Mostrando resultados por Editor "Oakhill Publishing Ltd" en Literatura y Ficción

A little kitten twinkling with magic is in need of the perfect friend. And that's how Jemma's biggest dreams become possible when she discovers a silky cream and brown kitten called Flame. And it's also how Kim manages to put up with her mean cousin when a silver tabby kitten, also called Flame comes to stay....Here are two more delightful stories featuring Flame, the magic kitten who changes colour!

When Laura Sibbie starts a secret club at school she calls it Pig City, after the funny hat she always wears. To make sure that none of the members tells anyone else about the club, Laura makes them give her something totally embarrasing as 'insurance'. She promises to keep the insurance secret - unless someone talks about Pig City.

Davey is the new boy and Sam can't stand him. He thinks that Davey is a first-class, grade A, top-of-the-dung-heap moron. But when the two are thrown together, Sam discovers that Davey's eccentric way of looking at the world makes life a lot more exciting. Until something terrible happens...A beautiful, funny and sad story, told completely in verse.

My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Jones. The ‘Dreadful’ bit is my dad’s JOKE. But it is not even true that I am dreadful.

When Jake Jellicoe signs up as a cabin boy aboard the Flounder, Captain Dreadnought promises him a share of the loot. But he soon discovers that the captain isn't all he seems. And before he knows it, Jake is caught up in a race for the dread pirate Redbeard's treasures! Har-har, me hearties!

Angeline could read before she was old enough to turn the pages of a book, and she mastered the piano without a single lesson. But being so clever doesn't make life easy for Angeline. Mean kids at school call her a 'genius freak', and her dad seems a bit worried about how to look after her. It is not until she makes friends with a boy who tells the best jokes, and a teacher who loves tropical fish, that things start to get better in some surprising ways for Angeline.

In A Circus Wish, Sadie's circus adventure begins where an adorable coal-black kitten called Flame tumbles into her life. And in Moonlight Mischief, Eve's half-term heartache disappears when lonely sandy-coloured Flame arrives at the cattery. Two magical stories about the twinkly kitten, Flame.

The Ghost World sits right on top of the Real World, overlapping it at the edges. This is the way it has been for hundreds of years. But not until now has there been a story like that of Grey Arthur, an ordinary ghost, with no particular talent for haunting.

In many ways the Ghost World is like the Real World and, in many ways, Ghosts are just like Humans, except they are never born and they never die. One day they appear and then one day they're gone. But recently more Ghosts than usual have been disappearing, just vanishing into even thinner air. So many, so quickly, that it can only mean one thing.

Trumpeter and ace footballer Tom has lost all his interest in playing now that he's lost his dad. There's a big bully at school, Mum is finding new male friends, but Tom just wants his fireman dad back. Will he find the same courage his father showed, stand up to the bully and look for the best in life?

Frank isn't much looking forward to the school visit to a local stately home. Still, not even in his worst nightmares did he expect anything like what actually happens! When "Not-Sheba", the servant girl from the picture, just walks out of her frame and demands Frank's help to find out her true identity, Frank realises that there is no escape. Charlie the celebrity-mad mummy doesn't help much either and nor do the Indian statues.

Two charming stories about Jamie and his magic cape.

Most people don't realise that an entire Ghost World exists alongside their own. They are not aware that they walk with ghosts every day. Tom Golden is the only one who knows, the only one who can see them. But when his friends start becoming visible to everyone else, he realises something somewhere has gone very wrong. Can he put it right before the two worlds collide?

Edwin Spencer has enough problems at school as it is, without strange voices calling him into another dimension! But when he is sucked into the peculiar kingdom of Hysteria on a secret mission he feels very at home. This could be his chance at last to be a hero-even if he does have Perpetua Allright ,school swot, as his sidekick.

Price Pompom's in trouble! Five witches weren't asked to his christening and now they have taken their revenge. Luckily, clever Laura Jones is on the case... Poor Prince Florian! According to an old prophecy no one can be king of Little Twittleburg unless they've got a fine head of hair, and his father is getting very thin on top. Florian will have to take over, but first he will have to complete the Four Tasks-even the one about taming a dragon! Luckily his best friend Laura is there to help.

It is AD 43. Aoife has just escaped slavery in Rome. Now she has a dream: to return to her homeland, Britannia. But Aoife is valuble. Her uncle leads the British rebellion against Rome, and the Emperor himself wants her as a hostage. As the Roman army prepares to set sail to crush the rebellion, Aoife finds herself alone among enemies.

A little kitten twinkling with magic needs a purrfect friend! Abi is lonely at boarding school but things improve with the appearance of a fluffy black-and-white kitten that causes "classroom chaos"! Likewise, Lisa's life is transformed when a tiny marmalade kitten, Flame, appears in "Summer Spell". Here are two delightful Magic Kitten tales.

When Holly's mother puts her on the Edinburgh train in the care of a complete stranger, who happens to be a children's author, none of them have any idea of what is going to happen. The following weeks will be unlike anything Holly has known before.

When the castle walls of Max and Finlay's den start crumbling away, little do the best mates know that everything is about to change. Trapped inside the wall is the ancient god Hercules, and he needs the boys' help! The friends must complete a terrifying challenge every day for seven days and can choose only one of Hercules' amazing superpowers at a time to help them. Here are their first two extraordinary challenges.

Oz and Lily’s family have inherited an ancient chocolate shop and they’re moving in upstairs. It’s the perfect home...apart from the small fact that it’s haunted. And then they discover some gold chocolate moulds - with magic powers! Soon the ghosts are joined by some evil villains determined to get their hands on the priceless secrets of the magical chocolate.