Will’s brother Marty is always playing practical jokes. But when he tells the bloodcurdling story of the cutthroat pirate Captain Crow, Will is terrified. Is it another one of Marty’s tricks, or could Captain Crow’s ghost really be out to get him?

Everybody thinks primary school is the easiest thing in the world. That the kids are sweet and all get along, that lessons aren’t hard and everybody skips home having had the best day ever (until the following day anyway…) Boy, would they be surprised.
Being the new girl can be hard.

The tale is told as if it’s happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an eternal sleep. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But the power of good endures, as her true love defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens the princess with true love’s first kiss. The two live happily ever after.

A shy Nigerian boy loves his mother and older sister but fears his father’s magical powers.

Tim O’Toole and his wife, Kathleen, are so poor they have not a penny or a potato between them. Even their cats are too skinny for the mice to chase! When Tim goes out to find a job, he stumbles upon “the wee folk”—a band of leprechauns who give him gifts to make his fortune. That is, if Tim can keep clear of the evil McGoon family. . . .

“The telling here has a well-honed, Irish lilt; the illustrations, by a Caldecott winner, are lively, expressive, and well sprinkled with sprightly men in green.”—Kirkus Reviews

“This book is a winner.”—Booklist

Six-year-old Taju becomes lost in the crowd at his first Eyo Festival. He has to find his father if he is to make his way back home in Lagos, West Africa’s biggest city. In the confusion, a police woman comes to his rescue. The Lost Little Masquerade explores the beautiful culture of Lagos from the eyes of a child through the colourful paintings of a master artist. The Eyo Festival comes to life for children and their parents to enjoy.

What do children really want? Hugs and kisses or toys every now and then? Well, these are very good gifts to give to a child, but they are not enough for the children of Port Winkle. Actually, the children in Port Winkle want their very own government that is free from grown-up interference.