Read by Miranda Richardson. Welcome to Potter's Barn! The animals of Potter's Barn are making a cake. The trouble is, nobody has ever made one before, & it doesn't turn out quite as expected...
Includes:: Mish Mash Hash
- Complete with music & sound effects Mish Mash Hash
- A read-along version of the story with page-turning sound effects


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They want to know why. Why am I here? What happened to you, Chloe Doe? Thats what they ask at the Madeline Parker Institute for Girls ? girls like Chloe, a seventeen-year-old prostitute. Chloe says she does what she does because she has to pay the rent, because she has to eat ? & because shes good at it. The way she sees it, everyones job has one or two things about it they don?t like & her job isn?t so different. Chloe has no intention of taking seriously the attempts to reform her; what other kind of future is out there for her & why would she want to look back at her past? But then she meets her counsellor, Dr Dearborn. Even if he does have crazy hair that makes him look like the Joker, Chloe soon realizes he is smart, & not just ?book smart? ? he is the first person in a long time to find the chink in her armour. The only person who can get her to remember the tragic event she would rather forget & finally persuade her she is someone worth saving. Told in a heart breakingly sardonic voice, this is the story of a girl on the brink of self-destruction & the events that brought her there. ...

The second in the Hampstead Murders series opens with a sudden death at an iconic local venue, which some of the team believe may be a connected with an unsolved murder featuring Cold War betrayals worthy of George Smiley. It soon emerges that none other than Agatha Christie herself may be the key witness who is able to provide the missing link. ...

The new edition of Salley Vicker's sensational debut novel. ' Miss Garnet's Angel' is a voyage of discovery; a novel about Venice but also the rich story of the explosive possibilities of change in all of us at any time. Julia Garnet is a teacher. Just retired, she is left a legacy which she uses by leaving her orderly life & going to live -- in winter -- in an apartment in Venice. Its beauty, its secret corners & treasures, & its people overwhelm a lifetime of reserve & caution. Above all, she's touched by the all-prevalent spirit of the Angel, Raphael. The ancient tale of Tobias, who travels to Media unaware he is accompanied by the Archangel Raphael, unfolds alongside Julia Garnet's contemporary journey. The two stories interweave with parents & landladies, restorers & priests, American tourists & ancient travellers abounding. The result is an enormously satisfying journey of the spirit -- & Julia Garnet is a character to treasure. ...

Celebrate taking tea in all its guises. In this charming cookbook, Miss Hope treats you to an array of recipes for teatime delights, from Potted Prawns & Scotch Eggs, to Marmalade Cake, Sea Salt Millionaire's Shortbread & Custard Tarts, all washed down with the perfect tipple such as a Sparkling Jasmine Tea or an Earl Grey Vodka. There's also an insight into the art of teatime etiquette, including how to make edible garnishes & the all-important table decorations. Exquisitely designed with full-colour photography & all the charm & appeal of the Hope & Greenwood br&, this little gem of a book epitomises the beloved British tradition of afternoon tea. ...

Elspeth Mc Gillicuddy boards the 4.50 train from Paddington to visit old friend, Miss Marple as her train travels alongside another train, she witnesses a tall, dark man strangling a blonde woman. She reports what she has witnessed but to no avail, there is no sign of murder or any persons reported missing matching her description but Miss Marple believes her. Using maps & train tmietabels, she pinpoints the exact spot where the body must be & aided by Lucy Eyelesbarrow they go on the tricky task of uncovering a murder & a cunning murderer... ...

After her mothers death, twenty-year-old Sophie Ross is left orphaned, with only her erstwhile nursemaid & faithful friend, Hannah for company.

Penniless & little chance of an income, she looks for work as a governess in London to avoid destitution.

But unbeknown to Sophie, her mother instructed Hannah to post a letter to Trescadinnick House in Cornwall upon her death. The letter will be the catalyst that changes Sophies life forever as she learns of her mothers doomed romance & family she left behind in Cornwall.

The Penvarrow family welcomes Sophie into their fold, but the new life shes built is threatened by secrets & lies that soon come to light...

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781784976187
• Author: Diney Costeloe
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 405
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm













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Ada Houstons life is shattered when her brother Frank goes missing following an accident at the docks.

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A mysterious isl&. An abandoned orphanage. & a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction & photography in a thrilling reading experience. ...

In the new year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged twenty-one, leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor area of Birmingham. Her early weeks are eye-opening: at the school she faces a class of fifty-two children, some of whose homes are among Birmingham's very poorest. One of the teachers, the elderly Lily Drysdale, proves an inspiration, & Gwen begins to understand the appalling hardships endured by the children as se is drawn into their lives. Joey Phillips, eight years old & the man of the house, looks after his dying mother & lives in fear of being sent to an orphanage. When he disappears one day to a life on the streets, Gwen is haunted by his absence. & there's Lucy Fernandez, an epileptic. Through her, Gwen meets Daniel Fernandez, the elder brother in a fatherless household. Gwen falls in love & is engaged in his battle to win rights for the working class. As the International Brigade is mobilized to fight in the Spanish Civil War, Gwen has to accept that Daniel has secrets in his past which she would rather not face up to... ...