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The Woodland Explorers solve mysteries and protect the animals of Willow Wish Woods. A magical new series for 6+ inspired by Forest School, by prize-shortlisted author Ewa Jozefkowicz, full of friendship, adventure, and learning through nature, with fun illustrations on every page.In Willow Wish Woods stands the ancient Emerald King. It is the tallest tree in the forest and there's something special about it. Something magic... Benji, Shyla, Ajay, Trix, Fujiko and Eric discover its branches are damaged. Who could have hurt the tree, and why? The stream, the Tadpole Run, is full of rubbish, and there's not a frog in sight. The friends decide to form the Woodland Explorers Club. Their mission is to solve the mystery of the Emerald King, protect the animals of Willow Wish Woods and bring the magic of the forest back to life.Join the Explorers on their next adventure, Shyla's Wood Wide Web publishing in November 2024!

The Woodland Explorers solve mysteries and protect the animals of Willow Wish Woods. A magical series for 6+ inspired by Forest School, by prize-shortlisted author Ewa Jozefkowicz, full of friendship, adventure, and learning through nature, with fun illustrations on every page by Gillian Flint.Shyla’s special binoculars help the Woodland Explorers discover the power of fungi and the magic of Willow Wish Woods. At Forest School, the Woodland Explorers are learning about fungi and how it connects trees underground in a huge network known as the Wood Wide Web. When Shyla is given her grandmother’s binoculars, she discovers mushrooms growing in a circle, called a pixie ring. Suddenly her eyes are opened to a whole new world - and magical woodland creatures show Shyla how to spread the word about protecting the forest.Join the Explorers on their next adventure Ajay and the Red-Winged Prince publishing in May 2025!

Join the Woodland Explorers Club to solve mysteries and protect the animals and trees of Willow Wish Wood. Six magical stories for 6+ inspiring learning through nature.When history-loving Ajay discovers an amazing old book in the library, with a beautiful map of Willow Wish Woods, he knows it's something special. It tells the story of the Red-Winged Prince, who cared for the forest long ago and looked after the animals. When Ajay sees that the woods are being damaged by a gang of older children, he decides to be brave like the prince and stand up for what is right.Join the Explorers on their next adventure Fujiko and the Fox publishing in November 2025!

Join the Woodland Explorers Club to solve mysteries and protect the animals and trees of Willow Wish Wood. Six magical stories for 6+ inspiring learning through nature.Since breaking her arm in a cycling accident, Fujiko misses playing her violin and something strange is going on with sounds. Instead of tweeting birds and rustling leaves, she keeps hearing tyre screeches and sirens. When the Woodland Explorers find a fox living in the woods, Fujiko discovers they have a special connection. Friends, fireworks, foxes and an autumn festival all play a part in Fujiko’s story as she recovers from her accident and music returns to her life. Includes exciting Super Woodland Facts on animal camouflage, foxes and hibernation. Join the Explorers on their next adventure Trix's Tree House publishing in May 2026!

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019. Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award, 2019. First the accident, then the nightmares. The shadowy thief steals all the colours from Izzy's world leaving her feeling empty and hopeless. Will her new neighbour and a nest full of cygnets save Izzy and solve the mystery of the colour thief? A heartwarming story about families, friendships, school, nature, hope and self-confidence. After a frightening car accident, Izzy's mum is in a coma. Her family is in pieces. Her best friend at school has dumped her. And her nightmares are haunted by a shadowy man stealing all the colours from her world. She's trying so hard to be brave, but Izzy thinks everything is her fault. Then she meets her new neighbour, Toby, paralyzed after a skateboarding accident, and together they find a nest of cygnets who need rescuing. Particularly the odd one out, called Spike. Will saving Spike save Izzy? Will she and Toby solve the mystery of the colour thief and bring hope and happiness back to Izzy's life? Written with insight, compassion and empathy – an authentic story about real life and how to survive it.

