My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Jones. The ‘Dreadful’ bit is my dad’s JOKE. But I do not see the funny side. Plus it is not even true that I am dreadful. It’s just that sometimes my BRILLIANT IDEAS don’t work out completely brilliantly. Like, I didn’t mean for my cousin to end up bald and covered in superglue, and I also didn’t mean to steal our neighbour’s dog and make him speak Russian…It is not my fault. I can’t help it – I’m just a Magnet for Disaster.

The children are on the other side of the door, in the Time Vault, where they meet the school caretaker and discover that he is Mortlock, a Time Guardian. Mortlock explains their mission to fight the Virans.

In The Jewel in the Hub Wilf goes back to Renaissance Italy and meets the young Leonardo Da Vinci. The boys discover the Hub (a part of the TimeWeb), but so do the Virans!
Biff, Chip, Kipper and friends are older now and their true destiny is about to be revealed… Can they stop the evil Virans from destroying history as we know it? The Time Chronicles are exciting chapter books following your favourite characters on a series of adventures through time.

Biff, Chip, Kipper and friends are older now and their true destiny is about to be revealed! Join them as they embark on the mission of a lifetime in this exciting time travelling adventure series.

Taran’s been promoted – to Assistant Pig Keeper. It’s not quite the heroic task he envisioned, even if Hen Wen is an oracular pig.
But even assistant pig keeping turns out to be harder than expected, when Hen Wen escapes, Taran has a run-in with the Horned King, and things get even worse.

This is a new edition of the second book of the classic Newbury award winning epic fantasy series full of action, humour, valour and excitement.
The evil death-lord Arawn is once again threatening the peaceful land of Prydain. Taran, the pig-keeper and hero of the Chronicles, must help find and destroy the powerful black cauldron. Arawn’s cauldron creates an army of warriors, who cannot be killed as they have no life. Can Taran overcome the huntsman of Annuvin and the enchantresses Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch to fulfil his mission and protect Prydain?

Getting a place at Rockley Park school for talented young performers involves struggle and sacrifice, and that’s just the beginning! Life at Rockley Park is packed full of new friends, potential enemies, crises and triumphs. Since Tara and her band won the international Battle of the Bands competition, they’ve become famous across the country, and are in huge demand. But Tara hates the limelight and is dreading performing at a massive summer gig. So when the band’s drummer falls ill, she sees it as the perfect excuse to avoid performing at all. Will she really make the band pull out of their biggest concert ever?

Clovis spots a fellow tiger trapped in the water in a nearby pool. This is a disaster – tigers hate water. Everyone knows they NEVER go in it. How will Clovis be able to help? And will he ever discover the real identity of the underwater tiger? A funny story about reflections, overcoming your fears, and learning to swim

The dragon was born in the deepest crevices of a bottomless pool. Its father was Evil, its mother Darkness, and its name was Wickedness.’ This magnificent picture book is reissued with a new cover and brings to life this powerful tale of England’s patron saint and his triumph over the evil Dragon.

As if life at Freekham High isn’t weird enough, now someone’s trying to make it even weirder by filming lots of fake and freakish accidents to send to a TV show. Catching the school bully’s gruesomely grotty grundies on camera could be a dangerous move and when one of the teachers takes a sudden interest in getting hold of the evidence, Sam, Sara and their friends are more determined than ever that it shouldn’t fall into the wrong hands.

This hilariously surreal story is perfect for readers who prefer their humour a little on the dark side