' They take human children & leave changelings in their place...stolen children go into the mound & we can't follow.' Her parents dead Maddy is sick of living in Ireland sick of Blarney & sick of her cousin Danny one of the nastiest people you could meet this side of an Asbo. Mad as hell one evening she crawls inside the grounds of the castle the one place she has always been forbidden to go. Once inside she is chased by a strange feral boy who she suspects is one of the faerie: cruel fantastical people who live among humans & exchange local children for their own. When the boy returns to steal her neighbour Stephen into his world Maddy & her cousins set off on a terrifying journey into a magical wilderness determined to bring him back home. To do so they must face an evil as old as the earth itself... Che Golden has created a dashing adventure that interweaves Maddy's life in modern-day Ireland with a scintillating magical world. ...

Its Christmas Eve & Ferdie has had a terrible thought
- what if Father Christmas cant find the rabbits new home? He & his friends
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Ferdies very worried. Hes just been down to the meadow
- & theres snow on the way! He rushes to tell all the animals waking up
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This is the story of Fergus a little traction engine who always liked to do things right". One day The Fat Controller asked him to help Bill & Ben at the Quarry but poor Fergus wasn't used to their tricks. Read about the trouble they caused him.. ." ...

FERGUS CRANE! YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER! I AM SENDING HELP. Signed T. C. your long-lost Uncle Theo Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life
- having lessons taught by rather odd teachers on the school ship Betty Jeanne helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home
- & Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure! The box is followed by a winged mechanical horse that whisks him off to meet his long-lost uncle & his penguin helpers Finn Bill & Jackson. Fergus finds out that his teachers are not quite what they seem
- theyre actually pirates! Can Fergus & his winged horse save his schoolmates from the far-off Fire Island? & who else will he find there...?


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'I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.' It was with these words written in the 1630s that Pierre de Fermat intrigued & infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years proving Fermat's Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993 after years of secret toil Englishman Andrew Wiles announced to an astounded audience that he had cracked Fermat's Last Theorem. He had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead. In ' Fermat's Last Theorem' Simon Singh has crafted a remarkable tale of intellectual endeavour spanning three centuries & a moving testament to the obsession sacrifice & extraordinary determination of Andrew Wiles: one man against all the odds. ...

In a perfect world thered be no need for Animal Magic. But Eva & Karl Harrison who live at the animal rescue centre with their parents know that life isnt perfect. Every day theres a new arrival in need of their help... Fern is the softest prettiest rabbit imaginable & her young owner Mia is completely devoted to her. When Fern falls ill Mia brings her into Animal Magic but despite Heidis expert care Fern just gets sicker. Will Eva & the team be able to figure out whats wrong with the gorgeous bunny before its too late? ...

Of all the many passions & crazes in nineteenth-century gardening & natural history none was as long lasting or as wide reaching as fern fever or Pteridomania as it became known. The obsession with ferns was not confined to a few professional botanists but it affected men women & children from all classes through the British Isles the Empire & America. Books & articles encouraged thousands to set out on fern forays. Their overwhelming desire to capture a rare specimen led them to wade through streams scale rock faces descend gorges & lean over fast-flowing rivers. Accidents were common sometimes fatal & over-collecting & even fern stealing were rife. Sarah Whittingham has explored verdant ferneries & Pulhamite grottoes throughout the land read hundreds of Victorian works on ferns & examined ferny items from Coalbrookdale benches to Royal Worcester pottery to reveal the incredible extent of the craze. She introduces the key players
- John Lindsay Nathaniel Ward George Loddiges Edward Newman Thomas Moore
- together with many others. It was possible to live a life in ferns from the cradle to the grave: if you were to go to the seaside visit the theatre view an exhibition decorate your house read novels play music & even spend time in hospital you would come upon ferns & ferneries. Fern Fever encompasses garden history social history & the decorative arts illustrated with over 150 beautiful images from around the world. It

Includes:: a list of places to visit where you can experience the Victorian fern craze first hand today.



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When Rachel & Kirsty meet on the ferry to Rainspell Island one summer holiday they have no idea that such magical adventures with the fairies await them! Join Rachel & Kirsty as they search a secret garden & a magical maze to try to find Fern the Green Fairy. ...

An evil wizard has enchanted the magical beasts of Avantia
- only a true hero can free the beasts & stop them from destroying the
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