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Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills.

Dennis and Gnasher are back for a spooky adventure this Halloween.

Meredith Willis is suspicious of Adrien, the new guy next door. When she dares to sneak a look into the windows of his house, she sees something in the cellar that makes her believe that Adrien might be more than just a creep?he may be an actual monster.But her sister, Heather, doesn't share Meredith's repulsion. Heather believes Adrien is the only guy who really understands her. In fact, she may be falling in love with him. When Adrien and Heather are cast as the leads in the school production of Romeo and Juliet, to Heather, it feels like fate. To Meredith, it feels like a bad omen. But if she tries to tear the couple apart, she could end up in the last place she'd ever want to be: the cellar. Can Meredith convince her sister that she's dating the living dead before it's too late for both of them?

Byrandan, the planet of werewolves, gets attacked by the vampires from the planet of Pamlivam. The young werewolf prince, Zane, manages to escape and finds his way to Earth, the planet of humans. Still being a young werewolf, he doesn't know how to protect himself. He doesn't even know his own capabilities or strength.Werewolves and vampires, both having the ability of shifting forms, are dangerous to each other. In his human form, Zane passes as a human, but he needs to hunt, he needs to eat.He was hungry and dying in the streets when he found himself in an orphanage, it was the most peculiar orphanage he had ever seen. Small kids performed magic,where he found creatures he had never heard of before and he found a girl, he didn't know her abilities and she hid it from him. This book travels from the planet of Werewolves and Vampires to the planet of humans and from there, it takes a turn to the realm of other beings and includes adventure, discovery and a lot more , because world is limited to human eyes and senses, but actually it is something bigger, something greater that we cannot see or feel, but this book takes you to the land you have never been to. It takes you to meet creatures you have never met and it takes you on a journey to explore more. The Howling Alpha takes you to explore more than just what you think is the limit, because, the world is limitless.

Ravels of Roseland Morgan, is a horror tale with supernatural elements. The story starts with an unusual kidnapping in a small town, Zarbania. This leads to the realization of that the town is not safe anymore. Mystery, supernatural, horror and crazy incidents and family wars, this book is a saga of all. Will the main characters be able to defeat the darkest spirits of all time?!

An imaginative rhyming picture book full of funny creatures. For little monsters ages 4 years and up.A little wizard paints creepy, crawly creatures, but soon they come alive. They creep right off his paper. Come meet all his monsters, but please, whatever you do—don’t let them escape!

Nathan used to be terrified of Krazyland when he was a young kid. Now that he's 12, the spooky-themed arcade games aren't that bad. He even enjoys stomping on plastic spiders and battling a creepy doll with big plastic eyes. But things become scarier again when kids start to go missing from the entertainment park... There's another world exists beneath Krazytown's ball pit. A world where the entertainment park's games come to life. And if he isn't careful, Nathan is going to be the next one sucked under!

Someone is making a great big mess at the zoo in this hilarious and delightful debut picture book. Can you find the culprit before the zoo animals' do in this gentle mystery for the youngest readers?All the animals at the zoo are in a tizzy. Someone slept in Elephant's haystack, drank from Lion's bowl, went potty in Ostrich's sandbox (yuck!), and scratched Giraffe's favorite tree. Worst of all, someone tried to eat Goldie, the zoo's resident goldfish. Whoever it was has been leaving a suspicious trail of footprints behind. Is it a great big scary monster as the animals fear? Or is it something else entirely? Follow the clues on every page, and you just might be surprised to see who is behind this very messy situation.

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling epic Dread Nation is an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother.But nothing is easy when you're a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and a devastating loss on the road to a protected village called Nicodemus has Jane questioning everything she thought she knew about surviving in 1880s America.What's more, this safe haven is not what it appears?as Jane discovers when she sees familiar faces from Summerland amid this new society. Caught between mysteries and lies, the undead, and her own inner demons, Jane soon finds herself on a dark path of blood and violence that threatens to consume her.But she won't be in it alone.Katherine Deveraux never expected to be allied with Jane McKeene. But after the hell she has endured, she knows friends are hard to come by?and that Jane needs her too, whether Jane wants to admit it or not.Watching Jane's back, however, is more than she bargained for, and when they both reach a breaking point, it's up to Katherine to keep hope alive?even as she begins to fear that there is no happily-ever-after for girls like her.

Celebrate Halloween-y with Teeny Weenies: The Boy Who Cried Wool.David Lubar is the master of the short story for kids. Now he's back with his third collection of Teeny Weenies stories, just in time for Halloween! Young chapter book readers ages 7 to 10, reluctant readers, and fans of very short stories will be entertained and delighted by these twelve zany tales. Wacky comic book style illustrations by Bill Mayer add to the fun. Don't be a weenie. Read these stories! If you dare!

I always dreamed of being a normal, teenage girl. Who knew that wish would get me killed?I thought I knew who the monsters in our world were. How could I not when I was grew up with a vampire for a mother and a werewolf for a father. But finally gaining my normal, human high school dream turns everything I thought I knew on its head.Not all monsters come with fangs and claws, and not all ideal lives have a happily ever after. I learn my lesson fast. Too bad I have to die to do it.A YA/NA paranormal romance with vampires, werewolves, witches, and love after death. **Previously published as How I Die, How I Wake, How I Kill, and How I Live

'The perfect sinisterly magical escape' Stephanie GarberCaraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this deliciously dark young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her mother's death.Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home. But it's been ten years since anyone's seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that she'll ever find one . . . until she stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. The magicians may not be the bloodsuckers she's hunting, but Ava is convinced something supernatural is at play, so she sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they can't explain. But they've been waiting for her. The magicians reveal they're part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood that they do. If she joins them, they promise to teach her the skills she needs to hunt vampires and avenge her mother. But there's a catch: if she wants to keep the power they offer, she needs to prove she's worthy of it. And to do so, she must put on the performance of her life in a sinister and dangerous competition where illusion and reality blur, and the stakes are deadly.

As the vampire Sebastian Barrister sinks his teeth into the Coven the danger heightens in The Hollows. He has made it clear that he intends to destroy the Wolf Pack once and for all. His diabolical plan involves Kat's six year-old brother Bobby. Tucker Morrison, a vampire/wolf hybrid, gives Kat an ultimatum: join him and become a hybrid as well, or risk losing everything.The Wolf Pack finds themselves stretched too thin to protect everyone in The Hollows, and their numbers are dwindling even as their enemies are increasing in strength.Kat St. Claire finds herself faced with numerous challenges as she tries to navigate the dangers of High School and the truth about her parents' deaths.War has come to The Hollows...The second in 'The Hollows' series continues where the first book ended and delivers more surprises and dangers for all who venture within its boundaries.

Now that Kaz can finally pass through walls without feeling all "skizzy,” he can go explore Beckett's secret room at the back of the library. What he finds there is a mystery he never expected!

It's a glittering carnival for ghosts and goblins. The attractions are dazzling: a warlock rodeo, a witches' brew contest, goblin pie, and a tricky hall of mirrors. When the adventure ends, Daphne and Sam once again find themselves on their own street. Was it a Halloween trick, or a Halloween treat? Hard to know for sure, under that butterscotch moon. Mary Ann Fraser's pun-filled text and striking artwork make this an irresistible holiday tale that begs to be read again and again.