Magic Trix Museum Mayhem

The exhibits aren't meant to move at museums, are they? Not unless you've got a witch with witching cough around! Trix has to ask her teacher Lulu for help after she sneezes her way to magical mayhem in the middle of a family trip.

It's Trix's best friend Holly's tenth birthday and Trix can't wait for Holly to discover her own magical powers. Instead, Holly actually discovers that Trix is a witch! Now that Trix has let this slip, will it end her dream of becoming a real 'fairy' godmother?

It's back to school for the fifth graders at Oak Grove Elementary, and Will thinks this year is going to be great. He has a way-cooler teacher than expected, the magic museum is open, and best of all, Max Goodman has promised him magic lessons. But Will doesn't know his world is about to be turned upside down. With Louie Nastinelli still breathing down his neck, Max sees his chances of making the museum a success slip through his fingers. And he certainly has no time for Will's magic lessons. Will struggles to learn magic on his own, but adding to his challenges, Grandma is ill and has moved in with the family. Despite their best efforts, she isn't getting any better.Is magic real? Can it save the museum? And can it save Grandma?

Trix is on a mission - she must use her witch powers to grant a wish for a grumpy new girl. But her pesky little brother, Oscar, believes Trix is up to something and wants to uncover her secret. With Oscar spying on her every move, how can Trix work her magic?

The Ander-Whyles Museum -its erudite veneer done-up in the Greek-Revival motif- hides a panoply of Victorian Era war-spoils and early-century cultural flare. Here, there are dust-shrouded mummies, the ossein relics of Jurassic colossals, the cold-tempered plating of medieval champions, and a congregation of wax mannequins frozen in historic discourse. Do you feel it? There's a sort of ancient magic that hangs about the place. It's the sort of thing that calls youngsters off to great adventure! "Mayhem-Museum" is our second Triple-Dog-Dare, offering 3 adventures for the Dare-Luck Club Role-Playing Game. The anthology starts with "When the Dead Walk, the Living Should Run!" where the acquisition of a strange meteorite draws the Dare-Luckers into a battle against the walking dead. Next, we submit to you "Curse of the Ander-Whiles Museum." The kids' antics at the museum have angered a very peculiar patron -with a mystic utterance they find themselves in a shadowy version of the museum -where the exhibits are ready to make THEM history! Wrapping up the trilogy, the kids become unlikely cat burglars as they try to pull a museum caper in an attempt to make things right with an orphanage in danger of closing. Can they defeat the security, outsmart guards, and make off with the goods? Find out in, "Of Heist and Hijinks." Buy your tickets in advance, and save some change for the gift shop -this omnibus is an "exhibit" of historic proportions!

When a statue is broken during her class' overnight trip to the museum, Nancy, Bess, and George try to get to the bottom of the mystery and find those responsible.

Unbored is the book every modern child needs. Brilliantly walking the line between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable but that also get kids standing on their own two feet. If you're a kid, you can: -- Build a tipi or an igloo -- Learn to knit -- Take stuff apart and fix it -- Find out how to be constructively critical -- Film a stop-action movie or edit your own music -- Do parkour like James Bond -- Make a little house for a mouse from lollipop sticks -- Be independent! Catch a bus solo or cook yourself lunch -- Make a fake exhaust for your bike so it sounds like you're revving up a motorcycle -- Design a board game -- Go camping (or glamping) -- Plan a road trip -- Get proactive and support the causes you care about -- Develop your taste and decorate your own room -- Make a rocket from a coke bottle -- Play farting games There are gross facts and fascinating stories, reports on what stuff is like (home schooling, working in an office...), Q&As with inspiring grown-ups, extracts from classic novels, lists of useful resources and best ever lists like the top clean rap songs, stop-motion movies or books about rebellion. Just as kids begin to disappear into their screens, here is a book that encourages them to use those tech skills to be creative, try new things and change the world. And it gets parents to join in. Unbored is fully illustrated, easy to use and appealing to young and old, girl and boy. Parents will be comforted by its anti-perfectionist spirit and humour. Kids will just think it's brilliant.