Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Sea Dragon
Sally Gardner (Author) Zephyr 2 May 2019
The mysterious Mr Tiger and the inquisitive Betsy K Glory set off on their second adventure, from bestselling author Sally Gardner, sumptuously illustrated by Nick Maland.
Crumble cakes! A red rogue wind is blowing and a wicked pirate captain and his crew are marauding the seven seas near the island left off the map of the world. A rare egg has gone missing and a very unhappy sea dragon wants it back. A pirate ship, the Kettle Black, is anchored in a secret cove off the island left off the map of the world. Betsy and her mum, Myrtle the mermaid, must dive deep beneath the waves, while Alfonso Glory and Mr Tiger fly high above the clouds in a hot air balloon…
It’s time for Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Gongalongs to set off on their second adventure…
Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Golden Seahorse:
Sally Gardner (P)2020 Head Of Zeus
Following the success of their first two adventures, the intrepid pair join Betsy’s mum, Myrtle the mermaid, beneath the waves.
Crumble cakes! When Betsy joins Myrtle the mermaid in her underwater world, she discovers there may be monsters…shipwrecks, lost treasure and secret cities. A seapig’s prize seahorse, Pudding Pie, has been stolen by a cantankerous giant octopus and Betsy and Mr Tiger must go to the rescue in their new submarine. But what happens when a tiger’s whiskers and tail are simply too long to squeeze into forgotten dark caverns where even the moon cannot shine, and Betsy has to take the final steps of the adventure on her own?
Ted to the lake on Rubbish Island. The Tindims are puzzled by their new shiny lake, but with the help of Spokes, Barnacle Bow and a rather special invention, they discover the squid and try to help it on its way home again.
Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon
An enchanting fairytale about Mr Tiger, and his troupe of acrobats, Betsy K Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice-cream maker, from bestselling author Sally Gardner and illustrated by Nick Maland. ‘Tigers have their secrets and their whiskers, their tails and their tales.’ When Betsy K Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice-cream maker, meets the mysterious Mr Tiger they have a giant challenge: a moon to turn blue, berries to collect and wishable-delicious ice cream to create. The sort that makes wishes come true.
With Mr Tiger and his troupe of Gongalong circus acrobats, a toad under a spell, a lonely giant, and Mum and Dad, Betsy sets off on her quest. The hardback edition of this book is printed in blue ink in Dyslexie, a font specially designed to make reading easier – and more fun. Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon made the 2018 Books of the Year round-ups in The Times, the Telegraph, Evening Standard, the Scotsman and Big Issue.
The Fairy Detective Agency
The Vanishing of Billy Buckle
Sally Gardner (author) Hachette Publishing Group December 2018 Times Book of the Year.
Spot on the Fishcake!
The famous fairy detective agency, Wings & Co, has a problem. Really quite a big problem. Well, a few of them actually.
There’s the missing giant, Billy Buckle, who has vanished without a trace, and left his giant daughter with the detectives. There’s a surprise visit to the seaside, which uncovers a murder and a stolen diamond. And then there’s that tricky business of the TV talent show.
Squat on a squid, this is Emily, Buster and Fidget’s most complicated case yet.
The Flying Carpet Thief
April 2017 by Sally Gardner
‘Agatha Christie for kids’ – a brand new mystery in the detective agency series brimming with mystery and magic by million-copy-selling author, Sally Gardner.
The detectives at Wings and Co are in a bit of bother. There is a lost leprechaun on the loose and carpets are flying all over the village of Podgy Bottom, as if by magic. Oh, and worst of all, Fidget the cat has vanished on VERY URGENT business. It looks like a tricky case for our fairy detectives . . .
Operation Bunny
Sally Gardner Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group – 2012
Emily Vole makes headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport.
Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget. It’s the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime as the old Wings and Co Detective Agency comes back to life.
It is up to Emily to reopen the shop, and recall the fairies to duty. Together they must embark on their first mystery and do battle with their great enemy, Harpella.
Three Pickled Herrings
©2013 Sally Gardner (P)2013 Orion Publishing Group
At the Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency, Emily Vole and her friends are beginning to worry. It’s five months since their official opening and they still haven’t had one case. Then local landowner Sir Walter Cross dies suddenly and mysteriously. The detectives suspect fairy meddling. And when Mr Rollo the tailor mysteriously loses everything and Pan Smith’s wedding plans are ruined the night before her big day, they’re convinced there must be magic at play. Now they have not one, but three pickled herrings to deal with! Can they solve the mystery of who is stealing people’s luck before the meddling fairy goes too far?
