Catalogue Search Results
1) Tidelands
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different ... Midsummer's Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even to the remote Tidelands - the marshy landscape of the south coast. Alinor, a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free...
2) Maskerade
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Opera House is a huge, rambling building full of masked figures and hooded shadows, and in the wings are the Discworld's greatest witches, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, who fancy a night at the opera. But there's trouble ahead.
3) The witches
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of YOU disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters, and then what . . . ?.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Tiffany Aching is a witch. And she thinks she's doing a good job for the people of the Chalk. Even if the job does seem to involve a lot of bandaging legs and cutting old ladies' toenails and not much magic, or sleep. But somewhere, there's a tangled ball of evil and spite that has woken up.
5) Charmed life
Author
Series
The Chrestomanci volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother Eric (better known as Cat) is not so keen, for he has no talent for magic at all. However, life with the great enchanter is not what either of them expects and sparks begin to fly! Winner of the Guardian Award.
6) Macbeth
Author
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare?s famous tragedy, describing how a lust for power and the prophecy of three witches transform a brave nobleman into a traitor and murderous tyrant, has mesmerised audiences since its first performance over four centuries ago. Macbeth?s temptation and descent into evil, his wife?s ruthlessness and subsequent madness and the overarching presence of the supernatural are brilliantly evoked in this BBC Radio archive production from 2000, directed...
Author
Series
The Wild Magic Trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda/Walker audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Mup?s dad has been kidnapped by witches, and Mup - along with her mam, brother and dog - must journey to an enchanted world to rescue him. Danger awaits them. Witches Borough is a beguiling place of rhyming crows, talking cats and forbidden magic, ruled by a tyrannical queen and her band of raggedy witches. And Mam seems strange on this side of the border - striding, powerful and increasingly distant. Even if they can save her father, Mup knows that...
Author
Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Matthew Beard and Sophie Rundle star in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Faerie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite, but a young woman, Yvaine. When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is...
Author
Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Witchfinder Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor?s cryptic predictions. Atlantis is rising; fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan. Everything, that is, but for an unlikely angel and demon duo, who have been living on Earth for several...
10) Wintersmith
Author
Series
Discworld Novels volume 35
Publisher
RHCP Digital
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
'Crivens!' Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made just one little mistake . . . And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs and showers her with snowflakes, which is tough when you're thirteen, but also just a little bit . . . cool. And if Tiffany doesn't work out how to deal with him, there will never be another springtime . . . Crackling with energy and humour, Wintersmith is the third tale in a sequence about...
11) All just glass
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sarah Vida has given up everything for love. From a legendary family of vampire-hunting witches, Sarah was raised to never trust a vampire, to never let her guard down, and to avoid all tricky attachments of the heart. But now Sarah IS a vampire-changed by the boy she thought she loved. Her family has forsaken her, and Sarah herself is disgusted by her appetite for blood. Aida Vida is Sarah's older sister, the good, reliable sibling who always does...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Join Winnie and Wilbur on their wild and wacky adventures from going back to the time of the dinosaurs and saving school children from slavery in ancient Egypt; to organising a treasure hunt for a pirate and rustling up some batburgers in the kitchen, - this collection will keeping young listeners entertained for hours! This collection features the following stories: Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie's After School Club Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Naughty...
Author
Series
Wickery volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The heart-pounding sequel to Cast in Firelight, perfect for fans of epic, sweepingly romantic fantasy by Sabaa Tahir, Susan Dennard, and Mary E. Pearson. After a magical eruption devastates the kingdom of Belwar, royal heir Adraa is falsely accused of masterminding the destruction and forced to stand trial in front of her people, who see her as a monster. Adraa's punishment? Imprisonment in the Dome, an impenetrable, magic-infused fortress...
Author
Series
Mirabelle volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mirabelle is special because she is different. Mirabelle's mum is a witch, her dad is a fairy and she is a bit of both. When Mirabelle goes off to witch school she promises not to cause any mischief ... but then potions class goes a bit wrong and flying practice is a disaster. Soon enough, Mirabelle finds herself getting up to some seriously mischievous behaviour. Hopefully, with the help of her best friend, Carlotta, she can put everything right...
Author
Series
The Wizards of Once volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide. Perfect for boys and girls who love fantasy adventure.
16) The end of oz
Author
Series
Dorothy Must Die volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In this dark, action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, Amy Gumm travels from Oz to the twisted land of Ev, where she fights to free Oz from evil once and for all. My name is Amy Gumm. You might remember me as the other girl from Kansas. When a tornado swept me away to the magical land of Oz, I was given a mission: Dorothy must die. That?s right, everyone?s favorite Wicked-Witch-slayer had let the magic of...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cosmo has always wanted to be a witch-cat so he's delighted when he passes the special test. Now he'll be able to help Sybil the witch with her spells. But Cosmo is suspicious when he discovers that Sybil has a magic recipe for producing gold statues in the shape of kittens especially as the kittens look frighteningly alive!
Author
Series
Mirabelle volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mirabelle is special because she is different. Mirabelle's mum is a witch and her dad is a fairy and she loves getting up to magical mischief! The time has come for a fairy celebration and Mirabelle's dad has told her she mus be on her best behaviour. But Mirabelle knows things will be so much more fun is she can do just a little bit of witchy magic. Will Mirabelle be able to stay out of mischief? Not likely!.
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
From invisibility spells, broomstick rides and pet dragons to wobbly fangs, scary haircuts and teacher-charming spells, Titchy Witch always finds herself in trouble and must fix it in the only way she knows how - with a little magic! This magical collection of the popular Titchy Witch series includes the following stories: Titchy Witch and the Birthday Broomstick Titchy Witch and the Disappearing Baby Titchy Witch and the Frog Fiasco Titchy Witch...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
Winnie the Witch is busy getting herself into trouble. She's a naughty niece when Auntie Aggie comes to stay, she has difficulty getting rid of her double after waving her wand in front of the mirror, she causes havoc at the after school club, and, on a trip to the museum, she sends the little ordinaries back in time where they find themselves as slave labour building the pyramids!
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request