Author: Abdel-Fattah, Randa

1 Author: Abdel-Fattah, Randa.

Title: Does my head look big in this? (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith-- without losing her identity or sense of style.

Author: Adams, Douglas. Title: The restaurant at the end of the universe (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Accompanied by his good friend and guide Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent continues his adventures through the Universe.

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Author: Adams, Douglas Title: So long, and thanks for all the fish (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Arthur Dent is 1437 light years away from Earth, sitting in a Saab. He has just cracked his head on the door while climbing in. He feels stupefied. Maybe it is because he has just laid eyes on the first female of the species that he has seen in years, sitting in the backseat.

Author: Almond, David Title: The Fire-eaters (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Bobby Burns knows he’s a lucky lad. Growing up in sleepy Keely Bay, Bobby is exposed to all manner of wondrous things. But things are

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 3 beginning to starting to fall apart. This is the story of two months in Bobby’s life. A time of trouble, a time of change , a time of miracles.

Author: Almond, David Title: Kit's wilderness (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: In Stoneygate there was a wilderness, an empty space between the houses and the river where the ancient coal pit had once been. In the wilderness Kit meets Askew, who has a strange ability to draw other children to his game called Death. When Askew disappears, it is up to Kit to find him and bring him back.

Author: Almond, David Title: My Dad’s a Birdman (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft - and make them nice hot dumplings. But today there's something unusual going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and studying the birds to see how they fly? The Great Human Bird Competition of course!

Author: Almond, David Title: Skellig (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Michael's baby sister is ill, and the whole house is sick with her. While his parents spend time at the hospital, he explores their new home. In the old, derelict garage he finds

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 5 something sinister; a strange creature, part owl, part angel. Is it something good or something evil?

Author: Awdry, Christopher Title: Thomas and the pony show (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Thomas often sees Becky riding her pony as he puffs past the farm where she lives. He wants to watch her taking part in the Pony Show, but his driver says they will be too busy. The Fat Controller gives Thomas a very special job to do and his wish comes true!

Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: The Indian in the cupboard (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 6 Summary: When Omri is given a toy Indian and a small cupboard for his birthday, he has no idea that when he puts the Indian in the cupboard it will come alive, or that his 'toy' is a very small and demanding brave for whose life and safety he must take responsibility.

Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: The mystery of the cupboard (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Omri finds a cashbox and a journal which provide the answer to his questions as to how the toy figures became red, and who was able to make them do so.

Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: Return of the Indian (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Omri is unexpectedly reminded of his beloved Red Indian, and can't resist making sure he's still all right. But when he opens the cupboard door Little Bull is wounded, nearly dead, and Omri must find help.

Author: Baudet, Stephanie Title: In someone else's shoes (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Nicholas has a strange feeling, as he walks to school on Monday morning, that he's grown. It's a stupid idea, he knows. How could you grow over one weekend? But when he stands his ground and looks the class bully right in the eye he knows something has changed. It's as if someone else has taken over his body…..

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 8 Author: Bawden, Nina Title: The peppermint pig (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Johnnie was the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives.

Author: Blackman,Malorie.

Title: Checkmate (Book 3 in Noughts and Crosses Trilogy) (4 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale- skinned noughts are treated as inferiors

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 9 and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage, and becomes determined to find out more, to honour both sides of her heritage. But her father's family has a complicated history - one tied up with the fight for equality for the nought population. And as Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into this world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into more and more danger. Suddenly, it's a game of very high stakes that can only have one winner...

Author: Blackman, Malorie.

Title: Knife edge (Book 2 in Noughts and Crosses Trilogy)

(3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Following Callum's death, the people who loved him relate how their lives have been changed, especially in reference to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixed- race child.

Author: Blackman, Malorie.

Title: Noughts and crosses (Book 1 in Noughts and Crosses Trilogy)

(4 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: The world is divided into two - the dark-skinned Crosses, and the light- skinned Noughts. The Crosses are the rulers, the privileged race; the Noughts are second-class citizens, erstwhile slaves of

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 11 the Crosses, and still without equal rights in a world torn apart by race and class. Sephy is a Cross, the daughter of the powerful Kamal Hadley. Callum is a Nought, the son of Maggie McGregor, Sephy's nanny. Their childhood friendship turns to love. Till one day the terrorist group which calls itself the Liberation Militia explodes a bomb in the shopping mall; the bomb wreaks havoc not only in the mall but also in the lives of Sephy and Callum.

Author: Blume, Judy.

Title: Are you there God? It's me, Margaret (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends – and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start she hasn't got a clue

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 12 whether she wants to be Jewish like her father or Christian like her mother. Everyone else seems really sure of who they are. And, worst of all, she's a 'late developer'. She just knows that all her friends are going to need a bra before she does. It's too embarrassing to talk to her parents about these things. So she talks to God instead - and waits for an answer . . .

Author: Blume, Judy Title: Freckle juice (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Andrew decides that if he were covered in freckles like his classmate, Nicky, no one would notice whether he had washed his face or behind his ears. So it seems that freckle juice, for a price, is just the thing he needs.

Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The enchanted wood (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Jo, Bessie and Fanny had always lived in the town, but now their father had a job in the country and they were all looking forward to having lots of adventures. "You won't have any more adventures in the country than you will have in the town", said their father. But that's where he was quite wrong.

Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The naughtiest girl in school (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Elizabeth Allen is spoilt and selfish. When she's sent away to boarding school she makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there's ever

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 14 been! But Elizabeth soon finds out that being bad isn't as simple as it seems....

Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The sea of adventure (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Recovering from measles, the children head for the coast of Scotland with Bill to recuperate. Bill soon disappears from the scene, kidnapped by a couple of unknown baddies. Our four heroes are left to fend for themselves.

Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The twins at St Clare's (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: 'People are going to know who we are, and what we can do! All the mistresses are going to sit up and take

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 15 notice of us too. The O'Sullivan twins are going to be somebodies!' Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan hate having to start at St Clare's. They were the most popular pupils in their old school and they're determined not to like this new one. But is St Clare's as awful as they think, and will the other girls even want them there?

Author: Brisley, Joyce Title: Milly-Molly-Mandy stories (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends Susan and Billy Blunt live in a little village in the Lankester heart of the English countryside. They do all the sorts of things that country children enjoy - like blackberrying gardening and going to the village fete.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 16 Author: Butterworth, Annette Title: Jake (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Jake loves to chase ducks, play with dirty washing, and eat chocolate eggs. He dreams of going to Crufts, the biggest dog show in the world, but he knows he'll never get there. But Jake is a very special dog - he's the best friend you could ever have - and sometimes even a dog's dream can come true.

Author: Byars, Betsy Title: The midnight fox (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Tom is from the town and he is so excited at seeing the fox with the green eyes, that he goes out every day hoping to see her again. And when she

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 17 and her cub are in danger from his uncle's gun, he is sure he is the only person who can save them.

Author: Cabot, Meg

Title: All American Girl (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Feisty, red-haired Samantha, a self-described "urban rebel" who has dyed all of her clothes black, is a 15-year-old middle child, uncomfortably wedged between her popular, cheerleader older sister, Lucy, and her brainy 11-year-old sister, Rebecca. And she has a major crush on Jack, Lucy's nonconformistartist boyfriend, whom she feels is far better suited to her than to her rather vacuous sister.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 18 Author: Cabot, Meg Title: The princess diaries (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Manhattan teenager Mia suddenly becomes heir to the Genovian throne - apparently she really is a princess! Mia begins taking princess lessons from her old "grand-mère" and is followed everywhere by a trigger happy bodyguard. But if you think she's moving to Genovia, think again!

