Nosy Crow A Friend In Need Tuffin Olivia

The sixth in a fantastic series of perfect pony stories about Alice and her spirited young pony, Secret, from Olivia Tuffin, author of the much-loved The Palomino Pony series • Alice and her beloved pony are off to train at Devon’s world-class yard – following in the footsteps of the British show jumping team! Alice and Secret have gone further than anyone thought possible … but on the day of the show jumping trials for the British team, Alice has to make an almost impossible choice. Just how far is she prepared to go to reach the very top? What does the future hold for Alice and her spirited red pony?

Alice adores Secret, her spirited young pony, but she’s worried she’ll never be able to ride him! • Training Secret is proving harder than Alice thought possible, but then she meets free-spirited Finn. He is a fearless rider, and has an amazing way with horses. But Finn is quite moody, and Alice doesn’t know if they can ever be friends… • Can Alice create the perfect partnership with Secret? Or does she need Finn’s help? One thing’s for certain – there’s a long way to go before Alice’s showjumping dreams can become a reality!

A hilarious intergalatic adventure from award-winning comic genius, Elys Dolan • Not so long ago, in a galaxy fairly far away, an elite crew of furry animals are celebrating. They have found the Lost Nuts of Legend – hooray! – and now all they have to do is go home. But if only it were that simple! Everyone is starving, the Star Nav is broken and it was a really, REALLY bad idea to stop at the Death Banana and ask for directions. Will they EVER find their way home? And, most importantly will they get home before something happens to the Nuts? Packed full of humour and jokes, there are endless hilarious details to pore over again and again – just make sure you don’t nibble on the nuts! • Star Wars takes on a whole new dimension in this funny, fun-for-all-the-family picture book, perfect for little kids and big kids too

Ruby Palace is no place for pets! But Princess Bea won’t let royal rules stop her from helping animals in need • When a tiny puppy turns up in the palace garden, Bea must keep it a secret until she can find it a home. But it’s hard to hide an excited puppy when there’s a royal banquet underway. Bea’s going to need some help from her best friend! • From Paula Harrison, author of the Rescue Princesses and Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue series. With a shiny foil cover and beautifully illustrated throughout by Olivia Chin Mueller, this is the perfect book for animal-mad young readers aged seven and up

Ruby Palace is no place for pets! But Princess Bea won’t let royal rules stop her from helping animals in need • When Bea rescues a lost kitten, she promises to keep it safe until she can find its owner. But the adventurous kitten keeps getting into trouble! And when it goes exploring in the dark of night, Bea will need to be very brave… • From Paula Harrison, author of the Rescue Princesses and Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue series. With a shiny foil cover and beautifully illustrated throughout by Olivia Chin Mueller, this is the perfect book for animal-mad young readers aged seven and up

“I was special. I was a hero. I lost the best friend I ever had.” • Eleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roam • Her brother Jed is an eldest, revered and special. A hero. Her younger brother is Trig – everyone loves Trig. But Maggie’s just a middler; invisible and left behind. Then, one hot September day, she meets Una, a hungry wanderer girl in need of help, and everything Maggie has ever known gets turned on its head • Narrated expertly and often hilariously by Maggie, we experience the trials and frustrations of being the forgotten middle child, the child with no voice, even in her own family • This gripping story of forbidden friendship, loyalty and betrayal is perfect for fans of Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff, Frances Hardinge and Margaret Atwood

Ruby Palace is no place for pets! But Princess Bea won’t let royal rules stop her from helping animals in need • Bea gets a big surprise when she discovers a beautiful pony alone on the beach. Bea is determined to find Sandy’s owner, if only the pony would stay put! Can Bea find Sandy’s home before the pony runs into trouble? • From Paula Harrison, author of the Rescue Princesses and Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue series. With a shiny foil cover and beautifully illustrated throughout by Olivia Chin Mueller, this is the perfect book for animal-mad young readers aged seven and up

Introducing an exciting new multi-sensory board book series written by Camilla Reid, with illustrations from acclaimed collage artist Clare Youngs! • All pre-schoolers will adore Clare Youngs’ friendly animals with their high-contrast collage artwork, decorative foil highlights and signature animal noises – but there’s a tiny creature to find behind a tuggable felt flap on each spread, too! In this book, you’ll meet Baa Baa Sheep, Cluck Cluck Hen, Oink Oink Pig and Moo Moo Cow herself.With a final ‘recap’ animal noises page, and the question, “But what noise do YOU make?”, little readers will enjoy lifting the last flap and saying ‘hello’ to themselves in the surprise mirror! • Visually gorgeous and with a genuinely engaging hide-and-seek narrative, this is the launch of a stunning new series from the author behind some of Nosy Crow’s bestselling pre-school books: Felt Flaps Where’s Mr/Mrs?, Pip and Posy, Bizzy Bear and Peekaboo

Introducing an exciting new multi-sensory board book series written by Camilla Reid, with illustrations from acclaimed collage artist Clare Youngs! • All pre-schoolers will adore Clare Youngs’ friendly animals with their high-contrast collage artwork, decorative foil highlights and signature animal noises – but there’s a tiny creature to find behind a tuggable felt flap on each spread, too! In this book, you’ll meet Clip Clop Zebra, Ooo Ooo Monkey, Munch Munch Hippo and Roar Roar Lion himself. With a final ‘recap’ animal noises page, and the question, “But what noise do YOU make?”, little readers will enjoy lifting the last flap and saying ‘hello’ to themselves in the surprise mirror! • Visually gorgeous and with a genuinely engaging hide-and-seek narrative, this is the launch of a stunning new series from the author behind some of Nosy Crow’s bestselling pre-school books: Felt Flaps Where’s Mr/Mrs?, Pip and Posy, Bizzy Bear and Peekaboo

A gentle, reassuring picture book, perfect for little ones who are about to start school • It's drawing time at Moonlight School and Miss Moon has asked all the creatures to draw their favourite night time thing. But when Cat, Bat and Mouse use all the night-time coloured crayons, what will Owl do? Whatever will he draw now? • This sweet and charming tale will reassure even the shyest of children • Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!

Olivia and her friends are auditioning for a production of Romeo and Juliet in the West End. It makes Olivia realise just how much she wants to be an actress, like her mum was. But her father asks her to perform with him in a high-wire stunt instead. How can she choose between her parents? And love is in the air at the Swan School of Theatre and Dance. But when the curtain falls, will everyone get their fairytale happy ending?

Olivia is sad and lonely and angry – angry that she’s been dumped with her sister, Eel, at her grandmother’s school, and angrier still that that school turns out to be a stage school where there’s no encouragement for her to do what she loves best: practise her circus skills. But in the course of a turbulent first term, Olivia finds out much more than she bargained for about the theatre, about friendship, about enemies, about her family and about herself