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Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her mother, her father, her baby twin brothers, and lots and lots of her family. Join her as she splashes in the sea, prepares for a party, sells oranges, and hopes to see sweet, sweet snow.

Ben is a boy with a lively imagination and a tendency to worry. He's scared of lots of things - the new baby (it will have green hair and yellow eyes and poo and scream all the time), nasty stripes (they're everywhere) and the class bully (although it turns out he's scared of a few things himself...

The dog show is in town, and Harry's mum has a worrying glint in her eye. Wouldn't Bonnie look perfect done up as a showdog, with a big pink bow in her hair? Before you can say 'Crufts', Bonnie is whisked down to the Millionhairs Dog Grooming Parlour to be fluffed to perfection.

The dog show is in town, and Harry's mum has a worrying glint in her eye. Wouldn't Bonnie look perfect done up as a showdog, with a big pink bow in her hair? Before you can say 'Crufts', Bonnie is whisked down to the Millionhairs Dog Grooming Parlour to be fluffed to perfection.

Harry longs for a dog to help him cope with all the problems he faces in his new town. His best friend is an imaginary hound called Prince - big, strong, brown-and-black mixed. So when his mum gets a real dog called Bonnie - tiny, white and fluffy - Harry wants nothing to do with the embarrassing...

The weather is hot, hot, hot and the farm animals are getting grumpy: the pigs are arguing with the chickens and the ducks and newts are sad because their pond has dried up. Can Daisy and her animal friends find a way to make it rain, bringing water back to the pond and happiness back to the farm...

Emily and her parents have embarked on the famous SS Great Britain, and are bound for Australia. Emily assumes the journey will be long and boring, but soon she meets Thomas and his pet rat, Barney. It has become increasingly difficult for Thomas to look after his pet so he asks Emily to help. Th...

A tiny beach, an upturned boat, a whisper of smoke. When Flotsam and Jetsam are washed ashore, they soon become the best of friends. Every day brings a new adventure for the tiny pair. Join them as they battle a spiteful seagull, build a new home and rescue a very shy hermit crab.

One day Flotsam and Jetsam find a whistle. They don't know what it is and, when Flotsam blows it, it makes a horrible sound so they keep it as a seagull scarer. But little do they know that someone else has heard it too - a big dog with a wet nose who comes to investigate.

Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her family in a wonderful house in a beautiful garden in a big city. Join Anna as she sings for the president, gets in a terrible tangle with her hair and visits the other side of the city.