Author: Carpenter, Humphrey Title: Mr Majeika and the ghost train (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When Class Three and Mr Majeika get on board a Ghost Train they are in for a surprise. Real ghosts appear and the wicked Wilhelmina Worlock isn't

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 19 far away. But Jody comes to the rescue...with a dragon to help her.

Author: Carpenter, Humphrey Title: Mr Majeika and the school play (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Hamish Bigmore is more unbearable than ever after an unexpected starring role in an Australian television soap. The school play becomes a bit too realistic when a genuine giant thunders on the stage. And in the third story, it looks as if the children will never get back to St Barty's School after their museum trip - even on a magic carpet. Mr Majeika's wizardry is still getting Class Three into all sorts of trouble, but they have a lot of fun along the way!

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 20 Author: Cassidy, Anne Title: Looking for JJ (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: "Looking for JJ" explores the circumstances and motives behind the murder of a child - by her friend. Six years later, JJ has been released, and has a new identity. But is there any way that she can lead a "normal" life?

Author: Clayton, David Title: Snake bite (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: "The flood raced like a great express train down the canyon ... the thunder of white water came closer and closer ... ripping and pulling them ... "HOLD ON! HOLD ON!" ...then under they went.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 21 Author: Clover, Peter Title: Hercules, operation snowsearch (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Jack and Hercules are helping a local farmer clear the area of dangerous traps, left by a cruel poacher. But as fast as the traps are removed, new ones are laid. So when next door's posh pooch goes missing during a heavy snowfall, her owner is in a terrible state. Now Hercules has disappeared too. Jack's worried sick. Will either dog make it home?

Author: Clover, Peter. Title: Hercules, treasure hound. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Jack and Hercules meet an old man on the beach who appeals to them to help him rescue the eggs from a

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 22 peregrine falcon's nest on the cliffs. Jack helps the man retrieve the eggs but soon realises he is not what he seems - but Hercules is on the trail.

Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis fowl (Book 1 in Artemis fowl series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's about to take on when he kidnaps a fairy - Captain Holly Short of the LE Precon Unit. Artemis thinks he's got the fairies just where he wants them; but these fairies are armed and dangerous.

Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis fowl: The arctic incident (Book 2 in Artemis fowl series)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 23 (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that the person repsonsible is her arch- enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl. But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won't be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help ...

Author: Colfer, Eoin. Title: Artemis Fowl: the eternity code (Book 3 in Artemis fowl series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Artemis is still plotting for a billion-dollar-plus payoff for the Fowl family, but now his enemies are human

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 24 (chiefly Jon Spiro, a ruthless businessman Artemis tries to blackmail using stolen fairy technology) and he has to turn to his old adversary-turned- friend Captain Holly Short and cutpurse dwarf Mulch Diggums for help. The dialogue and action prove as smart and page-turning as ever this time around, with Artemis struggling to bring his faithful bodyguard Butler back from the dead before racing Mission Impossible- style to triple-cross the double-crossing Spiro.

Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: This short book works well in two ways. Firstly, for fans of Artemis Fowl, this is a neatly written little episode that fits in between the first and

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 25 second AF books. Secondly, this is an ideal introduction to the series. If you’ve never read the Artemis Fowl books and wonder if they’re for you, then this little story is a great way to discover them

Author: Colfer, Eoin. Title: The legend of Spud Murphy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Every kid in town knows about Spud Murphy. Grown-ups think she's the kindly old librarian, but kids know the truth. They've heard all about the gas-powered spud gun she keeps hidden under her desk-make so much as a sound in her library and you could get spudded with soggy potatoes. Laugh out loud and you may never be seen again . . . And now, in a major coup of parental injustice, Will and his older brother, Marty, have been ordered to

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 26 spend their summer vacation in Spud's library! Will brothers Will and Marty survive a summer marooned on the carpet of Spud's children's section, under the watchful eye of this terrifying librarian? Or will they discover a new interest that surprises even them?

Author: Conlon-McKenna, Marita Title: Under the hawthorn tree (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family, Marita, Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Starving and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, they escape. Their only hope is to find the great-aunts they have heard about in their mother's stories. With tremendous courage they set out on a journey that

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 27 will test every reserve of strength, love and loyalty they possess.

Author: Conroy, Don Title: The anaconda from Drumcondra (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Something fell off the back of a lorry. It wriggled and could talk, and as it turned out, it was looking for a home. Meet Al - better known as the "Anaconda from Drumcondra". Once you take him home, your life will never be the same again.

Author: Conroy, Don Title: Joey's big day (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Joey the red kangaroo gets his big chance to leave the safety of his mummy’s pouch and explore an

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 28 amazing new world. There he finds a lot of weird and wonderful creatures and some not too friendly. Author: Conroy, Don Title: Rocky the dinosaur (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: What is as tall as the tallest giraffe, weighs the same as an African elephant and is as long as four cars? David's visitor from Montana - Rocky the Dinosaur! Rocky is a T-Rex with a difference! He can parachute, likes jam doughnuts and runs a breakfast cereal company. He puts it all down to evolution! David's adventures are just beginning…

Author: Cross, Gillian Title: The demon headmaster strikes again (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: When the Hunter family are persuaded to move house, Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey realize that there is something very strange about the new village. And soon Dinah suspects that their old enemy, the Demon Headmaster, is back. This time, he has got control of a research laboratory, and he's planning to take over nature itself. But to do that, he needs Dinah - which puts her in terrible danger.

Author: Cross, Gillian Title: Rent-a-genius (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Sophy isn't going to waste any more advice on her ungrateful family - there must be some people out there who really need a genius to help them. For only fifty pence, Sophy will tackle any problem; from bossy

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 30 grandmothers to disappearing tomatoes. The only trouble is, everyone needs helping at once!

Author: Cunliffe, John Title: Postman Pat and the big surprise (1 volume, Arial 24) Summary: The people of Greendale are surprised, to see Sara bringing the post. When she's finished the day's work, they have a surprise for her, too!

Author: Cusick, Richie Title: The harvest: Buffy the vampire slayer (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: In this generation, she is Buffy Summers, 16 years old and a new student at Tankersley Sunnydale High. Her experiences at her last school

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 31 persuaded Buffy to try to resume the life of a normal teenager. But it is no coincidence that Buffy has come to this town at this time. Once in a century comes The Harvest: a night when his world and ours...

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: The BFG (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The BFG is a big, friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed one dark night. Fortunately, this giant really is friendly, but his countrymen in the land of giants are child-eaters. Can the child enlist the aid of his kidnapper in stopping the nightly massacre?

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Charlie and the chocolate factory

(1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket and wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most delectable eatables ever made.

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Charlie and the great glass elevator (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The last time we met Charlie he had been told that he had inherited the fabulous Chocolate Factory and he and his family were riding with Mr Wonka in the Great Glass Elevator high above his home town. The Elevator orbits the Earth in a space adventure and then returns to the factory to make

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 33 Wonka-Vite which causes some amazing things to happen. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Esio trot (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for the attractive widow Mrs Silver. She, however, lavishes all her attention on another - Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than 140 tortoises.

