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The Song of the Nightingale by Tanya Landman
Category: Picture Books
A gorgeous and evocative story of how the animals got their colours, from Carnegie Medal-winner Tanya Landman and V&A Illustration Award winner Laura Carlin. The earth was young and full of colour. But the animals were dull and drab. The painter decided: something must be done! With dabs and sweeps ...Show more
The Song of the Nightingale by Tanya Landman; Laura Carlin (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
A gorgeous and evocative story of how the animals got their colours, from Carnegie Medal winner Tanya Landman and V&A Illustration Award winner Laura Carlin. The earth was young and full of colour. But the animals were dull and drab. The painter decided: something must be done! With dabs and sweeps ...Show more
The Will to Live (Poppy Fields #10) by Tanya Landman
Category: Children's | Series: Poppy Fields
This title is tenth in the brilliantly addictive series of murder mysteries by an acclaimed and popular writer. Poppy and Graham are staying in a grand country house for the weekend to help at a family christening party, but they're seriously unimpressed. Dull, dull, dull! Not to mention the fact that b ...Show more
Tomb of Doom!!! (Samuel Swann Movie Mysteries #2) by Tanya Landman
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Samuel Swann Movie Mysteries
Slapstick comedy caper starring movie aficionado Sam Swann and his faithful hound, Watson. Sam Swann and his dad are heading to Egypt to film Tomb of Dom!!! and Sam is pretty excited about the location - all those pyramids, temples and mummies. Real, live dead people! On set, however, it's the live ones ...Show more
Two Words by Tanya Landman
Category: Young Adult
Jake and Matt have trained hard for a weekend hiking with the school. They've got the gear, they've got fit - and they've got homework: something 'to keep their minds occupied' while walking. But Jake is more occupied with finishing first and beating Lee Harper. The weekend careers towards a dramatic cl ...Show more
Waking Merlin by Tanya Landman
Category: Teen Fiction
While on a pot-holing expedition with her dad, ten-year-old Katrina Picket accidentally wakes Merlin, who tells her that they must save England from a meteorite that is about to strike. Katrina and Merlin travel to London, waking King Arthur and his knights, and Desmond, a hungry dragon, along the way. ...Show more
World's Bellybutton by Tanya Landman
Category: Children's
William travels to a Greek isle to meet his long-lost father. There he meets a talking swan, who is really Zeus, king of the gods - and he desperately needs William's help. The knot that ties the world together is slipping, and the planet is about to explode. Can they trick the Gorgons and retie the kno ...Show more
Wuthering Heights: A Retelling (Barrington Stoke) by Tanya Landman
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Classic Retellings
Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman reignites another beloved Brontë classic in a phenomenal retelling accessible to all readers.
Zombie Dawn!!! (Samuel Swann Movie Mysteries #1) by Tanya Landman
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Samuel Swann Movie Mysteries
This is a hilarious adventure story packed with movie tips and trivia. Samuel Swann's dad, special effects make-up artist to the stars, always takes Sam with him when he's working on location. Which is pretty cool. Movie sets are fun places to hang out - and you learn plenty, so that's the home schoolin ...Show more