Don’t mess with the gods. And if they mess with you? Run like hell . . .

When it comes to mixing it up with the Gods, woe be to the man (or woman) who makes them angry. Legends: The Wrath of the Gods by Anthony Horowitz is a collection of five stories that demonstrates just how angry those Gods can get. From creative re-tellings of the Greek stories Pandora’s Box, The Judgment of Paris, and Narcissus and Echo, to less familiar but equally cautionary Viking story of The Stolen Hammer of Thor, and the Inuit legend of The Ten Fingers of Sedna, one thing is clear―it never pays to mess with the Gods!

Myths and legends are full of stories of the transformation of humans and animals into other things through the magical intervention of the Gods. From better-known characters like Actaeon, the famous Greek huntsman who was doomed to become a stag forever chased by his own dogs, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a fish himself, only to fall hopelessly in love with a naiad, to the Japanese tale of the Goddess Amaterasu, who created the first eclipse when she hid herself in a cave and more.

In book four, there’s a new boy in Elizabeth’s class. He’s sulky and grumpy and he’ll do anything to show Elizabeth up. She means to keep her temper, but it’s not so easy for someone who was once the naughtiest girl in the school …

In book three, Pat and Isabel look forward to their first summer term at St Clare’s. They soon make friends with new girl Carlotta, who has a secret past that she’s desperate to hide. But sneaky Prudence finds out and tells everybody. How will the class react?

Based upon, and continuing Enid Blyton’s St. Clare’s series. The holidays are over and twins Pat and Isabel O’Sullivan are dying to get back to school. The big question on everybody’s lips is, who will be head girl? But a terrible accident and an hilarious school play show the true leaders in the third form, but they also show up the cheats and cowards.

The St. Clare’s girls are now in the fifth form, shortly to go up into the sixth, but they are not too old for tricks and escapades, jokes and excitement. Especially amusing is French girl Antoinette who, like her sister Claudine, doesn’t always understand the ways of St. Clare’s.

Based upon, and continuing Enid Blyton’s St. Clare’s series. New girl, Morag, detests St Clare’s. She’s only happy when she can escape to the local riding stables. But, now they’re in the sixth form, the other girls are sad that it’s their final year in their adored school. But what’s wrong with Morag? Will they ever be able to understand her?

Medusa, once a bewitching beauty, has become a hideous monster with snakes for hair. When men look at her, they turn to stone. Whe King Polydectes sends Perseus for Medusas head, he thinks Perseus will soon be another one of Medusas stone men. Or will he?

Odysseus and the Greeks had been fighting the Trojans for 10 years before something finally happpened. Odysseus came up with a brilliant idea! Will Odysseus plan put an end to the war? Or will the Greeks and trojans fight another 10 years?

Babies will delight in saying hello to everything as they go out and about to the farm, the park and the playground. Hello door and hello tree, hello daisies 1, 2, 3. Hello big brown horsey – neighhh! Hello climbing frame, slide and roundabout! …

A great introduction to the Bible for all young readers from the Old testament