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Fantastic Mr Fox (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 34 Summary: Boggis, Bunce and Bean, three farmers, were lying in wait outside Mr Fox's hole, each one determined to shoot, starve or dig out Mr Fox even if it took them forever. But Mr Fox's wife was right when she told the children, 'Your father is a fantastic fox! He has quite enough brains to fox much cleverer farmers than Boggis, Bunce and Bean!'

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: George's marvellous medicine (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: George's grandmother has the nastiest eating habits in the world. She's as frightening as a witch and as grumpy as a camel without a hump. When he can't stand this cantankerous old woman any longer, George decides

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 35 to cure her nastiness once and for all. He concocts a very nasty medicine.

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: James and the giant peach (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: James is a poor orphan who lives with his two grotesque spinster aunts, one very fat and one very thin. When a giant peach grows in their back garden, James escapes inside it where he discovers some mysterious creatures. The peach rolls away from his unhappy home and James is released into an exciting new life of adventure.

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Matilda (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Matilda is an extraordinarily gifted four-year-old whose parents a crass, dishonest used-car dealer and a self-centered, blowsy bingo addict regard her as "nothing more than a scab." Life with her beastly parents is bearable only because Matilda teaches herself to read, finds the public library, and discovers literature. Also, Matilda loves using her lively intelligence to perpetrate daring acts of revenge on her father. This pastime she further develops when she enrolls in Crunchem Hall Primary School, whose headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, is "a fierce tyrannical monster . . . ."

Author: Dahl, Roald. Title: The magic finger. (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 37 Summary: The little girl in this story is very unusual. When someone makes her angry – and when she just can't stop herself - she zaps a punishment on them with a magic, flashing finger!

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Revolting rhymes (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Six of the best-known nursery tales, retold, with some extremely surprising twists, by that master of the comic and the blood- curdling, Roald Dahl. If you thought you knew the stories of some of the most popular fairy tales, think again. Here are six of the best known, retold with more than a twist or two.

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: The Twits

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 38 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Twit are two of the most disgusting, nasty, and horrid characters in children's literature, from their repulsive looks (the story opens with a long, detailed description of Mr. Twit's unkempt beard) to the mean and horrible tricks they play on one another (Mrs. Twit enjoys hiding her glass eyeball in unexpected places and lacing the spaghetti with worms; Mr. Twit works for weeks to convince his wife that she has "The Shrinks"). Mr. and Mrs. Twit become the target of revenge by the Mugglewump monkeys--who have finally had enough.

Author: Dahl, Roald Title: The Witches (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 39 Summary: This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they are so hard to catch." Witches, as our hero learns, hate children. With the help of a friend and his somewhat-magical grandmother, our hero tries to expose the witches before they dispose of him. Author: Disney. Title: Finding Nemo (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 40 Summary: On Australia's Great Barrier Reef live two Clownfish, Marlin and his son Nemo. Nemo can't swim very well because of his damaged fin but he doesn't shy away from adventure. One day he swims too far, is captured by scuba divers and plunged into a dentist's fish tank in Sydney. Marlin embarks on an epic journey in search of Nemo but has to battle through a series of mishaps in order to rescue his son.

Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: The Gruffalo (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: A rhyming story about a clever little mouse and a monster. When mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest, he invents tales of a fantastic creature called a Gruffalo to scare off

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 41 his enemies. Imagine his surprise when he meets a real Gruffalo!

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 42 Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: The Gruffalo's child (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood. But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist...does he?

Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: Room on the broom (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch's hat, bow and wand. They are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, and each animal

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 43 asks for a ride on the broom. One after the next climbs on, until the broom is so heavy that it snaps in two! What will happen next as they tumble into a bog and meet a greedy dragon?

Author: Dowd, Siobhan. Title: The London Eye mystery (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: The facts seem simple enough. While their mothers have coffee, Ted and his older sister, Kat, and their cousin, Salim, wait in a queue to ride the London Eye, an observation wheel that allows those locked in the glass-and-steel capsules to see 25 miles in every direction. A stranger from the front of the line offers one free ticket, and since Salim is the visitor, stopping in London before moving with his mum to New York, he takes it. Ted and

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 44 Kat see him enter the capsule and follow his ride, but to their shock, he doesn’t exit with his fellow riders.

Author: Doyle, Malachy Title: Billy and the bees (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When someone steals Billy's rollerblades, his wonderful bees catch the thief in no time at all! But that's the easy part! The Rollerblade Thief only borrowed the blades to catch the Paper Thief - so now they must catch him! In the end, the trail leads Billy and his bees to something amazing in the heart of the city!

Author: Deary, Terry.

Title: The Angry Aztecs. (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: The Angry Aztecs fills you in on the foulest facts about Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc, and other people with unpronounceable names, whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts.

Author: Deary, Terry

Title: The awesome Egyptians (1 volume, Arial 24)

Summary: It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: · Which king had the worst blackheads? · Why some kings had to wear false beards? · Why the peasants were revolting? Discover all the foul facts about the Awesome Egyptians - all the gore and more!.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 46 Author: Deary, Terry.

Title: The Ruthless Romans (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: The Ruthless Romans' reveals the grim truth behind the greatest empire of all time - from the terrible twins who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder into a sport. Read on for the gory details about the cruel Colosseum and the people and animals who were massacred there.

Author: Duffey, Betsy Title: Lucky in the doghouse (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: George loves his new puppy, Lucky, but Lucky is out of control. If George can't stop

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 47 Lucky barking at night and making puddles in the house, Mum and Dad say he will have to go!

Author: Farmer, Penelope Title: Twin trouble (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: A collection of read-aloud stories about mischievous girl twins and the trouble they get into. Set largely at the girls' school.

Author: Fine, Anne Title: The angel of Nitshill Road (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Until the angel came, there were three terribly unhappy children at Nitshill Road School: Penny, Mark and Marigold. They had Barry Hunter to worry about. Everyone knew what a

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 48 bully he was, but no one did anything about it until the angel came - and from now on, life at Nitshill Road School is never going to be the same.

Author: Fine, Anne Title: Bill's new frock (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Forced off to school in a frilly, pink dress, Bill discovers one of the worst days of his life is about to begin. Baffled by the way things are just different for girls, Bill falls headlong into trouble. How will it all end for him - or her?

Author: Fine, Anne Title: Goggle-eyes (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 49 Summary: When Kelly Johnston is miserable because her mother is thinking of getting married again, forceful Kitty Killin comes to the rescue. Kitty's not noted for sensitivity or for tact, but she's been through it all herself with the man in her own mother's life: the silver-haired, chocolate-bearing Gerald Faulkner (otherwise known as Old Goggle-eyes).

Author: Fine, Anne Title: How to write really badly (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The new boy, Chester Howard, quickly decides he hates his new school. He also quickly realises that the boy he sits next to, Joe, is the 'Writer from Hell' and when Joe chooses 'How to write neatly' as his project, Chester persuades him to change the Title: to

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 50 'How to write really badly.' Chester agrees to help, and so begins an astonishing partnership that brings rewards both to Chester and Joe, who thinks he is no good at anything but has an extraordinary talent.

Author: Fine, Anne Title: Press play (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When the alarm went off, Nicky and Tasha sat up in their beds and stared. Mum wasn't there, but the cassette player was on the floor by Little Joe's cot. On top of it was a note. "Press Play," it said. So Nicky, Tasha and Little Joe follow Mum's instructions with hilarious results.

