Adèle Geras Libri

Esiste, tra gl'incartamenti dei delitti insoluti, il caso d'una squartatrice di bambole? O di un pappagallo tornato dall'aldilà per vendicarsi ferocemente? O, al contrario, tra le opere benefiche, è menzionato un cane fantasma che salva i bambini con le sue premonizioni, o un pellicano 'martire' che dà la sua vita e il suo sangue per i piccoli, sia degli uccelli che degli uomini? Queste e altre storia sono strisciate fuori dalla penna di diversi autori noti, che ce l'hanno messa tutta per regalarvi chi un rapido brivido, chi qualche minuto di batticuore, chi un'oretta di occhi sbarrati nel buio.

Tutu Tilly been busy practising her ballet steps for the recital, but will everything go to plan on the big day? Will her dreams come true.

The Fantora Files have been collected by Ozzy, the family's cat. Read postcards from Auntie, poems from an invisible son and find out about a granny who can see the future. There's never been a family quite like them before!Chucklers is a collection of books that make reading a pleasure. The series is edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong.

Little ballerinas will love this delightful story about budding ballerina, Tutu Tilly. Tilly loves going to ballet every Tuesday. From the moment Miss Anne claps her hands to start the class, Tilly does her best to become a beautiful ballerina. But will Tilly be ready in time for the big show? The first book in the charming Tutu Tilly series from award-winning author, Adele Geras.

A story set on the brink of World War II. Germany in 1938 is a dangerous place for Jews. Clara and her little brother, Maxi, are leaving behind everything they know and going to England to live with a family they have never met. Will Clara and Maxi adapt to life in an English village, and will they ever see their parents again?

Poor Callie feels totally ignored when a new baby arrives in the house. Even David - her special friend - pushes her away and no-one seems to appreciate the efforts she makes to welcome it. Even her carefully chosen gift (a dead bird) is greeted with horror rather than delight. And when she is banished to the kitchen, Callie sadly resolves that she is no longer wanted. She has no choice but to run away...

An extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch, Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh. All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past events have come to light, to rock complacency and change for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters.

There is no doubt about it - the Heath children have tennis in their blood. Their grandfather and father before them had been top players, and the twins are champion material. Then Nicky - cheeky, rebellious Nicky - starts to practise in secret, but talented at tennis as she is, the ambitious Nicky first has battles to win with herself - on and off the tennis court

The Tower Room: Loosely based on Rapunzel, this is the story of a sudden, unexpected, passionate relationship and the unforessen yet inevitable results of defying convention. Pictures of the Night: A retelling of the Snow White fairytale, this is a thirlling story of jealousy and enchantment.

As featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. and a grief-stricken widow defends her homeland amidst the destruction of war. Through these and other tales, War Girls presents a moving portrait of loss and grief, and of hope overcoming terrible odds.