Puffin Nibbles: The Littlest Pirate

Sherryl Clark

Nicholas Nosh, the littlest pirate in the world, isn't allowed to go to sea. When his parents board their ship, 'The Pig's Breakfast' and sail off to capture treasure, Nicholas is left at home with his babysitter, Gretta and some lazy pirates. But Nicholas has other ideas - he is going to run away and l...

The Call of the Wild & White Fang

Jack London

'Mush on!' Buck does not read the newspapers. If he had, he'd have known that for good strong dogs like himself trouble is brewing. Man has found gold and because of that Buck is kidnapped and dragged away from his sunny home to become a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing North. With strength, imagina...

The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000BCE - 1492CE

Simon Schama

It is a story like no other- an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes...