Jill Murphy, Tamsyn Murray, Joanna Nadin and E Nesbit

Jill Murphy - Dear Hound

Fiction 7+
175 pages

Alfie the deerhound is a large, grey puppy. He loves his boy Charlie, and he's very good at digging holes. But one day Alfie becomes lost, and he starts to worry that he will never see Charlie again.

Jill Murphy - The Worst Witch

iction 7+
99 pages

Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch?

Tamsyn Murray - Baby Zebra Rescue

Fiction 7+
162 pages 

Zoe's dreams of becoming an animal-keeper look set to come true when her family take over the running of Tanglewood Animal Park! But Oliver, the park vet's son, is used to having Tanglewood to himself, and he's not happy about sharing it.

Then disaster strikes when the park's newest arrival, baby zebra Flash, escapes from his paddock just before the park's grand reopening. Can Oliver and Zoe join forces and rescue the missing baby zebra so Tanglewood can open in time?

Joanna Nadin - Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster

Fiction 7+
131 pages

Penny Dreadful is a magnet for disaster. In these three stories, Penny creates mishap, mayhem and misadventure wherever she goes.

E Nesbit - The Railway Children

Fiction 9+
272 pages

'The Railway Children' tells the story of Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis, three children whose lives change dramatically when their father is mysteriously taken away.

They move from London to a cottage in rural Yorkshire with their mother, where they befriend the local railway porter, Perks, and embark on a journey of discovery, friendship and adventure. But the mystery remains - where is Father, and is he ever coming back?