Lucy Maud Montgomery

Susan Hellard

Anne of Green Gables

Elizabeth Goudge

A special Christmas story from the author of The Little White Horse;hristmas is coming and Polly Flowerdew is bursting with excitement. Whatill she find in her stocking? Will the Wise Men visit as she has alwaysoped? Who knows what may happen at this special time of year? In the event,his Christmas isn't like any she has ever known, especially when three shipsail into the harbour. This charming and light-hearted period tale willppeal both to new readers and existing fans of Elizabeth Goudge's work.

I Saw Three Ships

Jill Tomlinson

One of a series of reissues of Jill Tomlinson's stories about young animals getting to grips with life. The books have line drawings by Susan Hellard, who was the illustrator of Time to Get Up and the Dilly series.

The Hen who Wouldn't Give Up

Bernard Ashley

Children can read about how Max comes to hav e a pet greyhound who his mum doesn''t know about. How long c an Max keep Flash a secret? '

Flash

Louis Sachar

Marvin lives in a grey house with a white fence - a white fence but for one red post. He has red hair and blue eyes. He is also left-handed. "We're lucky to be left-handed," said Mrs North. "It means we have royal blood." One day, at school, while writing a report, Marvin realises that nothing adds up. His parents have brown hair and they have brown eyes. Can he really be Marvin Redpost? Or is he, in fact, the lost son of the King of Shampoon - Prince Robert? Was he whisked away from the hospital at birth and are the Redposts really his kidnappers? Marvin sets out to get things straight. There are a lot of perks to being a prince and it's all very tempting but Marvin soon realises that sometimes the truth isn't all it's cracked up to be. Louis Sachar writes with pace and humour and heart. In this, the first in a series of eight books, he introduces strong and memorable characters in his unique and inimitable style.

Kidnapped at Birth

While Mrs North, Marvin's teacher, is on holiday she asks him to look after Waldo - her dog. Suddenly, Marvin has become the luckiest boy in school. He'll get to sniff about Mrs North's house, look in her wardrobe, check out her bathroom and rummage in her fridge . . . Well that's what Stuart and Nick, his best friends, would like to do. But Marvin takes things a little more seriously. After all, he gets paid $3 a day and he will get a bonus on top if everything goes smoothly. What could possibly go wrong? Just how long can Marvin hold on to his luck . . . Louis Sachar tells this tale with a refreshing and bold frankness and again the characters are vividly portrayed in this the fourth of the series.

Alone in His Teacher's House

Tony Bradman

At a bithday party Dilly is astonished to find another dinosaur is naughtier than he is.

Dilly's Birthday Party

Marvin Redpost turns a pretty dire situation around to his favour in this incredibly funny peek into a 9-year-old's day at school.

Why Pick on Me?

Julie Sykes

Princess Katie goes on a skiing holiday. Suki stows away in her luggage but soon misses the other kittens and tries to walk home.

Susan Hellard

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