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A Necklace of Raindrops by Joan Aiken; Jan Pienkowski (Illustrator)
39.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and ideas, all w ...Show more
Arabel, Mortimer and the Escaped Black Mamba (Arabel and Mortimer #2) by Joan Aiken
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Arabel and Mortimer
When Arabel and the raven Mortimer spend a fun-packed evening with their favourite babysitter, Chris Cross, they have no idea of the chaos they create in their wake. A reckless game of dressing up and hide and seek results in a big crash, a trumpet wedged onto Mortimer's head and a milk shortage. While ...Show more
Arabel's Raven (Arabel and Mortimer #1) by Joan Aiken
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Arabel and Mortimer
The first story about Arabel and her pet raven Mortimer. In Arabel's Raven, Mr Jones, while driving his taxi, notices something bedraggled in the road. He stops and discovers an injured raven. He takes it home and his four-year-old daughter Arabel falls in love at first sight. 'His name is Mortimer,' sh ...Show more
Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken
16.95 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: The\Wolves of Willoughby Chase Ser.
"Wait, wait! Save us! What ll we do? /i>imon is determined to become a painter when he grows up so he sets off to London to make his fortune. But the city is plagued by wolves and mysterious disappearances. The Twite household, where Simon is lodging, seems particularly shifty. Before he even gets a ...Show more
Black Hearts in Battersea (Wolves of Willoughby Chase #2) by Joan Aiken
14.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Wolves of Willoughby Chase
'Wait, wait! Save us! What'll we do?' Simon is determined to become a painter when he grows up so he sets off to London to make his fortune. But the city is plagued by wolves and mysterious disappearances. The Twite household, where Simon is lodging, seems particularly shifty. Before he even gets a chan ...Show more
Bone and Dream by Joan Aiken
12.95 NZD
14.99 (13% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: A St. Boan mystery | Reading Level: From 8 To 99
Writing poetry is a dangerous occupation, says old Tom. It's like being pursued by a devouring beast of prey... you must flee for your life
Bridle the Wind (Felix #2) by Joan Aiken
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Felix
Packed-off to boarding school and bullied by his peers, Felix feels sad and trapped. Although he has a home in England, his heart lies in Spain - so he runs away. But Felix's journey is cut short when his ship is caught in a storm off the French coast. Despite being shipwrecked and then held prisoner in ...Show more
Emma Watson by Joan Aiken; Jane Austen
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Emma Watson has been brought up by her aunt in a wealthy and refined household, an educated lifestyle far removed from her widowed father and five siblings. So when her aunt enters into an imprudent second marriage, nineteen-year-old Emma is sent back home and must join her sisters in their pursuit of a ...Show more
Fog Hounds / Wind Cat / Sea Mice by Joan Aiken
12.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
The Fog Hounds are silent, mysterious and deadly. No-one who is chased by them lives to tell the tale. But Tad is not afraid, and when he comes face to face with a Fog Hound puppy, things can never be the same again. This is one of three adventure stories contained in this volume.
Ghostly Beasts by Joan Aiken
9.95 NZD
26.99 (63% off)
Category: Children Fiction
This is a collection of ghostly short stories.
Go Saddle the Sea (Felix #1) by Joan Aiken
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Felix
Despised by his Spanish relatives and ignored by his distant grandfather, twelve-year-old orphan Felix Brooke is lonely and unhappy. So when he's given a parcel with a blood-stained letter from his dead father, it inspires him to track down his long-lost English family. Felix packs his bag, jumps on his ...Show more
Midnight Is A Place by Joan Aiken
16.99 NZD
19.95 (14% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Lucas Bell is an orphan, sent to live at Midnight Court with his ill-tempered guardian. He longs for a friend - someone to have adventures with. But when Anna-Marie arrives from France, she's spoilt, wilful, and ungrateful for his friendsip. But one night Midnight Court burns down, and now Lucas and Ann ...Show more