The second book in a wonderfully funny & sparky series illustrated by award-winning artist Sara Ogilvie' My favourite sort of book
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A boy ignores those who tell him he will be harmed by looking directly at the sun until he finally realizes that he must take care of himself 16 pages 10 Halftones color; 10 Illustrations color Ttofa Juliette ...

The boy in this debut picture book is fascinated by bees & is puzzled & saddened when they disappear one rainy day What can have caused them to leave & is there anything he can do to get his bumble back? 32 pages 32 Illustrations color Esberger Trudi ...

CURSED! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other boys steal an old lady's cane But when the plan backfires he is the one whom she 'curses' Now David can't seem to do anything right The cool kids taunt him & his only friends are weirdos He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! & when he finally gets his nerve up to ask out a cute girl his trousers fall down midway! But is this the curse at work or is David turning into a total loser? Another witty & very clever tale by the master storyteller Louis Sachar Other titles in this series are THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM & DOGS DON'T TELL JOKES ...

Becket Rumsey is all at sea His dad has run away with him & his brother Billy in the middle of the night & they've left everything behind including their almost-mum Pearl Becket has no idea what's going on
- it's a mystery So with the help of Billy & a snail called Brian Becket sets out on a journey of discovery It's not plain sailing but then what journeys ever are?
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The Boy Who Saw True is based on the diary entries of a young Victorian boy whose extraordinary supernatural talent reveals itself within these pages By turns naive insightful funny & moving it is an extremely convincing account of a precocious paranormal talent & all the more persuasive because the young diarist never sets out to win over his readers Born with incredible clairvoyant powers the anonymous author could see auras & spirits yet failed to realise that other people were not similarly gifted This remarkable book has become a paranormal classic ...

Multi-award-winning author David Almond brings us a joyfully life-affirming & fabulously fishy tale about one boy's journey from anguish to joy Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy but when all the jobs in Fish Quay disappear his Uncle Ernie develops an extraordinary fascination with canning fish Suddenly their home is filled with the sound of clanging machinery & the stench of mackerel & Uncle Ernie's obsession reaches such heights that he would even can Stan's beloved goldfish! Stan however has his own destiny which leads him
- via a hook-a-duck stall
- to Pancho Pirelli the blue-caped madman who swims with piranhas & as Stan delves into the waters he finally discovers who he really can be

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They say magic is long-gone but is it? A chain of fantastical mishaps in schoolboy Bert's dull life spiral out of control
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Written by a recipient of a Mac Arthur award gained for her pioneering work on the storytelling technique & its use in the classroom this book focuses on the challenge posed by the isolated child to teachers & classmates alike in the community of the classroom It is the story of Jason
- the loner & outsider
- & his ultimate triumph & homecoming into the society of his classmates As the reader follows Jason's struggle it can be seen how the classroom is a crucible within which the young discover themselves & learn to confront new problems in their daily experience The book is an essay on the practice of teaching young children & the author uses children's stories as a vehicle of instruction

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Twelve-year-old Jones is an orphan training as an apprentice hunter alongside his mentor Maitland tackling ogres trolls & all manner of creatures that live in the Badlands
- a hidden part of our own world & which most people think exist only in fairytales & nightmares But all Jones secretly wants to be is an ordinary boy & to leave the magical world forever When an ogre hunt goes wrong & Maitland is killed Jones finally has a chance to find out where he came from But the truth he uncovers isn't what he's expecting & it seems that if Jones is going to make his dream come true he'll have to defeat a creature not even Maitland had dared take on & he won't be able to do it alone He's going to need help from Ruby the first girl he's ever met She's outspoken fearless & determined to prove she's as good as any boy & unlike Jones being ordinary is the last thing on her mind Ruby's desperate to find her place in the world & thinks the Badlands could be it So working together isn't going to be straightforward In fact it could be downright dangerous But who said getting what you want is supposed to easy even if it is just wanting to be ordinary?
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