Most Popular Books by William Mayne

Several English boys find the bones of a prehistoric monster underneath the sand which surrounds their town on the North Sea.

Fifteen-year-old Bob stumbles across some old secrets involving his family and a forty-year-old murder.

Hundreds of years ago many wagon loads of treasure belonging to the King disappeared in a small Welsh town. Now, while involved in the town''s excited preparations for the visit of the Prince, Patty discovers and alley leading from her basement to a buried street.

Granny Shaftoe tried to warn them. A witch she may have been, but she spoke the truth. Meric, proud and fearless, had no time for soothsayers, ignored her wisdom, and was never seen again. Robin missed his friend and spoke of him often to his son, Alan. Soon he too went into the forest to fish from the well... Ages 11+.

Sowk and Boark, two greedy pigs, plot to become rich from the sale of the truffles they have found in the woods, but their greed proves to be their undoing.

Tabby sets out to retrieve her beloved patchwork quilt.

These seven illustrated animal stories include a fox and his vixen who save the lives of people; a donkey and a lion who meet out in the desert; and a mischievous kitten reaching for the rooftops in a barn.

Story Books are for newly-confident readers (7-9 yrs) who enjoy well written, slightly more demanding stories with chapters and stunning illustrations.

Cuddy tells us ''. . . if you understand there is a miracle, then there is . . . '' In this complex and intriguing story, a group of kids who are all related and descendants of St Cuthbert, or Cuddy, must gather together seven holy talismans to help Cuddy return to his own island paradise . . . While this is taking place, Jude must confront her own traumatic past if she is able to face her future.

In this sequel to Earthfasts, David faces the mystery of a sister who arrives out of the blue, a sister he was told had died at birth. Keith and David now face a very different journey, in which they both must face up to old ghosts from the past.

An eighteenth century drummer boy emerges from the ground and transforms the lives of two friends, David and Keith. His appearance is the catalyst for a fantastic chain of events which culminates in David''s disappearance from the face of the Earth. Keith is left to search through time for his friend.

When the children leave the schoolroom for the day, Barnabas, a guinea pig, leaves his cage to continue teaching himself to read, only to embark on a perilous adventure with a hungry cat.

A mouse with a longing to fly, on seeing two young brothers in danger from an owl, "flies" down from a roof to save them.

While spending the summer on the Jersey shore, a young boy develops a special relationship with his grandfather, who tells him of his life in England.

A twentieth-century teenager finds himself existing as squire to the lord of a medieval village threatened by a giant predator-worm.

When Puss, the wild hare, comes into the Great Field her enemies lurk and whichever way she runs, they lie ahead of her or come creeping after her. The way out of the field is blocked by someone holding a gun.

Twenty-one interlocking stories about the lives of the people in a small community along Australia''s Salt River.

A collection of eight stories combining mystery, intrigue and humour, which tread a fine line between reality and the supernatural.

Stories relate how courageous children rescue a lonely little girl from an enchanted island, make a dazzling discovery in a snowstorm, and witness the king''s wedding

When Melinda and Wayne go on holiday to England with their parents, they come across a stranger with a secret, and a long-buried mystery from the past. Suggested level: primary.

While searching for winter quarters, a group of gypsies celebrates the birth of a new chief and discovers why a former chief disappeared.