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A Jets doggy story from Diana Hendry.

When the Thing-in-a-Box became a Thing-on-Two-Legs, Mulligan's life took a turn for the worse. Gone was all the attention. Gone were the long walks with Mr and Mrs Dembo. Now they could only toddle and waddle to the end of the road. Something had to be done. Jets is a series of simple stories with lots of lively pictures, ideal for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading.

Everyone knows that little sisters can be a handful. But this little sister is more - she's a zoo-ful ! A fresh and funny picture book from much-loved author Diana Hendry.This little sister is a monkey, a bear, a camel, a penguin, a crocodile... Her big brother just wishes she'd be a little girl now and again. After all, you can't cuddle a crocodile...A wonderful imaginative romp from an award-winning author and bestselling illustrator.Read more about Diana Hendry at dianahendry.co.uk

There's a mysterious, magical new lodger at gloomy 131 Ballantyre Road: Harvey Angell, whose bright beaming, thousand-watt smile can somehow cheer the most miserable people - even cross, penny-pinching Aunt Agatha! From the moment Harvey walks through the front door, Henry knows there's something very strange and special about his new friend. But where does he disappear to late at night? And why does he have an unusual clock, that tells the time in centuries and years, rather than hours and minutes? Henry's determined to find out Harvey Angell's marvellous secret . . .

Since the arrival of Harvey Angell at 131 Ballantyre Road, life is a little bit brighter for orphan Henry - even mean old Aunt Agatha isn't quite so miserable these days. Still, when she agrees to take everyone on holiday, Henry can't believe his luck. For the first time ever, he's about to see the sea.Sibbald House isn't quite what he'd pictured - a dusty, tumbledown, creaking old cottage in a freezing, windswept Scottish fishing village. On the first night, Henry can't sleep a wink for the spooky moaning noises coming from somewhere within the house - and on discovering a hidden room with a ghostly secret, he knows he has to solve the mystery that the house - and the village - has been hiding for years.It's time to enlist the help of the extraordinary Harvey Angell . . .

It's the night before Christmas and Big Mouse and Little Mouse are putting up decorations. Little Mouse scampers out to search for holly but finds big white flakes falling from the sky. As Little Mouse's world is covered in snow he discovers strange things all around him.

When Mrs Mungo's pasta machine suddenly starts working all by itself, Mrs Mungo is surrounded by oodles and oodles of noodles. Soon she is tucked up tight in a noodle sleeping bag and the noodles have taken over the house and the streets! Can Lily and Ben save their mum and stop the flood of noodles?

Little Mouse feels scared when he's in bed. "Can I come into your bed?" he asks Big Mouse. But, Big Mouse is determined that Little Mouse should sleep alone.

It is a hot sunny day, and Little Mouse is busy 'dreaming up something'. The 'dream' involves a daisy chain, some clover and three snowy white feathers. What can the dream be, and will Big Mouse like it?

Little Mouse feels scared when he lies in bed. What is that huffing and puffing? "Can I come into your bed?" he asks Big Mouse, but Big Mouse does not want to share his bed and is determined that Little Mouse should sleep alone. Thus unravels the miniature world under the floorboards.