Margaret Mahy

¦ 1 We take the dogs down the wiggly track. The wiggly track, the wiggly track. One dog's white and the other dog's black On a summery Saturday morning.

Mr Prospero was a businessman with a big office and a computer. He was always neatly dressed in a white shirt, silver-rimmed glasses and a beautiful, bright tie. Above his desk a sign said, You can do it! You can do it! and Mr Prospero always did manage to do it, whatever it happened to be, and...

A selection of 11 enchanting poems for young children from the popular Margaret Mahy, beautifully illustrated by a newcomer to picture books.

Uncle Jasper and his Seven Sons Wicked Uncle Jasper was a villain by profession. He had seven sons, all boys, and all named after great villains of history — Caligula, Nero, Genghis, Tarquin, Belshazzar, Adolph and little Jack. Naturally their father wanted them to follow in his wicked...