Most Popular Books by Hilary McKay

Anything can happen at Paradise House and normally does! This delightful series of six stories about three riotous children and their madcap adventures is written by award-winning author, Hilary McKay.

Being snowed in at school is bad enough, but being stuck with the horrible dinner ladies who cook up the most revolting food is a catastrophe! Can Bagdemagus, the magical school cat, help Class 4b escape?

Charlie is an irresistibly funny little brother who manages to get into all kinds of scrapes. Whether he''s trying to hinder or help his brother Max and best friend Henry, trouble is guaranteed! Cheese and Onion Crisps Henry knows there''s something wrong when Charlie gives up cheese and onion crisps. Will the Truly Amazing Smarties Trick bring things back to normal? Cat Flap Charlie and Henry are planning the best sleepover ever, and have even laid down some ground rules: no itching powder, no dead flies and no super soakers. But the evening doesn''t turn out quite how they planned . . .

Charlie is an irresistibly funny little brother who manages to get into all kinds of scrapes. Whether he''s trying to hinder or help his brother Max and best friend Henry, trouble is guaranteed! Tooth Fairy Charlie has four wobbly teeth and cannot wait for the tooth fairy to arrive. There must be some way to make them fall out quickly . . . Big Birthday Bash Why doesn''t Max want a party to celebrate his birthday? It doesn''t matter, Charlie is going to throw him one anyway!

"Another fine, funny book in this exceptional series."--"Booklist." The Exiles are back and this time the four sisters experience love when a French boy comes to stay with their family.

Charlie is an irresistibly funny little brother who manages to get into all kinds of scrapes. Whether he''s trying to hinder or help his brother Max and best friend Henry, trouble is guaranteed! Haunted Tent Charlie sees his chance to be a hero when he finds out Max is scared of Aunt Emma''s spooky house. Those ghosts had better watch out . . . Big Snow Charlie has waited his whole life for it to snow, but now it has no one will let him play in it! First no one wakes him up, then he has to go to school . . . Will he ever get to build his snowman?

The Exiles was the winner of the 1992 Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize and is the first novel in Hilary McKay''s wonderfully witty and warm The Exiles series. Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe Conroy love reading and having fun more than anything else. So the sisters are horrified when they learn that their parents are sending them away to Cumbria for the summer, to stay with their fearsome grandmother: Big Grandma. Big Grandma is strict, makes them do chores and doesn''t let them have any fun – but worst of all, she refuses to let the girls read any books. Determined to enjoy their summer, the sisters decide they aren''t going to put up with their grandmother''s tough regime, and in doing so they somehow manage to cause inordinate amounts of chaos . . . But as the girls search for alternatives to Big Grandma''s way of life they slowly start to understand its appeal, just as she starts to understand them. Are the two generations more alike than they think?

Jack the Bookman.

It''s Valentines Day and everything''s changing in the Casson house. Indigo wins Sarah over by organising the Valentine''s Day disco. Saffy has a new boyfriend who teaches her all about the stars. Caddy has fallen in love and is getting married.

One night, Danny is woken by a strange shrieking noise from behind his bedroom wall. Could it be a ghost? His mother doesn''t think so, but then again, what else could it be? Soon, everyone in Paradise House is involved. But what emerges is beyond Danny''s wildest dreams.

Queens have two birthdays, one on the day they were born and one on the day it would have been most convenient for them to have been born on. It is the convenient one that counts. This Queen is not a happy little Queen. It''s her unofficial birthday and no one had brought her a present. Not the Prime Minister, not the Treasurer, and not even her lazy Ladies-in-Waiting. All she wants is one small, one very cheap, present. Just because it has four legs and a tail and isn''t very easy to wrap up. Shouldn''t put anyone off...

Love is in the air . . . The Exiles in Love is the third and final book in the award-winning The Exiles series, with Hilary McKay''s trademark wit and warmth. Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe Conroy are all struggling to deal with the trials and tribulations of first love(s). Ruth develops a crush on the school bus driver, but finds herself conflicted when she also develops feelings for Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre, the temporary English teacher (who Naomi is also smitten with) AND Alan Adair who works in the butcher''s shop. Meanwhile, the younger two sisters have other things on their minds – Rachel is plotting to become May Queen at her school and Phoebe is in training to become an international spy. But when Big Grandma arranges for a French boy called Philippe to stay with the Conroy''s, it''s not long before all the girls fall head over heels for him as well . . .

In the palace a most secret and important meeting is in progress. The Queen does not know about it - indeed, so she does not suspect a thing as it is being held after her bedtime (which is very late indeed). But where can they find a suitable Prince? Will he be practically perfect ...''

