Tosh’s upbringing feels close to perfect: best friends, mischief and secondary school, just around the next corner. But when chronic illness strikes, it threatens to derail everything she loves.
A heart-rending graphic novel of discovery, adversity, and the overwhelming healing powers of imagination and stories.
Best friends Bumble and Snug are bugbops – little monsters filled with BIG feelings! Join them in this new, full-colour graphic novel, as they go on a thrilling, funny adventure with some VERY jealous giants and learn about the world outside and inside.
Bumble and Snug are competing in the annual Bugbop Ball Championships where there are absolutely no rules and lots of chaos! It all comes down to the finale where the pixie team are playing against some VERY jealous giants.
When the trophy is stolen from the winners, Bumble and Snug put on their detective hats to solve the mystery. But there’s another duo on the case and Bumble is determined to beat them…
Bumble and Snug and the Jealous Giants is a story about jealousy, friendship and mystery, and one extremely SHINY trophy!
Perfect for readers just starting to enjoy stories independently, for visual readers and for wise kids to share with their grown-ups. For fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Dogman.
There are plenty of mean geese in the world. They hiss and honk and chase you down for a handful of crumbs. But Gordon is the meanest of them all. He stomps on sandcastles, knocks ice-creams out of hands, and punches sharks – he’s the worst, and he loves it. Until one day, something extraordinary happens . . . Anthony the Piglet gives him a flower. With this one act of kindness, Gordon’s world begins to crumble. Join Gordon the Goose, Anthony the Piglet, and the citizens of Grover Gardens for a laugh-out-loud journey of empathy, courage, and soggy bread.
This is a super-fun, colour-illustrated chapter book that fans of Lottie Brooks, Dork Diaries or Tom Gates will enjoy.
Nina is an ordinary ten-year-old with dreams of social media stardom. When a viral cat-in-pants moment gives her a chance, Nina’s quest for likes leads to hilarious, disastrous results.
This brilliantly fun book, with appealing illustrations, is packed with wordplay and bonkers situations. It’s perfect for reluctant readers, subtly exploring friendship and self-awareness while delivering big laughs. It also covers the topic of online stardom, viral fame and navigating the online world.
Best friends Chiri and Dai stumble into a forgotten realm, tormented by the evil Shadow King who yearns to spread terror and unleash wild magic on everyone. But will these best friends, with the help of the druids, warriors, and magical goats they encounter be able to find their way home? And more importantly, can they evade the darkness that was awoken on their arrival and seal the pathway between worlds before it is too late?
Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don’t get noticed by the meankids.
Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similarinterests and join them.
On her first day at her new school,Penelope–Peppi–Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips intoa quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she’s already broken the first rule,and the mean kids start calling her the “nerder girlfriend.” How does she handlethis crisis? By shoving poor Jaime and running away!
Falling back on ruletwo and surrounding herself with new friends in the art club, Peppi still can’thelp feeling ashamed about the way she treated Jaime. Things are already awkwardenough between the two, but to make matters worse, he’s a member of her ownclub’s archrivals–the science club! And when the two clubs go to war, Peppirealizes that sometimes you have to break the rules to survive middleschool!
Harper’s passion is parkour. Moving over, under and around obstacles in unique ways makes her feel like a superstar. But when the big parkour competition is cancelled, Harper has no place to compete – unless she joins a gymnastics team. Will Harper find the same passion for gymnastics as parkour?
Combining exciting sports stories with a dynamic graphic novel format, these fast-paced tales of sportsmanship and teamwork come to life in full-colour graphic novels. Supportive back matter, including comprehension questions, writing prompts and non-fiction sports info, helps young readers and sports enthusiasts step up their game.
A story of survival, of love between mother and son and of enduring hope in the face of unspeakable hardship. An important read. The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Die describes an extraordinary journey, made by Peter, a boy of five, through war-torn Europe in 1944 and 1945.
Peter and his parents set out from a small Hungarian town, travelling through Austria and then Germany together. Along the way, unforgettable images of adventure flash one after another: sleeping in a tent and then under the sky, discovering a disused brick factory, catching butterflies in the meadows – and as Peter realises that this adventure is really a nightmare – watching bombs falling from the blue sky outside Vienna, learning maths from his mother in Belsen.
All this is drawn against a background of terror, starvation, infection and, inevitably, death, before Peter and his mother can return home.
Author Professor Peter Lantos is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and in his previous life was an internationally renowned clinical neuroscientist. His memoir, Parallel Lines (Arcadia Books, 2006) was translated into Hungarian, German and Italian. Closed Horizon (Arcadia, 2012) was his first novel.
Peter was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2020 for ‘services to Holocaust education and awareness’.
He is one of the last of the generation of survivors and this – his first book for children – will serve as a testimony to his experience.
Peter lives in London.
With great porker comes great responsibility.
Gary Yorkshire is finally getting into the swing of this whole superhero thing – saving the world from terrible villains, masterfully concealing his identity with a very small mask. But what happens when Batpig is called to battle time itself in a maths class that just won’t end? Or when the city is attacked by something completely (and literally) out of this world?
It’s not easy being a super-swine, but with the help of his best friends Brook the bat and Carl the fish, there’s no hamburglar they can’t catch.
A brilliantly funny and skilfully rendered commercial young graphic novel series, with each book containing two separate stories.
Join time-travelling penguins Pablo and Splash on an unexpected adventure to the time of the dinosaurs in this brilliantly funny full-colour graphic novel. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey or Dog Man.
Antarctic penguins Pablo and Splash are polar opposites and besties for life. Pablo is a home-bird and a careful planner. Splash is easily bored and hungry for adventure. Sick to her flippers of the harsh, freezing weather, Splash persuades Pablo to go on a holiday with her. But far from the luxury beach destination that Splash has in mind, the pair end up in a time-travel machine that takes them back to the age of the dinosaurs! Suddenly their icy homeland doesn’t seem so dull …
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