Natalie Jane Prior

The temperature in the room dropped, like the bitter cold before a storm, and the smell of magic gathered like a mist. Then the windows rattled, the floor shook and the paper stars and firework cases and all the trumpery tackle of Casimir's trade suddenly lifted off the shelves and whirled around him in a blinding, stinging storm...Simeon Runciman is a firework maker who used to be a dark magician; a difficult man with a dangerous past. His son, Casimir,...

Lily Quench and her friend Queen Dragon trek to the treacherous Black Mountains to find the rare blue lily, the necessary ingredient for a potion to help protect the kingdom of Ashby from the Black Count and his armies.

Every Saturday, with a hop, a skip and a magical twirl, Mia, Emma and Grace turn into ... fairy dancers! Enter their enchanted world of fun, friendship, fairy wings and dancing.

An encyclopedia of facts about preserved people from around the world, including Egyptian mummies, bog bodies, Einstein's brain, and the Ice Man.