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HarperCollins Publishers The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack (Collins Modern Classics)
First in the super-funny classic series starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell. Jack’s fed up of living in the shadow of his brilliant siblings. He and his trusty dog Zero are completely ordinary while the rest of them are annoyingly gifted. So when Uncle Parker comes up with a plan to make Jack stand out, he’s more than a little excited. Can he really get away with claiming to predict the future? And will the hare-brained scheme help Jack shine, or get him noticed for all the wrong reasons?
£8.42
HarperCollins Publishers A Treasury of Fairy Tales
A sumptuous collection of favourite tales, with exquisitely detailed plates and decorative vignettes by illustrator, Siân Bailey. Open this book and enter the magical world of fairy tales, a land of mystery and enchantment, alive with handsome princes, wicked queens and beautiful heroines. This classically beautiful collection brings together twelve popular fairy tales, retold by well-known author Helen Cresswell and enhanced by Siân Bailey’s finely detailed illlustrations. Beauty and the BeastCinderellaDick WhittingtonThe Frog PrinceThe Emperor’s New ClothesRapunzelPuss in BootsSnow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White and Rose RedThe Sleeping BeautyThe Twelve Dancing PrincessesThe Princess and the Pea
£19.99
Faber & Faber Moondial
A new edition of the much-loved classic story of time travel, ghosts and friendship.Even before she came to Belton, Minty Cane had known that she was a witch, or something very like it . . .Minty is the kind of girl who notices things. Pockets of cold air on a stairway. Cries on the wind. Ghosts.On night-time jaunts from the house where she's staying while her mother recovers from an accident, Minty stumbles upon a moondial which takes her back in time. She finds Tom, a sickly kitchen boy, and Sarah, a girl with a birthmark who is only allowed out at night because her family think she has the mark of the devil . . .Can Minty save her friends, or will she get stuck in the past . . .?'Fresh and entertaining.' Publishers Weekly'Carefully wrought and evanescent as a ghost story should be, this will be enjoyed by any admirer of Tom's Midnight Garden.' Kirkus
£8.42
Lutterworth Press Ellie and the Hagwitch Fantasia S
£23.54
Five Leaves Publications The Secret World of Polly Flint
£8.03
Oxford University Press Lizzie Dripping
Everyone in the village where Lizzie lives thinks that she's a dreamer - so it's no wonder that they don't believe her when she says she's seen a witch. But Lizzie doesn't care because she knows it's true and having a witch for a friend makes life much more exciting. ·Helen Cresswell is a well-known writer and has written more than forty books. She has adapted stories such as The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Demon Head master for television.
£8.42
