Amelia Fang and the Half-Moon Holiday. Laura Ellen Anderson

      For Dad.The true king of the ‘dad joke’.

      Thank you for being you and always encouraging

      me to boldly go into my creative future.

      Love you long and prosper! xxx

      First published in Great Britain 2019

      by Egmont UK Limited

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      Text and illustrations copyright © 2019 Laura Ellen Anderson

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      ISBN 978 1 4052 9209 2

      eISBN 978 1 4052 9415 7

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      CONTENTS

       MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF THE LIGHT vi

       MEET THE NOCTURNIANS AND GLITTEROPOLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii

       1. SPARE KNICKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

       2. PRINCE CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

       3. THE OTHER LEFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

       4. THE ISLAND IS YOUR PLATE . . . . . . . . . . . 41

       5. BEARDED BUGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

       6. THAT GHOST PIE SANG TO THE PIGEON AT DAWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

       7. SOPHISTICATED LADYBIRD WITH A BRIEFCASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

       8. NO SIGN, NO HOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

       9. A CORN THAT BUMBLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

       10. I AM NOT A SOFA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

       11. THE CURSE OF THE SUGARPLUM TREE 121

       12. THE NECTAR CARRIAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

       13. OI, KEVIN! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

       14. CORAL JUICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

       15. THE TIDDLYPIPS WING . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

       16. IT’S ALL COMING BACK TO ‘IM! . . . . . . . 181

       17. THE TINGLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

       18. BE TINY AND BRAVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

       19. ONE SMALL BEACON OF LIGHT . . . . . . . 217

      Ghoulish Greetings!

      LIKES:

      His special eyelid cream

      New clothes

      DISLIKES:

      Running out of eyelid cream

      Being hungry

      LIKES:

      Hanging out with friends

      Pumpkin Paradise Park!

      DISLIKES:

      Mean creatures

      Tidying up her bedroom

      LIKES:

      Boat races

      Foraging for food

      DISLIKES:

      Tangine’s eyelid cream obsession

      Being called a ‘Beast’

      LIKES:

      Being with his friends

      His trusty scythe torch

      DISLIKES:

      What’s in the Sea of Sparkles

      Tragic stories

      LIKES:

      Telling tragic stories

      Sandwiches with extra filling

      DISLIKES:

      Ricky’s map reading

      Running out of teabags

      LIKES:

      The Rainbow Ranger club

      Summer Houses

      DISLIKES:

      Graham’s tragic storytelling

      Graham’s driving

      LIKES:

      His Nectar Carriage

      His bug kingdom

      DISLIKES:

      Anything with butter

      An unhappy bug

      LIKES:

      Being the best in class

      Tormenting Amelia Fang

      DISLIKES:

      Amelia getting better grades

      Being