Alexander McCall Smith
Three Akimbo Stories

AKIMBO AND THE ELEPHANTS
When Akimbo's father finds a dead elephant killed for its tusks, Akimbo is desperate to stop the poachers, and hatches a dangerous plan ...

AKIMBO AND THE LIONS
Akimbo's father goes to trap a dangerous lion, but instead catches a cub. It won't survive long without its mother. Can Akimbo save the cub?

AKIMBO AND THE CROCODILE MAN
John the Crocodile Man keeps tabs on each new batch of baby crocodiles. Akimbo is helping him this year, and when John is attacked it is up to Akimbo to save him!

Chloe Rayban
Hollywood Bliss: My Life So Far

When Hollywood Bliss Winterman's hugely famous pop idol mother moves to New York, like it or not, Holly must go too. Here are bright lights, this is a big city, it's the land of opportunity, so maybe she should make the most of it. But life with rock royalty isn't all it's cracked up to be. Holly only wants the average things in life ­like a home, a pet and a boyfriend. Is that so-oo much to ask?

If someone hadn't dropped a strawberry dib-dab on the pavement and if strawberry dib­dabs weren't Daisy's absolutely favourite sweet ... Who knew that it had invisible red germs that give you tummy trouble? Daisy's trips to the loo are interspersed with hilarious musings about the trouble with everything.