Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1971.

When little Titch outgrows his clothes, he receives hand-me-downs from his brother and sister that are too big. "You'll soon grow into them," they say. But Mother decrees that Titch needs some brand-new clothes. Soon it is his turn to say to someone else the words he has heard so often.

When Mary and Peter decide to get rid of the toys, books, and games they have outgrown, Titch finds the perfect place for them--his room. "Deliciously funny...Spare, deftly tuned dialogue and the colorful illustrations quietly amplify the humor."--Kirkus Reviews.

"Titch is the smallest fish on the reef. The big, bold fish won't play with him. They just laugh at him. Titch tries to join in the fun but things go from bad to worse as Titch tries to become just like the bigger fish. The one day the sea goes dark and events take a turn for the worse."--Back cover.

MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • “A gripping historical narrative exploring both the bounds of slavery and what it means to be truly free.” —Vanity Fair Eleven-year-old George Washington Black—or Wash—a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master’s brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human. But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash’s head, they must abandon everything and flee together. Over the course of their travels, what brings Wash and Christopher together will tear them apart, propelling Wash ever farther across the globe in search of his true self. Spanning the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, London to Morocco, Washington Black is a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, and of a world destroyed and made whole again.

Mum has told Titch that he must have a bath and be in his pyjamas before Grandpa comes round, but that's easier said than done He runs the bath and nips out to get something from his room and when he gets back, someone's in the bathroom and his water has gone cold He has to get in there before another person beats him to it again.

Titch Johnson wants to be a special and a champion. But all he's good at is balancing a fork on the end of his nose. 8 yrs+.

Meet all the engines, characters big and small, in this collection of all six stories from The Engine Series. Puff along with engines: Little Titch, Gideon, Toc Toc, Rust Bucket, Sally Steamy and not forgetting, Minnie Millie the engine lookerafterer.

On 14th May 1875 Lord Primrose Agar, drunk as a skunk, wagered one of his tenant farmers, Orlando Harrison, that his border collie pup Jip would outlive the 94 year-old Harrison. The prize would be 82 acres of up and down known as Kilham Wold Farm, near Driffiels in East Yorkshire. Thirteen years later, having buried his dog, Agar shook hands with Orlando and conferred on the Harrisons a century of struggle.

As the only guinea pig left in Mrs Pinkerley's pet shop, Titch is getting lonely and anxious. All he wants is his very own Big Person. Then one day fate collides - a boy named Bruno comes into the shop looking for the perfect pet. Their eyes meet, and Titch has a home at last There's just one problem: Bruno loves to play and invent wild games and make big messes. As for Titch, well, he prefers the quiet life - a nice nap, a plate of salad leaves. Will they find a way to make their friendship work, or will Titch end up back where he started, in the pet shop?