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Books in A Magnet book series

  • Why the Whales Came

    Michael Morpurgo

    Paperback (Methuen Publishing Ltd, Aug. 16, 1987)
    This modern classic is an excellent class reader for Key Stage 3 students. Gracie and Daniel have been warned to keep away from the Birdman but they discover that he isn't the mad or dangerous person he is made out to be. Yet he does warn them to stay away from the abandoned Samson Island - he says it's cursed. Suddenly the Birdman's warnings seem to be coming true. Can Gracie and Daniel find out what the Birdman knows - before it's too late? Age 10+
  • Little Brother

    Allan Baillie

    Paperback (Methuen, March 1, 1988)
    Mang and Vithy become separated in their desperate escape from the soldiers. The enemy is everywhere in the jungles and mountains that Vithy crosses in his dangerous search for Mang. Will the two brothers ever be reunited?
  • Scruff

    Gerald Rose

    Paperback (Egmont Childrens Books, April 10, 1986)
    Illustrated in full colour throughout by the author, a picture book which follows the exploits of Scruff the Dog, whose extra-sensitive nose allows him to find things and trail smells that no-one else can detect.
  • Piggybook

    Anthony Browne

    Paperback (Methuen, Aug. 16, 1987)
    None
    K
  • Birthday Burglar and a Very Wicked Headmistress

    Margaret Mahy

    Hardcover (Routledge Kegan & Paul, June 1, 1987)
    Book by Mahy, Margaret
  • I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

    Colin Hawkins

    Paperback (Methuen Publishing Ltd, March 15, 1988)
    None
  • The Ghost Girl

    Catherine Sefton

    Paperback (Methuen Publishing Ltd, Jan. 1, 1986)
    None
  • Postmarked The Stars

    Andre Norton

    Paperback (Methuen young books, March 13, 1980)
    None
  • Bob the Builder Magnet Book

    Unknown

    Board book (Egmont Books Ltd, March 15, 2007)
    None
  • Tiger Gang and the Hijackers

    Dafne Bidwell

    Paperback (Methuen young books, )
    None
  • Over the Top

    Ivan Southall

    Paperback (Egmont Childrens Books, July 2, 1992)
    None
  • Keeperof Isis Light

    M. Hughes

    Paperback (Methuen Publishing Ltd, Jan. 1, 1995)
    For 16 years Olwen has lived on Isis with only his guardian for company. Then comes the news that a spaceship with 80 settlers on board is about to Land. Its arrival disrupts Olwen's existence.