Showing results by publisher "Oakhill Publishing" in Literature & Fiction

Christmas miracles come in all sizes! In 'Lucy's Winter Rescue', Lucy finds a lost baby otter and makes a Christmas wish to find him a special new home. But little does Lucy know that it's just the start of the Christmas magic and that by helping the otter she will help lots of other people and animals, too! Lucy's help is needed in 'Lucy's Magical Surprise' when a donkey foal is about to be born. Will she be able to gather everyone together in time? And how can she and her friend help bring harvest mice back to nearby fields?

Grace is excited about her holiday, staying with Granny at her house in the Hebrides. A whole week exploring rock pools, collecting shells and playing on the beach. She makes friends with local boy, Col, and together they go exploring all over the Island. One day, Grace discovers a baby seal injured on the beach. She's not sure if she can save it, but she's determined to try.

Tagg's life changed forever when he discovered that he's no ordinary kitten. His parents have super powers! Will Tagg have super strength like his dad, or amazing claws like his mum? All he knows is that his power will be awesome. But super cats are disappearing! Can Tagg and his best friend Sugarfoot save the day from a dastardly villain and solve the purr-fect crime?

Angela might look like she's made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but nothing could be further from the truth! Angela knows best! Whether it's trying to succeed as a top model, proving that her head teacher wears a wig or finding herself out of her depth on a spa weekend, she's determined to make a splash. Angela Nicely is the first book in this fantastically mischievous series, and Queen Bee features three wickedly funny stories about Angela.

Twins Burt and Cameron are in competition with each other about everything. When they hear the Queen wants moose cheese – which is near-impossible to make – they embark on a dangerous world-wide venture to collect the ingredients for the Queen. Only they are so busy being in competition with each other, they don’t even notice Dr X, another competitor, steal all their ingredients to claim the prize himself. And worse, the twins uncover Dr X’s plot to poison the Queen with his moose cheese!

It was cold, spooky and very boring. Frank hated Friday nights, sitting in the museum while his mum did the cleaning. He felt very alone - until a skeleton came over for a chat! And suddenly the museum didn’t seem quite so boring any more. But after a few chilling encounters with some of the skeleton’s weird and wonderful friends, all Frank really wants is his mum....

It's 92 hours since Beaky told a lie. He's survived two full days of school...but now he and his class are off to Learning Land, home to cheery-but-creepy Clumso the Clued-up Clown, whose job is to dish out fascinating facts to one and all. Beaky's partnered with Wayne, the school bully, who's scared of clowns. With Beaky unable to tell a lie and Wayne intent on beating him up, things are tricky. And soon they're on the run from a manic clown who'll stop at nothing to track them down.

In the middle of a snowball fight, aspiring vet Fliss is whisked away to the Antarctic! Surrounded by penguins, Fliss marvels at the sight of these beautiful animals huddling together to keep warm. Then a snowstorm blows in, separating a chick and its injured mother from the group. Fliss is determined to return her feathery friends to their colony, but the icy waters are full of dangerous creatures, and Fliss isn't used to the harsh environment. It's going to take a lot of quick thinking, and waddling, to reunite them.

Spin has always dwelled in the darkness. He was happy to lurk alone, until Elena, Matt and Tima, The Night Speakers, came to disrupt his nighttime world. Something weird is going on at the hospital - children are going in and not coming out. The Night Speakers are investigating, but even they, with their incredible powers of communication with the animal world, are struggling to find out the truth. But Spin's got a ringside seat, and he's about to come out of the shadows....

Bill is a 15-year-old runaway evacuee, and he’s finding that surviving on the streets of London is pretty easy. Things get more complicated for Bill with the arrival of Julie. She's a runaway too, and although she’s a bit posh, she’s just as determined as Bill to stay free of interfering parents and 'the social'. But although it’s fun for a while to duck Jerry missiles and camp out in bombed-out houses, the reality of living through the Blitz quickly begins to set in.

Come and join our intrepid heroes, Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face, on their highly dangerous and nail-biting adventure (or it may just be mildly perilous!). Oh, and there might be a few dodgy badgers hanging about too.... Meet the funniest collection of characters ever known to mankind in this stupendously hilarious book that will make you laugh your socks off and quite possibly your ears too.

When local schools are asked to make a film showcasing the surrounding area, Dani and the rest of St Grizzle's set to work. But Spencer and his mates at the village school are determined to sabotage the work of the smelly Grizzlers. Help arrives in the form of Granny Viv, who has secretly taken up residence in the school's tree house. Together they come up with the perfect ghostly video. But will Granny Viv be able to stay once the competition's over?

Oi! You at the back! Yes, you! Stop mucking about, and get a move on. Some of us are waiting to get going on this quest, you know! These magic porcupines are pretty hard to find, so pay attention, and stick with our fearless heroes, Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face. It could take many years for us to finish our gigantic quest ,but I’m pretty sure we’ll be back in time for tea....

Meet the utterly irresistible Miss Petitfour (an odd name but possibly descended from bakers of tiny delicious cakes). She loves baking and making and dancing with her cats, but most of all she loves to fly.

The story is about a little girl named Property Jones, so called because she was left in the lost property cupboard of an old bookshop when she was five years old. Property loves living in the bookshop, but she has a secret...she can't actually read! So Property doesn't see the newspaper article announcing the chance to win The Montgomery Book Emporium, a magical place filled with books and a very bad-tempered cat. But all is not as it seems, and soon Property finds herself in a heap of trouble.

The Nightingale family live on a barge on the canal near London Zoo, and Mum is a vet. When Tom and Sophie find a bag of snakes dumped at the gates of the zoo, a great and exciting adventure begins. Soon they are finding out about the trade in illegal animals and learning how to care for these wonderful creatures. The snakes are carefully housed in the zoo and, just as they are about to be introduced to the many visitors to the reptile house, a desperate race begins to collect some precious antivenin.

Filth is Witch Sludgegooey’s Fiend; Arthur the Dragon is precise, meticulous, and lives with his mum; and O’Brian is a Leprechaun who is often mistaken for a Pixie. These three very different characters have two things in common - the band they play in (The Witchway Rhythm Boys) and the music they play - Crash ‘n’ Bang - which nobody likes very much. But then The Thing in the Moonmad T-shirt becomes their manager and sets their sights higher - on the forthcoming music competition The Battle of the Bands.

Every day is an adventure! Tanglewood's Savannah Safari is complete, and Zoe can't wait to meet its newest inhabitants - six African elephants. But when the head of the herd stops eating, Zoe and the keepers face an elephant emergency!

He's back! Join Stitch Head, a mad professor's creation, in the adventure of an almost-lifetime. The orphans at Castle Grotteskew are running riot - and getting hungry. With no food in the castle, Stitch Head and Arabella head down to Grubbers Nubbin to see what they can pilfer, but there they encounter a terrifying, savage beast. Could one of the professor's creations be on the loose?

On holiday at the seaside, Anya is excited when she meets a friendly family with children her own age - playing with them and their gorgeous puppy, Molly, is so much fun! But when she returns to the beach the next day, she discovers the pup all on its own. Anya sets out to look for her owners, but when she eventually tracks down the family, they're very surprised. Molly isn't their dog - they thought she belonged to Anya! Can Anya find Molly's real owners?