Oriol Vidal – illustratör

Bored with trick-or-treating, three friends venture into the woods on Halloween night to hunt for the haunted McBride House in this spine-tingling horror story from Phil Hickes. If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a nasty surprise …Seeking creepy thrills instead of candy, Cody and his friends set out on Halloween to search for the ruins of the haunted McBride House in the woods near his home in Oregon.The house has taken on a sinister legendary status after it burned down a hundred years ago with tragic consequences, and it’s said that the ghosts of the family who lived there return each year on the last day of October.But when they find the house, the truth of what is happening on this eerie autumn night is more terrifying than the three teenagers could ever have imagined … Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

What could be more fun than a snow day? But Feather and Flap are too cold to play outside with Spike. To keep them outside, Spike surprises them with gifts-skates, a sled, and a snowman. When these aren't enough to keep his siblings from shivering, Spike comes up with the best gift of all: warm scarves and hats! Playing in the snow with your family can be cool, but thoughtfulness toward others makes playtime a blast for everyone. Duck, Duck, Dinosaur: Snowy Surprise is a My First I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for shared reading with a child.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. This exciting Graphic Texts pack includes action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction, carefully selected poetry and comprehensive guided reading support to meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development.Each book contains inside cover notes with advice on supporting older children with their reading, ideas for follow-up activities and higher-level comprehension questions.Project X Origins guided reading notes offer step-by-step teaching support for each book with guidance about comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, spelling, punctuation, grammar and writing. Each set of notes has in-built assessment and is fully correlated to all UK curricula. This pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 4 reading books, 1 each of: The Sands of Deception, The Secret Garden, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and other poems, Great Naturalists.

Project X Origins Graphic Texts can help children to reach higher standards in comprehension. This exciting poetry collection, told in graphic form, makes poems come alive for a modern audience. Each poem is presented in both in graphic and text-only versions.This collection of poems explores the natural world: from underwater secrets to the night sky, and from windy autumn days to summer nights. Travel through different landscapes, emotions and imaginations with these well-loved poems.This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, ideas for follow-up activities and higher-level comprehension questions.

'A powerful tale of compassion and understanding' – Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear.Sunny waited until her mother was asleep before she went back for the monster . . .All her life, Sunny has known three truths about the creatures that prowl the seas off her tiny coastal town. They are dangerous. They are violent. They are monsters.But when a chance encounter leads to an unexpected connection, Sunny discovers just how wrong she has been. The monster she meets – Mo – is intelligent, gentle, and searching for his lost brother.Sunny desperately wants to help, and to keep her new friend a secret. But other people are keeping secrets too. And as hunger grips the town, new truths will emerge about the real monsters in Seawaren . . .An astonishing debut novel about friendship, trust and survival, perfect for fans of Skellig.'A spectacular debut, full of adventure and bravery. Sunny and Mo have stolen a piece of my heart' – Clare Harlow, author of Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit.

Sunny and Mo return in a gripping sequel to The Monsters at the End of the World.After narrowly avoiding a terrible conflict, the humans and monsters of Seawaren have fallen into an uneasy truce. Sunny still hopes the monsters can be persuaded to help her community with the mysterious Goo they produce, which has the power to heal their poisoned crop fields. Mo is less sure, and his brother Blue – traumatised by his imprisonment by humans – remains openly hostile.But when Mo is kidnapped by a pair of wandering strangers and carried away, Sunny, Mo and their friends set off in pursuit. Their chase leads them through the Burnt Land to an impossible place beyond – the island of Pontyme, which is mysteriously free of poison.Here, monsters are revered as Divine Protectors, responsible for keeping Pontyme fertile and protected. But Sunny is suspicious of the island’s charismatic leader, Hadrian, and the power he seems to wield. While beneath the island, a shadow lurks, nursing a terrible thirst for revenge . . .Perfect for fans of Hannah Gold and David Almond.

It's time for bed, Goat! Get ready for sleepytime with this lighthearted board book that toddlers will love.

Little Lion needs a haircut! Follow along as he and his dad go to the barber shop in this lighthearted board book - a must-read for toddlers.

A picture book about what we throw away, and why it might be worth keeping!What if everywhere you looked, you saw something to make? Instead of seeing something broken, you saw something to fix? Instead of seeing something to throw out, you saw something to give away? This is how Nelson Molina sees the world. A former employee for the New York City sanitation department, Nelson saved over 45,000 objects from the garbage to fix and show his community through his museum, Treasures in the Trash.Explore the hidden potential in what we often discard and think differently about consumption, waste, and the impact of small actions. With themes of upcycling, anti-consumerism, love for community, and finding joy, Gifts from the Garbage Truck inspires kids to think creatively and curiously about what they do (and don't) throw away!Often, Nelson came across oddly shaped garbage bags.They clinked and clanked and jingled and jangled.Is there something more than garbage in here? Nelson would wonder. Is there something someone might love?“I knew it!” he’d exclaim, tearing the bag open and discovering a new gift from the trash. Nelson didn’t throw the objects into the back of the truck with everything else.He had a better idea.