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Waterstones Welsh Book of the Year 2024 A wealth of Welsh myths, legends and ghost stories are reimagined for contemporary younger readers. Meet Idris, the teenage giant king on a quest to collect stories. As he travels across Wales readers encounter a vengeful house goblin, a ghost that steals life, dwarves that have moved in…
A wildly imaginative mash-up of Greek myth and science fiction featuring a epic quest, a thousand and one worlds, acrobatic octopod scientists, trigger-happy lobster mobsters, and Swansea!
Why does the Welsh flag have a dragon on it? How did the town of Beddgelert get its name? Should you ever trust the magical Tylwyth Teg? Discover the answers and more in this collection of Welsh fairy tales, myths and legends, bound in a beautiful new edition.
A ferocious legendary stormhound falls to Earth. Wizards invade a small Welsh town. Magic is stirring in the Black Mountains. Who is the tiny puppy with the big attitude – and why are the sheep taking such an interest?Norse myth meets Welsh legend in this hilarious modern-day fantasy featuring the world’s cutest baby stormhound.
Welcome to Wyse, the only town left in Britain with a connection to the magical Unworld.
When twelve-year-old Ava meets Howell on the other side of a mirror, the two are quick drawn into a mystery to discover why the enchantments that link their towns are disappearing. But it’s hard to distinguish between friends and enemies when magic is involved, and Ava and Howell soon learn it can be very unwise to mess with mirrors…
Desperate to find a family for their fire-breathing dragon Boswell and hoping to unravel the secrets of Brine’s mysterious past, the Onion and her crew sail into uncharted territory. Their aim, to find the legendary Western Island and its floating castle, where – legend has it – there be dragons…
Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the Month July 2016
Federation of Children’s Book Groups Children’s Book Award Shortlist 2017
Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past – if only she could remember what it is. Found alone in a rowboat, clutching a shard of the rare starshell used for spell-casting, she’s been keeping house for an irritable magician and his obnoxious apprentice, Peter, ever since.
