Judy Brown

Archie the cat, Sparky the mouse and Flo the bird may be robots with special high-tech skills, but they are obsessed with the TV show 'The Pet Factor' - where talented real pets show off and compete for top prizes. When auditions for the show come to town, they get their human friends - children Jack, Anya and Sophie - to smuggle them into the stud

When Harry Gribble suspects that his favourite team have started playing badly, he drags Jake off to look at one of their practice sessions. Harry suspects they've all been replaced by lookalikes, but the truth is far worse - they've been replaced by robots! Will he find and free the real players before the big tournament?

Archie the cat, Sparky the mouse and Flo the bird have found a new home in a school, and can't resist helping out by using their special robot skills. They have to do it in secret though, so none of the adults find out! When one of the children they have befriended accidentally causes a school computer to break, Archie promises to fix the problem.

In 'The Quest for the Golden See-Saw' King Codger wants to retire to the seaside. But how can he leave his kingdom to his daughters when they argue about everything. Can Spangle, the magician, find a solution? 'Treetops Fiction' contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!