Crabtree School - The Books

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Year Two Forever and Ever

Crabtree School is quite simply the best primary school in the whole world. Everyone says so. In fact, it’s so wonderful that last year’s Year Six class won’t leave! Now those pesky eleven-year-olds are clogging up the whole school. If Ava and her friends want to start Year Three properly they are going to have to make Crabtree a lot less lovely. Join dreamy Ava, super-spy Lottie, maths whizz Zoe and head girl Isabel as they make plans to ruin their perfect primary!

Read an extract: Year Two Forever and Ever

Best Friends for Never

Ava and Zoe are the bestest of best friends. Lottie and Isabel are the bestest of best friends. But what happens when new girl Rani joins Year Three at Crabtree School? Will Rani break up these two perfect pairs? Will Zoe’s best friend forever become her best friend for never? Join Zoe, Lottie, Isabel and Ava and Rani as they learn all about what being a good friend really means in this second Crabtree School story.

Read an extract: Best Friends for Never

The Girl Who Stole the World

Eight-year-old Isabel is the best-behaved girl at Crabtree School, and she has a reward chart glittering with stars to prove it. She’s kind, helpful, organised, sensible… But the trouble is, no one seems to notice! Isabel’s tired of nice girls finishing last. But when she does the naughtiest thing anyone in Year Three can think of, has she gone too far? Will her friends stand by her, even at her worst moment?

Read an extract: The Girl Who Stole the World

The Case of the Missing Cat

Seven-year-old Lottie knows everything about everyone. She snoops, she spies, she eavesdrops. But when the beloved Crabtree School cat goes missing, can the greatest detective in Year Three crack the case and find Lady Lovelypaws before it’s too late? It won’t be easy, but Lottie has a plan. The first step? A sleepover at Crabtree School! In the fourth instalment of the Crabtree series, readers can join Lottie, Ava, Zoe, Isabel and Rani for a bit of mystery and – of course – a midnight feast!

Read an extract: The Case of the Missing Cat

Meet the Author

Lauren Pearson is a children’s book agent at Curtis Brown. She was born and raised in Ohio, USA, and now works and lives in London with her husband and two children. CRABTREE SCHOOL is her debut as an author. Follow Lauren on Twitter @LaurneyPearson.

Meet the Illustrator

Becka Moor studied Illustration for Children’s Publishing at Glyndwr University and has since moved back to her hometown of Manchester. Since graduating in 2012, she’s worked on a variety of projects, most recently VIOLET AND THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT and THE ROYAL BABYSITTERS. Visit Becka’s website and follow her on Twitter @BeckaMoor.