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Josh and Danny have gone for a nice day out at the zoo. Or, should that be, a nice, experimental day out at the zoo? Petty's developed a new S.W.I.T.C.H. spray for snakes! And Josh and Danny are willing volunteers. Things start to go a bit wrong though when they fail to SWITCH back into boys, and are spotted by a whole class of girls on a school trip! Luckily, Charlie, an old friend from summer camp, is there to help, and the panic subsides. The trouble is not over yet though....

These candid interviews with women from Albania, Brazil, Israel, Mali, South Africa, and other countries cover every aspect of women's lives in our increasingly crowded world. Each woman in this program shares her feelings on family, children, money, love, sex, marriage, and other topics.

In this science-fiction thriller, from the award-winning author of Room 13 and Stone Cold, a mysterious planet appears in the sky. The world's scientists are baffled, but 11-year-old Orville has a nasty suspicion that he knows its secret.

Danny doesn't know what to think when his little brother Tid tells him about Wolf, with his terrifying yellow eyes and silver teeth. Who is Wolf? Is he really out to get Danny? And isn't it strange that Tid knows so much about it? A thrilling story from bestselling author Susan Gates.

'This is it! Batwing Castle. And the treasure can only be found every ten years or so, when the full moon falls on Friday the thirteenth', he said softly. 'That's tonight.' Molly and Wilkins T. Wilkins are both after the riches, but can they escape being caught for ever in a treasure-trap? A funny, scary story about treasure-hunters, vampires and ghosts, from best-selling author Terry Deary.

It's just a regular trip for Kevin, and he comes back with just the regular sorts of things. Some local fudge, a scented candle for his mum...and his own personal god. It's Abandinus, a little-known Celtic deity who has suddenly found a new purpose in his eternal life - sorting out Kevin's. With a god on your side, everything's going to get a lot easier, isn't it? After all, a god can get stuff done. The trouble is, it's not always the kind of stuff Kevin has in mind....

Jack and Lewis love drawing monsters – and their drawings have a funny habit of coming to life! But now everything is going horribly wrong. The dreaded Dahlia Dawkins has somehow managed to find out their secret – and now she’s created a monster of her own, Bashertaur! With monsters on the rampage in the playground, things are about to get very messy. How are the boys going to get out of this one?

In these four stories - "The Curse of Captain Cross-Eyed", "The Treasure of Mr Tipp", "The Riddle of Dr. Sphinx", and "The Mystery of Miss King" - Jonny meets a range of oddballs and mysterious neighbours, including the shady figure at number 13 with a parrot on his shoulder; the inventor at number 34 1/2, who has a hall full of robots; the archaeologist with the overgrown garden at number 36; and the lady at number 57 with a foot in her shed.

Sam and Freddie, both fostered with the same family, are best friends. Sam even laughs at Freddie's jokes! But after Sam has an accident and knocks herself unconscious, she begins to have weird nightmares about a sinister figure with huge eyes - alien eyes. Freddie, who thinks he knows everything there is to know about extra-terrestrials, jokes that aliens must be after Sam - trying to contact her. But it's just his imagination, isn't it? Until they see the spaceship...

Fizzlebert Stump's second adventure. The bearded Barboozul family are the new stars of Fizz's circus. Their act is full of magic, mystery, fear and fun. And it's nice to have another boy around, even if he is a bit... hairy round the chin. But then things start going wrong. The lion loses his dentures. The clowns lose their noses. The Ringmaster loses his temper. And the circus is about to lose its licence. Is the bearded boy to blame? Can Fizz save the day?

Fizzlebert Stump lives in a circus. His mum's a clown, his best friend is a bearded boy, and he sticks his head in a lion's mouth every night. Other than that, he's pretty normal. When Fish the sea lion goes missing Fizzlebert tracks down the runaway beast to the Aquarium, with its piratical owner Admiral Spratt-Haddock, invisible octopus, and colour-coded fish. But the Aquarium has problems of its own. Fish (not Fish the sea lion, fish. Keep up.) are going missing, and the Admiral blames the circus.

Frankie and his pals are back and trying to save the world from another diabolical scheme by the evil Dr Gore. This time he's planning to infiltrate the dreams of children everywhere using his army of robot toys! Can Frankie and his friends stop him before it's too late?

Sky cowboy, Will Gallows, is finding life hard on the ranch. Should he follow his heart and join the elf side of his family, learning their magical secrets? Or should he join the Sky Cavalry with his friend Jez? His decision is put on hold when his grandma is kidnapped - by the most terrifying creature Will has ever encountered, a rock demon with a 70-year-old grudge to avenge...

In Lethal Combat, the crew of the Phoenix need to complete their mission to return Prince Onix to his home planet. But their plan is foiled and the Xions capture them soon after landing. As punishment, they must fight the deadly Xio-bot... In Space Wars, the crew of the Phoenix have just escaped Xion when they see a monstrous object looming through space towards them. It's the legendary Extractor - destroyer of planets - and it's on its way to destroy Xion....

In The Enemy's Lair, the Phoenix crew is in the impossible position of having to help the planet that attacked Earth and destroyed the Intergalactic Space Station, by returning their kidnapped prince. They just have to figure out how to do it.... In Crash Landing, Peri and Diesel have succeeded in rescuing fellow crew member Selene, but now the Phoenix is under fire from not one but two alien armies - Xion and Meigwor.

In Alien Attack, Peri is a first-year student at the Intergalactic Force Academy and has been selected for a rare unsupervised exercise in space, paired with Diesel, a half-Martian from the Academy. Whilst on exercise they witness Earth coming under bombardment from Xion spaceships.... In Deadly Mission, Peri and Diesel agree to rescue a Meigworian Prince, held captive by the Xions. But the Meigwor insist that Otto, a gigantic Meigworian bounty hunter, must accompany them....

After his scary adventure on Terror Island, Kip is reluctant to allow Mr. Lazarus to send him into another movie - but Beth has other ideas, particularly when she discovers the Paramount is planning to show the latest film in the Jason Corder series, Spy Another Day. Its star, Daniel Craig, has always been Beth's favourite actor. When Mr. Lazarus asks her to obtain Corder's ID card, she agrees to go in and Kip feels duty-bound to accompany her. But disaster strikes when Kip and Beth are separated and find themselves in different parts of the same film.

Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, is caught up in a bitter land feud between the cowboy settlers and the elf braves. With battle looming, and Will's uncle imprisoned for a dreadful crime he didn't commit, Will sets out to save him.

On my 13th birthday, my life changed for ever. That’s when I learned the shocking truth: I’m a half-vampire.Think that sounds cool? Think again! I’ve been attacked by an evil vampire bat, had huge cravings for my best friend’s blood, and nearly died from eating a pizza (half-vampires aren’t great with garlic). Writing my secret blog is the only thing that’s kept me from going completely crazy. As if life couldn’t get any more complicated, there have been some vicious attacks in the local woods. Vampire-mad Tallulah (definitely not my girlfriend) thinks a super-vampire is behind them....

Have you ever wanted to be in the movies? Kip has, and when he meets mysterious Mr Lazarus he thinks his dream’s come true. Because Mr Lazarus can project people into movies! Films like Terror Island, full of hungry sabre-toothed tigers and killer Neanderthals. When you’re in a film, everything is real: real bullets, real swords, real monsters. But beware… if you don’t get out before the closing credits roll, you’ll be trapped in the film forever!