Author: Fine, Anne Title: A sudden glow of gold

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 51 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When Mum finally demands that he clears out his bedroom, Toby can't even remember why he'd wanted some things so badly. Dusting off an old brass lamp, Toby releases a genie who helps him understand what wanting and needing really mean or as the genie says: "Riches, like camel dung, do no good till they're spread.

Author: Fine, Anne Title: A sudden puff of glittering smoke (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The disgruntled genie who appears on her desk seems to be the answer to Jeanie's problems - whatever she wishes, he will command. But Jeanie quickly discovers that she and her genie have very different views of the world.

Author: Fine, Anne Title: A sudden swirl of icy wind (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Sent to the junk room until he apologies, William accidentally releases Mustapha, the genie of the bottle. Mustapha's tale of the bold Captain Flook helps William understand how unhappy he made his Granny. In turn, he is able to help Mustapha in a very special way.

Author: Frank, Anne. Title: The diary of a young girl (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: In July 1942, thirteen-year- old Anne Frank and her family fled from the horrors of Nazi occupation, and went

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 53 into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustration of living in such confined quarters.

Author: Gardam, Jane Title: Tufty Bear (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Tufty Bear is no ordinary teddy bear. He looks warm and friendly and as though at any moment he might speak - and so he does, to Harry and Tilly!

Author: Gunning, Peter Title: Stanley (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: To look at Stanley, one might have been of the opinion that he was just another normal young boy.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 54 There, unfortunately, one would have been very much mistaken. Stanley was very, very different.....

Author: Hackett, John Title: The magic tooth: A tooth fairy story and ABC (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: A tooth fairy story which includes an ABC guide to looking after your teeth for children.

Author: Haddon, Mark.

Title: The curious incident of the dog in the night-time (2 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 55 on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.'" "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.

Author: Hall, Willis Title: The last vampire

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 56 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: My grandfather was the last of the Draculas. I do turn into a bat occasionally but I wouldn't dream of sucking anyone else's blood. As a matter of fact I'm a vegetarian. I'm simply mad about oranges.' On a camping holiday in Europe the Hollins family encounter more than they bargained for....

Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr. Bump (1 Volume, Arial 36) Summary: Mr. Bump stumbles upon the perfect job.

Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr. Chatterbox (1 Volume, Arial 36)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 57 Summary: Mr. Chatterbox is a man who talks too much, all the time, and about nothing in particular. However in this story a solution is found via the magic of a magic hat!

Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr. Grumpy (1 Volume, Arial 36) Summary: Mr. Grumpy is an ill- tempered fellow, but thanks to a cleverly devised plan by Mr. Happy and Mr. Tickle, we see a change in Mr. Grumpy's ways. A change for the better!

Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr. Mean (1 Volume, Arial 36) Summary: This stingy, Scrooge-like creature has hoards of money, but lives

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 58 in a run-down house and gives lumps of coal to his relatives for Christmas. But one day along comes a wizard, and teaches him not to be so selfish.

Author: Harrison, Cora Title: I want a dog! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Rory and Robert are twins, and they want a dog. A BIG dog. Mum and Dad are not so sure, however.

Author: Hawkins, Elizabeth Title: A monster of a hamster (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Luke and Anna-Louise take the class hamster home for holiday. Now it is missing and they are in big trouble. If only they had a little more time to find the hamster...but they don't reckon on the help of the terrible twins!

Author: Higson, Charlie Title: Bloodfever (Book 2 in the young Bond series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: What began as schoolboy fun leads to life-threatening adventure for 13-year-old James Bond when he stumbles upon members of an Italian secret society who speak only Latin. On break from the prestigious Eton School, James and his schoolmates travel with two teachers to the Mediterranean isle of Sardinia to study archaeological ruins. It turns out that one of James's teachers is a spy for the Millenaria society, which is conducting a series of art heists throughout England and Europe for a megalomaniacal man based on Sardinia. James and the new friends whom he meets on the island

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 60 must find a way to rescue a kidnapped English girl and to stop the villain who wants to relive the days of the Roman emperors.

Author: Hill, Eric Title: Spot’s Big Book of Colours, Shapes and Numbers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The fun way to find out about colours, shapes and numbers! Spot and his friends make first learning easy in this big, action-packed book. Whether it's finding out the colours of the rainbow, learning about all sorts of shapes or counting from one to ten, Spot makes it lively, exciting and fun!

Author: Hinton, S. E. Title: The Outsiders (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. This classic, written by S. E. Hinton when she was 16 years old, is as profound today as it was when it was first published in 1967.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 62 Author: Hinton, S. E. Title: Tex (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: One day Tex McCormick comes home from school to find his horse Negrito has been sold by his older brother, Mason, to pay the mounting household bills. From then on things get uglier.

Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Eagle strike (Book 4 in Alex Rider Series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Relaxing in the South of France with his friend Sabina Pleasure and her family, reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to be like any other 14-year-old, until a sudden attack on his

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 63 hosts plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery.

Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Point Blank (Book 2 in Alex Rider Series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: After two influential businessmen die in separate freak accidents, MI6, England's spy network, once again calls upon 14-year-old Alex Rider to infiltrate Point Blanc, a private school in the French Alps for out-of- control, wealthy teens. Armed only with his wits and some 007-type devices, he stumbles upon an evil mad scientist's plot to take over the world using clones as replacements for prominent sons. Spy gadgets, chase scenes, mysteries, and a cliff-hanger ending will keep even

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 64 reluctant readers interested in the second novel in this series.

Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Skeleton key (Book 3 in Alex Rider Series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Superspy Alex Rider travels from a reconnaissance mission at Wimbledon Tennis Championships to an investigation on Cayo Esqueleto, Cuba. He begins to make chilling links between several deaths, an illegal nuclear weapons deal and General Sarov's plans for the future of the world.

Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Stormbreaker (Book 1 in Alex Rider Series) (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Could you save the world, if you really had to? Could you escape from a car crushing machine with seconds to spare, complete an SAS training course, dive through freezing underground waters in pitch darkness, parachute out of aeroplanes over London, shoot your enemies, tussle with man-killing jellyfish, and more? Alex Rider can. But only because he has to. It isn't a deliberate career choice, exactly. If it's? a fast-moving rough-and- tumble spy story you're after, with crazed arch-villain in search of world domination - or worse - then this is for you.

Author: James, Sarah Title: Cliff hanger (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 66 Summary: This story is about a school trip that goes drastically wrong. This book is aimed at a lower reading ability.

Author: Jungman, Ann Title: Septimouse, big cheese! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Septimouse - 7th son of a 7th son - comes to the rescue when Big Big Person Dad is made redundant. He sets up a cheese factory for dad to turn and soon 45 cheese is famous throughout the land.

Author: Jungman, Ann Title: Septimouse, supermouse! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Septimouse is a genius. He can do things that other mice cannot do. He can talk to cats, talk to big people,

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 67 talk to little big people, and make them as small as mice. But the one thing he really wants to do is to eat some cheese - delicious yellow food that big people use to catch mice - and how on earth is he going to do that?

Author: Keane, John B., Title: The field (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The Field is set in a small country village in southwest Ireland. Bull McCabe has spent many hard years of labour turning the rocky land he rents from the widow Maggie Butler into a field suitable for grazing cattle. He has always considered the land his own, and dreams of buying it; Butler decides to sell the land at public auction. 'The Bull' cannot stand to see the land he so deeply loves slipping away from him. He

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 68 decides to deal with the situation in the only way he knows and his actions have tragic consequences.

Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: The crowstarver (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Crowstarving was the ideal job for Spider - he was on his own and yet never alone, for all around him were animals of one sort or another.

Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: The sheep-pig (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When Babe arrives at the Hoggets' farm he is the only pig in the yard and rather small and lonely. He is adopted promptly by a sheepdog, Fly, and before very long a puzzled farmer

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 69 finds he has quite an efficient working sheep-pig.

Author: Landy, Derek.

Title: Skulduggery Pleasant (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.

Author: Lee, Harper Title: To kill a mockingbird (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Set in a sleepy town in South Alabama during the great depression in the 1930s, this is a multi-

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 70 layered story which dissects the white and black communities of the American South.

Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The horse and his boy (Book 5 in Narnia series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: "This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him". Shastra and the talking horse Bree escape from the cruel land of Calormen and head North towards Narnia.

Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 71 Title: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (Book 1 in Narnia series)

(1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Four children are sent to live in a rambling, old house, and in an empty, forgotten room they find an old wardrobe which leads them into the magical land of Narnia, a place doomed to perpetual Darkness unless the children unite with Aslan the lion against the evil White Witch to restore joy and light to the land.

Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The magician's nephew (Book 6 in Narnia series)

(1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Digory and Polly find themselves magically transported to a

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 72 Wood between the Worlds, where several small ponds act as gateways to different worlds. They discover the dead world of Charn and together with Aslan the lion the pair fight against the evil Queen Jadis.

Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The silver chair (Book 4 in Narnia series)

(2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Aslan's magic brings Jill and Eustace to Narnia. Teamed with a Marshwiggle named Puddlegum, they venture into the wild waste lands of the North to resuce Prince Pilian, son of Caspian, from the Queen of Underland.

Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 73 Title: The voyage of the "Dawn Treader" (Book 3 in Narnia series)

(1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Edmund and Lucy returning to Narnia - with their beastly cousin Eustace in tow – on the ship The Dawn Treader where their old friend Prince Caspian is searching for lost friends of his father's. As the children take to the Eastern Seas in their hunt for the friends they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous adventure.

Author: Lively, Penelope Title: Staying with Grandpa (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: A small girl is sent to stay with her grandparents. Her mother has told her that it might be a bit dull as they

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 74 lead a quiet life. In the event, each day brings a new drama - some random such as the discovery of a wasps' nest in the attic, and some prompted by an exuberant grandpa. For developing readers.

Author: McCall Smith, Alexander Title: The Girl Who Married A Lion (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 75 comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape—these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.

Author: McNish, Cliff Title: The Scent of Magic (Book 2 in Doomspell trilogy) (2 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: All over the world children are discovering they have magical powers – as Rachel did when she was abducted by the Witch Dragwena in THE DOOMSPELL. But the reason is that the evil Witches of the planet Ool are determined to avenge Dragwena's death by manipulating an army of children and fighting the good Wizards. Rachel's own powers, and the ability of

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 76 her younger brother Eric to unmake magic, are tested to the full in a thrilling story in which she has to confront another child as strong as she is herself.

Author: McNinsh, Cliff Title: The Doomspell (Book 1 of Doomspell trilogy) (2 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: In a blaze of light, rush of wind, and scrabble of claws, Rachel and her younger brother are ripped through the wall and hurtled on to another world. Like thousands of children before them, they have been snatched away by the Witch. But this time the Witch has met her match. Rachel discovers that she has extraordinary gifts: she can transform herself into a speck of dust, or fly on an owl's back, just as the Witch can. The Witch is excited - she has found someone she can use for her own

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 77 evil purposes. But for the Witch's victims, Rachel is their only hope.

Author: McNish, Cliff

Title: The Wizard’s Promise (Book 3 of Doomspell trilogy) (2 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Children all over the world are flexing their powers, but it is only Rachel and Eric who finally have the skill to confront the Griddas, the terrible creatures unleashed by the High Witch.

Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Holly the Christmas fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Holly the Christmas Fairy is all in a flutter, putting the sparkle into Christmas. Now Jack Frost has stolen

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 78 Santa's sleigh. The Queen of the Fairies needs Rachel and Kirsty to help Holly get it back.

Author: Meyer, Stephenie.

Title: Twilight (Book 1 in Twilight series) (4 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire.

Author: Meyer, Stephenie

Title: Breaking dawn (Book 4 in Twilight Series) (7 Volumes, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 79 Summary: Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.

Title: Eclipse (Book 4 in Twilight Series) (6 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Eclipse starts out with a mysterious string of murders in Seattle. Edward thinks that these are newborn vampire attacks. Edward and Bella fill out college applications and Bella is making plans on when she will become a vampire. The band of new born vampires are lead by Victoria, and they are coming closer. However, the Cullens and the Wolf Pack have a plan. They will all come together and fight the vampires..

Title: New moon: (Book 2 in Twilight series) (5 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.

Author: Miller, Arthur, Title: The crucible (1 volume, Arial 24) Summary: Written in the early 1950s, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It recounts the events surrounding the

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 81 Salem Witch Trials. This was a time when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit gripped the Puritan towns of New England.

Author: Mitchell, Jane Title: Olivia's collection (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When Olivia moves into a new house she watches children playing in the sunshine outside. Olivia is too shy to join in their games. She decides to collect some sunshine of her own to make her room bright and happy - but it doesn't work out quite so well…

Author: Morley, Sarah. Title: Windows XP explained: A guide for blind and Visually Impaired users

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 82 Summary: This book describes Microsoft Windows XP for blind and visually impaired computer users, enabling them to take full advantage of this new version of windows when using it with assistive technology. Separate book with diagrams accompanies this book.

Author: Morpurgo, Michael Title: Kensuke's kingdom (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Washed up on a desert island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. He can't find food or water and lies down to die. When he wakes up there is a plate of fish and fruit and a bowl of fresh water beside him. He realises he is not alone on the island after all...

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 83 Author: Muchamore, Robert.

Title: Maximum security (Book 3 in Cherub Series) (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Adventure fiction. The CIA have been hunting Jane Oxford, an international weapons dealer, for thirty years. Her only weak point is her son, Curtis. It's a job for CHERUB. CHERUB kids are highly trained professionals. Their essential advantage: a criminal never suspects that a kid could be spying on him. This is James Adams' most dangerous mission so far, working undercover inside a maximum security prison. Over the years, CHERUB has put hundreds of criminals behind bars. Now, for the first time ever, they've got to break one out.

Author: Muchamore, Robert.

Title: Class A (Book 2 in Cherub Series) (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: When CHERUB kids go undercover, no-one suspects that they are trained professionals, working to infiltrate criminal organizations that have eluded MI5 and the police for years. James Adams is on his biggest mission yet, working to nail Europe's most powerful cocaine dealer.

Title: The killing (Book 4 in Cherub Series) (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: A junior MI5 from an exciting new author. Cherub kids live in the real world. For official purposes, they do not exist. When a small- time crook suddenly has big money on his hands, it's only

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 85 natural that the police want to know where it came from.

Title: The recruit (Book 1 in Cherub Series) (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on her PC, and copied all the numbers in her phone book. The kid works for CHERUB. CHERUB is not James Bond. There are no master criminals or high-tech gadgets. CHERUB kids live in the real world. They

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 86 slip under adult radar and get information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail."

