Item category 1: Beginner read

Daisy has the most amazing life as she zooms between two homes - one with her Dad who's a dustman on the dole & one with her mum who has married a duke with a Daimler. But when the Duke loses his money & her Dad wins the lottery it's a different story.

Can you keep a secret? Rosie Mundy could and Josh and Harry have plenty of secrets to tell her when she goes to stay with them. They have secret feasts in the bedroom, attic and best of all, the BIG SECRET in the garden next door.

The Tremors series is ideal for reluctant readers. This book tells the story of a boy who sees ghosts in his school playground at night.

Jo-Jo comes into Venice every day to sell melons with his cruel owner. One day, the Doge's daughter sees him, befriends and wants her father to buy him for her birthday. When the Doge refuses, she arranges to run away with Jo-Jo.

Peg, a one-legged hen, is rescued by Benjamin who takes her to meet all the other farm animals. Peg is upset to find she is the only one without a family. So Benjamin finds her lots of eggs to hatch and soon she has an extraordinary adopted family.

TJ always finds something fun to grow, or climb, or race or even look after. Life is never dull when there's a dog, a cat, a little sister, lots of friends, and even Mrs Bee next door, to play with.

Travelling to America by ship, Dexter the rubber duck is washed overboard in a storm. How will he ever reach the safety of a nice warm bath? Then he is found by a submarine and he finds a home at last, in the bathtub of the captain's grandson.

Joe Lion is quite small and fed up. He wants to be bigger so he gets a pair of big boots. But the big boots are no fun either. When his friend is locked out of the house, Joe squeezes through a small window and realises being small can be handy.