The Bog Baby is a magical story by Jeanne Willis & Gwen Millward When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond they find something much better than a frog or a newt They find a bog baby Small & blue with wings like a dragon the girls decide to make him their secret I won't tell if you won't But the bog baby is a wild thing & when he becomes poorly the girls decide they must tell their mum & she tells them the greatest lesson if you really love something you have to let it go Jeanne wrote her first book when she was five years old & hasn't stopped writing since She has now written over eighty titles including picture books novels & television scripts She has also won numerous awards including the Children's Book Award the Sheffield Children's Book Award & the Silver Smarties Prize Her teen novel Naked Without a Hat was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004 She often takes inspiration from dreams & interesting conversations with strangers Gwen Millward studied illustration in Edinburgh & now spends all of her time painting & writing stories for children about her favourite subject beasts Her first book for Puffin Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood published in April 2007 Other wonderful books by either of the two include The King of Tiny Things; Guess what I found in Dragon Wood; Happy Birthday in Dragon Wood; Sing a Song of Bottoms; Bottoms Up!; Silly Cecil & Clever Cubs; The Wheels on the Bus; Delilah Darling is in the Library; There's an Ouch in my Pouch!; Who's in the Loo?; The Monster Bed; Tadpole's Promise; The Beasties ...

Accidentally transported from his remote Scottish castle to the bright fast-moving hi-tech city of Toronto the highly mischievous Boggart simply can't resist the opportunity for pranks & wreaks havoc for the Volnik family inheritors of his distant castle home But the Boggart doesn't mean any real harm & when he begins to pine for the rolling Scottish mists & the sound of bagpipes he turns to his two young friends Emily & Jessup Volnik for help ...

Emily & Jess Volnik have returned for another Scottish adventure joining their old friend Tommy & Mr Maconochie the new owner of Castle Keep on a trip to Loch Ness where a new expedition is determined to find the fabled monster The fun-loving Boggart
- a mischievous shape-shifting spirit who has lived in the castle for centuries -comes along for the ride but this time the Boggart has a serious mission His cousin Nessie is trapped in the monster shape he took on long ago & it's up to the Boggart to keep Nessie from being discovered by the expedition's high-tech equipment Is modern science any match for the Boggart's ancient magic?
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A brand new funny Boggart mystery from Susan Cooper renowned author of the Dark is Rising sequence Once again there's magic afoot in Scotland when Allie & Jay visit their grandfather & are eagerly greeted by the Boggart an ancient sprite & his cousin Nessie formerly known as the Loch Ness Monster Things are rarely peaceful with two boggarts around but this time a real estate developer is the one causing a disturbance
- a man named Trout Trout is building a luxury resort & is desperate to buy up everything in town
- including Allie & Jay's grandfather's shop He's willing to do almost anything to raze the store to the ground but with his beloved family under attack the Boggart doesn't stay silent for long soon bulldozers are mysteriously driving themselves into the loch & surveying flags are floating off into the sky but Trout is unmoved When Nessie tries to scare him by transforming into the Loch Ness Monster Trout is delighted
- what a sensational tourist attraction he's found! Allie Jay & the boggarts will have to use all of their wits to outsmart the developers & save their home
- even if it means waking up all the Old Magic creatures Even the deadly ones



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Track List 1 I Do It for Your Love 2 To Die For 3 Only You 4 Girlfriend 5 The Making Of 6 Where You At 7 XXX 8 Swarm 9 Red Raw 10 Upside Down & Inside Out 11 Somehow You Know What I Mean Release date (25 Dec 2014) Limited Edition edition Number of Discs 2 Format Limited Edition Label Domino Records Genre Rock Style Indie Rock ...

Carry on camping with dream team Julian Clary & David Roberts! It's the summer holidays & the hairiest family in Teddington decide to take a well-earned holiday by the seaside With their extended hyena family in tow they head on down to Cornwall for a spot of camping But it's never long before trouble sniffs these hyenas out & Bobby is mistaken for a pup & snatched by a wicked dognapper The Bolds will need all their ingenuity to hunt her down & rescue all the pilfered pooches But can these hyenas-in-disguise save the day without letting the cat out of the bag? ...

Carry on camping with dream team Julian Clary & David Roberts! It's the summer holidays & the hairiest family in Teddington decide to take a well-earned holiday by the seaside With their extended hyena family in tow they head on down to Cornwall for a spot of camping But it's never long before trouble sniffs these hyenas out & Bobby is mistaken for a pup & snatched by a wicked dognapper The Bolds will need all their ingenuity to hunt her down & rescue all the pilfered pooches But can these hyenas-in-disguise save the day without letting the cat out of the bag?I wish we lived next door to the Bolds!' Davina Mc Call ...

More wildly funny animal madness from dream team Julian Clary & David Roberts! The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house But now their kindness to animal waifs & strays has become legendary & more & more animals keep turning up to stay! Roger the sheep flocks to their house & Fifi the poodle turns up to learn some new tricks whilst Sheila the crocodile decides to stay for a while But when the Bolds take in a couple of race horses who are on the run they worry their animal magnetism is getting to be too much Have these hyenas bitten off more than they can chew? ...

From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII & his final queens The king will decide who will live & who will die; he has the power of God now 1539 Henry VIII must take his fourth wife & the dangerous prize is won by Anne of Cleves A German princess by birth Anne is to be Henry's pawn in the Protestant alliance against Rome but the marriage falters from the start Henry finds nothing to admire in his new queen setting himself against his advisors & nobles to pay court to young Katherine Howard The new queen begins to sense a trap closing around her & Jane Boleyn summoned to the inner circle once more by her uncle the Duke of Norfolk finds a fractious court haunted by the Boleyn legacy of death & deceit Nothing is certain in a kingdom ruled by an increasingly tyrannical king ...

On an ordinary day in 1941 a letter arrives on the doormats of five young women a letter which will change everything Lillian is distraught & whether she tears hides or burns the letter the words remain the same
- she must register for compulsory war work Many miles away Emily is also furious
- her dream job as a chef will have to be put on hold whilst studious Alice must abandon her plans of college Staring at an identical letter Elsie feels a kindling of hope at the possibility of leaving behind her brutal father & down in London Agnes has her own reasons for packing her bags with a smile Brought together at a munitions factory in a Lancashire mill town none of them knows what lies ahead Sharing grief & joy lost dreams & gained opportunities the five new bomb girls will find friendship & strength that they never before thought possible as they unite to help the country they love survive Praise for Daisy Styles'A great read that I think will appeal to fans of wartime sagas & authors like Donna Douglas From dances to disasters encounters with handsome Yanks rationing & relationships The Bomb Girls has all the ingredients of an excellent wartime drama & I thoroughly enjoyed it!' Onemorepagecom' The story is full of drama love heartbreak friendship & in some part some comedy It's full of twist & turns & is a real page turner' Laurahbookblog

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