Lucy King is a girl with extra special powers - she shimmers and she zooms through the air like a streak of lightning, flying from one amazing adventure to another. All three LUCY titles, LIGHTNING LUCY, LIGHTNING LUCY STORMS AHEAD and LIGHTNING LUCY STRIKES AGAIN, are here in this fabulous omnibus edition. This is the first time that STORMS AHEAD and STRIKES AGAIN have been on the Puffin list.

Stuff is the nickname of our hero, Simon (because he knows a lot of weird stuff). Stuff's parents have split up, and his dad has brought back a new step-mum (the Sherry Trifle), a step-sister (the awful Natasha) and a radical feminist rabbit called Pankhurst (she only attacks men - spooky).

Josh thinks Fizz is dentally challenged and fluent in gibberish. Fizz thinks Josh is the Prince of Handsomeness. They're destined to work together at Marigolds Old People's Home - can Cupid's arrow strike among the Zimmer frames? Thow in Josh's wacky mother with her goats on the sofa and Fizz's goddess-like big sis and one thing is certain. Things will get a LOT weirder before they start making sense - and can the oldies really make their great escape . . . using tablespoons? Being fourteen has never been so weird . . .

The Jeremy Strong joke book is back and filled with even more bottoms and quizzes and silliness and, best of all, pranks Blow up stuff, glue stuff and PHHHFFWWWWWHHHHH - play with whoopee cushions all day long AND you get Streaker the dog, Vikings, giants, cosmic pajamas and Monsters galore . . .

The Indoor Pirates are fierce, lawless bandits, but they have one fatal weakness: they hate the sea.

Casper and his friends have an amazing ZEEOWWW! WHIZZ! SPLATT! secret - THEY ARE ALL SUPERHEROES! Which will come in very handy this Sports Day when a dog named JAWS is let off his lead... AARRGHHH! And what happens when Casper's vacuum cleaner swallows a Hamster?

The old adage you are what you eat has never seemed more true than in this era, when ethics, politics, and the environment figure so prominently in what we ingest and in what we think about it. Then there are connoisseurs, whose approaches to food address good taste and frequently require a language that encompasses cultural and social dimensions as well. From the highs (and lows) of connoisseurship to the frustrations and rewards of a mother encouraging her child to eat, the essays in this volume explore the complex and infinitely varied ways in which food matters to all of us....

Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The series is written by top children's authors and edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. This pack contains six books, one...

In Stodgepodge!, Cleo's dad makes the worst porridge in the universe. When she finds out that a black hole is heading towards Earth, a horrible breakfast is the least of her worries. Can she find a way to save the world? Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at...

Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations. Each book contains inside cover notes to support children in their reading. FREE online teaching notes are available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk The series is written by top children's authors and edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. This pack contains thirty-six books, six of...