Rizka is a carefree trickster of a girl triumphing over the silly and pompous adults that surround her. Fans of Pippi Longstocking rejoice - a new heroine is born!

Poppy the dormouse bravely battles the evil owl, Mr. Ocax in this epic of forest and meadow. Be sure to catch the exciting sequel, Poppy and Rye and the prequel, Ragweed.

Virginia Potts' town, family and friends have floated away in the spring thaw, and she herself has begun to shrink down to nothing. Can a solution be found before she fades away altogether?

You may have seen the movie try the original book! Babe is a bright and determined pig who wants to be a sheep dog. Check out the sequel, Ace, which follows the adventures of Babe's great great grandson, another extraordinary pig with a new trick up his trotter. Dick King-Smith is the popular author of a multitude of animal stories for children.

Four sisters, Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe, are sent into "exile" to visit their grandmother. "Big Grandma" is not the warmest of relatives, but then her grandchildren are often rude, always dirty, and generally creating some sort of disaster. Hilarious. Enjoy the further exploits of the four sisters in Exiles at Home, and Exiles in Love.

Just what was it like for the frog prince living as a frog? Perhaps being green isn't such a curse after all. Readers may also enjoy the story of De Fawg pin's son, Jimmy, the Pickpocket of the Palace. Donna Jo Napoli is well known for her magical novelisations of fairy tales.

In this magical tale, Shade, a silverwing bat on his first migration, becomes separated from his colony. Can he find his way back to them? Can he trust those who offer to help him? Don't miss the sequel, Sunwing.

Set during the Depression, this novel traces the adventures of two kids from Chicago and their crafty grandmother, in a series of summer visits to her small Illinois town. Both wise and wicked, their grandmother teaches them lessons they could never learn from their parents.

For eleven years, Harry Potter leads a miserable life with his hateful uncle, aunt and cousin. Suddenly, he discovers he is in fact a wizard and as a student of Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry his life is about to change forever... Harry's exciting adventures continue in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.

Maniac Magee has no home and no family, but he is an athlete, a brain and a great friend who is destined to be a hero and a legend. A marvelous balance of humour and pathos.

13 year-old Dicey and her three younger siblings are abandoned by their mother in Connecticut and begin a heroic cross-country trek to find a home. The journey is sometimes fun, sometimes exciting, sometimes sad and sometimes terrifying, but it changes all of them and makes them a stronger family. Their story continues in Dicey's Song.

The Mennyms are a normal family - or are they? Many of their problems seem ordinary, but the Mennyms have a secret that overshadows all else, a secret the outside world must never learn... Sylvia Waugh creates a world within our own as fascinating as that of Mary Norton's Borrowers. Readers won't want to miss the sequels, Mennyms Under Seige, Mennyms in the Wilderness, Mennyms Alone, and Mennyms Alive.