Elizabeth Laird

In seventeenth-century Scotland, sixteen-year-old Maggie Blair is sentenced to be hanged as a witch but escapes to the home of her uncle, placing him and his family in great danger as she risks her life to save them all from the King's men.

Based on Elizabeth Laird's own childhood growing up in post-war Britain, Becoming Charity is a warm, witty and beautiful coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of The Skylarks' War and I Capture the Castle.

Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! The parallel stories in alternating language chapters will help you to find out - in English and French!

On her way to her grandfather's house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice has a series of mishaps with jungle animals who each substitute something new for what she is carrying.

Patch, a young sheep dog, becomes a guard dog when farmer Stan's little red tractor, Duncan, has an accident.

"Gloria is making a delicious porridge, but she's too hungry to share it with the cat. When Gloria goes to fetch some water, cat eats all the porridge. Angry Gloria shakes her spoon at the cat, and the scared cat runs away, starting a chaos around her. A retelling of an Ethiopian folktale by acclaimed author, Elizabeth Laird."--Amazon.

Her father's involvement with the Kurdish resistance movement in Iraq forces thirteen-year-old Tara to flee with her family over the border into Iran, where they face an unknown future.

A collection of stories and myths from ancient Iran filled with kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals and demons. Written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century and retold here in prose.

Duncan the tractor comes to the rescue of Stan the farmer when anosy calf disturbs a nest of hornets.