Nicola Townsend

In Eurostate 8, once known as England, freedom of choice is no longer an option and Angel Ashe, 15, is bored. Her mother is soon to arrange a marriage for her so Angel escapes through a portal into another world.

Magda is tall and glamorous, but she’s worried that her appearance is giving guys the wrong idea.

Nadine is willowy and gothic - she wants to be a model, but the industry is unforgiving.

And Ellie… well, Ellie is convinced she’s fat.

The pressure is on for the girls to change the way they look – but can they learn to love themselves the way they are?

Lilac Peabody is as small as a dragonfly and always there when you need a friend. Sam is lonely and miserable in his new school and he has no new friends to invite to his birthday party - until Lilac appears!

The circus has come to town, and Paddington and the Browns have front row seats! But Paddington becomes anxious when he looks up and sees a man dangling from a rope by his ankles. Always ready to lend a paw, he rushes off to save the trapeze artist and as a result the circus is turned upside down! Paddington, however, comes out on top as the star of the show.

One moonlit night a boy sees a swan arrive on a lake near his home. After befriending her he watches through the seasons as she finds a mate and starts a family.

In 1937 Mary Alice is sent from Chicago to spend a year in the country with scary Grandma Dowdel. She soon becomes Grandma's partner in crime as they help out their friends and take care of their enemies. Gradually Mary Alice realises she has more in common with Grandma than she thought.