A classic adventure story for children who have just started to read alone. Sinbad is the most fearless sailor on the seven seas facing trolls giants whales & wild storms on his adventures. But is his luck about to run out? Vibrantly illustrated by Paddy Mounter. Developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University. ...

George Beard & Harold Hutchins are two amazing kids. Not only did they create Captain Underpants but they've saved the world five times! Now George & Harold bring you an all new superhero who's faster than a speeding stroller more powerful than diaper rash & able to leap tall buildings without making poopy stinkers. Meet Super Diaper Baby
- the most powerful peewee to ever pack a punch. George & Harold's brand new superhero is sure to make kids laugh until drink comes out of their noses.
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Hey Diddle Diddle The Cat & the Fiddle The Cow jumped over the Moon The Little Dog laughed To see such fun & the Dish ran away with the Spoon. Thats the bit we know
- but have you ever wondered what happened next? Mini Grey the creator of such favourites as Biscuit Bear" & " The Pea & the Princess" has this brilliantly funny & wonderfully inventive suggestion narrated by one of the principal players
- the Spoon himself. Part love story part crime caper " The Adventures of the Dish & the Spoon" is the rags-to-riches & back again tale of the most dazzling crockery-cutlery duo of all time."

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Benny Thunderbolt Bridie Sharky & the Peretti twins are a mixed bunch of vagabonds & urchins who come together to form the New Cut Gang in two comic tales of stolen silver & skulduggery. Fake coins are turning up all over Lambeth & the finger of suspicion is pointing at Thunderbolts dad
- could he really be the forger? The crime-busting New Cut Gang come to the rescue! & when just two clues
- a blob of wax & a Swedish match
- are discovered at the scene of a break-in the children find themselves on the trail of an extremely cunning criminal. Set in late Victorian London these gripping thrillers have now been put together in a single volume
- with new illustrations throughout from Horrible Histories" illustrator Martin Brown."



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The Adventures of the Wishing Chair"
- When Mollie & Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present they discover the most extraordinary
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This title
Includes:: Volume 1
- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" " Tintin in the Congo". The first volume features

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Don't miss this expanded novelization of the action-packed film! After buying a model of the Unicorn young reporter Tintin discovers a secret message hidden inside the mast of the ship. But what does it mean? Who are the three brothers & why does it mention three Unicorns when there was only one vessel with that name? The clues start to pile up as Tintin & his faithful dog Snowy find themselves sailing flying & riding camels around the globe on an epic adventure! Hot on the trail of the story Tintin meets the hearty seadog Captain Haddock. Can the adventurers solve the mystery before the secret lands in the wrong hands? ...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is the first of Mark Twain's novels to feature one of the best-loved characters in American fiction with a critical introduction by John Seelye in " Penguin Classics". From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence & the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe " The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth. A sombre undercurrent flows through the high humour & unabashed nostalgia of the novel however for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult reality
- base emotions & superstitions murder & revenge starvation & slavery. In his illuminating introduction noted Twain scholar John Seelye considers Twain's impact on American letters & discusses the balance between humorous escapades & serious concern that is found in much of Twain's writing. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) trained as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi river; ' Mark Twain' a phrase used on riverboats to indicate that the water is two fathoms deep became the pseudonym by which he was best known. After the Civil War Twain turned to journalism publishing his first short story in 1865. Dubbed 'the father of American literature' by William Faulkner Twain led a colourful life of travelling bankruptcy & great literary success. If you enjoyed " The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" you may like Mark Twain's " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The hero is one of the most endearing in literature". (" Daily Telegraph")."
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If you love a good story then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure & return to again & again. Meet the boy who can find trouble without even looking. At school at home in church & outdoors if there's mischief afoot Tom Sawyer will be in the thick of it! ...

On the banks of the Mississippi Tom Sawyer & his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret & run away to be pirates & search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer can he escape unharmed? Richard Peck is an American novelist known for his young adult books. He was awarded Americans highly prestigious Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel A Year Down Yonder"." ...