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When Vlad hears about Paul and Judy's new baby sister he rushes to help. The family is plunged into chaos. To get him out of the house they send Vlad on a sightseeing tour of London - but the trouble he causes at home is nothing to what he manages in town!

Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with the family - until he finds out that Grandpa is moving into this room. He thinks the only way he can reclaim his room is by declaring war on his grandfather.

Nicholas's baby brother, Cheese, is famous. Well, his bottom is, because he advertises Dumper disposable nappies....

At last, Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's irrepressible little brother, gets a chance to tell his own story. From his first days at the hospital, through his Terrible Twos, to his first days at nursery school, we see what Sam is really like. But things are never quite what they seem.

Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling of the Cinderella story. Now this award-winning author turns her attention to two more classic fairy tales, and deftly turns them upside down and inside out with her trademark wit and hilarity.

In these three stories, Alice wants a pig for her birthday, Alice competes with her brother in the Alphabet Game, and Rosie isn't so sure that Mum & Dad are doing the right thing in training Rosie to tell the truth.

When cows across the country go on strike and cause a nationwide cheese shortage, everyone initially welcomes Romano, Fontina, Mozzarella, and Monterey Jack. These cliche-cracking giant cheeseheads claim they will return cheese to supermarket shelves everywhere. But Funny Boy isn't fooled for a minute. He knows these moldy manipulators are malicious aliens. You can bet your bottom dollar that Funny Boy will burn the midnight oil to come up with an artillery of jokes to defeat these cheesy aliens.

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block...for the fourth time. California's Newport Beach is her family's latest perch, and she's determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes US headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even mood rings and puka shell necklaces can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home.

Ya sé que suena un poco raro, pero de un tiempo a esta parte no hago más que viajar en el tiempo a través de un agujero negro. Bueno, yo solo no, me acompañan mis hermanos, mi padre y unas vecinas. Esta vez hemos aparecido en el imperio romano, que es una época muy interesante y emocionante, y además hemos conocido a un montón de amigos nuevos; yo, incluso, me he convertido en gladiador y he luchado contra un león. Aunque en realidad lo que de verdad deseo es volver a casa con mi familia.

¿Qué hace un niño de once años enfrentándose a más de cien soldados asesinos? Para contestar, tendría que hablar un poco del castillo de Barlovento. Del Bosque Maldito. De la Real Orden de los caballeros. Y de los Dragones Durmientes. No, no estoy loco. Yo soy de Moratalaz, que es un barrio de Madrid, y allí no tenemos arqueros asesinos, ni castillos, ni bosques malditos, ni dragones de ninguna clase. Pero ahora estoy muy lejos de mi casa. He viajado en el tiempo y en el espacio con mis hermanos, mis vecinas y mi padre. Ahora estamos en la Edad Media.

Todo empezó, como casi siempre ocurre, un día normal y corriente. Habíamos ido al hiper de mi barrio a comprar unas bicis. Mi padre, mis dos hermanos y mi vecina Mari Carmen con su hija María. Seis Kawasakis 3 W2, preciosas, rojas, relucientes. Estábamos en mitad del parking, subidos en nuestras bicis, preparados para pedalear, cuando de repente ocurrió: un ruido en el cielo, un tremendo resplandor blanco, un rayo que cae y de pronto... estábamos en el Black Rock. En el corazón del salvaje oeste.

Pete the cat can't actually talk to his owner, Alex, but he's a crime-solving cat, and he knows when things aren't right. And now, Pete knows something is wrong. Someone's been breaking into houses in the neighborhood, and they're not just stealing people's property—they're kidnapping pets! When the burglars come to Alex's house, they nab Pete! Lucky for Pete, Alex's brother, Benjie, comes to the rescue, but gets himself kidnapped by the thieves. Can Pete and Alex uncover the clues and rescue Benjie?

Marcus was convinced that vampires didn’t exist. He was very wrong... On his thirteenth birthday, Marcus Howlett is faced with a bombshell. His parents are half-vampire. And, although he hates the thought of it, he is about to become one too. But, as he secretly blogs about the horrors of his new fangs, bad breath and cravings for blood, Marcus is unaware that his life is in serious danger...

Something STRANGE has happened to Rosie and her brothers! Rosie’s new pyjamas have led them to a dangerous discovery... Doctor Starkly-Bonkers has invented the DOOMBUSTER and history is all muddled up - and now the machine has been STOLEN! Can Rosie and the boys beat the pharaohs and dinosaurs, and will rice pudding REALLY stop the Vikings? Another hilarious adventure with some totally nutty nightwear, from best-selling author Jeremy Strong.

Now that the twins have been born, the family needs to earn more money. Dad starts to grow his own vegetables and keep a goat for milking - with disastrous results! Then the twins audition for a nappy advert. They cause chaos.

Josh and Danny have gone for a nice day out at the zoo. Or, should that be, a nice, experimental day out at the zoo? Petty's developed a new S.W.I.T.C.H. spray for snakes! And Josh and Danny are willing volunteers. Things start to go a bit wrong though when they fail to SWITCH back into boys, and are spotted by a whole class of girls on a school trip! Luckily, Charlie, an old friend from summer camp, is there to help, and the panic subsides. The trouble is not over yet though....

At Lily's annual Christmas costume party, a variety of strange events take place that lead Jo and Lily out of California forever - and into the mysterious, strange, fantastical world of Eldritch City. There, Jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and Lily join the Order of Odd-Fish, a collection of knights who research useless information.

Oh no! Mad scientist Petty Potts just turned up at Josh and Danny's Summer Camp, as the new camp counsellor. And she just happens to be hiding some bottles of extraordinary serum inside her raincoat... That can turn them into amphibians! Josh and Danny vow to stay away from Petty's SWITCH formula, but when their new friend Pippa gets into trouble, they know there’s only one thing for it.

Petty's been kidnapped! Josh and Danny have already broken into her secret lab looking for her, and now they're going to brave all her anti-intruder traps and break into her house. There's no sign of Petty, but there is a very interesting little box…containing the best SWITCH spray ever.

Unable to resist the temptation, the twins head to the park to try out alligator SWITCH spray. But before they make it to the river, they're roped into being in the audience of a touring chat show, with some VERY interesting guests...

A spiteful fairy. A beautiful princess. An outstretched finger. A spindle. A hundred-year snooze. A charming prince. A kiss. All the familiar ingredients.

But wait! Where did that extra prince come from? And those fairy gifts that were never there before? And what does a flock of balding sheep have to do with anything?

Gail Carson Levine has waved her magic wand over the old standby of "Sleeping Beauty" and presto! It reappears, transformed, sparkling, and hilarious. Chuckles and giggles are guaranteed.