Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Timothy's sisters think that boys are all rubbish at cooking so Timothy sets out to prove them wrong - [...]
Norvin is a very good actor, but rather plain. In fact, he looks very like a shark, and more than anything, he loves to shoot through the water like a silver arrow. But his cunning plan to clear the water at Caramel Cove badly misfires...This funny tale written by best-selling author, Margaret Mahy,[...]
A collection of 19 five-minute stories. This anthology contains a mixture of old and new, including Perrault's "Little Red Riding Hood", Mahy's "Horrendous Hullabaloo" and King-Smith's "Blessu".[...]
Unlike her brothers and sisters, Anthea cannot see, so when they all go to the beach one day, their mother tells them to take care of her. While they are all playing on the sand, a thick fog rolls in from the ocean. Suddenly it's up to Anthea to get everyone home safely. Written by the legendary Mar[...]
Bath-time turns into a fantastical adventure in the hands of two of children's literature's best.
Margaret Mahy and Steven Kellog, two the world's most beloved picture book creators, are reunited for this galloping, free-spirited romp. It begins with Sammy, whose obnoxious neighbors get to go to[...]
"Read this aloud and expect a lot of giggles and calls for a repeat performance."--"Horn Book," starred review "Little Mabel blew a bubble, and it caused a lot of trouble . . . " When little Mabel's bubble gets away from her, it's her baby brother who gets into trouble. Soon he's floating out of the[...]
A legend is born. Heriot has always known that he was different with his terrifying dreams and psychic powers. Ripped from his family farm, he is forced to serve as the King's magician in the capital city of Diamond. Isolated and lonely, his only friends are the 'mad prince' Dysart and Cayley, a mys[...]
Heriot is forced to serve as the King's magician in the capital city of Diamond. Isolated and lonely, his only friends are the 'mad prince' Dysart and Cayley, a mysterious wild city child. But their friendship is about to be tested to the limit when chilling violence and ambition threatens to crush [...]
A collection of five stories by Margaret Mahy.
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Sam has an ordinary life - but his mother used to be a pirate! One day at breakfast, they decide to go [...]
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, s[...]
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Michael loves to make things up, and when he and his dad go for a walk, they can't believe what they se[...]
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. The Witch Dance is a special party. Every witch brings a cloak, a hat and a cat. But not Witch Rose. Sh[...]
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. A family move into a new house. They are just a small family - a mum, a dad and a little girl called Sa[...]
Little Mabel blew a bubble and it caused a lot of trouble...Such a lot of bubble trouble in a bibble-bobble way. For it broke away from Mabel as it bobbed across the table, Where it bobbled over Baby, and it wafted him away. Follow the hilarious efforts of the townsfolk as they chase the baby far ac[...]
When Mama tells Baby that she's made a lovely lunch for him, she doesn't know that the animals are listening at the window. And they are much hungrier than Baby. While Mama bangs on her drums - boom-biddy-boom-biddy-boom-boom-boom - the yellow cat, the brown dog, the red rooster, the black-faced[...]
Tioårige Alvar får i hemläxa av sin fröken att börja skriva en bok, eftersom biblioteket inte har råd att köpa in böcker. Alvar hittar på en historia om figuren Sigge Skumrask och börjar skriva på pappas dator. Plötsligt blir Sigge verklig och lägger sig i historien, liksom både Alvars[...]
När Sophie hittar en valbensamulett gömd i en byrålåda vaknar ett spöke på det gamla skeppet Gåtan. Hans rop på hjälp når en upptäcktsresande, en berömd polarforskare och en lömsk skurk. Vem ska nå fram till skeppet först? Margaret Mahy är från Nya Zeeland och har gjort stor succé [...]
Tioårige Alvar får i hemläxa av sin fröken att börja skriva en bok, eftersom biblioteket inte har råd att köpa in böcker. Alvar hittar på en historia om figuren Sigge Skumrask och börjar skriva på pappas dator. Plötsligt blir Sigge verklig och lägger sig i historien, liksom både Alvars[...]
Det var en gång sju bröder som var och en hade en märklig egenskap. De levde ett rofyllt liv på bergssluttningen. En dag såg en av bröderna hur en av arbetarna som byggde den kinesiska muren blev orättvist behandlad. Då fick bröderna användning av sina speciella krafter. Berättelsen bygge[...]