Eric's crazy Auntie Rose has sent his mum a wedding present. This is bad news -- Auntie Rose's presents are always trouble! Eric has to do something, but which present is it? When he and Wez try to track it down and get rid of it, things go horribly ...
This is another hilarious story about Eric and his Aunt’s strange presents. This time Auntie Rose has sent a perfume whose potent smell makes the wearer sing fortissimo, and it so happens that Eric has been chosen to sing in his school play. The sc...
Max thought spy films and TV shows were more exciting than real life -- until his Dad is taken away in handcuffs by the police, and their house is broken into by thieves! Determined to free his Dad, and get the baddies, Max is amazed to find himself ...
Eric has survived six madcap adventures so far, and now his Gran has turned up to add to the merriment. Eric ought to be safe this time. There haven’t been any presents from his mad auntie to cause mayhem and havoc, and embarrass the socks off him....
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind, clean-up-the world hero, has arrived. Criminals beware -- and be very afraid!
In his first case, Damian finds himself in the glamorous world of film-making. But it turns out to be a den of deceit and Damian...
When Tiger Lilly, the glamorous pop star, asks Damian to guard the gifts at her wedding, he is starstruck and eager to assist. As he patrols the ceremony for suspicious characters, Damian spots a crime in action. If he can outsmart the gorilla-like s...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
Damian thinks it''s time to pass on his amazing detective skills. On an outing ot the library to teach his eager trainees how to look for criminals, they hit the j...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
Damian Drooth decides to help a friendly old man who believes that his precious and hard-won inventions are being ripped off by an unscrupulous neighbour. Naturally...
Damian Drooth has already solved two cases to great acclaim, and now he is passing on his skills to eager pupils. He has decided to help a friendly old man who thinks an unscrupulous neighbour is ripping off his hard-won inventions. Naturally, the me...
Two girls find themselves alone on a remote Scottish island -- with a laboratory of evil scientists who are prepared to play havoc with the weather to gain control. They must escape from the island, and get the evidence back to Edinburgh, before the ...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
Damian Drooth is electrified to hear the Headmaster tell everyone off about graffiti in one of the school toilets. He immediately wants to catch the culprit, but w...
Dog snatchers have been nabbing mutts all over town, but Damian Drooth is on the case! With the help of his group of trainee detectives, Damian is determined to find out what’s happened to the missing pups. For some detectives, this case could be u...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
Damian''s amazing detective skills are called on when rich boy Calvin Baggington has his super-expensive bike stolen at the Holiday Village. With a brilliant and c...
Damian Drooth is a super sleuth, a number one detective, a kid with a nose for trouble. Here in this fantastic bumper edition are three of his hilarious stories: The Case of the Disappearing Daughter, How to Be a Detective and The Case of the Popstar...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
Damian is fascinated when the new girl at school says that her grandparents' house is haunted. As the local specialist detective, it is up to Damian to solve the my...
Lizzie is lucky. Her dad refuses to fight in the war unlike the other dads in her street. ‘I won’t kill anyone,’ he says ‘War is wrong.’ But she knows that lots of people don’t agree with him and when Dad is threatened with prison, he tak...
Thomas dreams of becoming an actor, and when Shakespeare comes home to Stratford, Thomas's life changes forever.
Thomas is desperate to join 'the players', he'll do anything to watch them perform, even skip school and risk a caning. But when...
A life-affirming story of courage and hope under fire.
When War breaks out, Billy's dad joins the army and most of his friends are evacuated from Balham, South London. But Billy's mum doesn't believe the bombs will ever fall on them and...
From a Carnegie Medal-nominated author comes an exciting Victorian London adventure full of twists and turns
Damian Drooth is an ace detective, although sometimes he leaves the hard work to his friends so he can concentrate on the master plan. When Damian hears about a Mega Quiz with an amazing prize, he decides to enter with his friends. This means paying ...
Damian Drooth, the one of a kind, clean-up-the world hero, has arrived. Criminals beware - and be very afraid!
In his first case, Damian finds himself in the glamorous world of filmmaking. But it turns out to be a den of deceit. Damian need...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
A superstar singer, Tiger Lilly, is getting married to a footballer. Who better to guard her fabulous wedding pressents than her number one fan, the genius private ...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
Damian has stumbled onto a new case at the local football ground. Someone is selling forged tickets and it''s up to our hero to find the culprit. After several false...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
When Damian hears about a Mega Quiz with an amazing prize, he decides to enter with his friends. This means paying an entrance fee . . . But all is not as it seems, and...
Damian Drooth, the one-of-a-kind detective hero, is back. Criminals beware!
When a neighbour's dog goes missing, Damian and his gang of detective apprentices are called in to help find it. But Damian's ideas - from supergluing 'Missing' pos...
Eric is an ordinary boy who loves football, and hates tests. Unluckily, a big test is coming up! Then his Auntie Rose sends him a very strange present from her travels in South America: an ugly, stinky, stripy jumper with magical powers. It can turn ...
Eric is just no good at tests and schoolwork, and his mum thinks he isn't trying hard enough. His grumpy teacher Mr Hodgetts (AKA the Bodge) decides he needs extra help. Then a mysterious package arrives from Eric’s Auntie Rose, containing a small ...
Eric's spots are multiplying! It seems his problem might be solved when his Auntie Rose sends Mum some magic face cream from South America. Dare he use it? Eric decides to take the risk and tries out the pimple potion. But he soon discovers there are...
Daisy''s hero is Florence Nightingale, and she hopes to one day become a nurse just like her. But as a girl growing up in the East End of London in 1912, it seems like all her future holds is dropping out of school to work a tough job in a factory...
Eric is stressed out! A new baby in the family is bad enough - but this baby is seriously weird. He soon discovers why. His crazy Auntie Rose has sent a present from South America which has incredible powers. But how can Eric get hold of it before th...