Written by expert allotment holders for those who want to get more from their plot, this is the must-have book for all would-be and existing allotmenteers and those who grow their own. Four RHS expert authors share their wisdom and experience on growing fruit, vegetables and flowers and getting the most out of allotment life.
Pauline Prescott went almost overnight from a Hull hairdresser to a key participant in the nation’s political events. Loyal, sharp, good humoured, articulate and dignified, her world was turned upside down when more than 40 years after she was forced to give her son up for adoption, the press had tracked him down. Warm, moving and at times painfully sad, her story is almost Cookson-esque and will shock, amaze and delight. This is one of the unmissable reads of the year.
Good enough to eat, these irresistible little gift cards are such a great idea. What better way to tell somebody you’re thinking of them than with a delightful little cupcake card, complete with a recipe from the famous Hummingbird Bakery! The set includes 20 cards - featuring 4 designs - and envelopes and they come beautifully presented in a reusable tin.
From winding a bobbin to hemming a skirt and inserting zips, this book from the experts at Simplicity will give you all the information you need to get the most out of your sewing machine. With an invaluable troubleshooting section and help with all the key sewing skills, you’ll be repairing old favourites in no time!
“You’re not Mia Thermopolis anymore, honey,” Dad said. I raised my head. “I’m not?” I said, blinking. “Then who am I?” he went, kind of sadly, “You’re Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, Princess of Genovia.” A princess?? Me?? Yeah, right… Join Mia as she learns to live with the fact that she’s no longer an ordinary teenager from New York but heir to the throne of a country she’s never heard of! With new jacket designs and a matching slipcase, this collection contains the first eight titles in Meg Cabot’s No. 1 best-selling series.
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking hero who ever lived. But it wasn’t always like that. In fact, life was very tough in the early days and Hiccup had to learn how to conquer his fears and a dragon or two along the way. Now the star of a huge DreamWorks film, this unlikely hero first appeared in these enormously popular books… Perfect reading for heroic children! Titles in this set are: How to be a Pirate; How to Speak Dragonese; How to Train Your Dragon.
These four classics will provide a perfect foundation for a child’s home library. Each one is ideal for a newly proficient reader to tackle alone and the quality of these stories will boost confidence and kick-start a lifelong love of reading.
If you know a teenager who thinks they don’t like reading, here’s your chance to prove them wrong… This excellent selection offers ten short, well-written stories that will capture the imagination of those who find reading long, complicated stories a little difficult, or who have yet to find a book that really holds their attention. Written by some of the leading children’s authors of teenage fiction who know exactly what teenagers like reading about, this brilliant collection has everything you could possibly want from your reading… from action, adventure and humour to secrets, mystery and ghostly goings-on, it’s time get reading!
H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top-secret school of applied villainy where children with a precocious gift for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents as criminal masterminds. Otto Malpense, one of H.I.V.E.’s most talented students, is on the run from US security forces and in a desperate race against time he must work out who his real friends are to thwart a supremely dangerous renegade faction of the world’s most powerful villains.
Will Burrows has little in common with his family except for a passion for digging which he shares with his father. When his father suddenly disappears, Will and his gang enter a world deep underground. As they free-fall down a subterranean pore, the dark mysteries of the deep unfold and they discover a strange fungal shelf, which not only reveals artefacts from ancient civilisations, but clues to a lost land at the end of the Earth…