Chanda and the Devious Doubt


Book Description

Chanda and the Devious Doubt is an exciting adventure that will help children to overcome their doubts! From Tom Percival, the creator of Silas and the Marvellous Misfits – a Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice! – and Ruby's Worry, comes the second title in the action packed Dream Defenders series (previously published as A Case of the Jitters). Erika has an amazing secret. She’s a member of the Dream Defenders – a top-secret organization that will banish your worries while you sleep! When Erika gets an emergency call from the team, she dives into the dream world and meets Chanda – Chanda is struggling with her confidence and a terrifying Doubt is attacking her dream! Can the Dream Defenders help Chanda believe in herself and banish her Doubts, before they take over completely? Discover more incredible Dream Defenders adventures in Erika and the Angermare and Silas and the Marvellous Misfits.




The Spell Thief


Book Description

Jack (of the beanstalk fame) and his magical talking chicken, Betsy, have always been great at making new friends. But when Jack spots Anansi, the new kid in town, talking to a troll in the Deep Dark Woods, everything changes. Everyone knows that trolls mean trouble, and Jack will do anything to prove to the rest of his friends that Anansi is a troll spy. Even if that means using stolen magic! The Spell Thief is the first book in this brilliant new highly-illustrated series by Tom Percival, featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know and love having brand-new adventures!




The Genie's Curse


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For Rapunzel, being a princess has been nothing but fun. But everything goes wrong when she breaks a magical urn and blames it on her new friend, Ella. It turns out that the urn was home to a very cross (and now very homeless) hermit genie, who casts a spell making everyone blame Rapunzel for everything that goes wrong in Tale Town! With the help of her friends and a mysterious green monkey called Alphege, can Rapunzel 'undo what she has done' and lift the curse? The Genie's Curse is the third book in this brilliant new highly-illustrated series by Tom Percival, featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know and love having brand-new adventures!




The Great Troll Rescue


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What starts as an adventure ends in disaster when Rapunzel, Anansi and Jack and his talking chicken, Betsy, are captured by a wicked witch and locked up in a tower! It's up to Red (the sustainable woodcutter's daughter) to save the day. With the help of the witch's servant, Ella, and her magical fairy god-brother, can Red save her friends and all the other magical creatures the witch has kidnapped - including a fearsome troll? The Great Troll Rescue is the second book in this brilliant new highly-illustrated series by Tom Percival, featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know and love having brand-new adventures!




Erika and the Angermare


Book Description

From Tom Percival, the creator of Silas and the Marvellous Misfits – a Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice! – and Ruby's Worry, comes the first title in the action packed Dream Defenders series. Erika and the Angermare (previously published as Attack of the Heebie Jeebies) is an exciting adventure that will help children how to understand and deal with being cross! Erika Delgano can sometimes get a little angry . . . Her little brother manages to ruin everything, and her parents don’t have any time for her. And one night things go from bad to worse when she falls asleep upset – she finds herself stuck in a bad dream with no way to get home and being chased by a terrifying Angermare! Enter the Dream Defenders – a top-secret organisation that will banish your worries while you sleep! Can they help Erika stand up to the Angermare, or will she be trapped forever? Discover more incredible Dream Defenders adventures in Chanda and the Devious Doubt and Silas and the Marvellous Misfits.




Erika and the Angermare


Book Description

From Tom Percival, the creator of Ruby's Worry and the Big Bright Feelings series, comes an illustrated series exploring big emotions through exciting adventure! Erika can sometimes get REALLY angry – her parents are giving her baby brother, Randall, all their attention and they don't have time for her any more. But one night, after going to sleep especially upset, she finds out that her anger has followed her to her dreams. She's stranded in the dream world, and to make matters worse, she's being hunted by a terrifying Angermare! Enter the Dream Team! Can they help Erika overcome her worries and get home, or will she be trapped forever?




Silas and the Marvellous Misfits


Book Description

From Tom Percival, the creator of Ruby's Worry and the Big Bright Feelings series, comes Odd One Out – a new title exploring big emotions through exciting adventure! When Silas disappears, it's up to the Dream Team to get him back. But things get tough when they discover he has gone back to his family, the Glooms, and is desperately trying to fit in with them – Silas is warm, friendly and bubbly but the Glooms are all very sombre and cold. And to make matters worse, they are trying to take over the dreams of children all over the world! Can the Dream Team stop the Glooms' evil plan and help Silas to discover the joy of being himself? Odd One Out is packed full of brilliant and engaging illustrations from the author. Perfect for newly independent readers, it helps kids to deal with their worries in a fun and accessible way.




Venerable Ācariya Mun Bhūridatta Thera


Book Description

Ajaan Mun is a towering figure in contemporary Thai Buddhism. He was widely revered during his lifetime for the extraordinary courage and determination he displayed in practicing the ascetic way of life and for his uncompromising strictness in teaching his many disciples. The epitome of a wandering monk intent on renunciation and solitude, he assumed an exalted status in Buddhist circles, his life and teachings becoming synonymous with the Buddha’s noble quest for self-transcendence.




The Night Knights


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Introduces reluctant sleepers to the many fantastical warriors who protect them while they sleep.




The Magic Looking Glass


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There's been a robbery in Tale Town! Someone has stolen a cutting from the magical Story Tree, and it's up to twins Hansel and Gretel to get it back. With the help of their new friend Wolfie, a not very big or very bad wolf, they discover a secret fortress in the forest, containing a Magic Looking Glass that promises to help them. But things are not always what they seem, especially when the Magic Looking Glass starts causing trouble! Can Wolfie and the twins find the Story Tree cutting and save the day, or will the Magic Looking Glass have the last laugh? The Magic Looking Glass is the fourth book in this brilliant new highly-illustrated series by Tom Percival, featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know and love having brand-new adventures!