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Tommy & Lizzy are back in their most adventure-filled story yet! When fourteen-year-old Tommy discovers a weathered notebook tucked inside his late grandfather’s saddlebag, he never imagines it will launch him into a forgotten pact, and a mystery buried beneath decades of red dust. The notebook holds clues to a trail hidden across the outback: carved cattle brands, spiral stones, and cryptic poems that lead not to gold, but to something far more dangerous... and far more important. With his loyal Blue Heeler Lizzy, her two wild pups, and sharp-witted classmate Ellie by his side, Tommy ...

Santa’s on probation. The algorithm’s out for his job. And Christmas just got weird. After a disastrous holiday season with a 90 percent return rate, Santa Claus is summoned by the Pantheon of Perpetual Wonder, the mythic HR department of all fictional beings, and told he’ll be replaced by the sleek new AI, NOEL-1, unless global belief climbs above 70 percent before Christmas Eve. Determined to prove that human magic still matters, Santa goes undercover at his estranged daughter Joy’s suburban high school as “Nick Chrisman,” a 300-year-old legend disguised as a very confused gap...

‘Twas the night before Christmas... and Santa wanted BRAAAAAINS! 🧠 When Santa Claus is infected by zombie goo and starts groaning “Ho Ho Brains,” the North Pole spirals into holly-jolly horror. It’s up to three misfit kids from Frostbite Falls—science wiz Ellie, prank genius Diego, and truth-hunting journalist Priya—to team up with a coffee-addicted elf, a grumpy Easter Bunny, and Jack Frost (on a snowboard, naturally) to cure Santa and save Christmas. Their mission? Break into the Candy Cane Vault. Brew a magical cocoa cure. Survive zombie reindeer, sabotaged sleighs, sock-...

"We didn’t mean to summon a ghost. Or crash a roller rink. Or enchant our treehouse with giant chicken legs. But when you’re part of the Rejects’ Coven, things tend to get a little... spellbound." Twelve-year-old Zara and her misfit friends - Jinx the prank queen, Raven the spooky poet, Pip the science genius, and Sasha the ex-mean girl - just wanted to teach the bullies a lesson. Instead, they unleashed a cackling poltergeist, opened a magical rift over Sablewick, and caught the attention of some very opinionated witch spirits. Now, with the ghost of Baba Yaga’s hut stomping ...

So, you want to write books for kids? Maybe you’ve got an idea for a slime-fueled jetpack, a misunderstood sandwich with dreams, or a lonely prankster who finds a time-travelling bin chicken. Maybe you don’t have a clue what you’re doing yet, but you do know you love stories, you love kids, and you’re ready to give this writing thing a real shot. Good news: this book’s for you. WRITING BOOKS FOR KIDS is a fast, funny, no-nonsense guide for anyone who wants to create unforgettable fiction for 6–14-year-olds. Whether you're hoping to write short chapter books, middle-grade magic ...

TOOTS. TREMORS. TOTAL CHAOS. Just when Max Muckworthy and Gertie McStumble (orGassy Gertie as she hates to be known) thought Gunkville couldn’t get any stinkier, a mysterious fartquake splits the town in two—and out stomps a monster with a backside so powerful it could flatten cities. Meet Fartypantszilla: a skyscraper-sized, thunderbutt lizard with chili-breath, burp-blast feet, and a bad attitude. As the government rolls in with soap cannons and lavender bombs, Max and Zara team up with their old gooey friend Sludge and a heroic warthog named Puddles to uncover the truth: ...

Something hairy just ripped a thunder-fart through the jungle… and it’s headed for Gunkville. Meet King Kong Pong—a skyscraper-sized gorilla with banana breath so bad it melts tree bark, dreadpits that launch pong grenades, and a tail-slap that creates actual stinkquakes. When the jungle starts gagging and the clouds turn brown, Max Muckworthy, Gertie McStumble, Sludge, and their rainbow-farting warthog Puddles must face their most toxic mission yet. With the help of burping fruit bats and a legendary artifact called the Sacred Nosebell, they’ll have to swing, slide, and stink-blast...

Milo Mischief is back! And this time, the Naughty Itch has gone international… When Troubleton’s most chaotic prankster is rewarded with a “civilised” family trip to Venice, disaster is practically guaranteed. Between exploding tortellini, rampaging gondolas, and a masked prankster leaving vegetable-themed clues, Milo finds himself in the middle of a centuries-old veggie conspiracy, and the fate of Venice may depend on his biggest prank yet. Armed with fart-powered relics, glitter gadgets, and his legendary inability to behave, Milo must outwit the mysterious Violetta Verde, reunite...

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A galactic blast of farts, goo, and heroic stink-squad chaos! Max, Zara, Sludge, and the ever-gassy Puddles are BACK, and things are about to get a whole lot stinkier. When glowing poop-pods crash into the Goo Galaxy Flats, the squad faces their grossest mission yet: stop the Turdoid invasion and steal the Stink-Core from a flying turd-shaped spaceship before the Mega-Muck Meteor stinkifies Earth forever! But alien fart-shields, gooey gremlins, exploding poo-balls, and the villainous Grand Poobah Plopulus stand in their way. Armed with The Ooze Almanac, a hacked Stench-o-Meter, rainbow-...

