Contest winner! PET TROUBLE readers voted online to choose the dog for this book, and the overwhelming winner was the adorable dachshund! 

Charlie can't wait to have a dog of his own, and King is just what he wished for: playful and very loyal. So loyal, in fact, that he doesn't like anyone else -- Charlie's brothers, the family's other pets, other people ... Can Charlie find a way to make King part of the group? Or is this dachshund an un-trainable tyrant?

The River

       

"We want you to do it again."

These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive.

This time he won't be alone: Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him to observe and take notes. But during a freak storm, Derek is hit by lightning and falls into a coma. Their radio transmitter is dead. Brian is afraid that Derek will die of dehydration unless he can get him to a doctor. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post if the map he has is accurate.

Come and refresh your memories with the classic book, ‘Wind in the Willows’.

For our young chefs cakes and party food is on the menu.

Some of our talented young writers are appearing in ‘Granny goes Bungy Jumping’.

Who are they?

Do you know them?

The Cat, the Mouse and the Runaway Train

When a naughty little mouse steals cheese from the station master, a battle between cat and mouse follows! But they put their differences aside when a big, red steam train comes tearing down the track straight towards them! Exquisitely illustrated, this cat and mouse chase is a truly memorable ride that will be good for many repeated trips.

The Wind in the Willows

Meet little Mole, will full Ratty, Badger the perennial bachelor, and petulant Toad. Over one hundred years since their first appearance in 1908, they've become emblematic archetypes of eccentricity, folly, and friendship. And their misadventures-in gypsy caravans, stolen sports cars, and their Wild Wood-continue to capture readers' imaginations and warm their hearts long after they grow up. 

The Real Thing

Only three people in the entire world know the secret formula for Coca-Cola. So, when all three are kidnapped, the giant American corporation is in deep trouble. But the kidnappers didn't count on the extraordinary abilities of a boy from Auckland, New Zealand - Fizzer Boyd, who happens to have ESP. Soon Fizzer and his friend Tupai White are in the middle of an exciting adventure, which takes them to Coca-Cola's head office in Atlanta, then to Australia and some mysterious Pacific island as the search for the missing recipe becomes a matter of life and death. Funny, thrilling, action-packed books boys will devour. Look out for other books about the "strange happenings" at Glenfield High.

It’s all here this week come and enjoy great reading, mystery, adventure, craft making and

‘What If…?’