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After Billy Brute burns down his old school – and gets away with it – his parents have to find him a new one. St Lemons say they’ll take him, but little does Billy know that St Lemons have a secret weapon: Enter Miss Wanda . . . Her glasses are spectacular. Her dress so prim and neat. But what big eyes, and what big ears… And what big hairy feet! Perhaps Billy won’t get away with EVERYTHING after all.   With gloriously gothic illustrations from bestselling Chris Mould, and an alternative back...

A playful twist on Dr. Seuss's OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO – the perfect graduation for young people setting sail, from grown-ups who can't believe it's time for them to go. Remember how, back in the delivery room, you swore to teach that kid everything they'd need to know? And now, wham.... the same child appears to be packing a suitcase. And what with the whirl of being a parent, you never got around to all the wisdom-sharing.  JUST A ZILLION THINGS BEFORE YOU GO is a make-good on all those prom...

Advice for graduates and reflections on staying true to yourself from the beloved Gilmore Girls actress and New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Talking as Fast as I Can and the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe."If you're kicking yourself for not having accomplished all you should have by now, don't worry about it. Even without any 'big' accomplishments yet to your name, you are enough." In this expansion of the 2017 commencement speech she gave at her hometown Langley High, Lauren Graha...

‘this was a delight to read…I just can’t recommend it enough. The best romance book I’ve read this year.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Books and Bookends Nell’s going back to school… but now she’s learning lessons of the heart Reception class teacher Nell Shackleton has a plan. At least, she had until she arrived at her new home of Humblebee Farm, a dilapidated farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors. But so what if the roof’s full of holes, the back door’s hanging off and there’s a sheep in the front room? Because sometim...

Just when you thought they'd moved out for good... Being a mommy is great. So is being a daddy. But do you know what's even better?Being an empty nester.Oh, the joys of watching a fully raised child sprout wings and move away. Until the horrifying day...That child comes back.Goodbye tranquility. Goodbye cleanliness. Goodbye leftover meatloaf.It's a fact that 52% of millennials are living in their parents' homes.Get the H*** Out of My House is picture book for the parents who hoped, thought and p...

It's about love lives ...Maggie has been dating Stan for years - safe, comfortable and about as exciting as soggy toast. Can their relationship survive? Especially when Maggie meets David McDonald, her opposite number at the boys boarding school over the hill. Every single girl in the school has a crush on him, but not Maggie ...yet. It's about school lives ...Two girls. Same form. Simone Kardashian has won a scholarship and is determined to make her parents proud. Fliss Prosser is furious at be...

'A gloriously enjoyable read from start to finish' - Daily Express 'Here's a book to savour' - Mail on Sunday Miles Jupp (News Quiz presenter, star of Rev, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and The Thick Of It) delves into the mind of his comedy creation Damien Trench - urbane food writer and protagonist of BBC Radio 4's acclaimed sitcom In and Out of the Kitchen. 'Are you Damien Trench?' said the lady operating the stall.'I might be,' I said to the lady.'You are though, aren't you?' she asked.'Wel...

The very possibly hopefully billion-copy-selling parody of the million-copy bestseller, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - for our times and for parents everywhere 'It's alright,' said the Penguin, in exactly the sort of way that Penguins don't. 'This is the only book you'll ever need to find complete happiness.' Because it's been a bit of a trying time, hasn't it? You now know that your five-year-old is better at maths than you. And English. And at not crying during work. And the only...

Education is one aspect of life which we all share, and consequently it provides a common interest. Memories of our own education and school life frequently impinge on our psyche, espcially if we have children undergoing the process. Too often these memories are soberring remiscences punctuated by humeorous recollections which prompt the wry smile and the oft-qupoted anecdote. While Education is a very serious subject, it does have a lighter side which in these days of cutbacks, inspections and...

'The girls' boarding school! What a ripe theme for the most observant verbal artist in our midst today - the absurdly undersung Ysenda Maxtone Graham, who has the beadiness and nosiness of the best investigative reporter, the wit of Jane Austen and a take on life which is like no one else's. This book has been my constant companion ever since it appeared' A. N. Wilson, Evening StandardWhen I asked a group of girls who had been at Hatherop Castle in the 1960s whether the school had had a lab in t...

Bestselling author of Stupid HistoryLeland Gregory turns his nose for nuttiness toward the world of science. The book is filled with anecdotes about scientific stupidity, amazing scientific mythconceptions, and the general wackiness that characterizes Gregory's compilations of misdirected human activity.