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At age 6 (years 1 and 2 at school), readers are starting to build confidence and can handle longer books with chapters.
This is the age when series fiction is an important and useful tool.
Confidence is built not only by being able to decifer new words and understand paragraphs and storylines (putting emphasis on the correct words in the sentences etc), but also by reading storylines that are familiar.
Each of the series in this section is aimed at helping to build reading confidence by supplying exciting stories: sometimes funny, sometimes adventurous, sometimes scary!
You may already be familiar with some of the series, and wish to build up your collection, or you may be approaching series fiction as a new reader. We hope that we can help you find the right book!
The lists on this page are not always the complete series, so if you want a book that isn't on this page, please email us or phone (05603 125245) and if it's in stock, we can send it straight away!
by Ian Whybrow £4.99 each
The first animal in the hilarious AWESOME ANIMALS series - awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. Told in Ian Whybrow's unique style, these hilarious animal adventure starring ever-popular meerkats are funny, fast-paced, and a sure-fire hit.
An hilarious new animal story from Ian Whybrow about a burrow of meerkat pups and their eccentric babysitter. He is their Uncle Adrian, who likes to tell them funny stories about when he was the star of a hit wildlife show; but while he gets carried away talking about his glory days, a deadly predator is stalking the group, looking for his lunch!
More Meerkat Madness
More hilarious adventures featuring Uncle Fearless, Skeema, Mimi and Little Dream, the meerkat family. Told in Ian Whybrow's unique style these witty stories will have children (and adults) in fits of giggles.
Even More Meerkat Madness (Flying High)
The 3rd book in the Meerkat series, which continues the hilarious animal antics adventure. The Really Mad Mob is expanding, with new faces joining familiar ones in Far Burrow. Join Uncle Fearless and the intrepid pups in a brand new, sky-high Kalahari escapade.
If you liked those, why not try...
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
All Little Wolf wants to do is stay at home with Mum and Dad and Baby brother Smellybreff. Instead he's packed off to Cunning College to learn the 9 Rules of Badness and earn his Gold BAD Badge from his wicked Uncle Bigbad.
Little wolf's Diary of Daring Deeds
Little Wolf, his cousin Yeller and little brother Smellybreff set up Adventure Academy, but find themselves in over their heads when they answer Mister Marvo's advert for Instant Adventures. Will they be able to get through Frettnin Forest over the Grim Mountains? Will they manage to cross the Perrilus Pass into Grimshire? Can they conquer Vile Island? Of course they can!
Pre-order (released 2nd August 2012)
Humphrey is the classroom hamster at Longfellow School.
The stories are all written from Humphrey's point-of-view and are funny.
The first in the series won Richard and Judy's Children's Book Award for ages 7+ (the stories are suitable from 6upwards or for confident readers)
Mrs Brisbane returns as the class teacher, and Humphrey learns such lessons as how to shoot rubber bands, to help a shy girl to overcome her shyness, and star in the Hallowe-en party.
ISBN 9780571226832
Friendship According to Humphrey
Humphrey is introduced to a new classroom pet, Og the Frog. Humphrey has to learn to be friends with him, and along the way finds out all about the different kind of friendships (or not!) there are in the classroom.
ISBN 9780571233243
Trouble According to Humphrey
Humphrey helps to solve some very important problems for his classmates.
ISBN 9780571236145
More Adventures According to Humphrey
Humphrey has some terrifying adventures, including mysterious midnight trips to the library and being onboard an almost-sinking boat!
ISBN 9780571237180
Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an Astrosaur! Captain of the amazing spaceship DSS Sauropod, he goes on dangerous missions and fights evil - along wirth his faithful crew; Gipsy, Arx and Iggy!
Exciting Fantasy-based fiction, mainly for adventurous boys and girls!
Teggs is taking some desperate dinosaurs and their precious eggs to begin a new life on a remote planet. But some nasty egg-eating oviraptors are chasing after them...and the planet itself has a sinister surprise hidden deep inside!
ISBN 9780099472957
The Skies of Fear
Disaster has struck Squawk Major, the Pterosaur planet. Its people have forgotten how to fly...all except a sinister stranger named Grandum who now plans to rule the world. Can Teggs and the team stop him and put things right - before it's too late?
