When Slog's father died he promised to return for one last visit in the spring, but when Slog spots a scruffy man on a bench outside the butcher shop and identifies him as his father, his best friend Davie is skeptical.
Using sticks, leaves, and clay, Little Ben makes a mouse, Sue, a bird, and Harry, a snake, but when they create a terrifying wolf that turns on them, Little Ben must summon the courage to save them.
Creative, intelligent, nine-year-old Mina keeps a journal in her own disorderly way that reveals how her mind is growing into something extraordinary, especially after she begins homeschooling under the direction of her widowed mother.
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.
In a small, rainy town in the north of England, Lizzie watches as her father, as well as other family members and friends, begin acting strangely as they all prepare for the Great Human Bird Competition.
Presents two plays from the Whitbread Children's award winning writer, including "Skellig", adapted from the author's novel, and original play "Wild Girl, Wild Boy".
After being awakened by a white cat, Kate becomes a cat herself and the two of them set out on a nighttime journey through Kate's neighborhood and beyond.
Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.
Shy, often inarticulate Joe Maloney finally begins to understand his strange dreams about a beautiful tiger after he befriends a young trapeze artist who comes to his village with a traveling circus.
Creative, intelligent, nine-year-old Mina keeps a journal in her own disorderly way that reveals how her mind is growing into something extraordinary, especially after she begins homeschooling under the direction of her widowed mother.