Best Selling Books by Lucy Coats

This volume includes the Harpies, Jason, Paris, Aphrodite and others.

Atticus the Storyteller is determined to take part in the great Storytelling Festival near Troy. He leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year-long journey round Greece with his donkey, Melissa; and wherever he goes he tells his favourite myths to anyone who''ll listen. The 100 myths include all the favourites, such as the wanderings of Odysseus, the labours of Heracles, the stories of King Midas, Daedalus and Icarus, and Theseus and the Minotaur. Atticus''s journey takes the reader to all the sites of the myths and gives a captivating glimpse of how life was lived in Ancient Greece. This is an unparalleled introduction to the Greek myths for younger children, excitingly told, wonderful to read aloud, and illustrated on every opening with lively, engaging, colourful pictures full of authentic detail. In Orion''s tradition of extra-large great-value story books, this is an outstandingly good resource for every family.

Originally published: as part of Atticus the Storyteller''s 100 Greek myths. 2002.

The one-eyed giant, and The enchantress and the pigs are among the fifty Greek myths in this book. 7-9 yrs.

Demon, Official Stableboy to the Gods, faces his toughest challenge yet . . . a very farty dragon! Fresh from his underwater adventures in Poseidon''s realm, Demon was looking forward to returning to the Stables of the Gods and catching up with Arnie the Griffin, Doris the Hydra and the other magical beasts. But there''s no such thing as an ordinary day up on Olympus. There''s the small problem of a runaway princess hiding out in the stables with her poison-spitting flying dragons. And Ares is on the warpath - his Golden Fleece has been stolen from the poorly Colchian Dragon who was supposed to be guarding it. Demon''s charged with curing the beast but it''s got rather an embarrassing ailment and soon the stables are so stinky the other beasts are overcome by fumes from the windy dragon''s bottom. How will Demon clean up THIS mess?

Demon, Official Beastkeeper to the Gods, is transported to the stables under the sea in Poseidon''s watery kingdom Taking care of the stables up on Mount Olympus is one thing, but when Poseidon, god of the seas, takes Demon to his underwater realm to cure some sick hippocamps, the young stable boy is pretty fed up. Doris the Hydra can''t be trusted to tend to the beasts, how will he breathe underwater . . . and what in Zeus''s name is a hippocamp anyway? With the help of his magical medical box Demon manages to cure the sea horses of their scale-rot, but when Helios orders him to the Stables of the Sun because one of his steeds has gone lame, Demon realises he''s about to get caught up in a feud between water and fire . . . The third in a delightful action-packed four-book series from acclaimed writer Lucy Coats, who uses her original and funny voice to bring to life the gods, goddesses and beasts of the ancient Greek pantheon.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Samia''s dad is very important. Every Ramadan he wakes the whole village up in time for breakfast. But this year, things are different and Samia must show everyone how strong and brave she can be. Originally published in Arabic, but now retold for a English-speaking audience, this is a charming and empowering story about Ramadan, fasting and the ability of girls to do any job they put their mind to.

Pandemonious, the half-god Beast Keeper on Mount Olympus, knows more about caring for magical beasts than he ever did before, thanks to his Centaur training. But has he learned enough to find his way out of his latest run-in with the gods and goddess

Chiron the Centaur God has agreed to take Demon under his hooves and teach him what he knows about healing magical beasts. Being an apprentice healer is exciting, but Demon still needs to make sure the Stables are fresh and clean (the faintest whiff of manure and the goddesses will be on the warpath again.) But with Arnie the grumpy Griffin suffering from feather drop and without his magical medicine box - Chiron has forbidden Demon to ask for its help as a first test of his healing skills - Demon is feeling the pressure. Not helped at all when Athene, Goddess of Wisdom, appears seeking help from Chiron. The world''s only Phoenix has gone blind and it has lost its voice too. If it can''t see to build its magical nest, and it can''t sing the magical songs of renewal (both of which happen only once every hundred years), then the fire demons who the Phoenix guards will escape and burn up earth - and Olympus. Chiron is nowhere to be found, so Demon must drop everything and take a trip with the goddess to the Mountains of Burning Sand. . .

It''s official - Demon is stableboy to the creatures of the gods! Demon is sick. He ate too many honey cakes at the party celebrating his new job as beast keeper to the gods. But the animals still need to be cared for and there is a visitor coming to the stables who may or may not be the goddess Hera. The last time he saw Hera she threatened to turn him into a lump of charcoal. It''s just not easy being stableboy to a bunch of demanding and petulant deities. But when the visitor arrives it''s not Hera but Hades, and with him he has brought some rather dangerous earth dragons who need meat. Where on Olympus can he find meat? If that task wasn''t hard enough, next Hades orders Demon to follow him to the underworld, where his pet dog, Cerberus, is feeling poorly... The second in a delightful action-packed four-book series from acclaimed writer Lucy Coats, who uses her original and funny voice to bring to life the gods, goddesses and beasts of the ancient Greek pantheon.

A lift-the-flap book featuring Rosie Rabbit. Each right-hand page has a flap which makes Rosie move, and each left-hand page has a line of text and objects for identification. In this title, the reader can see Rosie Rabbit open her toy cupboard, build a tower of bricks and play her drum.

Demon''s life on Mount Olympus has never been busier ... will stealing Zeus''s Eagle get him frazzled to a crisp?. Demon is now an Apprentice Healer to Chiron the Centaur God as well as Official Beastkeeper to the rest of the gods. Chiron''s a bit distracted by looking after a new baby, Ascelpius - but Demon''s not too keen on adding babysitting duties too. He has enough poo to be cleaning up every day, thank you very much! Horrible Heracles is back to his old beast-torturing tricks, and there''s another awful "hero" on the scene, Beastly Bellerophon, who''s shoved burning lead down the Chimera''s throat and flown poor Pegasus nearly to death. Pan is demanding Demon come down to earth to deal with the Mares of Diomedes, but up on Olympus the butterfly-winged goddess Psyche is about to blackmail Demon into doing something VERY dangerous. She needs Demon to "borrow" Zeus''s Eagle, his prized bird of prey, to complete the task she''s been set by Aphrodite. Eagle is the only one who can soothe the three-tongued serpent who guards the spring of eternal youth at the source of the River Styx - and Psyche needs ''just a little jug'' of water from it to erase Aphrodite''s (non-existent) wrinkles and win the chance of marrying her son, Eros. Will the Eagle be willing to help Demon out? Or will he turn the young Beastkeeper over to his royal master? The threat of being sizzled by a thunderbolt has never been more real . . .

Demon has just returned from a trip to Asgard when a brand-new set of disasters fall into his lap. Not only does he have a groggy volcano monster to deal with, but something seems to be wrong with the unicorns, too. Demon''s only clue is a mysterious

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Demon est devenu le Gardien Officiel des Betes de l''Olympe. Quel honneur ! Ou plutot... quelle horreur. Car il doit soigner Cerbere, le chien adore du Dieu des Enfers, qui a attrape un gros mechant rhume ! En route pour un programme infernal: squelettes, monstres, fantomes... Demon n''est clairement pas la pour faire du tourisme. Il doit trouver les ingredients necessaires a sa potion s''il veut guerir le petit toutou...* *Qui accessoirement fait cinq metres de haut, a trois tetes et des serpents en guise de criniere...