ISBN 9780099487753
The Space Ghosts
The Astrosaurs are sent to the planet Creepus, where the diplodocus miners are searching for space rocks. But they are being disrupted by mysterious, glowing ghosts! What do the spirits want? Teggs searches for the answer in spooky caves, where an old enemy awaits...
ISBN 9780099487760
Day of The Dino-Droids
The Astrosaurs hit trouble when their ship is pulled into a black hole. They are spat out near their space HQ - but nothing is as it seems. As old friends turn into deadly enemies, Teggs must fight against an army of Dino-Droids - before they conquer the universe!
ISBN 9780099487975
The Robot Raiders
The astrosaurs are called to Mekta, a super-city for rich dinosaurs. But mysterious raiders are stealing Mekta's robot servants. Can Teggs and the gang uncover the computer-crazy criminals in time?
ISBN 9781862305472
ISBN: 9781846164835
2: Sepron The Sea Serpent
Avantia is under threat from its magical beasts, which have been enchanted by an evil wizard. To save his land and his people, Tom must battle Sepron the Sea Serpent in the depths of the ocean - will he succeed?
ISBN: 9781846164828
3: Arcta The Mountain Giant
Tom must free the magical beasts of Avantia from an evil spell. Armed with a sword and shield from the Wizard Aduro, Tom sets off to face the Arcta the mountain giant. Can Tom save his land from destruction?
ISBN: 9781846164842
20: Equinus The Spirit Horse
Equinus the Spirit Horse crashes through the forests of the Forbidden Land, stealing the life force of other creatures. Tom must dodge the Ghost Beast's flying hooves and take the fragment of Amulet that Equinus guards -- or Tom's father will remain a ghost for ever...
ISBN: 9781408303771
21: Rashouk The Cave Troll
ISBN: 9781408303788
31: Komodo The Lizard King
ISBN: 9781408307236
32: Muro the Rat Monster
ISBN: 9781408307243
Please email for the others in the series
My naughty little sister is stubborn and greedy and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat's tail, she bites Father Christmas' hand, and her and Bad Harry eat all the trifle at Harry's party. How much trouble can one little sister cause?
ISBN: 9781405233415
£5.99
When My Naughty Little Sister was Good
My naughty little sister is very bad but sometimes she can be good. She helps Grannie to make a Christmas pudding, and she even teaches Bad Harry to be good so that he's allowed to wear his new red coat! Has my naughty little sister changed?
ISBN: 9781405233453
£5.99
My Naughty Little Sister's Friends
My naughty little sister is always doing silly things. She's curious about what's in a chimney and sticks a feather duster up and then tries to hide all the soot! But when she has measles she's itchy and sad and grumpy and has to stay in bed and can't be naughty at all! How long before she's bad again?
ISBN: 9781405233439
£5.99
My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry
ISBN: 9781405253369
£5.99
More My Naughty Little Sister Stories
ISBN: 9781405253383
£5.99
Meera, Gemma and Karl have always dreamed of a farm of their own, and when Meera discovers an abandoned railway station called Silver Street it seems like their dream might one day come true. But events happen quicker than the children could ever have expected. The news of a city farm spreads like wildfire and the council try to shut it down...
Escape from...
The three kids are getting ready for the official open day and it seems like everything is going to plan! But then the star attraction - the turkeys - escape and Bobo and Bitzi, the Silver Street sheep, go missing.
All Aboard!
It's summer at Silver Street and all the animals are getting very hot and thirsty. The three children who run the farm - Meera, Gemma and Karl - decide to hold a competition to see who can come up with the best scheme for getting water to the farm. The solution surprises everybody!
Spring Fever
It's springtime at Silver Street Farm, and all the animals are getting ready to have their babies. The downside is that Flora, who usually runs the farm, has gone to look after her father's farm and the three children are on their own. At first things go smoothly but then one of the pigs breaks into Flora's caravan...
£3.99 each
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house, where there is always someone to laugh or play with.
Each book has 4 stories about Anna and her family.
Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?
