Best Selling Books by William Mayne

Hundreds of years ago many wagon loads of treasure belonging to the King disappeared in a small Welsh town. Now, while involved in the town''s excited preparations for the visit of the Prince, Patty discovers and alley leading from her basement to a buried street.

A collection of classic and contemporary stories by such authors as Ray Bradbury, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, and Margaret Mahy, all featuring supernatural themes.

Several English boys find the bones of a prehistoric monster underneath the sand which surrounds their town on the North Sea.

Granny Shaftoe tried to warn them. A witch she may have been, but she spoke the truth. Meric, proud and fearless, had no time for soothsayers, ignored her wisdom, and was never seen again. Robin missed his friend and spoke of him often to his son, Alan. Soon he too went into the forest to fish from the well... Ages 11+.

Sowk and Boark, two greedy pigs, plot to become rich from the sale of the truffles they have found in the woods, but their greed proves to be their undoing.

Tabby sets out to retrieve her beloved patchwork quilt.

These seven illustrated animal stories include a fox and his vixen who save the lives of people; a donkey and a lion who meet out in the desert; and a mischievous kitten reaching for the rooftops in a barn.

In this sequel to Earthfasts, David faces the mystery of a sister who arrives out of the blue, a sister he was told had died at birth. Keith and David now face a very different journey, in which they both must face up to old ghosts from the past.

Story Books are for newly-confident readers (7-9 yrs) who enjoy well written, slightly more demanding stories with chapters and stunning illustrations.

Cuddy tells us ''. . . if you understand there is a miracle, then there is . . . '' In this complex and intriguing story, a group of kids who are all related and descendants of St Cuthbert, or Cuddy, must gather together seven holy talismans to help Cuddy return to his own island paradise . . . While this is taking place, Jude must confront her own traumatic past if she is able to face her future.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T097714 London: printed for J. Debrett, 1786. [2],23, [3]p.; 8°

An eighteenth century drummer boy emerges from the ground and transforms the lives of two friends, David and Keith. His appearance is the catalyst for a fantastic chain of events which culminates in David''s disappearance from the face of the Earth. Keith is left to search through time for his friend.

When the children leave the schoolroom for the day, Barnabas, a guinea pig, leaves his cage to continue teaching himself to read, only to embark on a perilous adventure with a hungry cat.

A mouse with a longing to fly, on seeing two young brothers in danger from an owl, "flies" down from a roof to save them.

A twentieth-century teenager finds himself existing as squire to the lord of a medieval village threatened by a giant predator-worm.

While spending the summer on the Jersey shore, a young boy develops a special relationship with his grandfather, who tells him of his life in England.

When Puss, the wild hare, comes into the Great Field her enemies lurk and whichever way she runs, they lie ahead of her or come creeping after her. The way out of the field is blocked by someone holding a gun.

Stories relate how courageous children rescue a lonely little girl from an enchanted island, make a dazzling discovery in a snowstorm, and witness the king''s wedding

Twenty-one interlocking stories about the lives of the people in a small community along Australia''s Salt River.

When Melinda and Wayne go on holiday to England with their parents, they come across a stranger with a secret, and a long-buried mystery from the past. Suggested level: primary.

A collection of eight stories combining mystery, intrigue and humour, which tread a fine line between reality and the supernatural.