Rohan Daniel Eason – illustratör

You can’t ask for true friendship, because it’s not something anyone can just give. It grows over time. You share experiences, you play together, you help each other through the hard times. Then, one day, you’re looking back on those memories and you realize you have it, and that you wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Levend is just twelve when he meets Mr. Ben Ice, a gruff fisherman whose peg leg, eyepatch and hook hand all but prove a lifetime of piracy. But life in Yalova is hard, and if this intimidating figure can help Levend support his family, then he’ll gladly accompany him on the fishing trip of a lifetime – even if it’s packed with more danger, adventure and friendship than either of them could ever have expected.

As Levend discovers more and more about his would-be captain, he becomes embroiled in a dangerous pirate feud, a hunt for sunken treasure, and the chance to forge friendships that will last a lifetime – even if that only means the next few minutes. Confronted by timeless love and shocking betrayal, Levend must decide who he can trust and who’ll make him walk the plank.

Starring sharks, pirates, parrots, parents, lobster-popsters, Seabubbles, Giant Yang Yang, Little Fan Fan, aunties, sisters, brothers and friends, Benice will take you on a journey that’s as heartwarming as it is hair-raising. Thrill to a swashbuckling adventure, wonder at the hidden truth, and cherish the kind of friends that will stay with you for life. Perfect for young readers starting to learn life’s most important lessons, Benice is a classic adventure suitable for all the family – the sort of story that will inspire nights reading under the covers and days sailing the high seas of imagination.

The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.Featuring content adapted from the audiobook Harry Potter: A History of Magic inspired by the British Library exhibition of the same name, this book examines the colourful characters and curious incidents of the real history of magic, and how they relate to the Hogwarts curriculum and Harry Potter stories. Spells and charms have captured the imagination for hundreds of years. Warding off evil is something that has concerned people throughout history; potions have long been brewed by apothecaries to make medicines, drugs, poisons and even the elusive Philosopher's Stone; and plants have been important components of medicines and myth-making and magic - from stink lilies to screaming mandrakes. For millennia people have strived to see what fate and fortune hold and the study of the night sky has fascinated those trying to read their destinies. As well as this, folkloric creatures - giants, dragons and merpeople and lesser-known beings such as Acromantula and Hippogriffs, all play a key role in Harry Potter's journey. So, as you'll see Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Herbology, Divination, Astrology, as well as Care of Magical Creatures, are not just important subjects in the wizarding world, but are as central to the Harry Potter stories as Harry, Hermione and Ron. This content was originally available as four eBook shorts A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts, A Journey Through Potions and Herbology, A Journey Through Divination and Astronomy, A Journey Through Care of Magical Creatures released in 2019.