The Rollercoaster Case
14 July 2016 by Sally Gardner
The famous detective agency, Wings & Co, has a problem. Really quite a big problem. Well, a few of them actually.
There’s the missing giant, Billy Buckle, who has vanished without a trace, and left his giant daughter with the detectives. There’s a surprise visit to the seaside, which uncovers a murder and a stolen diamond. And then there’s that tricky business of the TV talent show.
Squat on a squid, this is Emily, Buster and Fidget’s most complicated case yet!
Includes Wings and Co detective case notes, character profiles and clues.
The Fairy Detective Agency: The Matchbox Mysteries
14 July 2016 by Sally Gardner
It’s Hallowe’en and Podgy Bottom is in trouble. All over town cars are being shrunk to the size of a matchbox in the blink of an eye; a giant purple bunny rabbit is running riot and a strange-looking broomstick is causing chaos and calamity… Sounds like a case for Wings & Co, the famous fairy detective agency! Can Emily, Budget and Fidget put a stop to this magical mischief before it’s too late?
Another fantastic story for younger readers from Sally Gardner, winner of the COSTA BOOK AWARD 2013, and acclaimed artist, David Roberts. If you loved David Walliams’s GANGSTA GRANNY, you’ll love these hilarious tales of mischief, mayhem, magic and mystery.
The Strongest Girl In The World
What happens when a small girl finds she can lift a bus in one hand? A very funny story by award-winning author Sally Gardner, in her MAGICAL CHILDREN series.
Josie Jenkins, aged eight and three-quarters, astonishes herself and everyone else when she finds she can lift a table, a car and even a bus with no effort at all. Josie becomes famous, and Mr Two Suit sweeps in with a contract and swoops the whole family off to New York. How Josie copes with fame and fortune, and with the loss of it when she wakes up one day to find she can’t do her trick any more, makes a very entertaining story for young readers.
As the little alien explains to Sam, being invisible can be a big help. A very funny adventure story by award-winning author Sally Gardner, in her MAGICAL CHILDREN series.
When his parents are lost in space, Sam is left in the care of the horrible neighbour Hilda Hardbottom. There he finds a tiny spaceship in the cabbage patch and meets a little alien called Splodge. Splodge loves ketchup, enjoys learning languages and can make himself – and Sam – invisible. How Sam uses this helpful new skill is a very funny and satisfying story for young readers.
When Thomas’s wish is magically granted, he can fly! But it’s not a soaraway success . . . A brilliant story from award-winning author Sally Gardner, in her MAGICAL CHILDREN series.
One day a fairy turns up at Thomas Top’s house to grant him a birthday wish. Thomas wishes he could fly and soon goes from being just an ordinary boy whom no one notices to being the most popular boy in the school. But his flying gets him suspended from school, and that makes his dad so cross and his mum miserable. Then the fairy turns up again and, with help from her and Thomas’s new friend Mr Vinnie, a retired painter and decorator who has been flying since he was Thomas’s age, everything changes.
An enchanting story about growing in confidence and using your gifts.
The Boy with the Magic Numbers
The MAGICAL CHILDREN story about a boy who’s magic with numbers. When Billy Pickles’ dad leaves home to live in New York, he gives Billy a moneybox. Billy’s not sure where to put in the money, and not sure why his dad has left.
Then Billy goes to New York to visit his father and his Italian grandmother, and discovers the secret of his magic moneybox. In a wonderful adventure, he takes Mighty Mamma on a helicopter ride, cracks open a safe, solves a kidnap mystery – and gets to know his dad again.
The Boy with the Lightning Feet
When Timmy Twinkle kicks a ball – it’s magic! A funny and charming story by award-winning author Sally Gardner, in her MAGICAL CHILDREN series.
Timmy Twinkle gets bullied at school and hasn’t any friends. He longs to play football, but he’s hopeless at games. He’s miserable. And it doesn’t help when Gramps tells him about Great-Uncle Vernon, who grew up to be a famous footballer.
Then his gran’s friend May comes to stay. May is a fitness fanatic who knocks Timmy and Gramps into shape in no time, and Timmy discovers there’s magic in his toes – he can kick a ball just like Great-Uncle Vernon. And when Timmy performs on the football field, everyone wants to be friends with him.