Past and present are woven into this novel set in contemporary times and WWII Poland. Based on a real life story about friendship and endurance in the darkest situation. Ewa's debut novel The Mystery of the Colour Thief was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Childrens Prize 2019 and longlisted for the Branford Boase Award. Kat is a 12-year-old girl who loves working on her super-heroine comic, Girl 38 – the girl she longs to be like. But she's not brave, or fearless. At school, Gem is no longer her 'best friend'. And at home Kat is lonely while her parents are busy working long hours. She's even a bit afraid of her elderly neighbour, Ania. But when Ania has an accident Kat surprises herself by rushing to the rescue – just like Girl 38. Their unlikely friendship blossoms, and with it Kat's determination, as Ania reveals the haunting story behind the portrait of a girl she's left unfinished. Inspired by Ania – her daring leap to freedom and her search for her lost friend, Mila, who was taken away by soldiers to a 'walled village' at the outbreak of WWII – Kat unravels the mystery of the girl in the painting and finds a happy ending for Girl 38.

Flick's big brother, Jack, goes missing in Peru and she is desperate to find him. But can she solve the greatest mystery of all: who Jack really is? A heartwarming, third novel from Waterstones Prize shortlisted author, Ewa Jozefkowicz, about the unbreakable bond between siblings.Twelve-year-old Flick adores Jack and loves solving puzzles with him. But Jack is soon to flee the family nest and Flick worries she'll lose her partner in crime. During his gap year in Peru, tragedy strikes when an earthquake devastates the region and no one knows what has happened to Jack. Flick and her family are thrown into the horrible unknown.She finds a key on a fine gold chain and a note with the initials SF in his room, and clings to the hope that SF (whoever that is) might hold the clue to finding her brother. When she sets out to uncover the identity of its owner, she meets new friends, rekindles a special relationship and discovers a whole new side to Jack. Intriguing clues from a legend about Inca gold, to a key with magical powers help her along the way.Featuring a story within a story and a mystery to solve, The Key to Finding Jack, is about sacrifice and courage, the riches of family, friendship and the power of living life to the full.

Flick's big brother, Jack, goes missing in Peru and she is desperate to find him. But can she solve the greatest mystery of all: who Jack really is? A heartwarming, third novel from Waterstones Prize shortlisted author, Ewa Jozefkowicz, about the unbreakable bond between siblings.Twelve-year-old Flick adores Jack and loves solving puzzles with him. But Jack is soon to flee the family nest and Flick worries she'll lose her partner in crime. During his gap year in Peru, tragedy strikes when an earthquake devastates the region and no one knows what has happened to Jack. Flick and her family are thrown into the horrible unknown.She finds a key on a fine gold chain and a note with the initials SF in his room, and clings to the hope that SF (whoever that is) might hold the clue to finding her brother. When she sets out to uncover the identity of its owner, she meets new friends, rekindles a special relationship and discovers a whole new side to Jack. Intriguing clues from a legend about Inca gold, to a key with magical powers help her along the way.Featuring a story within a story and a mystery to solve, The Key to Finding Jack, is about sacrifice and courage, the riches of family, friendship and the power of living life to the full.

A beautifully observed middle-grade story from Waterstones-shortlisted author, Ewa Jozefkowicz, about family, friendship, food and self-discovery. *New home *New school *New friends *New puppy (yay!)But I didn't think I was going to have to turn into a detective as well!Sam, Frixos, Tanya, Sausage and I are the Cooking Club Detectives, and we have a mystery to solve. The community centre – my new favourite place – has suddenly been threatened with closure, but by who and why?We're going to find out!

An old Polish city fizzes with fear. The townsfolk are at the mercy of a dragon who lurks in the cave below the castle... Konrad's dad always used to say, 'There is a character in a book somewhere that matches you almost entirely. It's just a matter of finding them'. Konrad never expected the 'finding' to involve stepping right into a story, and he never expected his dad not to be there with him.After his dad's death, Konrad stops speaking. Not a word at home or school as the year rolls by. But that begins to change when he meets Maya on the beach he loved to explore with Dad. She doesn't mind his silence. It gives her a chance to be heard, because at home no one seems to notice her. When the pair go on a last visit to Konrad's family bookshop before it's sold, they soon get lost in the pages of Konrad's favourite book of folk tales. Whisked back in time to quest with a dragon, they must find themselves and their voices, as well as a happy end to the story in the book and in real life.A beautifully told, compassionate story about grief and finding your voice, with a sprinkle of Polish folklore and a magical, medieval adventure from Waterstones-shortlisted Ewa Jozefkowicz.

