Tony Bradman - Macbeth
Fiction 9+
78 pages
One dark and stormy night, two men come across three witches who foretell the future. One man is promised a royal future as king, the other that his son will rule one day. But King Duncan still lives and the path to the throne is unclear. What follows next is murder most foul.
This atmospheric retelling of William Shakespeare's Macbeth from much-loved author Tony Bradman has haunting black-and-white illustrations by Mark Oldroyd and is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare's classic story.
Michael Broad - Otter Chaos: Dam Busters
Fiction 7+
192 pages
For Woody the otter cub, life on the river is otterly awesome. Until one day a big ugly dam appears. Now all the fish have gone! Unless the otters want to eat revolting riverweed forever, they need a plan to break through the dam!
Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden
Fiction 9+
364 pages
Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life.