Rocket Bird Books – serie

In this stunning debut from Ruby Wright, Maisie's enthusiasm and her mum's imagination will capture your heart.Maisie’s head is full of animal facts! She desperately wants a pet of her own, but Mum says their flat is too small. Luckily a packet of animal crackers is about to grant Maisie’s wish. But as a whole zoo-full of animals come to stay there are some unexpected results. (Well… Mum expected them.) This exciting debut mixes fantasy and wish fulfilment with the reality of modern children's lives.

Discover the magical world of storyteller Pandora, adorer of brave and beautiful words, weaver and forger of tales.Pandora is an explorer, a collector of words (even ones that misbehave). Once she has the words she needs, she watches them flower and then forges them into the most magical stories. Friend to all the story-starved children, Pandora knows a secret: once read, a story unfurls in your heart. Enter her world and you’ll never see words in quite the same way again.

Monstrous mistaken-identity comedy to tickle your spooky funny-bone!When Willa follows the wrong witch into the wrong (haunted) house party, things don't look good. But one little girl's good nature, and her knack for missing all things supernatural, is definitely a match for any skeleton, witch, werewolf or vampire! Slapstick comedy perfect for all fans of the softly spooky.Willa and her mum agree they will both go to a fancy-dress birthday party dressed as witches. But there’s a problem – when they run into two real witches a case of mistaken identity means that Willa ends up at an actual Haunted House, full of ghosts, skeletons and other creepy creatures. Bold and confident, Willa is also oblivious to what is going on around her: she thinks the monsters are all just friends and their parents in fancy dress! And as she searches the house for her mum, she creates total mayhem – including covering many of the party-goers in Frog’s Breath. Ribbit!!

The only thing bigger than Lionel the rhinoceros is his enthusiasm to join in!Lionel loves to join in with whatever his friends are doing – playing cars, making music or baking! But his enthusiasm means he usually leaps before he looks, leading to disaster. Finally Lionel seeks out some quiet space. As he relaxes Lionel has a great idea, and this time it’s his friends who ask to join in… all aboard the world’s greatest rhinocer-raft!

This isn’t a library for book-borrowers – in this library you borrow a llama!The Llama Library has any subject you can imagine – cookery, history, art, music, science even romance! All you need to do is go to the section and choose your llama, give the librarian your card to stamp and you can take it home. And that’s where things might get a little… messy! But don’t worry – just return your llama to the library and borrow another.Holly Ryan’s hilarious story of a library from another dimension is broght to life by the incredible Ella Bailey. The magic of borrowing from your local library has never been this funny!

It’s amazing what you discover when you go a little slower.Eddie is a scooter dog, and scooter dogs love to go SUPERFAST. Flying across fields, whizzing through woods, bombing along the beach. But when Eddie has a crash and his scooter is out of action, his friend Thelma shows him all the things you only discover when you walk.

Outside she is a shy little girl, but inside are magic worlds and rocket submarines. Discover the power of the introvert.It’s fun to be part of a busy, whizzy crowd. Sometimes, when things are noisy, do you long for the space and quiet that lets your imagination flow? Get ready for Solo to take you on an adventure where we discover being alone is not the same as being lonely, and you should not judge an introvert by her cover!We can guess Solo is an introvert through her name, but you can see from her bright yellow coat that she’s also strong and independent. She isn’t lonely: she enjoys being alone. Jesse is a classic extrovert who immediately asks Solo to play, but he also has emotional intelligence, working out quickly that Solo is overwhelmed. When he finds her again, they create a special place where the two are friends who perfectly compliment each other.Clark uses colour and shape to perfectly express the complexity of each character and show us the story instead of just telling.