ISBN: 9780140369311
£4.99
The Return of the Killer Cat
Tuffy can't wait for Ellie and the family to go away on holiday. He and the gang plan to ignore the grumpy new cat-sitter, and run wild all night. But could that furry bundle, suddenly flying through the air, put a stop to all the fun?
ISBN: 9780141317199
£4.99
The Killer Cat Strikes Back
Tuffy knows what he likes. And he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes. So what's a cat to do? A few scratches here just happen to shred a painting. A nudge there somehow slips a vase off a shelf. Dad hope a horribly lumpy clay pot will be next, but Tuffy's having none of it.
ISBN: 9780141320984
£4.99
The Killer Cat's Birthday Bash
I held a party. It was my birthday. How was I supposed to know it wouldn't be the only party around town on that dark and dreary Halloween night? So things ended up in a bit of a mess. (Well, more than a mess, really. It was a complete disaster.) But it was not my fault so don't blame me.
ISBN: 9780141324364
£4.99
The Killer Cat's Christmas
So go on, ask me. 'Dear, dear Tuffy. Why was your Christmas so horrible'? Well. I couldn't climb the tree. I couldn't touch the dangly decorations. And Ellie made me part of her sing-along Christmas performance. Horrible. But I showed them. I was Tuffy the Acting Cat, superstar. How was I supposed to know things would get so ...messy?
ISBN: 9780141327716
£4.99
Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her mother, her father, her baby twin brothers, and lots and lots of her family. Join her as she splashes in the sea, prepares for a party, sells oranges, and hopes to see sweet, sweet snow!
ISBN:9781406306552
Hooray for Anna Hibiscus!
Anna loves singing to her two baby brothers, Double and Trouble. But when she is chosen to sing for her school in front of the president, her throat runs dry and her bones turn to stone. Can Double and trouble save her?
ISBN: 9781406314953
Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus!
Anna Hibiscus is looking forward to visiting her grandmother in Canada, where she will see snow for the first time! But before she goes, she must find suitable clothes to keep her warm in the cold winter weather, and say goodbye to the family she loves.
ISBN: 9781406315080
Following on from the Winnie the Witch picture book series, these are stories for confident readers to read themselves!
Each book has four separate adventures.
Winnie the Twit
Winnie is an accident waiting to happen! Especially if school dinners, DIY, rare owls or mixed-up pets are involved...
ISBN 9780192725769
£4.99
Winnie Shapes Up
Winnie is on a mission! Raising money by keeping quiet, helping aliens find their way home, tossing pancakes, or fighting the flab...
ISBN 9780192729903
£4.99
Winnie says Cheese
Winnie loves a challenge! Tackling a grumpy tooth fairy, playing in a band, finding fleas, or giving herself a makeover...
ISBN 9780192727510
£4.99
Winnie goes Batty
Winnie has her ups and downs! Up a high wire, down a big hole, up in the clouds, or deep down in a dark cave...
ISBN 9780192729118
£4.99
Winnie on Patrol
Winnie the witch can often find herself in a fix! Whether she's in a bossy mood, in fancy dress, in disguise or in uniform...
ISBN 9780192729125
£4.99
Winnie's Big Catch
Winnie is thinking big! Wearing big knickers, buying big cupboards, tackling big Doris, or reeling in a really big fish...
ISBN 9780192728425
£4.99
Giddy-up Winnie!
Winnie the Witch has many talents! Whether she's behind the wheel, in her garden, in the kitchen, or on the racetrack...
ISBN 9780192728418
£4.99
Mr Gum is a truly nasty old man. He's absolutely grimsters. But this book is not just about him. There is also a little girl called Polly, an evil butcher, heroes and sweets and stuff, and Jake the dog, who must be saved from terrible, terrible evil.
ISBN: 9781405223102
£5.99
2: Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire
Featuring Mr Gum, a gingerbread man named Alan Taylor who has electric muscles, as well as the little girl called Polly, the evil butcher called Billy William The Third, and the very wise man, Friday O'Leary, Jake the dog, and the angry fairy who lives in Mr Gum's bathtub and whacks him on the head with a frying-pan.
