New Releases by Alex Milway

A flamboyantly fun illustrated series set on a cruise ship for animals, perfect for 6+ readers! It's Bella's first day onboard as Captain of the Sunshine! Bella was always going to follow in the same seafaring footsteps as her Aunt Bertha the walrus, but commanding a legendary cruise ship like the Sunshine is no easy task. It's no ordinary ship - it's a ship bursting with animal passengers! From penguins to rhinos, giraffes to parrots, life is never dull on board the Sunshine. Bella has a wonderful crew to assist her - from the weathered sea dog Mr Tatou, to the bossy passenger liaison officer Mrs Purrpot the cat, to Flip and Flap, the young penguin entertainment team - but has she really got what it takes to be Captain Sunshine? Full steam ahead for an unforgettable animal adventure! The first in an enchanting four-book series from the author of the bestselling and award-winning HOTEL FLAMINGO, fully illustrated in two-colour throughout. Perfect for fans of EINSTEIN THE PENGUIN, KITTY AND THE MOONLIGHT RESCUE, WATTS AND WHISKERTON and CLAUDE.

Welcome to the snowiest hotel in town! Winter has arrived at Hotel Flamingo! The snow is falling heavily, and while it's usually a quiet time of year for Anna and her animal hotel, this year is shaping up a little differently. The hotel is inundated with guests taking part in the Winter Whiteout Olympics, and Anna and her team need to contend with the demands of a whole host of new guests from penguins to polar bears to arctic foxes. On top of this, long-term resident Mrs Turpington is preparing for her winter hibernation along with her fellow long-sleepers, and is expecting a party to be held for them - but can it go ahead when Hotel Flamingo is snowed in? Anna and her team will have to pull out all the stops to pull off the most magical frosty fiesta that Animal Boulevard has ever seen! Maybe less sun doesn't mean less fun after all!

A gorgeously wintry addition to the much-loved HOTEL FLAMINGO series

The final exhilarating adventure in the great outdoors, from HOTEL FLAMINGO author Alex Milway When Rosa wakes one morning to find Grandma Nan missing, she must use all of her survival skills to uncover her grandma's whereabouts. With the help of the mountain community, Rosa's investigation leads her to the very summit of Big Sky Mountain, where a family of eagles are facing huge problems of their own. Through helping the eagles, Rosa realises she really is at home on Big Sky Mountain.

Welcome to Big Sky Mountain: a home for everyone!

Anna organise un concours entre les meilleurs chefs du boulevard des Animaux ! Et si Mme Ronchon, la cuisinière au mauvais caractère, perdait la compétition ? En plus, l’Hôtel Flamingo accueille des clients plus exigeants que jamais : une pieuvre en manque de sel, un couple de vaches gourmandes... sans parler d’un pigeon cascadeur terrifié à l’idée de s’envoler ! L’hiver n’a jamais été aussi compliqué pour Anna et ses amis !

Anna organise un concours entre les meilleurs chefs du boulevard des Animaux ! Et si Mme Ronchon, la cuisinière au mauvais caractère, perdait la compétition ? En plus, l'Hôtel Flamingo accueille des clients plus exigeants que jamais : une pieuvre en manque de sel, un couple de vaches gourmandes... sans parler d'un pigeon cascadeur terrifié à l'idée de s'envoler ! L'hiver n'a jamais été aussi compliqué pour Anna et ses amis !

Le roi et la reine Pingouin arrivent à l’Hôtel Flamingo ! Sous l’oeil attentif de Mme Dubec, leur représentante, Anna doit à tout prix prouver que son établissement est à la hauteur de leur royales exigences. Mais comment bien accueillir des pingouins quand une chaleur infernale s’abat sur le boulevard des Animaux ? Et que faire quand Aimé la Monnaie, le propriétaire du luxueux Hôtel Clinquant, met tout en oeuvre pour saboter le travail d’Anna ? Les problèmes s’enchainent dans l’Hôtel Flamingo : à croire que tout le monde perd la tête à cause de la canicule !

'Truly heartwarming and uplifting. I'd love to book a room there myself' Philip Ardagh 'Hotel Flamingo is bursting with charm, friendship and fabulous characters!' Laura Ellen Anderson On Animal Boulevard the snow is finally melting after a long, quiet winter and Hotel Flamingo is ready to embrace the new season and new guests. Anna knows she needs to come up with a plan to get the hotel buzzing again! And what does Hotel Flamingo have that no one else has? One of the best chefs in town - Madame Le Pig! In a stroke of inspiration Anna decides that the hotel will put on a Battle of the Chefs. Madame Le Pig will go head to head with prestigious Animal Boulevard chefs Peston Crumbletart and Laurence Toot-Toot in a thrilling live cooking show - and there will be an accompanying feast for all who attend. But as ever Anna has a lot to contend with - not just grumpy, demanding chefs but a host of new guests with ever-changing needs, from Simon Suckerlot the flamboyant octopus to Alfonso Fastbeak the stunt pigeon. And when taking centre stage proves harder than expected for Madame Le Pig, the whole team must pull together to buoy her up and pull off the most Fabulous Feast that Hotel Flamingo has ever seen.

Anna is excited to receive word from Penguin royalty asking to stay in their Royal Suite, but there's a lot to get done, and it's not easy to manage the needs of the penguins when there's a heat wave on and a serious ice shortage. Help!

