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"I can't take Gloria. But no one else will have her. Who wants a goat?" Leo can't let Gloria die. But where do you keep a goat when you live in a first-floor flat? And what about the milking? He struggles to solve the problems, and Rachel and Harinder help him. But it's not just a goat they have to take care of. Before they know what's happening, there are ducks, too. And hens. And bees - Things are going wildly out of control!

Septimouse is a genius. He can do things that other mice cannot do. He can talk to cats, talk to big people, talk to little big people and make them as small as mice. But the one thing he really wants to do is eat some cheese, and how on earth is he going to do that? When little big person Katie’s dad loses his job, Septimouse has a brilliant plan. He shrinks Mum and Dad, and takes them through the mouse hole behind the fridge.

THE SKELINGTON Meet Purple Class Jamal, Ivette, Yasmin, Jodie, Leon, Shea and Zina! The children think their teacher has died when they see a skeleton in his chair is it Mr Wellington’s skelington? THE FLYING SPIDER All havoc breaks loose when Ivette and Zina see a deadly flying spider in the classroom... THE HALF-EATEN SWEATER Mr Wellington’s precious cricket sweater is in the bin, Shea and Jamal do a sponsored silence, Jodie says there’s a werewolf on the class trip and Ivette’s birthday cake gets sat on!

Leon's favourite tree, haunted by the Mad Mangler, a washerwoman who mangles her victims, has been kidnapped by SAS-type men and taken to the home of a rock star. Eventually all ends well as the Mangler is introduced to washing machines.

Just the thought of setting sail makes Sir Rupert feel seasick. And the possibility of bumping into his rival, Sir Sidney Dribble, or Mad Mavis and her pirate gang, makes him feel even worse. Luckily Sir Rupert's daughter, Rosie, isn't quite as much of a wimp as he is, and is able to save the day! A fast and funny pirate adventure from best-selling author Jeremy Strong.

Liam's grandad had found the trousers - and Liam knew they were haunted. They certainly weren't the right things to wear when you were spending the night in a museum full of spooky stuffed animals. But stuffed animals can't do anything, can they?

We begin with one of Hardy’s best regarded stories, 'The Fiddler of the Reels'. Here Hardy exposes a supernatural and demonic theme, against a realistic and historical background of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the first trains. A typical Wessex girl is gripped by the power of music and dance when a lone fiddler casts his spell on her, causing her cloying but plain suitor to leave suddenly for London.