ISBN: 9781405228152
£5.99
3: Mr Gum and the Goblins
Old roo-de-lally Mr Gum and hideous Billy William the Third are once more mucking things up for everyone. They're a-schemin' and a-hatchin' an' making their bad plans up on Goblin Mountain. Can the brave travellers make it past the Three Impossible Challenges of Goblin Mountain and save the town from a fate worse than something very bad indeed?
ISBN: 9781405228169
£5.99
4: Mr Gum and the Power Crystals
There is an ancient curse on the town of Lamonic Bibber. The old roo-de-lally Mr Gum and his trusty sidekick Billy William the Third have something to do with it. But heroes Polly and Friday and the gingerbread biscuit Alan Taylor are determined to save the town.
ISBN: 9781405228176
£5.99
5: Mr Gum and The Dancing Bear
Do you like bears called Padlock? Do you like hot-air balloons? Do you like tall sailing ships with mad sea captains, and horrifying old villains and words like 'wab!', 'tungler' and 'kelp'? This book's got all of those things - and a lot more besides.
ISBN: 9781405241793
£5.99
6: What's For Dinner Mr Gum?
Not everyone's too happy about Mr Gum's new dinnertime arrangements and soon the town of Lamonic Bibber is gearing up for war. Can Polly and her friends save the town from being torn apart? Will Mr Gum's hunger ever be satisfied? And who on earth is Thora Gruntwinkle?
ISBN: 9781405248242
£5.99
7: Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree
Follow Polly and Friday on another crazy adventure on the streets of Lamonic Bibber. And watch out for that dastardly villain, Mr Gum, not to mention his sidekick, Billy William. It's barking bonkers. But don't believe us, believe them.
ISBN: 9781405252188
£5.99
8. Mr Gum and the Secret Hide-out
Follow Polly and Friday on another crazy adventure on the streets of Lamonic Bibber. And watch out for that dastardly villain, Mr Gum, not to mention his sidekick, Billy William. But what could that fiend be up to this time? Could there be 8 ladies all called Pamela? Will Friday O'Leary have to wrestle a man-eating Octopus? Who knows? Either way, it'll be barking bonkers. But don't believe us, believe them...
ISBN 9781405253277
£5.99
Do you dare to join Decimus rex as he is kidnapped by slave-takers?
ISBN 9780340970515
£4.99
2: Escape From Evil
Would you survive being attacked by giants with hammers, or hold your own in hand-to-hand combat?
ISBN 9780340970522
£4.99
3: Stowaway Slaves
Do you dare join Decimus Rex and his friend Olu on the run from evil Slavious Doom?
ISBN 9780340970539
£4.99
10: VS The Insane Fury
Do You dare to join Decimus as he is attacked by one of his best friends?
ISBN 9780340989302
£4.99
11: VS The White Snake
Find out the shocking secret behind the legendary White Snake and what Doom's ulitmate plans for Decimus are.
ISBN 9780340989319
£4.99
12: VS The Golem Army
What would you do if the statues around you suddenly came to life?
ISBN 9780340989326
£4.99
13: VS The Screaming Void
Over Two Hundred Children have vanished. why where the childredn taken and why?
ISBN 9781444900835
£4.99
14: VS The Clone Warriors
The Children Have been found, but decimus and his friends must overcome the demons lurking within the Screaming Void
ISBN 9781444900873
£4.99
15: VS The Ultimate Evil
An old enemy has returned and will stop at nothing in his quest for power
ISBN 9781444900880
£4.99
Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside. She is always busy doing things, and whether she is blackberry-picking with little-friend-Susan or keeping shop for Miss Muggins, you're sure to have fun when Milly-Molly-Mandy's around!
ISBN 9780140305234
£5.99
More of Milly Molly Mandy
13 stories about Milly Molly Mandy
ISBN 9780140305531
£5.99
Further Doings of Milly Molly Mandy
12 stories following Milly and her friends Billy Blunt and Little Freind Susan
ISBN 9780140305845
£5.99
Milly Molly Mandy Again
7 stories including "Milly Milly Mandy has a new dress" and "Milly Molly Mandy finds a Train"
ISBN 9780140306880
£5.99
The Adventures of Milly Molly Mandy, 4 books In 1
Includes Milly Molly Mandy Stories, More of Milly Molly Mandy, Further doings of Milly Molly Mandy, and Milly Molly Mandy again
ISBN 9780140348651
£9.99
Class Five discover that their new teacher is a witch! She wears black nail polish, she has a talking rat and a special classroom aide - and she uses some very direct action teaching methods!
