More tried and tested books for young readers by top authors. These books are for building reading confidence.

SID FLEISCHMAN

The White Elephant (July 2008)

Run-Run the elephant boy loves elephants above all things. So when spiteful Prince Noi presents him with a magnificent white elephant he cannot understand why this is punishment . . .

Inspired by a true story from old Thailand, this is a unique animal adventure from an award-winning author.

9781846470561     £4.99

ROBERT WESTALL

Size Twelve

Valley Road Primary School has seen better days. The pupils run wild and the teachers have given up.

Then a large black cat wanders in through the gates and everything changes.

A classic cat story from a master storyteller!

9781846470684     £4.99

Philomena Wonderpen and the Best Birthday Ever!

Hi, I'm Philomena Wonderpen. My best friend, George, sometimes calls me Philomena Daydreamer. I loooove daydreams.

Imagine if you could draw your dreams with a magic pen. What would you draw? A beautiful black horse? A magic carpet?Or even better, would you make yourself the teacher? Then you could boss the whole class!

9781905117758     £4.99

Philomena Wonderpen is a teeny weeny doll
(August 2008)

Hi, I'm Philomena Wonderpen. I can make drawings come true with my wonder pen. I drew some rocket shoes for the school races that made me zoooooooom! It's so much fun - but sometimes things go wrong. Like when I took my wonder pen to the Silver Ticket Hunt at Toy Universe. I wanted to win a mountain of toys with my friends, but I ended up driving a toy car ... flying an aeroplane... and hiding from giants. Yikes!

9781905117765     £4.99

The Ferret Princess (August 2008)

I'm the ferret-y sort. I've got loads more energy than sense and I just can't help sticking my nose into things. Or making a mess out of sheer enthusiasm.

But when two disreputable princes arrived looking for a kingdom to take over I needed all my ferret-y talents to see them off – not to mention the help of my very own ferrets!

9781846470646     £4.99

Wag and the King (Jan 2009)

I'm a dog – an old dog, but a dog at the court of a king.

My master is apprentice minstrel. That's a nice job to have as long as you can sing in tune, and be nice about people.

Unfortunately my boy finds not telling the truth really hard. That could get us in real trouble if it wasn't for my quick thinking and my sensitive nose!

9781846470653     £4.99

Sir Quentin Quest Hunts the Yeti (August 2008)

Intrepid Sir Quinton loves going on bonkers expeditions and always takes his faithful butler Muggins with him. Meanwhile Lady Cynthia stays at home to hold the fort - and have a really good time in his absence! In this adventure, Sir Quinton is off on another death defying expedition. His mission? To prove that Yetis definitely DON'T exist!

Kaye Umansky is best known as the author of the Pongwiffy books and the Solomon Snow stories. Her books are laced with irreverent humour and always great to read aloud. Kaye lives in North London.

9781846470578     £4.99

The Galloping Ghost

Poor Josh! As though having to go on a poetry course wasn't bad enough – there's a ghost after him too!

Another brilliantly funny story from the author of Watch Out for Witches and The Wizard's Warning.

9781905117666  £4.99   

The Wizard's Warning

Poor old Prince Florian! According to an old prophecy no-one can be king of Little Twittleburg unless they've got a fine head of hair, and his father is getting very thin on top.

Not only will Florian have to take over but first he will have to complete the Four Tasks - even the one about taming a dragon.

Luckily his best friend Laura Jones is there to help.

9781905117611   £4.99 

Spooky Beasts
Karen Wallace

Two seriously spooky animal stories. Great short reads, these are funny, anarchic and zany.

No-one is better than Karen Wallace at writing zany, madcap adventures for younger readers.

9781905117468     £4.99