Vanessa Libre

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp - with engaging illustrations throughout. When the time comes for Aladdin to become a tailor like his parents, he refuses to learn one end of a needle from the other. He would rather spend...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - with engaging illustrations throughout. In a forest in Syria, a poor woodcutter called Ali Baba spots a cloud of dust in the distance. Fearing attack, he hides as forty men on...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Gulnare of the Sea - with engaging illustrations throughout. A battle between sea kings means Gulnare is forbidden to return home. After a storm washes her up on a beach in Persia, she meets the lonely King Hamid....

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Prince Camar and Princess Badoura - with engaging illustrations throughout. Prince Camar and Princess Badoura have a lot in common. Both have been locked up by their fathers for refusing to marry. Both have been...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Sinbad the Sailor - with engaging illustrations throughout. A porter in Baghdad meets a retired sailor whose travels have made him rich and famous. Though jealous at first, the porter learns through seven stories...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Fisherman and the Genie - with engaging illustrations throughout. A poor fisherman nets a strange pot instead of fish to feed his family. Luckily, there is a genie inside. Unluckily, that genie is furious. Only...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Magic Horse - with engaging illustrations throughout. At the festival of the New Year, the King of Persia is given a horse carved from ebony. It has the power to fly riders anywhere they wish to go, and it flies...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Merchant and the Genie - with engaging illustrations throughout. When a heartbroken sultan goes mad, a brave woman has a plan to stop him hurting innocent people. For a thousand and one nights, Scheherazade will...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Three Princes and the Magic Carpet - with engaging illustrations throughout. Brothers Hussain, Ali and Ahmed are very competitive – and they are all in love with Princess Nourinnihar. To win her heart they...

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Zobeida and the Three Qalandars - with engaging illustrations throughout. A porter in a marketplace, three holy beggars new to Baghdad and a caliph in disguise with his advisor. Somehow, they all end up in the home...

Book 5 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series! ‘Einstein will be all ready to deliver his oh-so-important speech … only to find that he doesn’t have the equipment to deliver it with!’ Christie dreams of a train adventure – the kind she’s...

Maggie Sparks does NOT fit in! Especially not with Arthur’s new friends, who all love SCIENCE. Maggie tries everything she can think of to be like them – even reading BORING science books. But nothing works! Then things go from bad to worse when an...

Maggie Sparks is NOT afraid! Especially not on her favourite day of the year: HALLOWEEN. Maggie is determined to show Arthur that Halloween is FUN not scary. But with giant spiders, floating ghosts, evil Ella and … is that a real VAMPIRE?! There’s...

Maggie Sparks does NOT want a baby brother! Especially not one who is noisy, smelly and gets ALL the attention. The good thing is, Maggie’s a witch. A super powerful, super smart, super talented witch … who sometimes gets her spells wrong. But that...

Maggie Sparks does NOT want to go to a new school! Especially not one with mean students and a teacher she is sure is a VAMPIRE. But Maggie has no choice. When their school gets closed down, she and Arthur are forced to go to Peregrine Primary....

Maggie Sparks does NOT like swimming! It is cold, wet and worst of all, she is not very good at it. So when Mum decides to sign her up for swimming lessons, Maggie is not happy. Thankfully, Maggie is a super powerful, super smart, super talented...

Maggie Sparks is NOT telling the truth! Well, not now after everyone believed her lying cousin Ella over her, landing Maggie in BIG trouble. But the more lies Maggie tells, the more chaos they cause and the less Arthur wants to be friends with her....

Book 2 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series! “His intent is more than clear: he’d rather see me and my car lost, than for us to reach the summit.” Many are unhappy about Mr Alexander Jr’s daring drive to the summit of Ben Nevis, but...

Book 4 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series! "If you want to see your cousin again, come to the old quay at seven tomorrow night, alone. Be prepared to be married. Do not involve the police." A relaxing break on the French Riviera...

Book 3 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series! ‘The truth of the matter is that a number of valuable artefacts have been stolen. There is a thief at the dig!’During the excavation of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, Christie and Agatha find...