Rita Hamill

All kinds of people are friends in all kinds of different ways. It's the same for animal friendships too! Grey langur monkeys protect and look out for chital deer, hermit crabs and sea anemones go on adventures together, ostriches and zebras work together, and remora fish and lemon sharks that trust each other.

There are so many kinds of friendships and each one of them is special in its own unique way. This warm and friendly introduction to animal friendships is perfect for pre-schoolers to learn about the world around them, as well as seeing which friendships are similar to their own.

Maggie Walsh has always been the sensible member of the family. Happily married and with proper job she always does the right thing, until the day she leaves husband Garv runs away to Hollywood. On her voyage of discovery she realises what she really wants from her life and her marriage.

After a fire at her father’s research lab, Laurie is arrested and unsure what to say in her defence. Should she tell about the mysterious horsemen that she saw in the woods, and the terrifying truth which lay behind their appearance? In the eyes of the police she is a criminal. But Laurie knows that she’s a hero.

For over forty years Joan Marble and her husband have lived in a sixteenth-century appartment in Rome. Here she describes the joys, and difficulties, of maintaining her rooftop garden, and the views from the garden.

Meet Bradley Chalkers. He's the oldest child in the class. He tells ENORMOUS lies. He picks fights with girls. The teachers say he has 'serious behaviour problems'. And no one likes him... Except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is kind and generous, and she even enjoys his far-fetched stories.

Carla knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is believing in yourself.

Ellen McKinnon, clairvoyant, finds her marriage, her health and her sanity threatened when she 'sees' the death of a man in a bomb attack before it has really occurred. Terrified, she leaves her home and husband, to live with a man she barely knows in Southern Ireland.