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The Bakery of Happiness by Ian Beck
Category: HelpMeLearn | Series: Little Gems
Award-winning author-illustrator Ian Beck spreads joy in Paris with this charming tale of love and delicious baked goods.Perfect pains au chocolate ... hot crusty croissants ... and a voice that turns every word into a song. Paul du Pain's bakery is a very special place. Each day, Paul bakes the bread w ...Show more
The Beach Puppy by Holly Webb
Category: HelpMeLearn | Series: Little Gems
Worldwide bestseller Holly Webb makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a truly adorable sausage-dog tale! Ruby's dad has arrived home with a wonderful surprise - Coco the sausage-dog puppy! And when the family go on holiday to the seaside, of course Coco will be coming too. The beach is such an exciting ...Show more
The Big Fib (Little Gems 5-8) by Ros Asquith
Category: No Category | Series: Little Gems
A charming story set on a Scottish island about one boy and a fib that gets out of control...Robbie's been spending lots of time with Uncle Poached Egg who has the bad habit of exaggerating a lot of his stories. When Robbie gets caught up in a fib of his own, it's bound to spell trouble! Light-hearted t ...Show more
The Castle In The Field by Michael Morpurgo
Category: HelpMeLearn | Series: Little Gems
A great countryside tale. Chris, Lisa and Tom spend their days in their secret hide-out in the Castle, an old WWII pill-box. But the Castle is on Old Rafferty's land, and he hates kids. They find themselves in big trouble when some local lads lock them in and there is no one around for miles...High qual ...Show more
The First Third Wish by Ian Beck
Category: HelpMeLearn | Series: Little Gem
When a newly-qualified fairy loses the third wish of three she must deliver to a woodcutter, young Dickon finds it. There is no limit to the number of times a lost wish may be used, and soon there are sparkly cats and magic lemonade bottles all over the place Can fairy Cobweb find the wish and put a sto ...Show more
The Fish in the Bathtub by Eoin Colfer
Category: No Category | Series: Little Gem
A beautiful, heartwarming story set in post- war Poland about a grandfather and his mission to enjoy a traditional carp dinner...
The Ghost Cat Who Saved My Life by Pamela Butchart
Category: HelpMeLearn | Series: Little Gems Ser.
The flat upstairs from Sav is empty, so who or what is making the strange yowling noises she can hear at night? Could it be a ghost cat?! Sav and her best friend Liam decide to investigate, but their ghost hunt takes a very strange turn when Liam gets stuck in the stinky bin room of the flat and it's a ...Show more
The Ghost in Annie's Room by Philippa Pearce
Category: HelpMeLearn | Series: Little Gems
Emma is happy to sleep in her Cousin Annie's old attic bedroom when staying with her great-aunt Win. But when bedtime comes, she starts feeling nervous. Her brother Joe insists that the room is haunted. Could he be right? Emma must face her fears and uncover the mystery behind the haunting of Annie's ol ...Show more
The Great Telephone Mix-Up by Sally Nicholls
Category: No Category | Series: Little Gems
When the village wires get crossed after a storm, there's a lot of confusion and plenty of missed connections. Margaret can't run her summer fair, Jai can't speak to Aditi, and Will is rather happy because no one can tell his mum how much trouble he's in! Can the villagers learn to love their neighbours ...Show more
The Monster from the Blue Planet by Cornelia Funke
Category: No Category | Series: Little Gem
A funny galactic adventure from international bestseller Cornelia Funke - with full colour illustrations by Elys Dolan.
The Moonshine Dragon (Little Gems IA 5-8) by Cornelia Funke
Category: No Category | Series: Little Gems
From the internationally bestselling author of the Inkheart series. When a tiny silver dragon is chased out of Patrick's storybook by an equally tiny knight, all sorts of mayhem breaks loose! Soon moonshine magic has shrunk Patrick too, and he is forced to hole up inside his toy castle as the knight att ...Show more
The Rats of Meadowsweet Farm (Little Gems IA 5-8) by Dick King-Smith
Category: No Category | Series: Little Gem
Animal Farm meets Shaun the Sheep in this darkly funny story from award-winning Dick King-Smith with full colour artwork. Life on Meadowsweet Farm has always had a balance - Farmer Green turns a blind eye to the messiness of his farm and the rats run the show, glorying in the muck and the mire. Well, on ...Show more