Books Children's Fiction Books The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780241387887 •†Author: Dick King-Smith •†Publisher:†  Penguin •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 144 •†Dimensions:†19.8 x 12.9 x 0.9 cm ...

Cynthia LOVES Christmas. So much so that her flockmates send her off to the North Pole to help Father Christmas.

But it

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The moon is high, the hour is late, Goat is napping by the gate. But... THE SHEEP WONT SLEEP!

A sleepy sheepdog struggles

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Delve into this iconic classic Sherlock Holmes collection & absorb yourself in all of the adventures of the infamous detective & his loyal companion & chronicler, Dr Watson...

From baffling policemen with extraordinary deductive reasoning to his ability to solve the most complex cases, join the outstanding & unconventional Mr Holmes in a series of phenomons!

Enjoy the traditional drug-addled, anti-social detective like we did in the last 19th-century when it was first published!

Included in this title:
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear
• His Last Bow
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes
• A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781784286743
• Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Hardback
- 6 Book Box Set
• Dimensions: 19 x 14 x 13cm





















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Here, in a witty & informed text, are plot summaries of every single Sherlock Holmes story, in the order which they were written, & with good-humoured & even waspish assessments of their relative merits. & there are many original interviews with some of the actors who've played Holmes, or written film or television scripts about him, over the years
- as well as a comprehensive chronology of all the (often unlikely) thespians to have attempted a portrayal of Holmes, from Basil Rathbone & Jeremy Brett to Stewart Granger, no less.
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Science meets myth when ogres armed with high-tech weaponry steal a huge telescope as part of an insane plan to cast the world into permanent darkness.

With global catastrophe looming, Kenny & Kiyomi take the fight to the enemy, even if it means going out of this world.

But all is not well between the friends. Kiyomis behaviour is growing increasingly erratic & it soon becomes clear that her life
- & her humanity
- are in danger. Kenny is faced with an impossible choice
- does he save his friend or fulfil his duty?

The Matrix meets Percy Jackson in this exciting series packed with monsters, magic & mayhem, set in modern day Japan.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781405270618
• Age: 9 to 12 Years
• Author: Jason Rohan
• Publisher: Egmont
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 346
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm

















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The death, a year before, of Weem Lowrie, husband to Jess & father to James, Bethany & Innes, has, in words that the fishing community of Buckie might use, left his wife & children adrift & rudderless. As well as being the head of the family & the centre of their lives, Weem also dominated his three children from birth & shaped them as he saw fit. Now that he has gone they must come to terms with what he has made from them. Frustrated & unhappy in the marriages that their father had forced them into, James & Bethany must try & alter the course of their lives
- James longs to take over his father's place & be skipper of the drifter but he is frustrated by his Uncle Albert, who keeps a tight grip on his own position of power. Bethany, meanwhile, longs to escape from the life all the local women lead & instead find an outlet for her pent-up ambitions & energy. Innes, the youngest, hates the sea & must find the courage to cope with his brother & sister's scorn. For Jess, change comes in the form of Jacob, her childhood sweetheart. Every bit as ambitious & charismatic as Weem was, he still wants Jess & is armed with the power & wealth to split her family apart.
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One of the true classics of horror, now with a new stunning cover look. The Shining is one of Stephen King's masterpieces.

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Details: The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any
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The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning Lauren Beukes. 'GONE GIRL has not exactly gone. But THE SHINING GIRLS have arrived' (The Times). " It's not my fault. It's yours. You shouldn't shine. You shouldn't make me do this." Chicago 1931. Harper Curtis, a violent drifter, stumbles on a house with a secret as shocking as his own twisted nature
- it opens onto other times. He uses it to stalk his carefully chosen 'shining girls' through the decades
- & cut the spark out of them. He's the perfect killer. Unstoppable. Untraceable. He thinks... Chicago, 1992. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Tell that to Kirby Mazrachi, whose life was shattered after a brutal attempt to murder her. Still struggling to find her attacker, her only ally is Dan, an ex-homicide reporter who covered her case & now might be falling in love with her. As Kirby investigates, she finds the other girls
- the ones who didn't make it. The evidence is.. .impossible. But for a girl who should be dead, impossible doesn't mean it didn't happen...


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