Katherine Shaw

Tashi lives in a tiny village below the tea plantations where her mother earns a living. One day her mother falls ill, and Tashi must pick tea to earn the money for a doctor. But she is too small to reach the tender shoots and the cruel Overseer sends her away empty-handed. Tashi needs a miracle. Then, on the mountains high above the plantation where only monkeys live, something extraordinary happens that will change her life for ever…

Perfect for enquiring minds just starting out with the history of mythology, this lively look at 30 marvellous myths from around the world is a great introduction to the subject. 30 key stories are retold, each explained in neat 30-second soundbites and supported by 3-second flash summaries. Six themed sections cover Creation Myths, Quests & Adventures, Creatures & Monsters, Heroes & Tricksters, Earth, Water & Sky, and Gods & Goddesses.

"I've been working sooo hard with Milo and Govi to make our super-erupting volcano for the school science fair. I really thought we might win first prize - a trip to the National Space Centre. But now we're in BIG trouble. One minute we were in the lab practising our science demo, and the next thing we knew, our volcano exploded and flooded the corridors. School had to be cancelled! But did we really get our project so wrong - or is someone else trying to win first prize? Looks like a case for Anisha, Accidental Detective!" Book two in the series

Follow Georgia's hilarious antics as she tries to overcome the dilemma’s that are weighing up against her, and muddle her way through teenage life and all that it entails: how to replace accidentally shaved-off eyebrows; how to cope with Angus, her small labrador-sized Scottish wildcat; her first kiss with Peter - afterwards known as Whelk Boy; annoying teachers; unsympathetic friends and family, and how to entice Robbie the Sex God! Phew - she’s really got her work cut out!

Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison's second book about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson.

What is the matter with my life? Why is it so deeply unfab?

It's a day and a half now since I snogged the Sex God...
I think I have snog withdrawal. My lips keep puckering up...
I tried snogging the back of my hand, but it's no good...
It's been over a week. I wonder if it's my nose...
I have a HUGE nose that means I have to live for ever in the Ugly Home.

Book 2 of 'Down to Earth' series. Sequel to 'Year of the Cornflake' (6013). Brian and Faith Addis and their family continue to settle into life in rural Devonshire. After a hectic summer with holidaying children they look forward to a quiet winter, but Marcus is involved in a road accident!

Christina and Will have left Flambards for London where they find a new set of problems, particularly as Will is determined to design and pilot flying machines!  Book 2 of series.

When a customer of William Doughty's chemist shop dies of strychnine poisoning, William is blamed, and the family faces ruin. William's daughter, Frances, is convinced that the death was murder, but unable to convince the police, she turns detective. Aided by some unconventional friends, Frances uncovers a startling deception and solves a ten-year-old murder.

How do you help a young child deal with disability or explain what that means? This hands on book is designed to help children with their questions and feelings about tricky topics that can be hard to talk about. A perfect aid to help children open up and explore how they feel and steps they can take to help them cope.

This book explores the many aspects of Autism in a child-friendly way. It offers practical help, tips and advice an well as exploring everyday situations. A perfect aid to help children open up and explore how they feel and give steps they can take to help them cope.

The second book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy.

After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ... and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay.

As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless they can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

Then comes the cruellest twist: the contestants for the next Hunger Games are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced into the arena once more.

'I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest.'

Tracy is ten years old. She lives in a Children's Home but would like a real home one day, with a real family. Meet Tracy, follow her story and share her hopes for the future in this beautifully observed, touching and often very funny tale, all told in Tracy's own words.

Tally is beautiful, her clothes are 'cool' and her boyfriend is gorgeous. Her life is non stop parties, luxury and total freedom. Then a message from her past arrives and the fun stops!

When she was a rebellious Ugly, the Specials - beautiful, strong and fast - frightened Tally, and now she is one herself. When she is sent to stamp out rebels she is forced to make a choice: carry out the mission or listen to her faint conscience telling her something is wrong…

Amanda Owen was inspired by the James Herriot books to leave her town life behind and head to the countryside. After working as a freelance shepherdess, she eventually settled down as a farmer’s wife at Ravenseat, alongside her husband Clive and seven children. She reveals how she has dealt with the ups and downs of farming life - from the tragedy of foot and mouth disease to the joy of breeding a champion tup, and from the pleasures of living in tune with the changing seasons to the challenges of raising children in such a remote location.

A beautiful and unusual selection of 366 nature poems - one for every day of the year, including leap years. Filled with familiar favourites and new discoveries, they are written by a wide variety of poets, for children and adults to enjoy together.

