Trixie's back and this time she's got Mummy trouble! Summer's over for Trixie Grimble and her friends and that can only mean one thing. Mayhem! When the Ankhstone is stolen, everyone is a suspect and it's up to Trixie, Gloria and Colin to find out who the true culprit is before the terrible mind-control powers of the ancient curse are unleashed on Monstacademy. Can Gloria overcome her crush in time to help Trixie and Colin wrap up the case? Also available in a dyslexia and visually impaired edition with a larger, more clearly defined font.

Short and Shocking! is full of stories with a twist in the tale - each surprising and stimulating in its own way. Over forty stories in one book - all of them very, very short! None of the stories are more than two pages long, but each of them is special and thought-provoking. Drawn from a range of sources, including folk tales, urban myths, and narrative jokes, as well as original stories, the stories are ideal for use in the classroom or home.

Picture book

Poetry by Hall Orchard's Year 6 to mark the Centenary of WW1

Poetry by Hall Orchard's Year 6 to mark the Centenary of WW1

Local History

in memory to the Fallen of WW1

This book is a follow-up to Martin Wigmore's 'Every Letter Tells a Story', in which he described the life of a rural postman in Leicestershire.

Martin Wigmore has been a postman in the Leicestershire village of Barrow-on-Soar for nearly 30 years. In this memoir we hear what the job entails and how it has changed over the years. The author describes some of 'the most important people' - the customers - their hilarious escapades and their tragedies. He gives affectionate portraits of 'the weird and wonderful Post Office staff', their struggles with inclement weather, flashers, a swarm of angry bees, aggressive dogs, ostriches (oh yes!), and the thieves who break into post offices or steal from the post. We learn to distinguish between 'jogging' and 'dogging'. Above all we see the local force of posties working day in, day out as part of their community.

Compendium of three books