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The minute we saw Miss Kraken, we all knew it was going to be a bad year. She's cranky. She's strict. She's just plain ... weird. Miss Kraken is definitely not the teacher the kids were hoping for. But she might have a surprise or two up her sleeves. A hilarious tale of bad behaviour and unexpected consequences.

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'And a ONE - and a TWO - and a THREE-' 'Excuse me. Can I join your choir?' 'No. You cannot join our choir. This is a MEERKAT choir.' The meerkats are excited. They're ready for their very first rehearsal with their meerkat choirmaster. But just as they're about to sing their very first note, they're interrupted by a steady stream of other animals who want to join in. The meerkat choirmaster insists his choir is only for meerkats. And he gets grumpier and grumpier at each interruption. A laugh-out-loud picture book that celebrates the joy of joining in.

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Ruby the excitable reindeer is determined to have another calamitous Christmas! This time at the South Pole - with penguins and seals and sharks and whales all joining in the adventure. 'I'm zippy! I'm snappy! I'm raring to go-"You're NAUGHTY,' said Rudolf. 'The answer is NO.'If only Mrs Claus had listened! Letting Ruby lead the sleigh is a recipe for disaster. Ruby's wild ride lands her in a world of trouble, and very far from home. Poor Ruby is stranded, the presents are scattered...and the local penguins are very, very grumpy. How can the naughtiest reindeer avert a Christmas disaster this time? Another hilarious adventure featuring everyone's favourite irrepressible reindeer.

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Up from the darkness, he springs from his hole... Explorer! Enthusiast! MORRIS THE MOLE! With a twirl of his spade and a twitch of his nose, Morris makes TUNNELS wherever he goes... Will Morris dig his way to trouble? Or will his hard work pay off in an unexpected way? Morris's adventures underground (and above) are hugely entertaining and full of joy.

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Goals for Term Two: 1. Be the best teacher I can be. 2. Keep my spells to myself. 3. DO NOT UPSET MELODY MARTIN. What's a witch to do? Zelda is likely to end up in a truckload of trouble if she can't even follow the rules she sets herself. Especially when there's an impressionable young witchling in the class, and the vice principal is on the warpath. Soon both Zelda and the secret witchling are battling unruly magic, peer pressure and a seriously mean PE teacher. And then there's the weird smell... With the school camp coming up fast, Zelda has her work cut out for her. And as usual, Barnaby is only making things worse. Will Zelda get to have her hero moment - or will she cause everything she cares about to disappear? More magic, mischief and mayhem from Zelda Stitch, the wayward witch.

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'Zelda rides a broomstick!` `Zelda's got a bat-friend!` 'Zelda smells like toadstools!` 'Witch! Witch! Witch!` 'It was bad enough when I was eleven years old. But if they sniff me out now, it'll be a disaster. Zelda Stitch isn't much of a witch - she's hoping she'll make a better primary school teacher. But if the vice principal finds out about her, her dream will go up in a puff of smoke. Keeping her magic secret isn't the only trouble bubbling in Ms Stitch's classroom: there's wild-child Zinnia, lonely Eleanor, secretive Phoebe and a hairy, eight-legged visitor called Jeremy. Not to mention the nits... 'With NO HELP AT ALL from her disagreeable cat Barnaby, Zelda must learn to be a better teacher, a better friend and a better witch - even if that means taking broomstick lessons. 'Magic. Mischief. Mayhem. Zelda's classroom is a cauldron full of laughs.

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The hilarious adventures of Dash - a highly unusual pet who gets up to all kinds of mischief.

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