Buckle your seatbelts because this episode of intergalactic gameshow BATTLE MASTER is about to begin! Two teams will be snatched from their everyday lives and forced to race across a wildly dangerous arena of mayhem and chaos. Let the hilarious and chaotic gameshow battle of magic teams begin!

The underworld is a dangerous place. It’s all fiery and there’s marauding dragons and all sorts of other critters you wouldn’t want to run into. Demise, aka Bone Head, isn’t bothered about any of this. Why? Because he’s a skeleton guardian of the underworld – and not just any guardian. He thinks he’s the BEST and is determined to prove it… with catastrophic results… Demise just wants to impress his Big Boss, Hades, god of the underworld. Problem is, Hades barely knows he exists. After an attempt to get attention backfires horribly, causing the gates of Hades’ castle to disintegrate, Demise and Mort are demoted to dog-sitting duty. And the dog in question? Cerberus, the famously ferocious three-headed dog of the underworld. What could possibly go wrong with two creatures made out of bones trying to keep a massive mythological dog under control?

To find the truth, they must defy the story. Clara and Emil have lived their whole lives inside the palace in the city of Velrossa, under the watchful eye of their father, the President. Within its walls, stories are power, and their father controls them all, broadcasting his perfectly crafted films across the nation. But when Clara uncovers a photograph of her long-disappeared mother, and evidence of a film that her father ordered to be destroyed, the story she’s always believed begins to fracture. As rebellions bubble beyond the palace walls, Clara must decide whether to protect the story she’s been raised to believe, and the palace she has always called home, or risk everything to uncover the truth.

In this epic poetry collection, young poetry fans will meet gods, monsters, tricksters, heroes, magical creatures and objects, magicians and spirits including Medusa, Icarus, Loki, Osiris, the Minotaur, Pegasus, Bunyip, Kukulcan, Cerberus, Beowolf and Mjolnir and there are footnotes to shine a light on the stories themselves. The collection includes poems by W B Yeats, Kae Tempest, Sylvia Plath, Shakespeare, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joseph Coelho and many more. Ana: “I love mythology! I have a talk with slides for audiences of Y3 – Y7 about the ways in which mythology pops up everywhere from brand names to days of the week. We look at the ways people have always used stories to understand their world, taking in cosmic turtles, the Norse gods and The Odyssey, with story telling and poems. We close with the interactive and very popular World Cup of Mythological Monsters, in which the children decide the victor of imaginary monster battles. This is a fun way to learn about the origins and evolution of legends around dragons, yetis, gorgons, the sphinx, the minotaur, the bunyip and more.”

Puffin Lau has two problems: her beloved scientist mum barely speaks to her . . . and a mythical wildcat called the kuri is depending on her for its survival. Luckily, Puffin grew up on stories of the kuri and its magical powers, and she will stop at nothing to return it to its rightful home. But standing in her way is the ominous Professor Smoult, a money-hungry scientist who wants to capture the kuri and steal its magic. Faced with a mammoth journey to the faraway Linger Island, Puffin and her best friend Lance must evade the professor and save the last wildcat before it’s too late . . .

This collection of poems focuses on the hilarious happenings in the lives of our furry – and not so furry – friends. Stars include Wilf, the hypnotist Labracadabrador, a philosophically inclined goldfish penning a profound haiku, a hen named Barbara receiving an adoring tribute, and an ‘octopussy’ cat that seems to have all its paws in plenty of odd little pies.

After millenia, mammoths have returned, brought back by scientists to help combat climate change. Ash Grimes dreams of becoming a mammoth rider, just like her dad. But mammoths are wild animals and it isn’t easy to earn their trust. So when Ash meets a white mammoth calf, the first of its kind, she’s determined to do anything to protect her new friend. With a trophy hunter threatening the safety of the herd, Ash, along with best friends Ruby and Jack, must race across the tundra to save their families, the rare calf, and and the very future of the mammoths.

Twelve-year-old Meredith and ten-year-old Macy feel like the luckiest girls around. The Ivy Hotel in Dublin is old, beautiful and beloved, with a tight-knit staff that feel like family, and they get to call it home. Meredith and Macy’s mum is the General Manager, and their modest apartment is tucked away in a corner, but it has lots of perks. The girls make friends with long-term residents – like Colin, the quiet little boy who plays piano, and Agatha, the eccentric older lady who stays in a plush suite with her dog, Milo. The girls love spying on fancy events, sneaky treats from the restaurant and knowing all the secret stairs and corridors that guests never see, where the staff move around invisibly, making sure everything runs like clockwork… This is going to come in handy. Because within the cosy walls of the Ivy Hotel, there is also danger, intrigue and threat. Just as the hotel’s new owners arrive, ready to sniff out any excuse to make cuts and fire staff, the girls are faced with their biggest task yet: a murder to solve.