Fangtastic Ms Wiz
This title features two stories including "Ms Wiz Loves Dracula" and "Ms Wiz Spells Trouble".
"Ms Wiz Loves Dracula": Ms Wiz is dancing with a stranger - a tall, dark-haired man with long white fangs. Can it be true? The children of Class Five go into action when they realise that Ms Wiz is falling in love.
Out of Control, Ms Wiz
A bind-up of two stories.
In "Stitches, Ms Wiz", Jack Beddowes is in hospital, but never fear - Ms Wiz turns out to be a nurse on his ward! In "Control, Ms Wiz?", the library is going to close, and Ms Wiz uses Fish Powder (which brings fictional characters to life) to save it.
Totally Spaced Ms Wiz
Ms Wiz has to return a puppy to her mum. But the mum is on another planet! It means space-travel. Ms Wiz steps in with two paranormal friends, when the school needs some supply teachers pronto. But no one expects Class Four to turn into pigeons, or Class Three to travel to the tropical island of Sombrero.
Ms Wiz Rules!
"Ms Wiz Goes Live" and "Power-Crazy Ms Wiz".
Caroline and Little Musha are babysat by Ms Wiz - and they go into the TV.
In "Power-Crazy Ms Wiz", Mr Harris wants to shape up Podge, and take him away from St Barnabas, so Ms Wiz goes to the Prime Minister to prevent it.
Christmas: a time of peace, when all is calm? Not if you're Daisy, who has been extremely excited about Christmas since September. And when Daisy is excited, trouble will surely follow! Daisy loves the carols, the sparkly lights, the crackers, the snowmen and especially the chance to be in the school Christmas play. But, as ever with Daisy, things don't go quite according to plan and when the Baby Jesus dolly's head wobbles and falls off, total Christmas chaos ensues.
9781862304970
£4.99
Daisy & The Trouble With Maggots
Daisy is incredibly excited when her uncle offers to take her on a fishing trip. There's so much new stuff to learn! Like how water witches turn fishermen into dog poos, why supermarkets don't stock picknicky things like lemonade and chicken wings on the same shelf, and why it's a really, really bad idea to use wriggly tiggly maggots as catapult amunition...
9781862308466
£4.99
Daisy & The Trouble With Life
In Daisy's guide to life, nothing is quite black and white. Daisy's got ever so much time to think about what she's done. Really, it wasn't her fault. If her pocket money hadn't run out, who knew that it had invisible red germs that are so totally teensy and that Auntie Sue says give you tummy trouble?
ISBN: 9781862301672
£4.99
Daisy & The Trouble With Zoos
ISBN: 9781862304932
£4.99
Daisy & The Trouble With Kittens
9781862308343
£4.99
Daisy and the Trouble with Giants
9781862304956
£4.99
A brand new series, told in a colourful cartoon comic-book format. Perfect for young or new readers.
Captain Mack and The Giant Squid
Meet Captain Mack. No mssion is ever too dangerous for this daring superhero.
Mack is on his way to help some sailors stuck deep in the ocean. But suffering submarines! A naughty giant squid has other plans...
Can Captain Mack save the day before disaster strikes in Sunshine City?
ISBN 9781406323603
£4.99
Captain Mack and the Monstrous Moon Mites
Captain Mack's on a daring outer space rescue mision to save some astronauts.
But monstrous Moon Mites! There are some very hungry aleins waiting for him too...
Does Captain Mack have the superpowers to save the day before disaster strikes in Sunshine City?
ISBN 9781406323665
£4.99
Captain Mack and The Slithery Serpent
Slithering Serpents! A deadly bone crusher snake has escaped on its way to the zoo!
Capain Mack must act super fast to save the day!
But will everything be under control before more trouble strikes in Sunshine City?
ISBN 9781406323641
£4.99
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