Best Selling Books by Vivian French

The Princess Academy is having a Friendship Festival! Princess Jessica wants to make something special for her friends in the Poppy Room, but will Princess Diamonde spoil everything?

Story about a sweet little hen and the fox who sees her only as a chicken dinner

Princess Megan is so excited about going to princess boarding school. Her grandmother gives her a diamond tiara before she leaves, and she can''t wait to wear it at the Tiara Ball. When Megan arrives at Royal Palace Academy for the Preparation of Perfect Princesses, she meets the terrible twins Diamonde and Gruella.

During a field trip to the Museum of Royal Life, Princess Alice is blamed for breaking the case that holds Cinderella''s glass slipper.

As Princess Sophia and her friends design and create their own ball gowns for the Princess Academy Surprise, a group of snobs led by Princess Perfecta plots to ruin them.

Princess Katie and her classmates go on an outing to a witch''s house, where they learn about more than just making magic potions.

Take a trip to the dinosaur exhibition with a young boy and his granddad and learn about the greatest carnosaur of all - tyrannosaurus rex. Find out what we know about T-Rex and what we can only wonder about.

When Grandpa comes to stay for the weekend, the children tire him out with all their activities.

Story Plays are dramatic versions of favourite stories, retold by Vivian French and suitable for reading aloud. The plays are written for four voices, illustrated with pictures from the original book, with parts clearly denoted by different colour bands. Each part can be read by a single voice or several voices. They aim to accommodate a wide range of reading abilities, so everyone can join in.

Stanley has trouble deciding what to give his mother for Mother''s Day.

A brand new young fiction series by much-loved children''s author, Vivian French and illustrated by Nathan Reed. Meet werewolf extraordinaire... Lottie Luna. Beautiful black and white illustrations throughout. Lottie Luna is a werewolf. She''s super-fast, super-strong and has X-ray vision. Lottie doesn''t really like to use her skills, though - she just wants to be like everyone else. But when Lottie''s school holds its yearly talent competition, she finds that she might just have to use them... if she''s going to help her friends save the day and win first prize...

Young Harry feels useless because he lacks the talents that other family members have as circus performers.

Tiger says "No!" to everything his mother wants him to do, but then finds out that having a temper tantrum will not get him what he wants. Full color.

When he and his friends play a game of hide-and-seek, Little Ghost gets his wish and learns how to fly.

"The text does an excellent job of describing the metamorphosis of a swallowtail butterfly, and the closeup, vibrant drawings of each developmental stage are outstanding." — School Library Journal The best way to learn about a caterpillar is to watch one close up. With love and care, a grandfather shows his granddaughter the tiny dome-shaped eggs, explains how caterpillars shed their skins as they grow bigger and bigger, and watches with her as one special caterpillar emerges from its pupa transformed into a beautiful butterfly.

Iggy pig is ready for the snow.

Princess Amy is so excited about the dance competition at the end of term! Will she win enough tiara points to get her ruby sash and ride in a fabulous golden coach?

Walker Story Plays are dramatic versions of popular nursery stories that children will already be familiar with. The plays are written for four voices, with the parts clearly denoted by different colour bands.

Iggy Pig''s having a party. He wants to invite his good friends Tabby Cat and Dusty Dog. But who is that big gray animal with the long bushy tail and the hungry smile? Iggy Pig didn''t invite him, did he?

Read about Tillie McGillie''s fantastical chair, the ghost of Crumbling Castle and Fred the Angel in this collection of stories written by well-known authors such as Vivien French, Michael Rosen and Dick Dick King-Smith.

On her first day of a new year at The Princess Academy, Princess Charlotte is accused of stealing a magical bouquet of roses by a rather unpleasant pair of new students.

Helen, who does not know very much about spiders, is introduced to them by her cousins and finds them to be fascinating creatures.

Little Tiger and Big Tiger meet some other animals on their way to the store, and although the store is closed, everyone is able to get what they need.

The Big Fat Hen is back--and still trying to help! So when Red Rooster tells her that it''s hard work waking up the farmyard every day, she decides to take over. But the good-hearted hen doesn''t know WHEN it''s time to rouse everyone--and soon she''s telling them all "Wake up!" even though the moon''s still bright in the sky. Kids will laugh out loud at her delightful antics.

Alfie Onion has just set off on a great adventure ... but only to carry his brother''s luggage. It''s his elder brother, Magnifico Onion, who''s destined to win their family a Happily Ever After. But when it turns out Magnifico isn''t half the hero he''s cracked up to be, it falls to Alfie to save the day - with a little help from his loyal dog, a talking horse and a couple of meddling magpies.

"Iggy Pig is going to the beach. He can''t wait to feel the sand between his toes. But what is that big gray animal with the long bushy tail and hungry smile up to? Iggy Pig better watch out!"--Back cover

These stories are a wonderful way for children to explore one of nature''s most fascinating mysteries--the instinctive compulsion for animals to migrate over large distances. With poetic text and stunning illustrations, these tales evoke the majestic environments that each animal inhabits. Two tiny swallows, Skimmer and Sweet Claw, have flown over a long distance to raise their young brood in the exact same nest they built last year. Now it is time for them to leave the cold, autumnal winds of northern Europe and return to the warmth and plenty of South Africa.

When a king and a queen promise to marry their daughter Lucia to the man who can show them the most wonderful thing in the world, suitors descend on the palace bearing gifts. Roses, jewels and exotic birds; dancing girls, wind machines and mythical beasts - but nothing feels quite right. As the last suitor leaves, his weapons of mass destruction rejected, the king and queen are exhausted. But when a shy, young man, who isn''t a suitor at all, steps forward, they finally understand what the most wonderful thing in the world really is.

Cave Baby hears a mammoth. His parents are frightened and hide. What does Cave Baby do to save the day? Illustrations.

Space Dog solves a strange case of howling in outer space. Space Dog.

The Beepers of Planet Beep are in trouble. Their moon won''t stop dripping yummy green cheese. Will they all be drowned in their beepholes? Will Space Dog save the day?

Bill Bird has new boots but he is having trouble because he can''t tie them.

The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing--including kidnapping and black magic--to get the money to pay for it.

Grace, alerted to the fact that there is trouble in the Five Kingdoms, joins with her odd assortment of friends in an effort to foil the evil plans of Truda Hangnail, a green-tongued witch who has shrunk all the good witches of Wadington to the size of rats.