Most Popular Books by Brian Patten

A very small mouse decided it wanted to have a very big adventure. "I''ll go and find the biggest creature in the world, " it thought. Along the way it meets many different animals and when at last they find the biggest creature, the little mouse feels a great sense of achievement. "Sheer delight". (Amanda Craig, The Times). "A truly lovely book!" (The Independent on Sunday).

Uncle Elliot and Mrs. Battyhats are the craziest new neighbours Jimmy can imagine. Not only do they look daft and say the oddest things, but they have real secret adventures on which Jimmy is always invited.

A stunning prose retelling of Beowulf from an author-illustrator dream-team. One dark night, the music and singing wake a monster from a swamp ... Warrior after warrior comes to slay the monster, but no one can outwit Grendel. Only the great hero Beowulf stands a chance - but even he is not prepared for the horror that lies in wait.

A nine-year-old boy lives on the ninth floor of a high-rise tower block in a large, grim city. He hates it, but one day he discovers a small silver telescope that enables him to see the beauty in the world around him - from market stalls to the surface of the moon.

When Danny Harris knocks over a witch, she puts a spell on his bike, and he''s off on a non-stop journey around the world. Adapted from T̀he saga of the doomed cyclist''. Rhyming text suitable for reading aloud. 4-8 yrs.