An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring prison breaks and heroic adventure on shark-infested seas.

A brilliantly funny, gripping novel - and the bestselling hardback children's debut of 2014 - from a born storyteller, The Parent Agency is an epic wish-fulfilment adventure for every child - and for the child in everyone.

Make and play your own musical instruments

Percy's new invention is an engine-powered lawn mower to help him get all the grass in the park cut quickly. It all starts well, but when Percy tries going fast, the machine suddenly takes off! Fortunately for the park keeper there are some woolly helpers to give a soft landing.

Percy the Park Keeper helps his animal friends in this engaging story from highly-regarded, best-selling author-illustrator Nick Butterworth. Includes a fabulous fold-out poster!

Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing

First published in 1997, the story of a great Atlantic storm from the accounts of individual fishing boats, their families waiting anxiously for their return and the rescue services scrambled to save them. High pressure from the Great Lakes, storm winds over Sable Island and a Hurricane from the Caribbean combine to produce the Perfect Storm.

The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.