Fear and Trembling: A collection of classic poetry and prose

Wizard is proud to introduce a collection of classic poetry and prose extracts based around the intriguing themes of horror, haunting and the macabre, with an introduction by prize-winning children?s author Kevin Crossley-Holland. An attractive blend of the familiar and the novel, Fear and Trembling will feature a mixture of well-known and much-loved texts, and less familiar but equally e…

Joshua Cross (HARDBACK)

From bestselling children's author Diane Redmond comes an adventure story that goes beyond magic, into legendary worlds of devious foes and awesome gods. The speed of action will take your breath away as Josh races through time in a desperate bid to lose his enemy and find his father. It is only when a monstrous centaur appears from nowhere to chase him along the Thames Embankment that Joshua Cro…

Joshua Cross (PAPERBACK)

NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK! It is only when a monstrous centaur appears from nowhere to chase him along the Thames Embankment that Joshua Cross becomes aware of his destiny. Swept back in time to Ancient Greece, Josh begins an epic journey that will lead him to the very depths of the Underworld. But before he can return home, Josh must face the man who destroyed his father and who wants to kill …

Joshua Cross and the Queen's Conjuror (HARDBACK)

Joshua Cross's enemy, Leirtod, is back with a vengeance... Swept back to 1590s London and placed in the care of Dr Dee, the Queen's Conjuror, mathematician, astrologer, and occasional dabbler in the occult, Joshua soon discovers that his friend Dido is in mortal danger. With Dee's aid Joshua must reach her before Leirtod does and death is dealt. Dee however is surrounded by his own demons: spies…

Joshua Cross and the Queen's Conjuror (PAPERBACK)

  Joshua Cross's enemy, Leirtod, is back with a vengeance... Swept back to 1590s London and placed in the care of Dr Dee, the Queen's Conjuror, mathematician, astrologer, and occasional dabbler in the occult, Joshua soon discovers that his friend Dido is in mortal danger. With Dee's aid Joshua must reach her before Leirtod does and death is dealt. Dee however is surrounded by his own demon…

Life and Death: A collection of classic poetry and prose

Since time immemorial, life and death have been the preoccupation of all our greatest writers, whether mourning a tragic loss or seizing the moment to live life to its full. Here is a collection of classic poetry and prose to make you laugh with delight and weep in sympathy. Contents: Includes poems by Matthew Arnold, William Cowper, Byron, Donne, Robert Frost and Keats, as well as extract…

Love and Longing: A collection of classic poetry and prose

Wizard is proud to introduce a collection of classic poetry and prose extracts based around the enduring themes of love and romance, with an introduction by prize-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson. An attractive blend of the familiar and the novel, Love and Longing will include poetry from the 'Romantics' - Hardy, Milton, Austen, Bronte - as well as Ovid, Catullus and less well-known au…

The Forgotten Spell

A brand new gamebook from the publishers of Fighting Fantasy! Dare to open this book and you will be entering the strange and dangerous world of the Fey ? malevolent creatures that inhabit a realm just out of reach of mortals. Few can find it and fewer still can return. YOUR Quest is to search for the Forgotten Spell, long ago destroyed by the hand that first devised it ? the powe…

The Golem of Brick Lane

A brand new gamebook from the publisher of Fighting Fantasy! YOU are Nicholas Fantom, a young reporter in a dangerous and changing world. Dark and mysterious forces lurk on the fringes of civilisation prepared to plunge the world into chaos. It is London, 1881. A hideous monster is talking the streets, preying on the helpless and the unwary. YOU are despatched by your editor to investig…

The Toxic Toadburger Conspiracy

To date, 14-year old Eddy Tumble's greatest triumph consisted of scoffing a 'fat lad? quarter-pounder in 39 seconds. A truly breathtaking feat which had decimated Graham 'gobbler' Griffith's record by a clear three seconds and a slice of gherkin. How ironic that only a few weeks later, a rogue roast potato in his windpipe caused Eddy to collapse unceremoniously into a large bowl of lukewar…