New Releases by Helen Cresswell

While collecting things to sell for a school White Elephant sale, two friends are given a lamp with unexpected magic qualities.

Looking for something to fill his lonely days, a young boy recuperating from a long illness meets two tramps who live in a world that hardly seems real.

Jilly really wants a dragon so she asks for one for her birthday. None of her family take her seriously, but Mr Pink at the magic shop does and he helps her to get the pet dragon she has wished for so long. Soon all Jilly''s dreams come true on her very own Dragon Ride.

The two Hoots request the gift of wisdom from a small yellow bird they are convinced is the king of the sun.

Mischievous Emma learns about her equally-mischievous mum from her grandma.

A powerful and imaginative fantasy set in the past, about a girl who can see into the future and her battle with her community''s old enemy, the Hagwitch.

When she arrives in Wellow, Polly knows there is magic in the place. The story goes that if you put your ears to the ground on Sundays you can hear the church bells of the missing village of Grimstone. But Polly seems to be able to call up the village that has disappeared - and the people who live in it, as they slip in and out of time.

When the woman looking after them in their parents'' absence dies suddenly, three children find themselves in foster care and must use all their courage and ingenuity to cope with the situation.

Turbulente, komische Ereignisse in einer lebhaften Familie (als Fernseh-Serie verfilmt).

Eleven-year-old Jack, the only ordinary member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.

The members of the eccentric Bagthorpe family contend with Mr. Bagthorpe''s attempts to be self-sufficient and with Great-aunt Lucy''s visit.

The members of the eccentric Bagthorpe family contend with Mr. Bagthorpe''s attempts to be self-sufficient and with Great-aunt Lucy''s visit.

Two owls discover they prefer living in the woods rather than by the sea.

A little owl''s daytime search for a mouse will bring him a big surprise tomorrow.

The competitive Bagthorpes join forces in a rare display of solidarity when Grandma organizes a family reunion.