New Releases by Helen Cresswell

The second book in the super-funny classic series The Bagthorpe Saga, starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.

First in the super-funny classic series The Bagthorpe Saga, starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.

A sumptuous collection of favourite tales by renowned author Helen Cresswell, with exquisite illustrations by Siân Bailey.

Everyone in the village where Lizzie lives thinks that she's a dreamer - so it's no wonder that they don't believe her when she says she's seen a witch. But Lizzie doesn't care because she knows it's true and having a witch for a friend makes life much more exciting. *Helen Cresswell is a well-known writer and has written more than forty books. She has adapted stories such as The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Demon Head master for television.

When they're asked to make a special pie for the king, to feed 200 people, the Rollers are thrown into a frenzy of excited preparations. This will be the best ever Danby Dale pie! Unfortunately, a rival pie maker has different plans.

A hilarious story about the bongleweed, a weird and wonderful plant that's threatening to take over the village. It's up to Becky and Jason to try and stop the wickedly wild weed before it's too late...Helen Cresswell has been twice BAFTA-nominated for her tv adaptations of such books as The Demon Headmaster and The Phoenix and the Carpet.

Another story from Winklesea. The gift is home sick and causing havoc with the neighbours. Illus. 7 yrs+

A collection of nineteen mysterious stories involving surprising circumstances, unexpected crimes, and eerie events, by such authors as Vivien Alcock, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Diana Wynne Jones.

Jessica discovers a spell-bound castle of whispering mists and grey-faced children searching out homesick evacuees to catch in their ghostly net.

Dan og Mary har en gave med hjem til kaminhylden efter en tur til stranden. Men gaven, et æg, bliver varmt, og en dag revner det - ud kommer et dyr, der vokser og vokser ...

Posy Bates is up to her usual tricks. This time she has decided to turn the hen-house down the garden into a home for the bag lady she finds in the village.

Posy finds an ally in Buggins the stray dog, and together they encounter a series of mishaps and adventures.

Looking for something to fill his lonely days, a young boy recuperating from a long illness meets two tramps who live in a world that hardly seems real.

Naomi and Otis are on vacation. One day they are visited by Mr. Briggs - a tabby cat who comes to stay. Naomi soon realizes something special about Mr. Briggs - he can predict the weather! Mr. Briggs turns out to be a cat full of surprises!

Jilly really wants a dragon so she asks for one for her birthday. None of her family take her seriously, but Mr Pink at the magic shop does and he helps her to get the pet dragon she has wished for so long. Soon all Jilly's dreams come true on her very own Dragon Ride.

The competitive Bagthorpes join forces in a rare display of solidarity when Grandma organizes a family reunion.

Eleven-year-old Jack, the only "ordinary" member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.

On holiday by the sea, Ned Kerne becomes involved with a family of scavengers, a family of beachcombers, a missing treasure and danger.

A powerful and imaginative fantasy set in the past, about a girl who can see into the future and her battle with her community's old enemy, the Hagwitch.

Aunt Polly's niece thinks that living with her aunt would be so much fun because she takes her aunt's stories literally.

The members of the talanted and eccentric Bagthorpe family channel their energy into slogan-writing contests.

A little owl's daytime search for a mouse will bring him a big surprise tomorrow.