Showing results for "Out of the World" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

One hungry Tuesday afternoon Jimmy Zangwow’s stomach rumbles. He just has to have some milk and a chocolaty Moon Pie. But his mother says, "Of course not" and sends him outside to play. In the backyard, Jimmy climbs aboard the secret project he has been building: a junk jumbilee jalopy.

It’s another lovely day on Ocea, a planet entirely inhabited by mermaids. Suddenly, a huge metallic unicorn lands on the seafloor! Sol, a mermaid scientist, determines that it is an alien spaceship. A neon pink laser blast tells her these creatures do not come in peace.

Ant is a planner. He is convinced the world is going to end, so he’s building a bunker. Grasshopper can’t help but be annoyed. But all that changes when disaster strikes! Is it the end of the world? Can Grasshopper convince Ant to help him?

Tyrone Lewis is messing about in the woods, trying to keep out of trouble, when he stumbles upon something weird... a glowing lump of rock or metal. Whatever it is, it gives him an amazing power. Which is cool at first, until Ty’s new powers start attracting attention, and soon he’s being followed by two sinister agents who seem intent on ‘collecting’ him. But Ty has no intention of letting that happen. So now he’s got to run....

Meg has nightmares, the same ugly dreams over and over again. She finds herself drawn irresistibly to the entrance of a sphere, an enormous black void while some strange voice in the corners of her mind, is asking her, begging her to help him. What she assumes is only a strange figment of her subconscious mind turns into a flesh-and-blood human being. The only way Meg can save him is to enter the Dark World itself.

A brand new collection of poetry by former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, author of We're Going on a Bear Hunt. What would it be like to live in the future? Or underwater? What would you do if you could go back in time? Or be a cat? Or a blood cell? What would happen if a monster ate every...

A spectacular audio collection of thought-provoking stories from the multi-award-winning, globally acclaimed picture-book maker, Oliver Jeffers. Bringing together four out-of-this world stories, including the #1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 TIME Best Book of the Year Here We Are. All read by Oliver Jeffers.

From the bestselling author of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON comes book 2 in an out-of-this-world new series packed with epic adventure, thrilling space travel and forbidden Magic - perfect for gifting. There is no Magic here on Earth. At least, that's what you've been told... But in an...

Brought to you by Puffin. An out-of-this-world new adventure from bestselling author of THE DANGER GANG and THE CHRISTMASAURUS, Tom Fletcher. George, Neila and Bash are the worst band on Earth. George wants them to be brilliant - but Neila has stage fright, and Bash is too distracted by his...

How many 14-year-old boys would turn down an offer of time travel to any baseball game in history? Certainly not die-hard New York Yankees fan Matt Collier. Accompanied by the Time Keeper, guardian of Time throughout the universe, Matt becomes the batboy for his beloved team and tries to change the outcome of the 1960 World Series, the first ever to end with a home run.

Brought to you by Puffin. Roll up, roll up! Join Greg the Sausage Roll on a whirlwind adventure to the theme park of dreams - and meet the World's Funniest Unicorn! Greg is eager to learn how to be REALLY funny and who better to teach him than a superstar unicorn?! Hold on tight for a...