A woolly dog and a fluffy cat live together in perfect harmony - until the arrival of a tiny kitten. Heartwarming story from a renowned author.

Woffles is a dog. Very big and woolly. Stretch is a cat. Very smooth and slinky.

But one day, this contented pair have a new addition to their family. A big ball of black fluff in the form of a very naughty kitten - Muffy - who holds up her claws with her nails sticking out so they look like pins on a pin cushion. And Muffy decides to play tricks on Woffles and mayhem ensues. It's up to Stretch to restore harmony to the household . He...

The third title in Jean Ure's acclaimed series of humorous, delightful and poignant stories written in the form of diaries and letters which make them immediately accessible to children.

This is the story of how Mandy learns to cope with her untidy life and finally emerges triumphant.

Mandy Small has trouble writing so Cat, her teacher, suggests that she tells her life story into a tape recorder. So begins Mandy's funny and sometimes sad story of life with her loving but chaotic parents - Dad, the Elvis look-alike, and Mum, whose idea of a special meal is burnt toast...

Rags to riches story of a young orphan who becomes a famous actress. A Roaring Good Read launch title.

Daisy is brought up in a foundling's hospital in Victorian times. At ten she is sent into service as a skivvy at the Dobell Academy.There she watches all the pupils learning how to be young ladies, wearing fine clothes and learning how to read, write and... dance. Daisy dreams of being like them one day and painstakingly teaches herself to read with the help of one kind teacher. She is caught dancing in one of the piano rooms and is and reproved for having 'ideas above her station',...

Danny loves dancing, but not the funky, popular variety that would have his friends green with envy; no, Danny loves Ballet. A 'Billy Elliot' for younger readers by this renowned ballet-loving author.

Danny loves ballet, but he daren't admit it to his mates. But one of his teacher's knows, and she casts Danny in the starring ballet role in the end of term show at school. But Danny is also in the school football team and the rehearsals for the show clash with team nights. How can be maintain his cool with his peers and still star in the performance. Mixups and mayhen ensue as several...

Another brilliant story containing comedy, calamity and cool characters by acclaimed writer Jean Ure.

Even though Tash and Emily go to a nunnery (well, an all girls' school, which amounts to the same thing ), they are into boys in a BIG WAY. They're also stepsisters and the hugest of best friends. So when their mum and dad have to go Peru for work for a couple of months, leaving the girls in their own flat in Aunty Jay's house, they are seriously excited.

Of course they've got to take their weird elder sister, Ali, hundreds of her Star Trek videos and Fat Man the cat, but apart...

A humorous, poignant and heartwarming story of four girls and their exasperating parents. Reissued in the Jean Ure branding.

"People always fall out after they're married. I'm going to stay single."

Jasmine, Laurel, Rose and Daisy. Four very different sisters, four very different attitudes As if living with each other wasn't bad enough, living with their parents is worse - particularly parents who are both actors. Please

But after the Great Row, the girls find themselves living with Mum, while Dad has gone to America to find work. How are the sisters going to achieve...

Three of Jean Ure's best-loved stories in a bumper 3-in-1 edition - PASSION FLOWER, SHRINKING VIOLET and PUMPKIN PIE.

In PASSION FLOWER, Stephanie, a hip fourteen year old, and Samantha, her ten-year-old sister, are stuck in the middle of their parents' arguments. When Dad suggests going on a summer holiday, they jump at the chance.

In SHRINKING VIOLET, twins Violet and Lily lead very different lives; Lily has friends and goes to parties and Violet stays at home, writing to her pen pal. But when Violet borrows bits of Lily's life to make herself sound more interesting, it's...

A classic Jean Ure story for girls AND boys, about a boy who's driving girls wild...

Dorian Jones is an 11-year-old boy who is having 'terrible trouble with girls'. They just won't leave him alone.

Girls at school and his annoying younger sisters' friends have massive crushes on him, but Dory's passion is for dinosaurs and he is happiest excavating his back garden. His best friend at school is Aaron and his best friend out of school is a girl called the Herb. How will Dory stop girls throwing themselves at him? Why is Aaron holding hands with Sophy Timms? And why is the Herb...