Showing results by publisher "Oakhill Publishing" in Growing Up & Facts of Life

Sam had a very ordinary life, until Oscar the dog arrived on his doorstep. Because Oscar has a big secret - he can talk! In Sam and Oscar's second adventure, Sam's dad wants the whole family to get involved in his new business idea (a cafe with a rather unusual menu), but Sam's got other things to worry about when dogs start disappearing - can Sam and Oscar unmask the dastardly dognappers?

When Mary Pinny dies from a snakebite, she leaves her young daughter, Comity, and husband Herbert in the Middle of Nowhere. As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Repeater Station, Herbert Pinny takes great pride in his job; receiving morse messages and passing them down the Wire. But Comity dreams of a different life and sends letters to her grandmother and her snooty aunt full of colourful tales of her imaginary life. That is, until the new station assistant, Quartz Hogg, arrives and brings Comity and her father sharply back down to earth.

Eddie was given a dragon's egg by his uncle for his last birthday, and one day he notices a crack in it. Soon the egg breaks open, and out comes a very unusual creature. Just as Eddie and Emily are trying to cope with this new arrival, their mum announces that she has a surprise of her own. In their ninth adventure, Eddie and Emily get the biggest surprise of their lives!

Twink is so excited to be starting her first term at Glitterwings Academy. But she is also a little nervous. Will she make friends? Will she be able to find her way round the huge, dizzying oak tree that is Glitterwings Academy? And, most importantly, will she finally succeed in learning to fly?

Late one evening as the stars begin to twinkle, Harper and her friends are flying on the scarlet umbrella when they see a girl running on air, skipping along a tightrope. She leads them to the Circus of Dreams, suspended in the air by hot air balloons. As the children meet the mermaid acrobat, the spectacular circus baker, the mysterious fortune-teller and the acrobatics troupe, they begin to realise something about Harper's past....

France, 1944. Twelve-year-old Eloise's father has not come home in over a week, and she is getting worried that something might be badly wrong. When the Germans occupy Eloise's town and the Nazi Kommandant moves in, things start falling apart. Through a chance meeting, Eloise volunteers to join the Resistance. Suspense, secrecy and danger follow her as, inspired by her favourite detective fiction books, she tries to find her father. A hidden passage behind a tapestry, a deportation list and a race against time... Will Eloise find her father?

Danny’s parents are storm chasers - which sounds exciting unless you’re the son who has to wait behind at home. And one night Danny’s parents don’t come back. Stranger still, the sycamore tree in Danny’s yard seems to have been struck by lightning, and when he picks up a fragment of wood, he can hear voices...including that of next door’s cat, Mitzy. The stick is a shard of lightning that gives its bearer unnerving powers, and it is very valuable.

The Odd Squad are back! After taming the school’s biggest bully, Nick, Molly and Karl expect to bask in Safety Patrol glory. But without a bully to set straight, all they’re left with is helping sixth graders cross the hall and reminding everyone that Jell-o meat stains. Enter new kid Simone, who shakes up the team. Soon Nick is facing trouble. Big trouble. Explusion-level trouble.

A tiger with a toothache is terrifying, as Tom and Sophie are about to find out...but when your dad is a zookeeper and your mum's the zoo vet there’s also grrrreat fun to be had. An animal-packed zoo caper with stacks of behind-the-scenes peeks at London Zoo

Kate's grandfather has died and she's missing him desperately. Her Mum wants Kate to talk about it, but that only makes Kate angry. Granddad has gone and he's never coming back. At least she has her toy tiger, Amos, to keep her company. It was a present from Granddad, and somehow holding him close makes Granddad seem less far away. But she doesn't expect Amos to turn into a real tiger - a big, comforting, friendly tiger who smells of Granddad, and sounds like him too.

Anna and her friends can't believe that pop star Frankie Santoro is coming to their school to judge a singing competition. They're going to be famous! But Anna is struggling. Her dad's working abroad, and her mum's worrying about ill baby Jack, so Anna has to keep things together. The only person she can talk to is her dog, Timmy. Anna is sure she's going to let everyone down, so she starts to dream of running away, with Timmy at her side.

Vic is from a family of pirates, and they are preparing to enter the Race to Hornswaggle Rock, the hardest, most dangerous pirate contest in the country. But the dastardly Captain Guillemot has stolen their ship and thrown their parents overboard. Together with siblings Bert and Maud, and annoyingly resourceful friends Arabella and George, Vic must come up with a plan to steal the ship back from their arch-enemy, join the race and win victory....

One day, I, Cordelia Codd, will be a world-famous fashion designer. But for now I'm stuck with: living in a micro-tiny cottage stuck to the side of a pub; a pair of bonkers parents who are still not quite together; two mean girls trying to steal my best friend; and a granny who is behaving even more strangely than usual. The third and final instalment in the hilariously haphazard life of Cordelia Codd, from the author of Not Just the Blues and Frankly, Ruby, I Don't Give a Damn.

Mark Taylor seems to be an average schoolboy, but he’s really Dynamic Boy! He and his family – Captain Valiant, Ms Victory and Moon Girl – are a superhero team. If only his name, costume and superpower weren’t so rubbish, Dynamic Boy might enjoy saving the world from baddies. But when people start turning into monsters, they all realise this is no ordinary baddy – it’s the revenge of the Black Phantom.