Smoke pours out of a window. Call 999! A fire engine is on its way! Fire engines carry the equipment needed to put out fires and help people in emergencies. Young readers will find out about fire engines, their main parts and how these important vehicles are used.

Mike and his dog Bowow are relaxing in the Chocolate Hills when the ground starts to tremble and the next moment a gaping hole appears. Before Mike can stop him, Bowow jumps into the hole. Then a note floats up. Party. Come now. Just fall up. There's no time to wonder what it means - Mike jumps in and falls into the most topsy-turvy of adventures.

Ludo comes from a long line of famous bear stylists. He loves giving his customers sensible haircuts, whether it's a tidy trim or a perfect perm. Until Leonardo arrives in town. Soon Ludo's clients are having their feathers flapped and their curls combed by him instead. But only one bear can be named Bear Stylist Supreme. A charming celebration of creativity and teamwork.

This title is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity.

As in 'The Lost Words', these 'spells' take their subjects from relatively commonplace, and yet underappreciated, animals, birds, trees and flowers - from barn owl to red fox, grey seal to silver birch, jay to jackdaw. But they break out of the triptych format of 'The Lost Words', finding new shapes, new spaces and new voices with which to conjure. 'The Lost Spells' summons back what is often lost from sight and care, and inspires protection and action...

A fun series introducing readers to the first steps in going online

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin celebrates all personalities and their potential. With a beautiful gatefold, moving illustrations, and a rhyming text, this is a book that parents will love reading over and over to their kids - both young and old.

Life in Bogeydom is full of snot, smells, slime, scum and other unspeakable things, and Bogeymen live under the ground revelling in allthe nastiness imaginable.

Shiver me timbers! The pirate poos are a long way from the Poop Deck, they're off in search of buried treasure. Join us on an adventure across the seven seas to find Blackbeard Bobbi and all his poo friends in each of these spectacular scenes. Look out for the very special parrot poo in one of the scenes!