Books published by publisher Hardie Grant Egmont

Art At Home is the wonderful new activity book by best-selling illustrator Lorna Scobie, filled with 200 engaging art activities for children. This creative ideas book features carefully adapted activities from her brilliant 365 series, in a larger format, perfect for kids aged 5–10 and is a great way to keep your child busy at home, as well as providing a calm and imaginative way to spend time.Activities are varied, ranging from relaxing colouring and pattern-drawing tasks, to thought-provoking challenges such as designing a superhero or sketching a self-portrait. There are no rules in this book, but plenty of encouragement to explore, play and develop artistic skills. You will end up with a book your child feels proud of, as well as plenty of inspiration for further artistic projects.With simple instructions plus helpful prompts and ideas to explore different materials and techniques, Art at Home is the perfect way to get your child thinking creatively and to stimulate their imagination.

In The Riders of Thunder Realm, Joss faced off against witches, bloodthirsty monsters and even his own Bladebound brethren to prove himself worthy of becoming a paladero. Now, Joss and his brethren are ready to begin their first stage of training. But before they can embark, their town is attacked by vicious pyrates who abduct half the villagers, including Joss's best friend Edgar, and then vanish into thin air. Joss has no choice but to forge alliances with merchant captains, merfolk and ancient creatures from the deep in an effort to rescue his fellow prentice—all while risking the paladero training he’s worked so hard for. But the stakes are even higher than he knows. Joss's rescue mission will set him on a crash course with his own tragic past, and a mysterious figure he's long-thought dead.

Joss and his Bladebound brethren have worked hard to earn their paladero training, from battling bloodthirsty witches and monsters to hunting down a gang of vicious kidnapping pyrates. But when the three friends travel to Hero’s old order, Blade’s Edge Acres, to continue their training, they are faced with a new challenge: Hero’s mentor, Lord Haven, is dead. And it looks like he may have been murdered. As the trio investigate Haven’s death, they uncover a sinister plot that threatens all of Thunder Realm. But with dark figures circling ever closer, do the three young prentices have any chance of saving the kingdom—let alone themselves?