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Little Libby is ordinary in every way - except for her EXTRA-ordinary imagination!When she’s around, ANYTHING is possible...'A Shark Ate My Socks' sees Libby coming face to face with a giant shark and getting her face on the front page of the newspapers. In 'An Alien Ate My Head' she sees weird flashing lights, hears sounds like a hippo exploding and her head feels like it’s going to explode too - then the space ship descends and aliens attack!

With diary entries written by 11-year-old Libby Scott, based on her own experiences of autism, this pioneering book, written in collaboration with esteemed author Rebecca Westcott, has been widely praised for its realistic portrayal of autism. Tally is 11 years old, and she's just like her friends. Well, sometimes she is. If she tries really hard to be. Because there's something that makes Tally not the same as her friends. Something she can't cover up, no matter how hard she tries: Tally is autistic.

The wild Lenski kids think they can scare off any babysitter - even Kim Kip. Little do they know....

In The Phoenix and the Carpet, five adventurous children are given a carpet that, unknown by their parents, contains a magic egg that hatches into a phoenix. A series of escapades ensues, some amusing, others dangerous and but all of which are entertaining.