In 1912, an orphan from London is employed as a companion to a wealthy American lady, with whom she is to travel to America. Their ship is the new floating palace, the Titanic! This is Margaret's diary about that fateful voyage.

1944, and young mouse Pip's quiet world is turned upside down when her home, umbrella shop James Smith & Sons, is destroyed by a bomb. Orphaned and alone, she must begin a perilous quest to find a new home. But the only way to get there is by joining Noah’s Ark, a secret gang of animals fighting with the resistance in France. Danger is everywhere and Pip must risk everything to save her new friends.

High above the streets of Paris live the rooftoppers, a secret gang of children who eat, sleep and tumble amongst the chimney pots. But for Matteo and Mercedes the adventure is only just beginning, as the pair find themselves on a wild hunt across Paris - tearing over the roofs in search of hidden treasure in a race against an enemy who would seek to destroy that which they love best.

When Clara Carter first saw the suitcase in a ditch she didn't expect it to yelp, or to find Mud, a large dog in it.

Blindfolded. Alone. Afraid. No idea where she is or what will happen next. The only thing Angela knows is that she's been kidnapped. Does she have the courage to escape? Will she ever see her father again?

A witty anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. These 20 poems by the award winning Joseph Coelho will arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. There are tongue twisters, poems to project, poems to whisper, poems to make you laugh. There are poems to perform to a whole class and others to whisper in somebody's ear.

Darby is twelve and has Down's syndrome. Her favourite things are music, chocolate, and her big sister Kaydee. It's nearly time for the annual chocolate hunt, the highlight of Darby's year, but Kaydee has brought a friend home for the weekend. Suddenly both the chocolate hunt and her favourite person are in danger of slipping away... and to make things worse, the family's strawberry farm is hit by a tornado. When the storm clears, what will be left? And can Darby mend what's been broken when nobody will listen to her?

Tsunami Girl is a powerful coming-of-age story of 15-year-old Yuki Hara Jones who gets caught up in the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. It's about a young person trying to work out who they are, and where they fit - and trying to do this whilst surviving the trauma of a triple disaster of colossal scale.

Anna's new home in England seems very strange, but she has more to worry about when a dragon's egg hatches!

In Ruby's world colour matters. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. She might not see colour or race, but others do, especially when she falls for an Afrikaans boy.

Melanie Prosser and her gang of school bullies have ways of extracting birthday presents and money from the other girls. But Lucy is ready to fight back with the help of scruffy Angus Burns.

Turned away by his own son, Cessie’s long-lost grandfather finds himself in the place he fears most a nursing home called Shangri-La. Only Cessie loves him and is determined to help him escape and unravel the truth of his past. A past that comes to him only in glimpses a lifeboat, a tin of condensed milk, a terrifying night on the beaches of Dunkirk in World War II…

Seventeen-year-old Sasha's gift of being able to see into the future shows her the horrors of the battlefields of the First World War, and worst of all the fate of her two brothers, Edgar and Tom. Sasha is forced to flee from her over-protective parents to become a nurse at the front. There she tries to change the path of fate.

A young girl tells of the tragedy that befell her village in Derbyshire when the plague was brought from London in 1665, possibly by a parcel of dress patterns. Dramatically and powerfully told.

Recovering from a broken heart, Hetty Longden is asked to house-sit in a beautiful crumbling mansion. She is soon absorbed in the fight to save the house from Conan, the awful heir. Contains some strong language and explicit sex.

One week away from her wedding and Liverpudlian Emma and five friends head to Dublin for a hen party. After sampling the local brew Pauline meets the Mafia, Tracey makes her stage debut and Emma falls for an attractive stranger. Contains some offensive language.

When Lily moves into Marcus's flat she is intrigued by signs of his recently departed ex-lover. Who was this woman and why had she suddenly disappeared? It doesn't take long for Lily's curiosity to grow into an all-pervading obsession. X rated, explicit sexual content.

Single parent Linda Breland has reached the end of her tether, especially with her younger daughter so she decides to return home to the Deep South, hoping for a new beginning for the whole family.

A theatrical impresario, Frances Angel’s production of Macbeth leaves a lot to be desired. Not helping matters any, her lover has ‘exited stage left’. Her cousin Gina suggests that she travels to Italy to try and find herself and confront her past.

When loved ones leave you, it's time to change your life. Recently widowed March Cantrell must deal with her beloved husband's death while trying to escape the constant interference from her well meaning grown-up children. All her children that is, apart from Molly.