Meet Milo Mischief: ten years old, utterly uncontainable, and genetically cursed with the Naughty Itch—a twitchy, tingly compulsion to prank that runs deep in the Mischief bloodline. When a single squirt of ancient, glowing Gloop-Galoo threatens to glue Troubleton Academy, its pigeons, and the entire mayoral staff into one big sticky mess, Milo’s reputation hits rock bottom (and bounces). Expulsion looms. The town turns on him. Even his sister Penelope starts sharpening her clipboard. But Milo has one chance to save his family, his school, and his gleefully disastrous legacy… Throw ...

Jax Carter can do it all - football, baseball, basketball, you name it, he’s a legend! Since catching a ball at eight weeks old (seriously), everyone in Hubbard Falls has had one plan for him: go pro, make millions, save the town. But Jax has a secret. He’d rather be sketching comic books and writing songs than scoring touchdowns. When three life-changing events land on the same day, a baseball final, a football championship, and the school art show, Jax is forced to make the biggest play of his life: follow the crowd... or follow his heart. Told in Jax’s hilarious, heartfelt voice, ...

Hold onto your hats, kids, because Tommy Archer and his legendary Blue Heeler, Lizzy, are about to take you on the wildest ride through the Australian outback! When a massive bushfire threatens their family’s cattle station, 13-year-old Tommy, three exchange students, and a litter of mischievous pups must lead 500 stubborn cows to safety. But this isn’t just a walk in the park—think raging rivers, sneaky dingoes, cranky snakes, and a whole lot of cow chaos! With Lizzy barking orders like a furry general, Tommy’s crew faces epic adventures and side-splitting mishaps—like Hiro’s ...

What if you could code your dream crush? What if they came to life, and immediately broke the internet? Maya Bronski is a sixteen-year-old coding prodigy with a major crush on the school’s Vibe king. Eli Torres is her sarcastic, 3D-print-obsessed best friend with a hopeless thing for a cheerleader who doesn’t know he exists. Tired of being invisible in high school and striking out in love, they decide to hack the system, literally. Using rogue AI, hologram tech, and data pulled from the Vibe app (think TikTok’s chaotic older cousin), they code their “perfect” partners: Chloe and ...

A fart-blasting griffin. A bull-headed beast with a stink to wake the dead. And a slime-powered squad stuck in ancient Crete with nothing but rainbow gas and a burping book to save the day. When the Ooze Almanac zaps Max, Zara, Sludge, and their legendary flatulent warthog, Puddles, into the Slime Labyrinth of myth, they discover a rotten plan centuries in the making. The fearsome Mingotaur is about to awaken the ancient Stink-Titan, a goo-monster so foul it could turn the whole galaxy into a reeking mess. Armed with skidding Skiffs, exploding slime grenades, and Puddles’ explosive butt-...

HOLD YOUR NOSE! THE GLOOMFART IS COMING. Just when Max thought life in Gunkville couldn’t get any grosser, a glowing green fart-cloud called the Great Gloomfart threatens to stink up the whole world. Worse? It’s being summoned by Count Rankula, a swamp-slurping vampire with yellow eyeballs, a moldy cape, and a magical Stench Scepter powered by pure pong. There’s only one thing that can stop him: the Stinkstone, an ancient, slime-encrusted gem buried deep in the Miasma Marshes and guarded by Frankenslime, a massive burping swamp-monster stitched together from leftover goo and broken ...

In Canis Prime, dogs rule. Humans fetch. And 12-year-old border collie Rover wouldn’t have it any other way. As a top historian-in-training at Barkwell Academy, Rover dreams of discovering ancient truths, chewing big ideas, and maybe earning a medal for Most Responsible Use of a Squeaky Toy. But when a mysterious glowing bone-key leads him through a portal to a strange new realm called Earth, Rover is horrified to discover a world where humans are in charge… and dogs wear leashes. Enter Emma: a lonely, artistic girl with a big heart, a sketchbook full of strange ideas, and absolutely no...

The Last Library is unravelling. Portals are closing. Ink is fading. And in the space between stories, something ancient is stirring—something born from a single forbidden rewrite. Fourteen-year-old Juniper Quill thought she’d saved the Library of Eternity. But when a mysterious summons pulls her back into the bookworlds, she discovers a dangerous new corruption: in the Realm of Fixed Morals, Aesop’s fables have lost their lessons. In the City of Fanfiction, beloved heroes are rewritten beyond recognition. And in a distant corner of Oz, a forgotten truth waits to be uncovered, ...

Some kids dream big. Finn Harper dreams dangerously! Every night, thirteen-year-old Finn slips into the Dreamscape, a realm of surreal worlds, wild creatures, and whispered fears, armed only with Flicker, his moody, half-magical lantern. As a junior Dreamkeeper, his job is to patch up nightmares before they spill into the waking world. No pressure! But when his best friend Lila’s little brother falls into a coma, and a forgotten villain known as the Nightmare Weaver resurfaces, Finn is pulled into a dangerous quest that spans collapsing dreambubbles, shape-shifting monsters, and a ...

Sunny Harper was born smiling. Not just grinning, beaming. Even while locked in her attic “sky lounge” by her cruel, jam-slinging parents, she found silver linings. Rotten chores? “Free cardio!” Parental insults? “Loud poetry!” Her sunshine wasn’t just contagious, it was magical. Thanks to her glowing Gratitude Jar and a mysterious locket humming with golden wisps, Sunny’s joy made Starbloom Hollow blossom. But when a flood sweeps in, a fire rages, and betrayal hits close to the heart, Sunny’s smile fades for the first time. Her orchard is ash, her hope is gone, and the ...