New Releases by Andrew Fusek Peters

Dragon and Mousie woke up to a white world where their forest was, just last night. They build a ladder to the sky, right up to the Snow Factory, where the Cloud Angel gives them a very special present.

This title features a new country, a new school, an evil landlord, a shady secret from the past and the ghostly legend of the Roaring Bull. Andrew Fusek Peters'' and Polly Peters'' exciting new novel revolves around the Klecheks, a family from the Czech Republic arriving for the first time in Shropshire where Mr Klechek is taking up a teaching post. Not everyone is welcoming. As they try to settle in, they are plunged into a series of mysteries. Who is the batty old lady in the tattered clothes? Why is their new landlord such an unpleasant piece of work? What is the real story of the ghostly Roaring Bull - and what lies hidden in the local church? Old legends are re-enacted as Jan and Mari unearth shady secrets in a desperate bid to save their family from eviction,. In their quest, they find unlikely allies and deadly enemies: enemies who will stop at nothing to keep the past hidden.

Megan is finding life at home a little dull, and school is no better. However, she''s not a girl to sit around, and a few cogs, wheels and a garden rake put cunningly together are turned into an amazing rocket! Now, where is the best place a rocket can take you?

The animals of the forest cook meals for Mountain Lion so he won''t eat them, but when it is Rabbit''s turn to cook, he devises a plan instead to get rid of Lion for good.

A lively and colourful original story about one day in the life of two friends Dragon and Mousie, a dragon and a mouse who live together in a large oak tree, with a short Welsh glossary; for 4-7 year-old children. A Welsh version Gwich a Draig (ISBN 08624 36222) is available. First published in January 2003.

There''s nothing that Fred likes better than to stroll around the local graveyard. For Fred isn''t your normal type of kid-he just loves all things ghoulish and ghosty, even if it means getting grief from Barry the Bully at school. But one day while mooching around the cemetery he suddenly slipsdown a hole and enters a whole different world-the world of ghosts! To be accepted, he must pretend to be dead (of course) and he finds himself taking the entrance exams to Ghost School. Fred succeeds and has a whale of a time, for he can now practise his spooking as much as he likes, and he meetslots of hilarious characters. When his cover is finally blown and he returns to his own world, his new friends are very useful for giving old Barry the creeps . . . Full of variety and humour with an appealing design to draw the reader in, this book is great for dipping into or reading from start tofinish. There are many different types of poems and plenty of jokes and riddles to make this collection a useful resource for teachers as well as highly appealing to children.

Nat and Kate start going out, break up, make up, and feel their love growing deeper. But in one moment everything changes, and all the hopes and promises of the future are shattered. Deeply absorbing, this powerful story is told in different voices and entirely in poems. Lyrical, funny, heart-wrenching and gripping, the variety of poetic forms magically captures the panoply of emotions associated with falling in love for the first time and suffering a bereavement.

An emotional story of love and death, uniquely told in poems.

After his mother disappears and he has to move to a new town to live with his grandfather, Ed makes a new friend, is tormented by the local bully, and has an intimate encounter with a local legend.

A collection of poems featuring incredible excuses, apologies, tall stories, and fibs. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

A lively and colourful story about one day in the life of the two friends Gwich and Draig, a dragon and mouse who live together in a large oak tree, with an English translation of the text; for 5-7 year-old children. An English version is available.

From family break-up and bullying to first love and the first day at school, this collection is a unique blend of raw emotion and heady experience for 9-11 year-olds. Ideal as a literary and PSHE resource, the poems are grouped in handy sections for easy reference by theme.

Traditional scary stories from various countries.