Based on a true story, this is a gripping, yet humorous account of a daring rescue in occupied Denmark.
April 1940: German troops are pouring onto the streets of Denmark. 12-year-old Bamse and his daring friend Anton can't resist playing practical jokes on the invading soldiers. When it becomes clear to the people of Denmark that the trouble isn't going to pass them by, they decide to take action and Bamse and his eccentric family are about to take part in one of history's most dramatic rescues -- smuggling Denmark's Jewish population across the water to Sweden, and safety.

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When Amber, the littlest Viking, set out from Scandinavia to seek her fortune, she must have got lost on her way! Now she's in Pegwell Bay with no one but her pet squirrel for company. When Katie, Gary and Joshua find her stranded on the beach, they decide to look after her. Now there's a Viking living in their garden.

This is an illustrated tale with a twist at the end. Jessica brings her granny to school because she can spin plates. Told to send her home as family day is next week, Jessica's granny leaves - only to surprise everyone by returning later as a firefighter and rescuing the old lady next door.

FLYING UNDER BRIDGES is Sandi Toksvig's hugely enjoyable everyday tale of morals, marriage and murder.

A brilliantly funny novel 'Hugely rewarding' Beryl Bainbridge

In the Autumn of 1971, having been thrown out of a rather fancy private school, Sandi Toksvig was sent to the only remaining option - Mamaroneck High School, New York. She was thirteen years old and that year changed her life. Sandi auditioned and was chosen for the lead role in a production of The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder. Three girls were cast in the part of Gladys Antrobus, playing her at different ages of her life, and Sandi was the youngest. The three actresses soon became known as the Gladys' and this was the beginning of a friendship with a group of females that still...

London 1897 and a young girl, Valentine Grey, arrives in England. She's been brought up in the remote and sunny climes of India and finds being forced into corsets and skirts in damp and cold country insufferable. The only bright spot: her exciting cousin, Reggie. Reggie, and his lover Frank seek out the adventure the clandestine bars and streets of London offer and are happy to include Valentine in their secret, showing her theatre, gardens - even teaching her how to ride a bicycle. And then comes the Boer War and Reggie's father volunteers him; the empire must be defended. But it won't be...

Sandi Toksvig - broadcaster, writer, actor, and seeker of all things whimsical - has turned her probing mind to many of the most intriguing questions of our times in the pages of the Daily Telegraph for many years. This book collects her musings into one hilarious collection.

Nationally known and loved as a broadcaster, comedian and writer - Sandi Toksvig's ferociously gripping play BULLY BOY, with great tenderness, offers a startling insight into the minds of soldiers.

In this title, Sandi Toksvig shows that his-tory is actually her-story. Though they're often ignored or overlooked, women have changed the world. There's no question about it - girls are best