Lucy and Alpha used to be the Wonder Twins, two hearts beating as one. When Mum's new job rewilding wolves means they have to move to the forest, that changes.Lucy loves being close to nature, but Alpha wants to follow her dream of basketball glory. They've become like distant universes, drifting further apart.Then a new wolf cub arrives at the centre. Lucy names him Claw and they form a special bond. But Alpha thinks he should roam free, and she plots to release him. When news of Claw's disappearance breaks, the future of the rewilding centre is at stake. Can the Wonder Twins pull together again to find Claw and heal their differences?

On pojavilsja iz niotkuda, okruzhennyj mutnoj pelenoj. Ponachalu on byl ne bolee chem tenju, chernoj podpalinoj na serom fone. No zatem on stal javljatsja Izzi kazhduju noch, zabirat tsveta iz ee mira, ostavljaja posle sebja lish pustotu i bezyskhodnost...Strashnaja avarija razdelila zhizn Izzi na do i posle. Schastlivoj semi bolshe net, mama v kome, a luchshaja podruga brosila ee v eto tjazheloe vremja.Odnazhdy novyj sosed Tobi pokazal Izzi lebedenka, kotoryj ne mozhet kak sleduet razvivatsja: on slishkom malenkij i nekazistyj, i starshie bratja otnimajut u nego edu. Spasut li rebjata "gadkogo utenka"? Smozhet li Izzi razgadat tajnu pokhititelja krasok, izbavitsja ot nochnykh koshmarov i vernut v zhizn nadezhdu i radost? Dlja srednego shkolnogo vozrasta.

Strashnoe zemletrjasenie v Peru prinosit bedu v semju dvenadtsatiletnej Flik: ee starshij brat Dzhek kak raz dolzhen byl dobratsja do Limy. Teper svjaz s nim poterjana i nikto ne znaet, v porjadke li on i gde ego iskat. V komnate brata Flik nakhodit kljuch na tsepochke s zapiskoj: "Dlja S. F. - khranit do moego vozvraschenija". Kto etot S. F.? Komu Dzhek mog doverit talisman, kotoryj nosil ne snimaja?Flik i Dzhek s detstva ljubili igrat v detektivov, razgadyvali vmeste zagadki i golovolomki. Teper Flik predstoit v odinochku spravitsja s novym zadaniem, ved ona uverena: etot kljuchik pomozhet najti propavshego brata. Legendy o zolote inkov, staryj babushkin fotoalbom, uvlechenie igroj na gitare... Zatsepki, kotorye mogut okazatsja gde ugodno, povedajut o Dzheke mnogoe, o chem ne znali dazhe samye blizkie.Dlja detej srednego shkolnogo vozrasta. Pervaja zhe kniga molodogo avtora Evy Jozefkovich "Pokhititel krasok" byla nominirovana na prestizhnuju premiju Waterstones. Chitatel vmeste s geroinej stanovitsja detektivom, a poiski ee brata - nastojaschim rassledovaniem s pokazanijami, zagadkami, ulikami i detektivnoj doskoj. Intriga derzhit v naprjazhenii do samogo finala. Udivitelnyj primer togo, kak malo my znaem o svoikh blizkikh. Ochen semejnaja istorija i povod poblizhe uznat svoikh rodnykh.Perevodchik: Kalinina MarijaKhudozhnik: Kabakova Aleksandra

Join the Woodland Explorers Club to solve mysteries and protect the animals and trees of Willow Wish Wood. Six magical stories for 6+ inspiring learning through nature. Trix loves building dens! She is very excited to show the rest of the Woodland Explorers how to build THE BEST tree house, but when they arrive at her favourite building spot, Trix’s notices there are fewer flowers than there were last summer. Time for mission save the bees! From tree houses to bee houses, Trix's den-building skills are put to the test, and the Woodland Explorers discover the importance of bees as pollinators. Join the Explorers on their next adventure Eric's Pine Tree Concert publishing in November 2026!

The Woodland Explorers solve mysteries and protect the animals of Willow Wish Woods. A magical series for 6+ inspired by Forest School, by prize-shortlisted author Ewa Jozefkowicz full of friendship, adventure, and learning through nature, with fun illustrations on every page by Gillian Flint. When Eric discovers plans for a new adventure playground threaten the pine trees of Willow Wish Woods, he know he must do something! An overgrown outdoor theatre, animal costumes made from recycling and the rest of the Woodland Explorers help Eric fight for the forest and all the wildlife within it.