Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this hilarious illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols. My 9-year-old daughter devoured it in two nights, and all I could hear from her was giggling and the occasional "Mum! Listen to this! This is SO me!". Katie Kirby is a writer and illustrator who lives by the sea in Hove with her husband, two sons and dog Sasha. She has a degree in Advertising and Marketing and after spending several years working in London media agencies, which basically involved hanging out in fancy restaurants and pretending to know what she was talking about, she had some children and decided to start a blog called 'Hurrah for Gin' about the gross injustice of it all.

Monster Munch. She does not like losing at board games or writing about herself in the third person.The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gin. Perfect for fans of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and Dork Diaries. Lottie navigates the perils of growing up in this fantastically funny new illustrated series for pre-teens filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and, of course, KitKat Chunkys. Then Lottie meets new CRUSH Antoine. The language is a tiny bit of a barrier but does it matter when he's THAT good looking?

The fourth book in this hilarious bestselling series full of friendship, family and first experiences from the creator of Hurrah for Gin. Will Lottie survive the festivities intact or will she have to hide in the fort of shame until it's all over? Read more Details From hilarious bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks story. This time it's CHRISTMAS!!! But the trip soon turns into a total disaster. The other girls staying at the camp are MEGA-MEAN, best friend Jess is spending all her time with new girl Isha, and Lottie's diary gets stolen! Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group think and feel in a positive, life-affirming fashion. Read more Details

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Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols.

Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group think and feel in a positive, life-affirming fashion.Authors Aloud UK and Penguin Random House will be hosting a virtual webinar with author Katie Kirbyto celebrate publication of her brilliant new novel Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School Trip, the fourth book in the hilarious Lottie Brook series Many people said her sense of humour was silly and immature so she is now having a bash at writing children's fiction. Lottie Brook’s Totally Disastrous School Trip is her 4thLottie Brook novel. Katie likes gin, rabbits, over-thinking things, the smell of launderettes and Not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she's just discovered she's too flat-chested to wear A BRA! Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group think and feel in a positive, life-affirming fashion. Read more Look Inside Details

Schools can sign up to virtual webinars happening this week with authors Katie Kirby and Annelise Gray. Both events are suitable for years 5 to 7. My 9-year-old daughter devoured it in two nights, and all I could hear from her was giggling and the occasional Mum! Listen to this! This is SO me!. Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story.

Twelve-year-old Dido dreams of becoming the first female charioteer at the great Circus Maximus. She's lost her heart to Porcellus, a wild, tempestuous horse she longs to train and race. But such ambitions are forbidden to girls and she must be content with helping her father Antonius – the trainer of Rome's most popular racing team, The Greens – and teaching the rules of racing to Justus, the handsome young nephew of the Greens' wealthy owner. When her father is brutally murdered, she is forced to seek refuge with an unlikely ally. But what of her dream of Circus triumphs and being reunited with the beloved horse she left behind in Rome? And the threat to her life isn't over as she faces a powerful and terrifying new enemy... the emperor Caligula. Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols. PLEASE NOTE: IF MORE THAN ONE CLASS WILL BE ATTENDING AND LOGGING ON SEPARATELY, THEY WILL NEED TO REGISTER AS INDIVIDUAL CLASSES Authors Aloud UK and Zephyr will be hosting a virtual webinar with author Annelise Grayto celebrate publication of her new novel Circus Maximus: Riders of the Storm, the third book in the brilliant Circus Maximus series set in Ancient Rome and centred on the world of chariot racing