Walliams, David

When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious ice monster-a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole-she's determined to discover more.... Luckily, a chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, sparking the adventure of a lifetime-from London to the heart of the Arctic.

"When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious ice monster--a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole--she's determined to discover more.... Luckily, a chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, sparking the adventure of a lifetime--from London to the heart of the Arctic"--OCLC.

"In his old age Grandpa has become confused. He believes he is back in World War II, when he was an RAF Spitfire pilot. Only one person can understand him: his grandson Jack. When Grandpa is sent to Twilight Towers--an old folk'shome run by sinister Matron Swine--it's up to Jack and Grandpa to plot a daring escape. Little do they know, the wicked Matron is on to them . . . "--Provided by publisher.

"Tom lands in the hospital with a nasty bump on the head after a gym class accident. And things only get worse when he meets the hospital staff, including the wicked matron of the children's ward. But luckily, Tom's time in the hospital will be anything but boring when he discovers that his fellow patients turn the awful ward into the most wondrous world after lights out"--Amazon.com.

"Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find...a dead slug, a live spider, hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it...?"--Back cover.

"Frank's dad was a champion hot-rod racer, Gilbert the Great. But when a terrible accident sees him go from hero to zero, Frank and Gilbert are left with nothing--and in the grips of a wicked crime boss and his henchmen. After Gilbert is thrown in prison, only Frank can come to his rescue . . ."--Jacket flap.

"Tom lands in the hospital with a nasty bump on the head after a gym class accident. And things only get worse when he meets the hospital staff, including the wicked matron of the children's ward.. But luckily, Tom's time in the hospital will be anything but boring when he discovers that his fellow patients turn the awful ward into the most wondrous world after lights out"--Amazon.com.

"In his old age Grandpa has become confused. He believes he is back in World War II, when he was an RAF Spitfire pilot. Only one person can understand him: his grandson Jack. When Grandpa is sent to Twilight Towers--an old folk's home run by sinister Matron Swine--it's up to Jack and Grandpa to plot a daring escape. Little do they know, the wicked Matron is on to them ... "--Dust jacket.

"Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find...a dead slug, a live spider, hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it...?"--Dust jacket.

Dennis, who has a boring and lonely home life, but leads the soccer team at school in scoring, is convinced by his friend Lisa to embrace his inner fashion aficionado and wear a dress to school, but when he takes her advice, he is expelled, which endangers his chances of playing in the Final Cup.