Slap bang in the middle of the hottest day of the year, the zoo’s drains have blocked up and there’s nowhere for the animals' poo to go! Mr Pickles the zoo keeper (who is looking distinctly green) must decide what to do with it all . . . Before the naughty chimps beat him to it!
Dawan, a young village girl who lives in Thailand, wins a scholarship to study in a city school. Her brother, Kwai, places second and is initially jealous, causing a rift between the two previously-close siblings. This hostility is further exacerbated by Dawan's father, who feels that the city is no place for a female. Dawan faces obstacles at every turn, and eventually overcomes these obstacle…
In the series' third book, a boy accidentally leaves his pet bear in the park to endure a scary, and humorous, night adventure. By the author of This Is the Bear and the Bad Little Girl. Original.
Ming Lo's wife is angry. The couple live beside a big mountain which causes them no end of trouble. Shadows fall over their garden. Rocks fall through their roof. And it is always raining. "Husband," says Ming Lo's wife, "you must move the mountain so that we may enjoy our house in peace." But how can a man as small as Ming Lo move something as large as a mountain? Maybe the village wise man ca…
Charlie has started school and poor Ted is left sitting at home. It's not much fun being a teddy on your own and so, when the telephone starts to ring, Ted gets excited - maybe it's someone he can talk to. But no one can understand his gruffly growl until Brenda Bear from across the road calls.
This chapter-by-chapter retelling of the exciting Disney film brings the story of Pocahontas to life with just the right blend of humor drama, and adventure to please young, independent readers.
""Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!"" calls the witch to the beautiful girl imprisoned in her tower, and Rapunzel lowers her long, golden braid for the witch to climb. One day they are watched bay a prince who has heard Rapunzel's lovely voice singing out across the countryside. Enchanted by it, he decides to try calling to her, too. But when Rapunzel lets down her hair for the prince, it…