Loved by kids, parents and teachers, these engaging stories are ready to delight a whole new audience of emerging independent readers aged 6–8 years. Sam wants a cat, but her family loves dogs. Then one night, through the rain pelting down on her tin roof, she hears a sharp mewing sound. Sam takes in the bedraggled kitten, but in the morning she finds it missing.
Crystal longs to be a mermaid. So her mother makes her a flashing silver tail. But the tail doesn’t feel real enough, until the night Crystal wears it to bed…
How can Mr and Mrs Snottygobble get rid of the monster hole in their garden?
Hannah is in hospital with a badly broken leg and feeling very bored. The one thing that cheers her up are the phone calls from her grandmother that describe the visits she has from a lame magpie that begs for food.
Holly dreams of a tropical island where she lives as a princess, is wooed by a prince, and never has to do another maths lesson. Then, POW!! Suddenly Xavier appears - a wish-fulfilment agent to make it all come true.
Will he be able to hit the apple with his arrow? Willie isn't sure. He's not very good with bows and arrows, but his sister's life depends on it...
Brian and his parents move into a spooky house whose previous owner was obviously a witch, and quite soom strange things start to happen. After a frightening encounter in the cellar, Brian's cat catches the culprit, a bored household imp. Now Brian has to devise some way of keeping him under control! Ages 6-10.
It's Saturday morning. Auskick starts soon. But there's something wrong with Brendan's fish.
AJ held the book close to his face and blinked his eyes. There It was in black and white. He was starting at a recipe for mind-reading!....
Rhyming text and illustrations follow a little girl who, with the help of her patient dog, pretends to be a farmer, a princess, a deep-sea diver, and little Red Riding Hood