Captain Cat

Join Captain Cat and Pilot Matt as they soar off on an adventure through the stars in the second book in the Captain Cat series of Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Reads! Captain Cat and Pilot Matt want to take a trip, so they hop on their spaceship and take off to Mars. Adventure—and friendly aliens—await them on the red planet!

A patriotic feline, Captain Cat springs out of bed whenever the bugle sounds and he has more stripes than any of the soldiers. But most of all, this young recruit and his best friend Pete know what it really takes to make the army a home—friendship. ‘Hoff continues his string of hits.’ —BL. ‘Hoff has maintained his deft touch with a title that’s sure to appeal to youngsters.’ —SLJ.

Captain Cat is a trader. However, his eye is not for gold but for... CATS So much so, that his ship - the Carlotta - is populated by all kinds of felines But one day, Captain Cat decides that it's time to give up his trading and, with his beloved cats in tow, visit all the places he has always dreamed of.

BOLT FROM THE BLUE: This is it! Captain Cat and the Umbrella Kids most Cataclysmic Caper yet!! The Sinister Snowman escapes from Hammerstein Prison*but thats only the beginning. The giant washing-machine of Maxburg is the first of the worlds great monuments to be vaporised by an energy beam from space. Who is the Menacing Mastermind behind this outrage? Could it be international crime syndicate FFANG? To solve the mystery, the Tremendous Two will have to travel to Egypt to prevent the Sphinx from being zapped, break into a maximum security girls school, don disguises to check into a gangster-packed hotel and, finally, come face to face with their most Fiendish Foe yet * the diabolical Big Boss of FFANG! DAY OF THE DINOSAURS: Monumental Studios want Captain Cat!! * to star in their latest movie extravaganza about rampaging dinosaurs. The Umbrella Kid is keen*until he discovers his part is to be played by obnoxious child star Tom Timm. But Captain Cat has no time for such frivolities. The prized teddy bear belonging to Theodore Thursday, the Brekkie-Bikks billionaire, has been kidnapped by the terrible, terrible Toymaker! And thats not all. Pterodactyls are attacking Aunt Titanias washing-line, plesiosaurs are cavorting in park ponds, and Tyrannosaurs are striding down free-ways! Monumental Studios life-sized robot dinosaurs are out of control. A mechanical fault? Or can the Toymaker be playing a duplicitous double-game? Whatever the reason, the Day of the Dinosaurs is going to be a very long day!

A funny and charming NEW young fiction series from Philip Ardagh, bestselling author of The Gruntsseries andEddie Dickensadventures, and illustrated by Rob Biddulph, award-winning creator of Draw With Rob! Puuurfect for fans of Alex T. Smith, Pamela Butchart and Laura James. Meet Furry Purry Beancat – one EXTRAORDINARY cat with nine EXTRAORDINARY lives! Just like every other cat, Furry Purry Beancat loves a catnap. But unlike other cats, when Beancat wakes she ?nds herself about to embark on a whole new adventure! In this first book, join our furry (and purry!) heroine as she sets sail aboard a pirate ship, helping her captain and his shipmates fight a rival crew in an epic battle at sea! Can Furry Purry Beancat help save the day? 'Exciting and comic, these are purr-fect first adventures' - LoveReading4Kids LOOK OUT for more Furry Purry adventures: The Railway Cat, The Library Cat and The Witch's Cat!

Illustrated by the bestselling author and illustrator of Great Women Who Changed the World, Kate Pankhurst, Captain Cat and the Treasure Map is a laugh-out-loud piratical adventure from Sue Mongredien, perfect for newly confident reads or to enjoy together. Patch is a ship's cat who lives aboard The Golden Earring. Along with her friends, Cutlass the parrot and Monty the monkey, Patch frequently gets the pirate crew out of trouble – although they never realize quite how much she does to save their skins . . . In their first adventure, the pirate crew discover a treasure map and set out to find where X marks the spot. But little do they know that the treasure is cursed and it's up to Captain Cat to stop them, before it's too late!

Trudy is a naive house cat who follows her mistress to the market in a quest for adventure. She steals a fish and is chased down to the docks where she meets Albi, a cunning, seafaring cat. Albi knows a landlubber when he sees one, and he cons Trudy out of her fish by telling her a yarn with a surprise ending.

An adventurous tale of two mischievous cats that find themselves in a predicament -- their love for fish leads to an unscheduled journey in their owners' dinghy. Will anyone notice them floating into the estuary? The owner of the boat might not be on to it, but the neighbourhood kids are! Spying Fluff and Scout floating about, one of them posts on the Internet: 'Do you know whose cats are these?Get in touch and HURRY please!' Thank goodness Mum uses social media. Scout and Fluff are saved when the Joneses jump in their kayaks and set off to save their moggies. Bob Darroch's vibrant and jam-packed illustrations hilariously depict Fluff and Scout's adventures at sea, and the efforts of the Jones family and friends to bring them back to shore.