A brilliant story about how determination and love – with a little sprinkling of magic – overturn one boy’s loneliness.
The story of a little girl so tiny that she fits into a handbag – by award-winning author Sally Gardner, part of her MAGICAL CHILDREN series. Everyone expects Ruby Genie to have the same fantastic magical powers as her famous parents did, but Ruby can’t do any magic at all – or so she thinks. Then she begins to get smaller . . . and smaller . . . and smaller. With the help of Aunt Hat, the kindly conjuror who is hopeless at doing tricks, Ruby finds her own special brand of magic. This is a wonderfully funny adventure story, full of brilliant characters, who help Ruby discover that some of the best things come in small packages!
©2006 Sally Gardner (P)2006 Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
There were three things that marked out Lucy Willow as different. The first was that she lived on a train. The second was that she had a snail named Ernest as a pet. And the third, the most important of all, was that she had green fingers. It’s Lucy’s green fingers that save the day when Silverboots McCoy, the famous footballer, and his girlfriend, Blossom B, order flowers for their wedding — for Ricky Sparks, who runs the rival garden centre, will stop at nothing to get the contract for himself.
Longer and fuller than the Magical Children books, Lucy Willow has all of Sally Gardner’s soaring imagination, enchanting humour, and great heart, and is rich in scenes and characters that readers will adore and always remember.
The Tin Dims Series
The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Spooky Secret
Book 5 of 6: The Tindims ©2023 Sally Gardner
Halloween has nearly arrived, but a young witch is in a pickle. She has cast a spell and shrunk herself by mistake! When a gust of wind blows her out to sea, her best friend, a little ghost, goes with her.
They find themselves landing on Rubbish Island where the Tindims haven’t met witches or ghosts before, and the witch and ghost didn’t know the Tindims even existed. But Skittle, Brew, Pinch and the gang are soon helping their spooky new friends get back to the right size and home in time for their Halloween parade. And the Tindims might just decide to hold their own Halloween-Helloween party…
The Tindims and the Floating Moon
©2021 Sally Gardner
The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. The Mother-and-daughter duo of prizewinning Sally Gardner and Lydia Corry create a fun new world of characters and adventures in their empowering new series for five- to eight-year-olds that inspires conservation and inventive ways to recycle.
In the fourth Tindim adventure, a glow-in-the-dark squid, drawn by the light of the moon, has wandered far from its friends on the ocean bed to the lake on Rubbish Island. The Tindims are puzzled by their new shiny lake, but with the help of Spokes, Barnacle Bow and a rather special invention, they discover the squid and try to help it on its way home again.
The Tindims and the Turtle Tangle
©2021 Sally Gardner
Turn rubbish into treasure with the tiny Tindims in this second book of the series. Mother and daughter duo, prizewinning Sally Gardner and Lydia Corry, team up to create a fun and funny cast of characters and adventures in their empowering new series for five to eight year olds inspiring conservation and inventive ways to recycle.
On the Tindim’s island home, Bottle Mountain is growing terrifyingly tall with rubbish. So tall that one night it breaks away with Barnacle Bell and Granny Shell clinging on tightly as they float off over the waves. None of the other Tindims know where Bottle Mountain is or how to help their friends find their way home….
Across the ocean, a boy discovers Bottle Mountain bobbing by the seashore. For the first time ever the Tindims are discovered. Can the boy reunite Barnacle Bell and Granny Shell with Rubbish Island? And can the Tindims and the humans help each other to save the planet?
The Glass Heart Paperback – 2002
The story of three princesses with glass hearts is told by Sally Gardner in her own original and uniquely appealing way.
With a glittering heart on the cover and stunning artwork, this truly exquisite picture book is set in the Venice of fairy tale.
10 Oct. 2024
‘A masterpiece of nostalgia, magic and warm-hearted storytelling… [It] will keep 4+ year olds enchanted for hours’ School Reading List. Costa and Carnegie winning author and artist’s timeless, enchanting picture book, about shopping with the fairies in Silverbell Street. In Silverbell Street the shops are always open, if you believe in fairies. You can buy a cloak of invisibility or magic lamp, an umbrella that will transport you to the stars, eat flying fairy cakes at the Foxglove Restaurant, or join the fairies as they try on sparkly new dancing shoes and ball gowns and much much more. Familiar giants, fairies and witches will encourage children to find characters hidden in the illustrations. A beloved picture book, updated and modernised for a new generation.
