Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. But such a change doesn’t come without consequences. After a near-fatal car accident in rural Colorado leaves his body broken, Paul finds himself at the mercy o…
Covering more than seven-tenths of Earth's surface, the planet's freshwater bodies and oceans together host a diversity of aquatic life. What kind of stars inhabit the seas? What makes whales lose their way? Get ready to meet an ocean 'unicorn', swim with dugongs and investigate some of the weirdest looking residents of the deep. From the serpent-like oarfish to the giant Pacific octopus, here …
Zac and Eddie have been helping their Granny Mo in her search for the perfect pet. She's tried everything - cats, bunnies, even axolotls! - and she just can't find the right one. But when the trio go mudlarking in the riverbank, they find a creature unlike anything else. Granny Mo might have set out to look for a pet, but now she's got a monster on her hands and it's about to get up to some …
Orphan Ettie Shaw is penniless and homeless on the streets of London when she is spotted by her older brother Joe. Joe has fallen in with a notorious pickpocket gang run by a man called Fagin, and Ettie has to disguise herself as a boy so she can come back with him to Fagin’s lair. At first Ettie is able to help out with mending and other domestic jobs, but when one of the other boys fa…
Here's a wonderful way for toddlers to remember important words like "please," "thank you," and "excuse me." This appealing book with a sheet of stickers for added fun.