Join Betsey, the little girl with big ideas, as she surprises everyone on her birthday, learns to be a guard dog, moves house and even becomes a TV star in these four warm and funny adventures. This book is one of five short story collections featuring Betsey from Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman, beautifully illustrated by Jamie Smith, and ideal for building confidence in young readers.

It's Burly's birthday and he's decided he'd like to have a lazy day on the beach with his friend Grum the groblin. Little does he know however, that a bank robber is also there trying to hide some gold coins he's stolen. Throw in a detective and his daughter Tara, a crab with attitude and the Toolkit Gang and poor Burly has more than his fair share of surprises!This is the third of the Burly and Grum Tales. Burlington Bear and Grum the groblin are great friends. It's Burly's birthday and he's decided he'd like to have a lazy day on the beach. Little does he know however, that a bank robber is also there trying to hide some gold coins he's stolen. Throw in a detective and his daughter Tara, a crab with attitude called King and the Toolkit Gang and poor Burly has more than his fair share of surprises!

The Void.  Somewhere between heaven and hell, neither dead nor alive, lost souls wait for someone to need them -- their only hope, to prove they are deserving of a second chance. One chance to find love… Four unlikely friends are destined to find themselves and love. Sierra, Casey, Naz, and Vicki, were fated in their childhood to be best friends and in spite of their busy lives still get together for special occasions as adults, like Sierra’s 30th birthday. Sierra is content with her neat, orderly life. Her career as a librarian fits her like a glove. She’s happy among the stacks and periodicals. With her birthday just around the corner she suspects her friends are up to no good. She just never imagined their meddling would involve one kick-ass conjuring spell and an oh-so-handsome Highland warrior.

Join angel-in-training Ella and her friends on another magical adventure up in the clouds in the second book of the whimsical new Angel Wings series!It's Jess's birthday, but instead of feeling festive, she is especially homesick. She waits eagerly for a birthday present to arrive from her family, but nothing comes in the mail. Ella and her other friends want to cheer Jess up, so they plan to make a magical glitter bomb as a birthday surprise! But the surprise doesn't go quite according to plan, and when Ella over-packs the package with glitter it makes such an explosion that it destroys a priceless statue at school! Will Ella's glitter-tastic accident get her expelled from Angel Academy?

Splash, the youngest of the magic puffins, has been caught in a storm and can't get back to Silver Dream Cliffs. Luckily for the little lost puffin, he meets Martina and the two become best friends. Together they try to find a way for Splash to return home - but first there is the problem of the puffin egg-stealers... A delightfully warm and endearing story, specially written for Puffin's 70th birthday by the creator of bestselling Magic Kitten, Magic Puppies and Magic Ponies series.