Author: Murphy, Jill Title: The worst witch (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Mildred Hubble was a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy and she was making an awful mess of it. She couldn't even ride a broomstick without crashing it and she was always getting her spells wrong. But she managed to get by until she turned Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy...

Author: Nabb, Magdalen (1 Volume, Arial 24) Title: Josie Smith at school

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 87 Summary: In this book Josie Smith gets in trouble with the headmistress, meets a princess and wants to be a fairy in the school concert. Stories about familiar situations that all children will understand and relate to following the ups and downs of one little girl at school.

Author: Ness, Patrick

Title: The Ask and the Answer (Book 2 in Chaos Walking Trilogy) (5 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.

Author: Ness, Patrick

Title: The knife of never letting go (Book 1 in Chaos Walking Trilogy) (5 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

Author: Nimmo, Jenny Title: Emlyn's moon (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Nia is warned against entering Llewelyn's chapel, but does so,

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 89 and there, with the help of Emlyn and his father discovers a special gift that she was unaware that she possessed.

Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Dogsong (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Russel takes a dog team and sled to escape his village and find the "song" that will make sense of his life. Journeying across ice flows, and haunted by dreams, he meets a pregnant Eskimo girl whose life he must save. But first he must kill a vicious polar bear in the ancient way of his people.

Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Hatchet : The call (Book 4 in Hatchet series) (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: When thirteen year old Brians' plane crashlands in the Canadian wilderness only his survival skills and his trusty hatchet enable him to survive. Two years on, Brian is back in the city, and hating it. He has to obey the call to return to the woods. Fourth and final part of the series.

Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Hatchet : Winter (Book 3 in Hatchet series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Thirteen-year-old Brian was stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness. Somehow he survived and was rescued in the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if Brian had been left to confront his deadliest enemy - winter? The Author: wrote this book in response to the

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 91 thousands of readers who wrote and asked him how Brian would have coped.

Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: The return (Book 2 in Hatchet series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Brian is asked to return to the wilderness though this time accompanied by an adult and two-way radio. Unforeseen catastrophe forces him to face a new terror and series of desperate adventures.

Author: Pearce, Philippa Title: Tom's midnight garden (2 Volumes, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 92 Summary: When Tom hears the grandfather clock strike 13, he is not prepared for what is going to happen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him doesn't exist. But the magical place in which Tom finds himself is certainly a garden his midnight garden.

Author: Picoult, Jodi

Title: My sister's keeper (5 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Anna was genetically engineered to be a perfect match for her cancer-ridden older sister. Since birth, the 13-year-old has donated platelets, blood, her umbilical cord, and bone marrow as part of her family's struggle to lengthen Kate's life. Anna is now being considered as a kidney donor in a last-ditch attempt to

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 93 save her 16-year-old sister. As this compelling story opens, Anna has hired a lawyer to represent her in a medical emancipation suit to allow her to have control over her own body.

Author: Pilkey, Dav

Title: The adventures of Captain Underpants. (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Captain Underpants is about 2 boys named George and Harold. They are both trouble making boys who always get in trouble for making pranks and making stupid comic books.

Author: Pratchett, Terry Title: The amazing Maurice and his educated rodent (2 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Maurice has survived four years on the toughest streets of Discworld. He reckons that rats are dumb, but he's smart enough to realize that there's a new kind of rat around - rats who can talk. This smart cat gets his own "plague of rats" and a Pied Piper, but are there any ordinary rats left? Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. He's found a stupid-looking kid who plays a pipe, and he has his own very plague of rats - rats who are strangely educated, so Maurice can no longer thin

Author: Pullman,Philip Title: I was A Rat…or The Scarlet Slippers (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: When a small boy turns up on Bob and Joan's doorstep unable to

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 95 say much except 'I was a rat', the kindly couple adopt him. It seems strange but Bob reads about odder things every day in his newspaper. To them, the sunny little chap is Roger, and he's trying hard to adapt to human life. But when he gets lost and ends up on the run, other people, egged on by their newspapers, are quick to see him as the Monster, a rodent fiend who could terrorise the town. Only a friend in a very high place could save Roger from the authorities who are determined to exterminate him-

Author: Pullman, Philip

Title: Northern lights (Book 1 in His dark materials trilogy) (4 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: “Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 96 live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bearsfight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...

Author: Pullman, Philip

Title: The amber spyglass (Book 3 in His dark materials trilogy) (5 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Will and Lyra, the two children at the heart of the books, have become separated amidst great dangers. Can they find each other, and their friends? Then complete their mysterious quest before it's too late?.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 97 Author: Pullman, Philip

Title: The subtle knife (Book 2 in His dark materials trilogy) (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

Author: Quinn, John. Title: The summer of Lily and Esme . (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Alan has just moved from Dublin to live in an old house in the country. There the mystery begins - a locked room at the top of the house a story of the ghost of a boy called Albert - and his new neighbours two elderly women called Lily and Esme who insist

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 98 on calling him Albert. Determined to solve the mystery Alan with the help of his new friend Lisa and some friendly grown-ups unearths the story of another summer seventy years before - and is at last able to give Lily and Esme their dearest wish.

Author: Rowling, J.K Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: The book contains five fairy tales written, ostensibly, in the 15th century by Beedle the Bard (possessor of an 'exceptionally luxuriant beard'), The Tales of Beedle the Bard played a crucial role in assisting Harry, with his friends Ron and Hermione, to finally defeat Lord Voldemort. Author: Rowling, J. K.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 99 Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for them, so everything they do must go as planned

Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (Book 2) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 100 is immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible things start happening. Harry hears evil voices, and sinister messages appear on the wall. Nothing can prepare Harry and his friends for what happens next.

Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the goblet of fire (Book 4) (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Harry Potter wakes up with his scar burning and can't stop worrying about this until Ron's timely invitation to the Quidditch World Cup. Something horrible happens at the match which casts a shadow over everyone.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 101 Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. (Book 6) (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: 'In a brief statement on Friday night, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this country and is once more active. "It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord - well, you know who I mean - is alive and among us again," said Fudge.' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with Voldemort's power and followers increasing day by

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 102 Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix. (Book 5) (6 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said, "for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything."

Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone. (Book 1) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Harry Potter had lived with his aunt, uncle and cousin for ten miserable years, in a cupboard under the stairs. He had been with them ever since his parents were killed in a car

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 103 crash. When he was younger, Harry dreamed of being rescued but nothing happened - until he is rescued by an owl and taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he becomes a wizard. Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Harry Potter is a wizard in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 104 Harry, Ron and Hermione soon discover why wizards live in fear of Azkaban.

Author: Sachar, Louis Title: Holes (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Stanley Yelnat's family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre. Nor is he surprised when he is told that his daily labour is to dig a hole and report all he finds there in.

Author: Sachar, Louis Title: There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom. (1 Volume, Arial 24)

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 105 Summary: Bradley Chalkers is the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him—except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren’t afraid to try. But when you feel like the most-hated kid in the whole school, believing in yourself can be the hardest thing in the world...

Author: Serraillier, Ian Title: The silver sword (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Although the silver sword was only a paper knife, it became the symbol of hope and courage which kept four deserted children alive through the years of occupation, and afterwards on the exhausting and dangerous journey

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 106 from war-torn Poland to Switzerland, where they hoped to find their parents.

Author: Seuss, Dr Title: ABC (1 Volume, Arial 36)

Summary: Learning the alphabet is bound to be fun with Dr. Seuss. Each letter is featured with Dr. Seuss's unmistakably nonsensical illustrations and text: "Lion with a lollipop," "Camel on the ceiling," "Uncle Ubb's umbrella

Author: Seuss, Dr Title: Fox in Socks (1 Volume, Arial 36)

Summary: The rhyme involves Fox teaching tongue twisters to his suffering colleague, Mr. Knox; until, at the end, Mr. Knox has his revenge. The tongue

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 107 twisters gradually increase in difficulty as the book progresses.

Author: Seuss, Dr Title: Green Eggs and Ham (1 Volume, Arial 36)

Summary: The story is told wholly through images and rhyming dialogue. There is no descriptive narrative or analysis. There are two main characters: The first is unnamed (sometimes called Sam-I'm-Not, Joey, Henry or Herman), the second is named Sam-I-Am, or simply Sam. Throughout the book, Sam tries to encourage the first unnamed character to try green eggs and ham but with little success. The unnamed character refuses to taste the dish, insisting that he would not like it

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 108 Author: Seuss, Dr Title: I can read with my Eyes Shut (1 Volume, Arial 36)

Summary: In this book, Dr. Seuss celebrates the joys of reading, and encourages children to take pride in their budding reading abilities with this unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes.

Author: Seuss, Dr Title: The cat in the hat Summary: When the Cat in the Hat steps in on the mat, Sally and her brother are in for a roller-coaster ride of havoc and mayhem! The Cat can rescue them from a dull rainy day, but it means lots of thrills and spills along the way.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 109 Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry and the bogey babysitter (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Horrid Henry encounters the babysitter from hell, traumatises his parents on a car journey, goes trick-or- treating at Halloween and sabotages his school project. Four stories, as brilliant and inventive as ever, to add to "the funniest series ever written about sibling rivalry and what it's like to be a young child".

Author: Simon, Francesca

Title: Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Henry as always is getting in trouble - nothing ever happens quite the way it is supposed to do! It can spell disaster for those around him - for example, hearing that his little brother is about the read parts of his diary aloud in school, Henry sets out to make them more interesting. But what Henry regards as interesting can be extremely embarrassing for all concerned.

Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry and the secret club (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Yet again he is out to cause trouble but this time Perfect Peter has other ideas. Why doesn't anyone notice when Peter is being horrid? A naughty tale of fun and wickedness.

Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry tricks the tooth fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Henry is up to his horrid tricks again. He tries, and fails, to trick the tooth fairy, rids his family of an unwelcome houseguest and single- handedly creates havoc at Cousin Polly's wedding.

Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Whenever Henry is around there's trouble with a capital "T". Everyone agrees he's horrid. His little brother, Peter, on the other hand, is perfect. But Henry has ways of getting

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 112 even with perfect Peter - especially when moody Margaret is close at hand

Author: Simon, Francesca

Title: Horrid Henry’s Christmas Cracker (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: A selection of Christmas themed stories that all run in order of the month running up to Christmas itself. This fun and festive book sees Horrid Henry threatening to ruin his school play and disrupt Christmas for everyone!

Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry's haunted house (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Horrid Henry gets into a battle with his brother, Perfect Pete, over what TV show to watch; goes on

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 113 TV himself; discovers where X marks the spot so he can cheat in the hidden competition; and spends the night in a house he's assured is haunted. It's business as usual for the tiny terror!

Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry's revenge (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Henry accompanies his father to the office, hacks into his parents' computer, meets the Demon Dinner Lady and plans the ultimate revenge on Perfect Peter.

Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry's stinkbomb (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Horrid Henry uses a stinkbomb in his feud with Moody

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 114 Margaret; he wins the school reading competition, only to find the prize is not what he expected; and he enjoys seeing Miss Battle-Axe ticked off by the Head when he knows it was all his fault.

Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The austere academy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by dreaded Count Olaf.

Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The bad beginning (Book 1 of a series of unfortunate events) (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents had been killed, and they are forced to go and stay with Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children.

Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The reptile room (Book 2 of a series of unfortunate events) (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 116 Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The wide window (Book 3 of a series of unfortunate events) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The Baudelaire orphans Violet, Klaus, and Sunny go off to live with widowed Aunt Josephine, who is a very nervous lady and is afraid of almost everything. Her great passion in life is English grammar. Unfortunately for the orphans, Aunt Josephine's house is perched precariously on a cliff that overlooks Lake Lachrymose, a lake filled with deadly leeches. In addition, Hurricane Herman is headed toward them. But, most unfortunate for the orphans, Count Olaf, in the guise of Captain Sham, has found them.

Author: Steinbeck, John, Title: Of mice and men

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 117 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: This classic novella follows the lives of two "bindle stiffs", George Milton and Lennie Small, as they move from ranch to ranch looking for work. They dream of owning a piece of land. George is quick witted. Lennie, on the other hand is very strong physically but limited mentally and has a fascination for touching soft things, such as rabbit fur and clothes fabrics, which causes tragic consequences.

Author: Stine, R. L. Title: Beach party (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Karen has invited her friend Ann-Marie to stay at her dad's beach apartment for the summer. They've even met two guys to hang out with. But someone doesn't want Karen to get

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 118 close to Jerry. In fact, if she gets too close, they are prepared to go in for the kill.

Author: Stine, R. L. Title: Nightmare hour (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: "These are my scariest stories ever," says R. L. Stine, "because I wrote them at the Nightmare Hour." You know when that is ... it's when the lights fade, the real world slips into shadow, and the cold, moonlit world of evil dreams takes over your mind.

Author: Storr, Catherine Title: Clever Polly and the stupid wolf. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: It's not every little girl who finds a great black wolf at her front door,

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 119 saying he's going to eat her up. But clever Polly isn't frightened. She has a plan that's bound to foil the stupid wolf!

Author: Strong, Jeremy Title: Fat bag: The demon vacuum cleaner (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The new school vacuum cleaner is no ordinary machine. It's a monstrous creation with a dreadful mission. It has slurped its way out of the playground on to the streets, and is eating up everything in its path. It is getting bigger and stronger to carry out its evil plan - to sweep up humans everywhere and take over the planet! Someone has to stop it, but how?

Author: Swindells, Robert Title: Abomination

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 120 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Martha is 12 and very different from other children. No television, no computer, no cool clothes, especially no friends. Martha has a secret, a shameful secret. Its name is Abomination.

Author: Swindells, Robert Title: Room 13 (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: The terrible nightmare Fliss has before the school trip to Whitby is becoming a chilling reality. The hotel they are staying in holds a sinister secret. Every night at the stroke of midnight something strange happens to the cupboard on the hotel's dark landing. None of the teachers will believe what Fliss has seen but time is

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 121 rapidly running out for Ellie-May Sunderland. Fliss will need to act quickly if she is to be saved...

Author: Taylor, Mildred D. Title: Roll of thunder, hear my cry (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of a black farming family's struggle to maintain their pride, dignity and independence against the forces of a cruelly racist society. Narrated by nine- year-old Cassie, it tells of one turbulent year of tragedy and economic hardship, of night riders and burnings. Sometimes terrifying, sometimes warm and humorous, this novel is now a recognised classic for teenagers.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 122 Author: Taylor, Theodore Title: The Cay (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When the freighter on which they are travelling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an elderly black deckhand are stranded on a desert island in the Caribbean. The man's wisdom and love enable the boy to acquire courage and insight and to overcome his bigotry.

