This Little Golden Book celebrates everything that is thrillifying about Glinda, the pretty and charming girl from Universal Pictures’ smash-hit Wicked! Everything from Glinda’s magical world, including her friend Elphaba and the Wizard, is featured in gorgeous retro-style illustrations that will delight children, Wicked fans, and collectors of all ages!
Blood-red samurai warriors carry Lord Oda through the snow to Black Eagle Castle. Taka watches them, silent and invisible. He is a ninja and he is plotting a deadly revenge... When Taka's mother is killed in battle, Taka vows to seek justice. He enlists his friends Cho and Renzo and, armed by the Grandmaster, the three set out o confront Akemi's killer. But they all know this could be a one-…
The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate - and lose a few eyebrows in the…
Luke is desperate to meet his heroes when he discovers that the England football team are secretly training at his local ground! But how is he supposed to do that when he has to go to school all day? He has to come up with a plan, and quick, if he ever has a chance of making his dream come true.
Fair is foul and foul is fair ... bestseller Ross Montgomery returns with a laugh-out-loud, perfectly pitched introduction to Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Beth has been looking forward to the Prizegiving Assembly all year. She’s won best-behaved pupil two years in a row and is confident that she’ll triumph again for a third time. But as preparations continue for the ceremony, which includes a p…
An XBox loving boy hits on a cunning plan to send a pig to school in his place. Soon the pig is Star Pupil and Freddy is growing ever more pig-like at home. A laugh-out-loud exploration of why what we wish for isn't always good for us, in a brilliantly accessible format specially designed for severely struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
Class bully Darren is challenged to a face-off with Olly the bull. Darren has no idea that Olly's a gentle giant. And the boy who set the challenge has no idea it's not Olly in the field!