Jungle Party by Brian Wildsmith

Published by Star Bright Books
Available from August 2009
RRP £5.99
ISBN 978-159572-053-5

Python invites the jungle animals to a party where they will all perform tricks. But Python has a trick of his own - he lures them into his mouth! Luckily, Elephant is there to save the animals.

The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

Published by Candlewick Press
Available from 7th September 2009
RRP £8.99 hardback
ISBN 978-140632-447-1

When a fortune teller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her?

The fortune teller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true.

Mr Stink by David Walliams

Published by Harper Collins Children’s Books
Available from 29th October 2009
RRP £12.99 hardback
ISBN 978-000727-905-0

Chloe sees Mr Stink every day, but she's never spoken to him. Which isn't surprising, because he's a tramp, and he stinks. But there's more to Mr Stink than meets the eye (or nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed. As Chloe struggles to keep Mr Stink a secret, and her dad tries to hide a secret of his own, the stage is set for an epic family confrontation. But there's one other person with an extraordinary secret - Mr Stink himself!

The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett

Published by Doubleday
Available from 1st October 2009
RRP £14.99 hardback illustrated edition
ISBN 978-038561-572-3

In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet...That's the old story everyone knows and loves (even if they don't really believe it). But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and people and there's a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet. The story of power-hungry mouls - and of two Munrung brothers, who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened ...

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1883
Published by many different publishers as is widely available online and in the high street. Some publishers have adapted the original tale for different aged audiences so children of all ages can be absorbed into Jim Hawkins’ adventure.

The story starts in a seaside inn named Admiral Benbow, where the protagonist, Jim Hawkins is writing down his experience about his voyage to Treasure Island.
There is a series of strange occurrences at the inn, like the arrival of the mysterious Captain Billy Bones with his old sea chest; Black Dog visiting him; Old Pew's visit to deliver a note; Billy Bones and Jim's father death; Jim's mother insistence to open Billy Bones’ sea chest to recover their money and there she finds the map to the fabled treasure of the pirate Captain Flint, which is located on Skeleton Island in the West Indies (Treasure Island); Old Pew's return to find the map and destruction of the Admiral Benbow Inn. All these incidents take Jim away from the calm country life of Black Hill Cove to a voyage to the Treasure Island with Squire Trewlany and Dr. Livesey.