Worzel Gummidge

Worzel Gummidge
Author: Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2002-03-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780192751027

Susan and John are having a very dull holiday in the country until they meet Worzel. They are amazed by the walking, talking bundle of clothes and straw. He's half scarecrow and half human but best of all, he's a wizard! Susan and John soon grow to love Worzel and share all sorts of magical adventures with their unusual friend.

Worzel Gummidge and Saucy Nancy

Worzel Gummidge and Saucy Nancy
Author: Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1972
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780140300307

Worzel Gummidge, the scarecrow from Scatterbrook Farm, goes to the seaside, and finds a kindred spirit in Saucy Nancy, the ship's figurehead with a taste for salty sea songs.

The Windvale Sprites

The Windvale Sprites
Author: Mackenzie Crook
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0571276148

When a storm sweeps through the country, Asa wakes up the next day to find that his town is almost unrecognisable - trees have fallen down, roofs have collapsed and debris lies everywhere. But amongst the debris in his back garden Asa makes an astounding discovery - the body of a small winged creature. A creature that looks very like a fairy. Do fairies really exist? Asa embarks on a mission to find out. A mission that leads him to the lost journals of local eccentric Benjamin Tooth who, two hundred years earlier, claimed to have discovered the existence of fairies. What Asa reads in those journals takes him on a secret trip to Windvale Moor, where he discovers much more than he'd hoped to . . . Charming and utterly unforgettable, The Windvale Sprites is Mackenzie Crook's debut children's novel, containing his own exquisite illustrations.

Detective Worzel Gummidge

Detective Worzel Gummidge
Author: Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher: Evans Brothers
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 0237535742

Scarecrow-come-to-life Worzel Gummidge decides to become a detective in this humorous classic story, the 10th in the series. Obstinate and obstructive but ultimately endearing, Worzels appeal has not been diminished. First published by Evans in 1963.

Ginger Pye

Ginger Pye
Author: Eleanor Estes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780192719546

A heartwarming, yet quirky, story about a boy called Jerry whose much-loved puppy, Ginger Pye, goes missing. Jerry and his sister begin a desperate hunt for Ginger, who they're convinced has been stolen away by the stranger in the yellow hat. After months of fruitless searching the children are about to give up hope when a chance gust of wind reveals the villain to the children and Ginger Pye is saved. BLA book which has stood the test of time and deals with the special relationship between a boy and his dog in a fun and lively way

The Hollow Men

The Hollow Men
Author: Keith Topping
Publisher: BBC Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563405825

"The children of Hexen Bridge are gifted and clever, but insanity and murder follow in their wake. The Doctor has a special interest in the village, but on his return to England in the early twenty-first century, events seem to be escalating out of control. Kidnapped and taken to Liverpool, the Doctor realizes that developments in Hexen Bridge have horrifying repercussions for the rest of the country. Ace is left in the village, where small-minded prejudices and unsettled scores are flaring into violence. As scarecrows fashioned from the bodies of the recent and ancient dead stalk the country lanes around Hexen Bridge, a sinister dark stain is spreading over the surrounding fields. And as the fierce evil grows ever stronger, can the Doctor and Ace prevent it from engulfing the entire world?"--Page 4 of cover.

Miss Ranskill Comes Home

Miss Ranskill Comes Home
Author: Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1946
Genre: Castaways
ISBN: 9781903155363

Tells the tale of a woman who goes on a cruise and is swept overboard. She lives for three years on a desert island before being rescued by a destroyer in 1943. When she returns to England it seems to her to have gone mad: she cannot buy clothes without 'coupons', and she is considered uncivilised if she walks barefoot or is late for meals.