This is a fun and exciting story that celebrates family in all its forms, as well as the superhero potential in both children and adults. On Oakley’s birthday, his mums are away battling a super slime monster, leaving him and his Nana Anna to prepare for the party. When the slime from their suits begins to spread through the house, Oakley and little sister Lyla find themselves in the middle of a series of wildly imaginative events.
The beloved Friendship Fairies are back again with another exciting adventure, this time – they must work together to save the circus. Emme, Holly, Jess and a symphony of quirky characters come together to help Diogo the clown get his smile back and remind him that what makes us happiest is often right in front of our eyes.
Fans of the Friendship Fairies series are in for another treat. This story, a sequel to Jess Gets Her Wings, is set right before Jess, our protagonist, begins school. Jess is excited to start school but is suddenly daunted by the prospect of discovering her special brand of magic. Her big sisters already know what their magic is and they, alongside their eccentric new neighbour Mrs Doggy-Waggy, set out to help Jess in her task.
In their sixth adventure, in order to help Emme improve her French sisters Emme, Holly and Jess, along with their parents house-swap with the Gryanne Family in Paris. The excitement, potential for mishaps and adventures, and a chase across Paris to catch an octopus are charmingly captured as we navigate an alternative, ‘fairy’ Paris where picnics are held in trees, a pink octopus can be a family pet and a fairy metro runs underneath the human metro.
From the magical world of the Friendship Fairies comes a heartwarming story especially for younger readers. Jess Gets Her Wings is a prequel to the widely enjoyed Friendship Fairies series and follows fairy Jessica Dixon and the story of how she finally gets her wings. Jess has dreamt of the day she will learn how to use her wings. To realise her dreams however, her teacher Mr. Bat-Wing tells her she must complete three acts of kindness.
Barnabus Kwerk’s dreadfully rich, horrible family keep him locked in the attic, when all he wants is to go to school and be a normal boy. But Barnabus is far from normal. When Aunt Jemima appears, Barnabus learns she knows all the secrets: about his family, about his missing mother, about his unique gifts. She steals Barnabus away to the centre of the Earth where his life is turned upside-down.
Riley Cain enlists some literary magic to provide a countdown of poems for Halloween, in a book which is brightly written and vividly illustrated. Poems range from the lighthearted (a house inhabited by mummies and Banshees), to the wonderfully absurd (sweet-loving Vikings) to the genuinely haunting (The Phantom Highwayman).
