New Releases by Philippa Pearce

When Tom is sent to stay at his aunt and uncle''s house for the summer, he resigns himself to endless weeks of boredom. Lying awake at night, he hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike . . . eleven . . . twelve . . . thirteen . . . Thirteen! How strange! When Tom gets up to investigate, he discovers a magical garden. A garden that everyone told him doesn''t exist. A garden that only he can enter . . . In this enchanted thirteenth hour, the garden comes alive-but Tom is never sure whether the children he meets there are real or ghosts . . .

Kate vive con la mamma e i fratelli a casa della nonna da quando il papà è annegato. O almeno così le hanno sempre detto. Finché l''arrivo di una lettera misteriosa la spinge a interrogarsi per la prima volta sulla sua scomparsa: Frederick è davvero morto? Perché nessuno parla mai del suo passato, quasi fosse stato inghiottito dall''acqua come lui? La nonna sa molto più di quanto dice, e la mamma sembra nasconderle dei segreti. Kate non si scoraggia e, in sella alla sua bicicletta, inizia un''attenta indagine per raccogliere gli indizi e far affiorare alla superficie tutta la verità.

In these ten tales of the supernatural, Phiolippa Pearce gives ordinary incidents and objects of everyday life a threatening, frightening power. A green bottle, a stripey dressing gown, an old cupboard - each tale twists uneexpectedly towards a chilling suprise.

Till has spent a night mired in despair. His dog Bess is missing and he fears she is lost forever. Luckily, a strange man turns up and tells Till he is a Finder, come to help him find his dog.

一天深夜,楼下的古董大钟竟然敲响了十三下,奇异的事情发生了——平时摆满垃圾桶的后院变成了一座神秘的夏日花园......

A young girl''s dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking mole that likes to be read to and tell of his own past exploits throughout the centuries.

Amy is going on her own to stay with her grandmother for three nights and takes her three best things. As each night passes, she feels dreadfully homesick but then she remembers her three best things. One by one they magically come to life and transport her back home where she can see everything is well. But on the third night her house is deserted and Amy is distraught and unconsolable. However, she soon learns it is because her mother was missing her so much that she has come to visit - and there she is to reassure and comfort Amy.

This literacy programme for juniors offers fiction, poetry and non-fiction reading and writing materials for shared, guided and group reading and writing, and teaching materials. "Comets" should capture the imagination of more able pupils, and software integrates ICT with literacy teaching.

Set before the first First World War, this book tells the story of Tom, Laura, Hugh, and Margaret, whose home is the great house, Charlecote, set in the Warwickshire countryside. Despite their privileged background, the children are not always happy - their parents are stern and Tom is sent away to boarding school. But when the holidays come, everything changes and the four of them have many adventures together in the vast grounds of the house. BLOriginally published in 1968, this is a welcome reissue of a book which ''movingly shows the close bond between the "upper class" children and servants in a great house, when both feared and suffered the hand of authority.'' (20th Century Children''s Writers)

Emma is happy to sleep in her Cousin Annie''s old attic bedroom when staying with her great-aunt Win. But when bedtime comes, she starts feeling nervous. Her brother, Joe, insists that the room is haunted. Could he be right?

A collection of short stories based on the experiences of childhood.

This book contains six eventful read-aloud stories about a lively little boy called Tod. Tod receives some special parcels, joins a desperate search, has a visitor, goes exploring, makes a birthday present and is fascinated by an enormous orange

"Tom is not prepared for what is about to happen when he hears the grandfather clock strike thirteen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him does not exist."--Page 4 de la couverture.

A funny story of night-time awakenings. The book is also available on cassette with two other stories.

One summer when the miller''s family is away, Belle, the old mill cat, ventures inside their house for the first time and takes her seven kittens with her.

When the zoo is unable to keep a miniature elephant, Emily and her parents make a home for it and its monkey friend in their lovely meadow with a river running by.

While playing in the river, two cousins discover a live mussel and decide to keep it as a pet.

A frantic search for Danny''s piece of cloth fails and everyone has a wretched night.

Stories deal with a poisonous pudding, a haunted tree, a teacher''s suicide, a teddy bear''s revenge, a frightening visit, visions of the future, and a ghostly sister

After young Bunting falls into the stream during a family picnic, he and his brothers and sisters engage in a very daring activity.

Clopinet, lame son of Normandy peasants in the late 18th century, escapes from his apprenticeship to a cruel tailor, and lives a Robinson Crusoe life on the wild cliffs. His affinity with the seabirds and his careful observation of them lead to him becoming a famous ornithologist.

Sid Parker''s mother hates pets. So when she finds out Sid brought two gerbils home from school, the battle for Bubble and Squeak begins.