A hilarious junior fiction book series from Ailsa Wild about solving mysteries, blending families and leaping to conclusions! Squishy Taylor is a cheeky, sneaky 11-year-old who lives with her dad and step-family in a very crowded apartment. Luckily for Squishy, their building is huge - and there's always plenty of mysteries to investigate! Like her first three adventures ... Who's hiding in the basement? Who's been smuggling illegal diamonds? How do you get rid of a Chinese-warrior ghost? How many Squishy Taylor books have you read? Contains: Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters Squishy Taylor and a Question of Trust Squishy Taylor and the Vase that Wasn't Australian superstar Squishy Taylor is a curious, likeable and instantly relatable hero for ALL kids aged 6 and up. She's part of a blended family - a new kind of normal for so many kids, whether it's a Modern Family or more of a Brady Bunch. Between nightly Skype-chats with her mum, dealing with a noisy baby or her two new 'bonus sisters', there's always a new challenge or exciting mystery to solve. Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters (#1) was listed as a Notable Book in the 2017 CBCA Awards, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Readings Children's Book Prize. Squishy Taylor and the Tunnel of Doom (#6) was shortlisted for the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature in 2017.

Solve crimes up high in the seventh amazing adventure with the REAL PIGEONS! These feathery crime-fighters will need to FLY like never before if they want to save the day – and avoid becoming FALCON SNACKS. Zoom around in the REAL PIGEONS' nest plane and get ready for their weirdest mysteries yet! Like why are BIRDS FALLING out of the sky? Who KIT-NAPPED a notorious kitten called Clawzy? And why is a pack of LOCUSTS attacking them? This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald’s text charms and entertains, while Wood’s often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading Time Read the whole REAL PIGEONS series now: Real Pigeons Fight Crime Real Pigeons Eat Danger Real Pigeons Nest Hard Real Pigeons Splash Back Real Pigeons Peck Punches Real Pigeons Get Bready Real Pigeons Flex Feathers Real Pigeons Spy High Real Pigeons Duck Trouble Real Pigeons Stay Coo Real Pigeons Flap Out​ Real Pigeons Power Up – coming November 2024!

Marlow has a monster! And he doesn’t know what to do about it… Every night, the little pest visits Marlow’s room, only Mom and Dad can’t see it. In trouble on several fronts and at his wits end, Marlow decides the only option is to pawn the annoying visitor off on his baby sister, Sarah. However, all does no go as planned when Sarah helps Marlow to see his monster in a different light. Strikingly illustrated in black and white with only the monster in color, Marlow and the Monster is an award-winning picture book that is sure to become a family favorite as monster fears fly out the window, replaced with happy fun and friendship.

The Sabbat World have been lost to the Imperium for many long centuries. Now, a crusade fights to reclaim them. In its midst are Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his "Ghosts", the brave men of the Tanith First-and-Only. As they survive battle after battle, Gaunt and his men uncover an insidious plot to unseat the crusade's warmaster, a move that threatens to destabilise the war effort and undo all the good work and sacrifice of millions of soldiers. With no one to trust and nowhere to turn, Gaunt must find a way to expose the conspiracy and save his men from a needless death.

Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.

Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world--first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed cartoons and others with year-end themes of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year. Explore beloved television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, theatrical shorts such as Santa's Workshop, holiday episodes from animated television series like American Dad! and The Simpsons, feature films like The Nutcracker Prince and obscure productions such as The Insects' Christmas, along with numerous adaptations and parodies of such classics as A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night before Christmas.