Read-It! Chapter Books Series

Pity King Cudgel! His twin children - Prince Marvin the Meek and Princess Gusty Ox - fight all the time. And ever since his wife, Queen Carrion, disappeared after going out dragon hunting, no one has been able to stop them. As a last resort he devises a challenge for them with the help of Cackle the court magician. If the twins fail, King Cudgel will hand over the kingdom to their soppy cousin, Godric, the Geek - an unbearable thought! King Cudgel's Challenge follows the painful and hilarious process of Prince Marvin and Princess Gusty Ox as they learn to get on with each other and is the first title in a series of laugh-out-loud historical adventures.

Alice Goes to Hollywood

by Karen Wallace

Published 1 September 2005

Alice is an anteater who lives in the jungle and eats ants - as anteaters do. But one day Alice decides what she really wants to be is a film star. So she paints her toenails pink, dresses up in a frilly satin dress, and catches the first plane to Hollywood. Soon Alice is the talk of the town and her picture is in all the magazines. There's just one problem - will she ever get to star in a film?

Princess Gusty Ox's Strange Change

by Karen Wallace

Published 14 July 2006

Gusty Ox is not your typical princess. She's more interested in wrestling crocodiles and hunting dragons than in tiaras and princes. That is, until she looks into Crackel's magic mirror and decides things have got to change. But it isn't easy being a proper princess and things only get worse when her rival, Princess Lulu the Luscious, comes to stay. This is the third riotous romp in The Crunchbone Castle Chronicles.

The Thing in the Basement

by Michaela Morgan

Published 1 June 2006

The Thing in the Basement is an atmospheric mystery story with a school setting. When the boy arrives at his new school everything is strange and different. The big, Victorian building has many storeys and a basement...As he passes the basement he notices a smell of heat and soot and burning. He looks down there and suddenly there's bang and a flash, a roaring sound. He knows there's something down there. Something nasty...something monstrous. And as the day goes on, all the evidence leads to suggest that the 'something' is a dragon...

Queen Carrion's Big Bear Hug

by Karen Wallace

Published 1 September 2006

King Cudgel keeps having nightmares about Queen Carrion and a bear and wonders if these could reveal the whereabouts of his missing wife. So he consults Crackle the Court Magician, who finds out that strong magic is at work. If the King ever wants to see his Queen again, he needs to go deep into the forest in search of the wicked fur witch. In this fourth and final title in the uproarious Crunchbone Castle Chronicles we find the truth behind the disappearance of Queen Carrion.

Alice Goes North

by Karen Wallace

Published 6 November 2006

Following her intrepid visit to Hollywood, our favourite anteater is back for another adventure. When Alice reads about Christmas in a magazine she realises that she and her fellow anteaters have been missing out. Why don't anteaters get Christmas presents? No one in the jungle can tell her, so to find the answer, she sets off on a hazardous journey to the icy North, in search of Father Christmas himself! A warm-hearted Christmas story that is sure to delight.

Read-It Chapter Books: Silly Sausage Series

by Michaela Morgan

Published 1 October 2009

Mr. Croc Rocks

by Frank Rodgers

Published 1 April 2008

Vain, forgetful, but utterly charming, Mr Croc is back! After seeing Rocky Alligator on "Croc Star", Mr Croc is determined to get on TV. He can't dance or sing, but he can play the guitar, and when he goes to a fancy dress party dressed as Rocky Alligator, it's like he could be his twin. On the way home, he dreams he really is his hero, so when someone calls out "Rocky" as he passes the TV studio, before he knows what's happening Mr Croc finds himself on stage in front of the cameras...But will he be able to fill his hero's shoes?