Mariella loves nothing more than inventing but bedtime keeps getting in the way of all her brilliant ideas! So when Mum and Dad won't take no for an answer there's only one thing for it... Mariella has to build a rocket-powered flying suit to zap her round the world faster than the setting sun! If anyone can outsmart sleep it's Mariella. But everyone needs sleep and without it all of Mariella's…
Imelda's mam dropped a vase when she saw Mary Leary. That might be due to Mary's new haircut, one she did herself, that makes her look like a supermodel. Or she thinks so. And yet... Mary's mam doesn't seem happy about it...
Grandpa Feliks can't wait to eat the carp he has bought for Christmas. But little Lucja loves Mr Fishy. Grandpa Feliks saw off the Germans, and then the Russians - but can he hope to win against his own daughter? A Little Gem from Barrington Stoke written by the Children's Laureate for Ireland.
In the 1890s, Conor and his family live on the soverign Saltee Island, off the Irish coast. He spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king's daughter, Princess Isabella. But the boy's idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. When Conor tries to intervene, he is branded a traitor and theown in…
In the future, in a place called Satellite city, cosmo hill enters the world, unwanted by his parent. He's sent to the clarissa frayne institute for parentally challenged boys. Freight class. Here, the boys are put to work by the state, testing highly dangerous products. Cosmo realizes he must get away, and escapes with the help of the supranaturalists, a group of kids who have the same specia…