Margaret Mahy
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Captain Lionel Wafer and his fellow-pirates - Toad, Brace-and-Bit and Winkle - are no ordinary ruffians. Clinging to the belief that life should be simple, free and unplanned they set off in a converted teashop of a ship, renamed The Sinful Sausage, to sail backwards and forwards over the bounding blue. In no time a dastardly plan has formed in Captain Wafer's mind to kidnap the famous inventor, Humbert Cash-Cash, from his sunshine retreat and purloin...
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The man from the land of Fandango is coming to pay you a call! He wears a hat with a tassel and a polka-dot tie - and he juggles and bounces and dances with bears, bison, baboons, kangaroos and even dinosaurs. He's wonderful and amazing - so watch out for him, and watch carefully - because he only appears every 500 years!
3) Aunt Nasty
Author
Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Two children have a surprisingly nice time when their Aunt Nasty who is a witch comes to visit their home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A family move into a new house. They are just a small family - a mum, a dad and a little girl called Sarah. It is a big old house full of space and echoes. And Sarah is sure there is something very magical indeed about the cupboard under the stairs.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2006
Description
When Dad loses his car keys, toddler Mary suspects that they have ended up down the back of the chair, so Dad begins to search. But, what an odd assortments of objects are living down the back of the chair! This rhyming story is packed with fun and imagination, featuring dragons, pirates, treasure, lions, elephants and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
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 - by making the most delicious chocolate porridge ever. The only trouble is - who is going to eat it?
11) The witch dog
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The Witch Dance is a special party. Every witch brings a cloak, a hat and a cat. But not Witch Rose. She is allergic to cats! Luckily for her, Nightshade, the perfect Witch Dog is on hand to help. But can Witch Rose and Nightshade convince the other witches that a Witch Dog really can be as good as any cat?