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The Diary of a Junior Detective/ Ben Baxter's Private Diary
It’s Ben Baxter’s 11th birthday, and he is particularly thrilled by one of his presents. An aunt has given him The Junior Detective Manual by Ricky Barton. He dips into it and decides he would definitely like to become a detective. His pal Johnny agrees to help. They decide: what could be easier than becoming store detectives?
They enter a large store and start looking for possible thieves, catching the eye of the resident store detective who is convinced they are up to no good. Luckily, after a ride home in a police car and some friendly advice from a police officer, they have much greater success in solving several puzzling crimes. In this they are helped by Ben’s sister Katie, a retired Major, Ben’s rather odd uncle, who is an electronics wizard, and especially by his unusual pet Chippy, who certainly helps rescue them from more than a few scrapes.
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The Day the Moon Fell Out of the Sky
Jimmy and Billy are excited! It’s the first day of the school summer holidays tomorrow. Billy has invited the new girl in the village out on their play day. Jimmy isn’t so keen but soon forgets she’s a girl when their day starts to fill with mystery and adventure. What was going on? It must be important, otherwise Mr Johns, the village teacher, wouldn’t have asked for their help.
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The Day That I Grownup (All Except For My Outters)
For the longest time I was five-and-a-half. I remember I was five-and-a-half for such a long time I thought I would never be older. But the day came.
Yesterday, I was ‘almost six’.The story is about a little boy, Zachery, who is six. He discovers that growing up is more about overcoming fears (his ‘inners’) than physical changes (his ‘outters’).
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The Dawn Before Christmas
It’s the dawn before Christmas, Santa’s ready to go,
But his reindeer are gone, out into the snow.
Now he needs to move fast, to get them all back,
To fly ’round the world and keep Christmas on track.
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The Curse of The Deadly Marshmallows
Neil Owlsley’s dream is to one day become the world’s greatest ever reporter, oh and he has a sweet tooth and absolutely loves marshmallows.
But on an eventful day when he takes a trip to his favourite shop, not only has the shopkeeper disappeared but a curse is placed on his beloved marshmallows by someone identified only as ‘The Mysterious Old Woman’.
Quickly he puts his reporter skills into action with only one thing on his mind … save Sproglington Town because simply there is no one else.
Will 12-year-old Neil succeed where many have failed, or will the town be overwhelmed by the Curse … of the Deadly Marshmallows?
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The Curious Cake
One spring morning in Appleshire when the daffodils, hyacinths and tulips are smiling sleepily, Francine Mouse sets out to deliver Scarlet Squirrel's birthday cake. Francine, wearing her new shoes dyed green by grasshoppers and tied up with the threads from spider's web, trips over a hamper, and her cake falls to the ground in a 'rain' of curvy currants, cheerful cherries and squishy sultanas. Francine begins to cry, and her tears fall through the ground to the tunnel where her friend, Mackintosh Mole, is making his way to buy a new jacket. Her tears become a shower for him to wash the dried-up mud from his neck. Mackintosh wants to help, and he has a magic book--a proper one that smells of bad eggs. Kind-hearted Mackintosh badly mistakes the list of ingredients, confusing for instance, the French word for eggs, 'oeufs' with 'earth'. What they create puts all their lives in danger. Through a thrilling sequence of mishaps, adventure and comedy, Francine, Mackintosh, and Victor Vole all work together to try and save Scarlet's party from disaster.
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The Crystal Keys of Sidhe
Those who see beauty in all of nature will find themselves taken into this unseen world of mysteries by The Goddess of Sidhe, where she tells the secrets, challenges, and dangers that are endured by four elementals that test them to their limits, friendships, and self-worth through four different lands that protect the eight most powerful crystals in the world. Each territory brings forth its own perils not known to them to get the keys to the centre of the earth for a specific ceremony to save the planet and to stop an evil villain who wants the powers for himself to enact more destruction onto the earth for his own personal gains.
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The Cruces Crises
The Cruces have a crisis, an environmental crisis. Everyone wants the latest stuff, but it comes at a cost – pollution! The King sends his son out to find a new land where he can rebuild his kingdom. The Prince knows he must do the right thing, but when two cultures collide, he is left facing a crisis of conscience.
Through his journey of discovery, a young man learns how to care for the environment and respect the lives of other people, even when their appearance is very different from his own.
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The Cotton Mill Kitty
A delightful, whimsical tale of a homeless cat in an ever-changing cotton mill vegetable garden. How can the kitty ever survive the four seasons alone, along with the trauma of being hungry, cold and wet through another English winter? Two sad children wander into his world, but why do the children need cheering up and do they need Kitty as much as he needs them? Kitty uses many tricks, to catch the children’s attention but will they notice him? Will Kitty’s fate ever change? Will the children’s heartache ever ease?
This gently illustrated little tale will tell the story of what happens at Christmas time and leave no doubt in anyone’s heart, that kindness brings joy and happiness… that kindness really does pay.
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The Continuing Adventures of Warty Willy and Pimples Pete
After accidentally interrupting a leadership ceremony being conducted by the magical but evil Treplicons, Willy is cursed to grow warts over all parts of his body. This brings on a source of embarrassment that leads him to despair.
He soon discovers that he must travel to the Treplicon realm to reverse the curse. Once they arrive in the beautiful magical world, Willy and his best friend Pete discover that the reversal of the curse is only half their task. They must overcome the powerful and soulless Swamp Spirit to save the land they have come to love.
This is a story for all ages that includes trials and tribulations, friendship, and love. It involves intriguing characters such as stone trolls, sabre eels, wood rats, rose warriors and many more.
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The Comet Series: Comet's Big Escape
A ten-month-old puppy named Comet escapes from a backyard while his human mother, Tam, was at work. On his quest to find Tam, Comet meets a friendly dog named Sheeba, who gives him helpful advice for his journey. As the hours pass by, Comet thinks he may never reach his owner, but determination perseveres.
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The Comet Series: Comet Is adopted
Based on true events, The Comet Series: Comet Is Adopted is an encapsulating story about the birth of four puppies and how their abandonment led to the meeting of a human and a puppy with oversized paws and floppy ears.
Unnamed, his sister and two brothers were taken from their mother and abandoned in a cardboard box on the side of a highway as the sun was rising.
It wasn’t long before the puppies were picked up by the pound to determine their health and wellness for adoption to a human family. This is where the journey of Tam meeting Comet begins…
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