Excuse me, said Alice to a small grey Mouse in red shorts. What precisely is a custard race? -- Did Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass leave you yearning for more? Join Alice on a new journey and meet the extraordinary inhabitants of Wonderland, both familiar and new. If your bed turned into a boat, and you found yourself drifting off in an entirely unexpected manner, how would you find your way home? The Jack of Diamonds says it s Alice s own fault for being fast asleep -- had she slept more slowly, she wouldn t be so far from home The Red Queen, the Mah-jong...

This collection of poems is loosely based on famous historical characters. Poems they may be, but not "poetry." This is comedy in verse. What was the real story behind the gunpowder plot (and who was this guy called Fawkes)? What happened after the English Civil War? How did Rasputin meet a sticky end? All these questions and more are answered in this book. So forget those boring history lessons Let's have a bit of fun together but beware. You may accidentally learn some history on the way...

Trapped by an underground rock fall, Eve and Paul stumble upon the bizarre world of the "Fair-eyes," a subterranean civilization whose society and foibles are curiously reminiscent of our own. The kidnap of a princess catapults the children into a desperate and dangerous rescue mission-but is everything as it seems? Could the pathologically stupid Goblins really have hatched this plot on their own? Are there darker forces at work? Was the princess the real target or is someone playing for even bigger stakes? Why do all your pens go missing and you keep finding unidentified keys at the back of...