Un romanzo che commuove e diverte, e che, sullo sfondo di una straziante guerra, riesce a toccare temi come il coraggio, l’amicizia e il rapporto con il nemico. Dall’autrice bestseller de La guerra delle farfalle, vincitore del Premio Andersen 2022, una commovente storia ambientata durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, che parla di famiglia e amicizia sui fronti opposti di un devastante conflitto, di quattro vite ordinarie collegate da circostanze straordinarie, seguite dall’infanzia fino alla soglia dell’età adulta. Erik e Hans sono tedeschi e ammirano le rondini che volano sopra i tetti di Berlino, senza sapere che un giorno saranno loro a volare sopra l’Inghilterra, rischiando la vita in una guerra che entrambi detestano. Ruby e Kate sono inglesi e, grandi amiche molto diverse tra loro, si ritrovano a correre incontro a un pericolo che nessuna delle due avrebbe potuto immaginare. Nel frattempo, Rupert e Clarry stanno lavorando in segreto per la pace e un futuro migliore per tutti loro...

Snowtop is Simon''s favorite bear in the world, so he is frantic when he disappears and replaced by a strange bear. How Simon is magically reunited with Snowtop, with the help of the strange bear, makes for a funny and delightful story. Full color.

Join Danny, Nathan and Anna, the children of Paradise house, in another mischievous adventure.

“Possibly the finest writer of our time.” —Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity All three of Hilary McKay’s “vivid and lively” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) books about the misadventures of Binny Cornwallis, together for the first time in one charming paperback boxed set. Mayhem, love, and laughter run riot in three heartwarming adventures from award-winning author Hilary McKay. Binny Cornwallis’s perfect world is turned upside down after her father dies, when money becomes tight and her horrible aunt gives away her beloved dog, Max. But Binny has the warmth of her busy and loving mother, her musical older sister, and her hilarious little brother, who is always busy with his experiments. And his wetsuit. And his chickens. And she never stops looking for Max. Life is never dull in the Cornwallis house, and Binny is also faced with crushes, frenemies, new schools, a case of missing chickens, a possible ghost, and a seriously witchy neighbor in this funny and endlessly endearing boxed set. This set includes: Binny for Short, Binny in Secret, and Binny Bewitched.

Es 1902 cuando Clarry nace en Reino Unido. Sin embargo, su madre muere tras dar a luz. Desde ese momento, su hogar queda invadido por la tristeza, y su hermano Peter y ella crecen al lado de un padre frío y distante. La alegría llega cada verano cuando los hermanos visitan a sus abuelos en Cornualles. Allí, junto con su primo Rupert, disfrutan de la libertad del campo y la playa, hasta que la sombra de la Primera Guerra Mundial comienza a cernirse sobre ellos. Poco a poco, familia y amigos se ven involucrados en el conflicto, pero Clarry, Peter y Rupert luchan por mantenerse fuertes, como las alondras que vuelan sobre los campos de batalla, recordándoles a los soldados que la vida sigue adelante. ¿Podrá la familia superar esta guerra desgarradora? Ganadora del Premio Costa, La guerra de las alondras es una bellísima historia sobre los afectos y las pérdidas de tres chicos que crecen con la Primera Guerra Mundial como telón de fondo.

Un accidente es la causa de que Robin sienta un pánico atroz por los perros. Encima, aparecen unos nuevos vecinos con cuatro hijos y un perro, que van a sembrar el caos.

Danny, Anna and Nathan live in the flats of Paradise House, but they are far from angelic and get up to all sorts of mischief. Danny and Anna try to set up a zoo in the attic and nearly blow off the roof. Hilary McKay won the 1994 Smarties Award for The Exiles at Home.

It''s Valentine''s Day and everything''s changing. Indigo''s in love and wants to do something special to win over Sarah, Saffy has a strange new boyfriend who teaches her all about the stars and Caddy has fallen in love and is getting married... but not to Michael. With a wedding to plan, promises to uphold and hearts to protect, everything''s a little crazier than usual in the Casson household.

At preschool Bella learns all about Christmas -- that Santa Claus will come in his sleigh pulled over the snow by his reindeer. And he will bring a huge brown sack full of presents. Bella tells her beloved cat, Black Jack, about it when she gets home. But when Santa actually comes to her preschool, Bella is bitterly disappointed. He doesn''t seem to be the real thing at all -- no sleigh, no snow, no reindeer, and, worst of all, no present for Black Jack in his huge brown sack. Was that Christmas? Bella sobs to her mother on the way home from the school party.So Bella''s family has to show her all the things that still have to be done before it is really Christmas, like baking mince pies, buying presents for her mother and father, icing the cake, and getting the Christmas tree.This is a delightful story for small children about all the wonderful things that make Christmas so special, told and illustrated by an award-winning author-and-artist team.