Author: Temperley, Alan Title: Harry and the wrinklies (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: When Harry's sent to stay with his great-aunts at Lagg hall, he thinks he is in for a really dull time. But

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 123 Auntie Florrie, Aunt Bridget and their elderly friends aren't quite as Harry expects them to be. Aren't they too old to be driving fast cars and climbing trees?

Author: Thompson, D.C. & Co. Title: The Beano Annual 2010 (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Author: Tolkien, J. R. R. Title: The hobbit: or There and back again (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 124 Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.

Author: Tolkien, J.R.R. Title: The fellowship of the ring. (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: In "The Fellowship of the Ring" the young hobbit, Frodo, is bequeathed a magical ring from his Uncle Bilbo, and learns that he must take it into the land of the DarkLord, Sauron, and cast it into the Cracks of Doom.

Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: The cat who wanted to go home (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Suzy is a little striped cat, who lives in a French seaside village

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 125 with a fisherman and his four sons. Like all cats, Suzy is very inquisitive, which causes problems when she climbs into the basket of a hot air balloon - and is carried off over the Channel to England! How will she ever get back to France? It won't be easy, but Suzy refuses to be put off by a bit of water...

Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: The gorilla who wanted to grow up (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Pongo, a young male gorilla wants to grow up. He learns about the differing roles of his family and the community in which he lives. Through play with his young sister (Whoopsie) and his friends he finds his future role in life which is to be the leader of the gorilla troop.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 126 Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: The owl who was afraid of the dark (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Plop is exactly the same as every baby barn owl that has ever been - except for one thing. Plop is afraid of the dark. His parents keep telling him that dark is best, but it's no use. Plop just wants to be out of the nest to ask other people what they think of the dark, and Plop is amazed at their replies...

Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: Penguin's progress (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Otto is a penguin chick and he lives with lots of other penguins in the ice and snow of Antarctica, at the bottom of the world. But Otto is different

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 127 from all the other chicks he knows, because he is "first chick," the first penguin born that year so it's his job to look after all the younger ones as they grow up. But nobody has told him what "growing up" means, and life is both confusing and exciting for Otto as he wonders what will happen next!

Author: Townsend, Sue.

Title: The secret diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 (2 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: At thirteen years old, Adrian Mole has more than his fair share of problems - spots, ill-health, parents threatening to divorce, rejection of his poetry and much more - all recorded with brilliant humour in his diary.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 128 Author: Ure, Jean Title: Skinny Melon and me (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Cherry's teacher says that keeping a diary is a good way to unclog your head of all the bits and pieces that worry you or make you angry. Cherry's mum has remarried - will Cherry learn to like Slimey Roland? Will Mum reveal her secret? Or will the ups and downs of family life prove too much for all of them?

Author: Vornholt, John Title: Coyote moon: Buffy the vampire slayer (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: The seedy carnival looks like just the thing to give Buffy and her best buds, Xander and Willow, a break from

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 129 staking bloodsuckers. Some greasy food, a few cheap thrills - what more could a Slayer ask for? But then Buffy senses something evil behind the carnival. Xander and Willow aren't so sure. They don't buy Buffy's notion that the carneys are somehow connected to the corpses turning up around Sunnydale.

Author: Vornholt, John Title: Knock on wood (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Westbridge High's American football team is having a run of good luck. The team are refusing to wash, as they think it will bring good luck. Sabrina and Dream a can't stand the smell and decide to teach the boys a lesson and show them how silly it is to be superstitious. But their plan backfires.

Author: Westall, Robert (1 Volume, Arial 24) Title: The kingdom by the sea Summary: Harry survives the air raid but this home and parents are gone. He begins an incredible journey, alone except for Don, the dog. Harry is a survivor, but there is one last battle he is not prepared for. This won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and was highly commended for the Carnegie Medal.

Author: White, E.B. Title: Charlotte's web (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: This is the story of a girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilbur. And of how Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 131 spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan (which no one else could possibly have thought of).

Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls Title: On the banks of Plum Creek (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Summary: The family's first home in Minnesota was made of sod. But Pa builds a clean new house beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat harvest. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest a strange glittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In a week's time, there is no wheat left at all.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 132 Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Bad girls (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Mandy had been picked on at school for as long as she could remember. That's why she is delighted when cheeky, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend. Mum isn't that happy - she thinks Tanya is a "bad girl" and a bad influence. Mandy's sure that Tanya can only get her out of trouble, not into it... or could she?

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Cliffhanger (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: From climbing and abseiling to canoeing and a Crazy Bucket Race, the adventure holiday promises to be full of action. There's just one problem as

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 133 far as Tim is concerned: he is hopeless at sports of any kind. Can he survive the horrors of a week absolutely packed with activity? There are surprises in store for everyone!

Author: Wilson Jacqueline

Title: Cookie Summary: The main character in cookie is Beauty Cookson. She goes to a posh girls school and hates it. The girls are stuck up and tease her as Beauty is rather plain and very timid. Her mum is her dad’s third wife and very young. Dad is a bully which probably why he has been married three times. He terrifies his wife Dilly and little Beauty. He has very strict house rules and is constantly criticising Beauty for her lack of looks. Mum and daughter live in fear of him. After an awful

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 134 birthday party with the girls in her class that have bullied her all year Dad does something unforgivable. Dilly and Beauty run away.

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Girls in tears (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Ellie, Magda and Nadine have got all sorts of trouble. A kiss at a party threatens to break Ellie and Magda's friendship. But they both know that Nadine's about to get into big trouble with an "Internet date" and only the two of them together can save her. Will pride or friendship come first?

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Girls out late (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: Nine o'clock. That's when I have to be home. Dad thinks it's not safe any later. But then the most amazing things happen. Out with my best friends, gorgeous Magda and super-cool Nadine, I meet a boy. And it's "me" he's interested in. But will stay interested in a girl who has to be home by nine?

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Girls under pressure (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Ellie is convinced that she has to go on a diet, even though her friends think that she is being silly.

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Lola Rose (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: When Jayni, her mum and little brother have to run away from her abusive father, it starts off as an adventure. They slip out at night, go up to London and stay in a hotel, and even make up false identities. But when the money runs out and reality bites, is it still a game they should play?

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Secrets (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: A chance meeting sparks a friendship between two very different girls, Treasure and India. When Treasure has to run away to avoid her stepfather, India comes up with a hiding place inspired by her favourite Author: Anne Frank. India hasn't got a real

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 137 Secret Annexe but she has got a hidden attic.

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Sleepovers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are school-friends who plan ever-more elaborate sleepover parties for their birthdays, until Daisy, the newest member of their club begins to dread her turn, wondering what her friends will make of her home and her sister, who has learning disabilities.

Author: Wilson Jacqueline

Title: The Story of Tracy Beaker (1 Volume, Arial 24)

Summary: This book is like a fictional diary and a girl, aged 10, in a foster care

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 138 home, is writing in it. Follow Tracy as she writes about her life in the so-called “Dumping Ground” with friends and enemies…

Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: The suitcase kid (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad and me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But we didn't live happily ever after. Now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. Winner of the 1993 Children's Book award and shortlisted for the 1993 Carnegie Medal.

Author: Zusak, Markus.

ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue 139 Title: The book thief (5 Volumes, Arial 24)

Summary: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

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