The third book in the heartwarming HOTEL FLAMINGO series, featuring the adventures of Anna and her array of animal friends! It's the last of the autumn days before winter sets in, which means it's time for CARNIVAL! And Hotel Flamingo, the sunniest hotel in town, is all set to join the party. Animal Boulevard is a riot of colour, and every establishment is preparing a float for the annual procession. Anna is determined to win the prize for the best display, despite rival hotel the Glitz having won it every year since the Carnival began. Things start to get complicated, though, when Anna gets some very unexpected guests - the mega-famous band The Nocturnal Animals! How will she keep their stay a secret while also making sure her guests don't get kept awake by the band's night-time practising and antics? Then on top of this, disaster strikes! The rainy season comes early, and high winds and torrential rain lash down across the Boulevard. Can Anna save the Carnival, the band and the day? If you love Hotel Flamingo, try BIG SKY MOUNTAIN, the newest series of animal adventures from Alex Milway! PRAISE FOR HOTEL FLAMINGO 'Crammed full of characterful animal illustrations with accents of zinging pink, this flamboyant early chapter book is a splendid, unpreachy testament to the power of hard work' - The Guardian 'Truly heartwarming and uplifting' - Philip Ardagh 'Bursting with charm, friendship and fabulous characters!' - Laura Ellen Anderson

Welcome to Hotel Flamingo: the sunniest hotel in town!

Welcome to Hotel Flamingo: the sunniest hotel in town! When young Anna inherits a dilapidated once-grand hotel from her Great Aunt Mathilde, she's determined to restore it to its former glory. But this is no ordinary hotel - all of her staff and guests are animals! Anna soon rises to the challenge. Whether it's a flamingo, a penguin or a hippo knocking at the door, Anna is ready to welcome them all - with the help of her trusty sidekicks T Bear the doorman, Squeak the friendly elevator mouse, and Lemmy the lemur receptionist ... As she soon finds out, though, running an animal hotel is no easy task. Can Anna make Hotel Flamingo a success once more?

Time travel runs amok as Pigsticks and his loyal sidekick commandeer a faulty time machine, catching comical glimpses of history along the way. Pigsticks aspires to be a brilliant inventor like his great-aunt Ada Lovepig, and the Tuptown Science Fair would be the perfect showcase for his skills — except his spaceship invention is a mess, and it’s already the day of the competition. He needs more time! Luckily, his great-aunt Ada happens to have left behind an intact time machine, and fueled by the thought of future cakes not yet invented, Harold signs on for another Pigsticks scheme. When the lever breaks on the time machine, however, Pigsticks and Harold are catapulted back and forth through history — way back to the era of the dinopigs, ahead to the building of the Statue of Pigerty in New York, back to ancient Rome and its famous Julius Squealer — with no way to make the traveling stop, and with dangerous moments at every turn. Can they buy themselves enough time — and a new lever for the machine — to make it home again in one piece? Piece of cake! (They hope.)

There's a thief on the loose in Tuptown, and the annual Butterfly Ball will be canceled unless someone is brought to justice. Luckily, Pigsticks has crime-fighting in his blood and a magnifying glass in his hand. Will Detective Pigsticks and his keen-eyed assistant, Harold, solve the crime in time to save the ball?

The story of the boy behind the legend - the first instalment of a gripping new trilogy for readers who enjoy action, danger and adventure.

A last member of a noble line of explorers, unfailingly optimistic Pigsticks hires a hapless delivery hamster named Harold to be his companion for a quest that wends through jungles, deserts and mountains in search of the Ends of the Earth. By the creator of the Mythical 9th Division series.

Yetis Albrecht, Saar, and Timonen are summoned to Compound W, the top-secret base of the Mythical 7th Division, where division-leader Solomon Grundy guides them in preparing for an adventure in outer space.

Something strange is happening in the Welsh mountains. It should be the middle of summer, but Snowdonia has been besieged by blizzards and ice storms. A company of Arctic-trained soldiers sent to investigate has disappeared, and the only remaining hope is a secret troop of yeti agents -- the Mythical 9th Division. It's time for Operation Robot Storm!With comic strip chapter beginnings, and detailed illustration throughout, Albrecht, Timonen and Saar's missions are sure to engage both reluctant and eager readers.

Old Town's finest hour... For three days, Old Town is playing host to the International Mousing Exhibition, and it should be the greatest event the world has ever seen. But one person is determined to ruin everything. The pirate returns... Mousebeard is back, and nothing will stop him finishing what he started all those years ago. Reputations will crumble. Friends will be lost. War is coming to Old Town, and for Emiline and Scratcher, there's no means of escape.

Across the Seventeen Seas lies a world filled with spies, ship battles, and secrets.... For many years, a curse has condemned Captain Mousebeard, the feared mousehunting pirate, to a life at sea, never to set foot on dry land. But the dastardly Isaiah Lovelock, Mousebeard's mortal enemy, is growing in power, and only Captain Mousebeard is brave enough to stop him. In order to stand a chance against Lovelock, the fearless Emiline and her friends-now fugitives themselves- must help the captain break the curse before his fate is sealed forever. Their adventure takes them to Norgammon, a mythical land of lost mice. There, they are introduced to a wonderful and dangerous assortment of mouse species, and a terrifying battle awaits them. Will Emiline and her crew be able to escape their enemies' claws unscathed?

In Emiline's world, there are thousands of species of mice, some rarer than others. Mousehunters travel the world collecting the rarest and most special breeds, from the wily and deadly Sharpclaw Mouse to the dog-sized Elephant Mouse and the quick-as-lightning Comet Mouse. For Emiline, a mousekeeper in the employ of wealthy Isiah Lovelock, there is no greater dream than becoming a famous mousehunter. So when she is given the opportunity to join the hunt for the legendary pirate Mousebeard, she sets off on the most dangerous, most thrilling, most swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. The Mousehunter is an extremely accessible, dark and thrilling story, featuring original black & white illustrations, maps and character portraits.