Most Popular Books by Ann PILLING

Everyone was changing at Hoggart''s Farm - the old farmer was moving and the cows had been sold. Fred was worried. What would happen to him? What use was an old donkey who liked nothing better than to stand under the willow trees and dream?

Ann Pilling manages to combine fascinating historical detail with mysterious and compelling ghost stories, and THE BEGGAR’S CURSE is no exception. Published as an ebook for the first time, it will attract a whole new wave of fans.

Ann Pilling manages to combine fascinating historical detail with mysterious and compelling ghost stories, and THE WITCH OF LAGG is no exception. Now available as an ebook for the first time, it is sure to attract a whole new wave of fans.

The Pit is a powerful story, encompassing plague-ridden London, ghosts from the past and present, and one boy’s determination to solve unanswered questions and cure an old man’s terror.

This beautifully illustrated Bible storybook introduces children to Job, Jonah, and many other familiar characters from Scripture. Retold in Who Laid the Cornerstone of the World? are stories children will meet again and again in paintings and sculpture, music and poetry, drama and film--as well as in church. This particular Bible storybook, written by Ann Pilling and illustrated by Helen Cann, encourages children to consider life''s mysteries and ask deep questions. Ages 4 and up.

Moniza Alvi said Ann Pilling brings a haunted, sometimes tragic, quality to a marvellously tactile, solid realityPenelope Shuttle said These poems follow the heartbeart of life with scrupulous accuracy, Cast in language as true and clear as a flowing stream, they are routed in reality and find value in the overlooked, the unexpected, and ''the hard edges'' of human experience.Tamar Yoseloff said Ann Pilling is considered and compassionate in her portraits of family, friends and characters who pass through but make a lasting impression. Her formal grace and resonant imagery make this collection a pleasure to read.

Angela, overweight and horribly self-conscious, struggles to gain acceptance at a girl''s boarding school.

A collection of fourteen myths and legends from Greece, West Africa, Russia, and other parts of the world.

AMENDED ENTRY. Previously announced on ISBN 0434956694, Weekly List no. 158, dated 15th April, 1988. The Nutler twins dream up all sorts of tricks for getting rid of the Beast, a grumpy old lodger who lives in the basement

It is 1953, Coronation year, and Sally finds herself having to stay with her crabby old nextdoor neighbour. Her mum''s seriously ill in hospital, her dad''s abroad, and her brother is doing his National Service, and when the grandfather clock breaks into a million pieces, her life goes terribly wrong... A young girl''s struggle to mend her mother''s favourite grandfather clock set against Coronation year in 1953. Sally''s determination against seemingly impossible odds, will capture every child''s imagination. The people she meets -- including the gypsy girl, Amber -- and her conviction that her mother will die if she can''t get the clock mended, keep one turning the pages of this delightful story to the very end.

Pocket-sized fun reads from big name authors

A modern family on holiday awake memories of the Irish famine.

A small ginger cat with a long, fluffy coat and beautiful tail is lost. 9 yrs+

Pocket-sized fun reads from big name authors

Pocket Tales is part of Pocket Reads, a superb collection of quality books that really capture children''s imaginations! Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Sci-Fi, Pocket Facts and Pocket Chillers making up the rest of the collection of independent readers. The fiction books are beautifully illustrated and are guaranteed to appeal to even the most reluctant of readers. The non-fiction readers are equally as stunning and will captivate and excite children with fascinating facts. The 105 pocket-sized fiction and non-fiction readers have each been carefully levelled to the National Curriculum and Book-Banded to ensure children make progression. You can therefore be assured that every reading experience is one that counts.

Six Year 4 fiction books, from Pocket Reads. Small enough to fit in your pocket, these beautifully illustrated stories will spook and excite your children and really capture their imagination

Pocket-sized fun reads from big name authors

Presents retelling of stories from the Old and New Testaments accompanied by poems, prayers, and songs from around the world.

Frank gets the paper route and now he will earn the money he''s been waiting for so he can fix-up the basement and move away from his slob of a brother. Once on his route, Frank, discovers a side of town that he didn''t know about and gets involved in the hunt for a burglar responsible for the recent break-ins.

Ann Pilling manages to combine fascinating historical detail with mysterious and compelling ghost stories, and THE BEGGAR''S CURSE is no exception. Here reissued with a stunning new cover by David Wyatt, in a new B format, it will attract a whole new wave of fans. Ever since Ann Pilling''s debut novel, BLACK HARVEST, now a Collins Modern Classic, she has built her reputation into one of our best-loved and most talented contemporary writers for children. She won the Guardian Fiction Award for HENRY''S LEG. These two reissues, THE BEGGAR''S CURSE and THE WITCH OF LAGG, follow the same children who appear in BLACK HARVEST -- Colin, Prill and Oliver. In THE BEGGAR''S CURSE, Colin, Prill and Oliver arrive to stay in the village of Stang, where they soon realise that there''s something terribly wrong. Prill feels something sinister in the ancient rituals of the village play... Colin knows the ''accidents'' that keep happening are something much more gruesome... But only Oliver seems to know the truth. He understands the dark secret the village is hiding and senses that it comes from the black waters of Blake''s Pit. He can even feel the terrible power of the beggar''s curse... Ann Pilling has mana

This is the story of a small boy and his elder sister who enter a competition that can only be won by eating enormous quantities of baked beans. Ann Pilling has also written Henry''s Leg.