Peregrine Quinn has always loved hearing her godfather Daedalus Bloom’s stories about his life as an immortal, but that’s all they were – stories. That is, until the portals that connect the Terran Realm with the Cosmic Realm mysteriously shut down and Daedalus, the only one who can fix them, is kidnapped. Peregrine is then swept into a nail-biting adventure, racing through the streets of Oxford, down the riverways of London and into the Under-Underground. She soon realises that not only are the creatures from her godfather’s stories real, but they’re shooting at her with laser blasters. Fortunately she has help from dryad librarian Rowan Strong and Olympus Inc. liaison (and faun) Callimachus Thorn. Together they must fix the portals and rescue Daedalus before an ancient evil rises and chaos takes over. Time is running out and the fate of all the realms is now in Peregrine’s hands . . .

A man is being held prisoner in the keep of Caen Castle. He is watched over day and night by an armed guard. Nobody knows his name. Nobody has seen his face which is covered by an iron mask. When William of Normandy and his army leave the castle to invade England and fight the Battle of Hastings, Sim and his friends stake-out the castle and plan a rescue. Sim believes he knows who the man is and is determined to free him. But the Council of Keys will do anything to keep the identity of the prisoner a secret.

13-year-old Tom Morgan and his friends live on the streets of an alternate London, shining shoes and picking pockets – until one day Tom’s friends are caught and sent to a brutal workhouse. Frantic and without a way to save them, Tom bumps into the mysterious Corsair, who offers him an opportunity to train at an elite international boarding school for thieves. Seeing a glimmer of hope, Tom lets himself be whisked away to the snowy Alps in a zeppelin. Swept into a thrilling world of danger and intrigue, the more secrets he learns about the Shadow League, the harder it becomes for Tom to leave. But there are dark forces at work and real danger is coming… Can Tom save his fellow pupils from disaster – and ever be able to get home again to rescue his Friends? Heart-pounding adventure, thrilling heists, remote boarding schools full of ancient secrets waiting to be discovered and much much more…

Eleven-year-old Annika Marina is heir to the throne of Iffenwild, a kingdom ruled by its ocean magic. Preferring to spend her time at sea with her travelling theatre troupe rather than in stuffy halls discussing politics, Annika hopes the day never comes when she is called upon to take up the throne. But when the unthinkable happens and her uncle Max, king of Iffenwild, returns from a secret mission to the Utter North injured and close to death, everything changes. At the prospect of losing her beloved uncle, she decides to make the perilous journey to the Utter North – where the landscape is treacherous and the people wield dangerous magic with the ice – to find a long-forgotten cure. But beneath the snow, a dark force is threatening the Utter North. And if Annika fails, it’s not only her uncle’s life, but the fate of the magical world, that hangs in the balance.

Kit Mercurio has always known he’s different. But when a mysterious letter invites him to enrol at Forgeborn Academy, he discovers he’s part of an ancient secret society of “alchims” – people whose magical abilities are tied to metals, powers that have shaped history and legend, from Excalibur to Thor’s hammer. But within this world, Kit’s family are outcasts – members of the slippery House of Mercury, shunned by the powerful Houses of Gold, Silver, Copper and Iron. Then Kit learns his father, who died under mysterious circumstances many years ago, was a member of Gold, and he sees a chance to uncover the truth of what really happened to him. At Forgeborn, Kit’s Mercury surname brings him immediate hostility. Students view him as an untrustworthy outsider, and when a high-profile murder occurs, Kit becomes the prime suspect. As he struggles to prove his innocence, he uncovers secrets about his family’s past and a game of power, lies and loyalties he never asked to play. With dangerous rivals, hidden alliances, and a fraught legacy that could tear him apart, Kit’s greatest challenge may be surviving long enough to reveal the truth…

The New Famous Five are back on Kirrin Island and this time they must solve the lighthouse mystery. Join the Famous Five in this brand-new adventure by bestselling author Chris Smith, inspired by Enid Blyton and featuring original and new characters.​

Marcus is struggling to focus at school, despite his brains. He and his friends, Tayo, Gina and TJ, are good kids, but don’t always make the best decisions… And when they find four strange, symbol-covered totems, the real trouble begins. The totems are magical items once belonging to Ananse, the legendary spider god from Ghanaian folklore. The good news: they’ve granted the friends incredible ancient powers – like energy blasts, protective shields and super-strength. The bad news: Adze, a dangerous enemy of Ananse, is determined to steal their powers for his own dark ends… And Tayo’s life hangs in the balance. Can Marcus find his strength and save his friend before it’s too late?

This is a shed where adventures begin . . . Every week, Walter Sprocket, Olivia, Isabella, Joey, Ali and Amira gather to explore the rickety old shed at the bottom of Grandad Beard’s garden. Inside, its curious shelves are packed with strange objects and forgotten treasures, and each one holds a story just waiting to be told. But the Story Shed is no ordinary place. Because here, stories don’t just get told . . . they come to life! As the shed creaks shut, the gang are swept into unforgettable adventures – from delivering a precious stone in a world where it never stops raining, to searching for a mischievous missing dog, to planting mysterious rainbow seeds to save a cursed rainforest. All they have to do is open the door . . . and step into the story.