Some dads bring home rabbits. Or dogs.Or parrots. Not Nicholas's dad. The latest member of their family is Crunchbag- the Alligator! Soon he's running riot in the bathroom and on the roof terrace and even in the park! But he wouldn't eat poor defenceless Granny... would he?
Tim and Zoe can't believe it when a guest at the Viking Hotel Discovers an Actual, real-life Viking in her bed! And things get even more exciting when he decides to stay for not one, but Three adventures!
He's as tall as four houses and everyone runs around in their pyjamas trying not to get squashed! But Giant Jim isn't dangerous; he's just so big he can't help but cause trouble. The children all love him but the grown-ups want him to leave. Until a hurricane strikes and only Giant Jim can save them.
Rob likes to worry. He worries a lot. If he's not worried about anything then that worries him. But wait! Now Alliens have moved in over the road. Everyone knows aliens only come to Earth for one reason, and that is to take it. Over. That's something to worry about! Can Rob save the world when everyone's telling him to just stop panicking?
Dullandon primary school runs strictly by the headmaster's timetable - until Miss Pandemonium arrives. Within a week she has everyone trying to fly in home-made helicopters and making friendship cake, which is far too friendly. The headmaster isn't going to put up with sort of thing for long
It's not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. Clarice Bean is beginning to feel just like the hero of her favorite books - schoolgirl detective Ruby Redfort. Can Clarice pay Attention long enough to ace her book project about Ruby and win the class prize? Find out in the utterly hilarious and suspenseful diary of Clarice Bean.
I Have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny. Now Mum and dad say she is nearly quite big enough to go to school. "Lola is not sure." Lola says, "I am absolutely not Big. I am still really quite small." She says, " I probably do not have time to go to school. I am too extremely busy doing important thigs at home."
Nicholas's granny has fallen in love - with the elderly hell's Angel next door! Yurrrgghhh. NIcholas's dad isn't happy about it - but Granny won't let him get in the way. She has a few tricks up her sleeve...and Granny on a motorbike could be a very dangerous thing...
Clarice Bean is in nonstop trouble these days - almost as much as Karl Wrenbury, and he is the naughtiest boy in school. Someone who is very good at getting OUT of Trouble is Ruby Redfort, a girl detective on TV. Clarice would love to be famous on TV.