is a bit wonky. When she flunks out of her father’s own magic academy, Nory’s forced to enter the magic equivalent of the remedial classes. But Nory & her new classmates are going to prove that upside-down magic beats right-side up! ...

The second book in a hilarious & heartfelt series about a group of magical misfits! Nory Horace is nine years old. Unfortunately, Nory’s shape-shifting ability is a bit…wonky. & so she’s forced to enter the magic equivalent of the remedial classes. But Nory is going to prove that upside-down magic definitely beats right-side up! ...