A ghostly voice promises to help Karam, a new immigrant to the UK, deal with the bully at school. But there is a price to pay in this chilling thriller that's not for the faint-hearted ... A brilliantly accessible short story with a reading age of 6, designed to help severely struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 9+
Do Snip and Clip have enough time to save Oak when workmen arrive to cut him down?
This charming tale by Catherine Veitch follows the life of a loggerhead turtle called Tia. After hatching on a beach and making the precarious journey into the water, Tia finds safety in the weedy wonderland of the Sargasso Sea, where she makes lots of strange and special animal friends. Captivatingly illustrated by Mette Engell, this simple tale introduces children to a range of ocean animals.
From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story. Born in what is now Nigeria in 1745, Olaudah Equiano’s peaceful childhood was brought to an abrupt end when he was captured and enslaved aged 11. He spent much of the next eight years of his life at sea, seeing action in the …
What transforms an ordinary Edinburgh boy into the most infamous split personality of all time? This vividly imagined diary of the young Henry Jekyll examines the contradictions within us all and teases out one possible backstory for the character in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A haunting and atmospheric imagining of a classic tale. Particularly suitable …
Down in the Jungle is an illustrated picture book featuring three jungle animal stories for preschoolers and young children.