When Lorcan Browne?s class are told to write to someone they admire, all his friends choose soccer stars and boy band singers, but Lorcan chooses the richest person in town instead, because he could never write to the person he REALLY admires - his Grandda. Will Lorcan?s plan to help save his Grandda from his freezing house change his family?s fortunes? Or will he have put his Grandda?s life in jeopardy? Sometimes letter-writing can have the most...

Fletcher loves everything about spring, but then Fletcher sees something he never expected to see in spring: snow! And it turns out that spring has another surprise in store for Fletcher, a warm and wondrous one.

"Baz was the kind of friend I wanted. Everyone seemed a bit afraid of him." Forced to move away from his dad in Aberdeen to a run-down Glasgow council estate, Logan thinks he's pretty lucky to have made any friends -- let alone Baz and the boys. Baz might have a bit of reputation, be a bit mouthy, but he's the kind of friend who'll stick up for you; who'll make life interesting -- or should that be dangerous? When Logan, Baz and the boys get caught...

SHADOW Aman and his mother live in war-torn Afghanistan. When a Western dog appears at the mouth of their cave, it soon becomes Aman?s constant companion, his shadow as he calls her. But life is becoming increasingly dangerous for Aman and his family? COOL! Michael Morpurgo?s inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma - victim of a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, Robbie tries to keep himself from slipping...

A humorous short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written by an internationally bestselling author Abigail Crumb is forever making mistakes at the veterinary surgery where she works after school, and now she?s on her final warning. So when she loses - and then finds again - one of the puppies in her care, she doesn?t tell her boss; she?s saving up for a houdah for her elephant, after all, and knows she has to hide the puppy if she wants...

A stunning selection of stories, featuring: The Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny, Ratburger.

On snailed the curious figure, its feet neatly clearing the tops of the trees. They could see the face now, and the well-known features - coal-black hair, bright blue eyes and nose turned upwards like the nose of a Dutch doll. The figure drifted down between the Lime Trees and alighted primly upon the grass. ?Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins!? they cried, and flung themselves upon her?.

Follow the action and fun as Paddington arrives in London, meets the Brown family and gets involved in lots of exciting adventures.

For her twelve daughters, Queen Laurelia's death in a motor car accident is a disaster beyond losing a mother. Their father, King Alberto, cannot bear the idea of the princesses ever being in danger and decides his daughters must be kept safe at all costs. Those costs include their lessons, their possessions and, most importantly, their freedom. But the eldest, Princess Frida, will not bend to his will without a fight and she still has one possession...

Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy - about a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich - really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest 12-year-old in the land. But Joe isn't happy. Why not? Because he's got a billion pounds, and not a single friend.