Most popular Children’s books, by age range, 5 -12 August 2012
Monday, August 13th, 2012Books for Babies and Toddlers
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Matilda’s Cat Emily Gravett Award-winning Emily Gravett has come up with another witty gem. Specialising in simplicity and relying on readers taking their cues from her characters, here Matilda’s cat makes it plain that she does NOT like all the things Matilda wants her … Download free opening extract |
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I Spy Under the Sea–. Edward Gibbs Edward Gibbs Look through the spy holes and count the sea creatures in this underwater take on the classic game. … Download free opening extract |
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I Spy on the Farm Edward Gibbs Learn as you play, explore letter sounds, colours and animal noises as you play I spy on the farm. This is the third book in the series, so there’s even more to spy in I Spy With My Little Eye … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 3+ readers
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The Great Snortle Hunt Claire Freedman A fabulous new picture book from the bestselling author of Aliens Love Underpants. A read-along rhyming text that will capture children’s imaginations. … Download free opening extract |
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How to Hide a Lion Helen Stephens This is one of the loveliest picture books of the year. A wonderful warm-hearted story of friendship with plenty of humour thrown in. And from Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo – ‘Funny and warm-hearted. I loved reading this with my … Download free opening extract |
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The Last Tiger Rebecca Elliott Can the Last Tiger and his friend Luka save their ruined world and build a new one? Together, through their friendship, Luka and the Tiger show new ways of thinking that bring hope to a world that has destroyed nature. … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 5+ readers
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My Hamster is a Genius Dave Lowe When Benjamin Jinks is given a hamster he isn’t best pleased, until he realises his Stinky the hamster is a genius! A hilarious tale of one boy and his hamster and the mischief they create. New talent Dave Lowe’s first … Download free opening extract |
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The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish Paperback and CD Audio Neil Gaiman A World Book Day ‘Recommended Read’ for 2011 Visually dramatic, this is a hugely entertaining adventure perfectly tinged with an alarming subtext. Desperate to have his friend’s two goldfish, a boy swaps his father for them – despite the warning from … Download free opening extract |
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The Big Sticky Bun (Early Reader) Vivian French Three short stories will delight early readers as they capture incidents from Jason and Daisy’s childhood which will strike a familiar chord. Jason’s good behaviour earns him the bun he wants while his attempts to get Daisy to grow by … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 7+ readers
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Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill A New Case for Precious Ramotwse Alexander Mccall Smith Best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith tells a charming detective story for children as Precious, even while still a young girl, shows early signs of curiousity and a determination to find things out. When two new children arrive in school Precious … Download free opening extract |
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The Grave Robber’s Apprentice Allan Stratton This is an exhilarating, swash-buckling adventure that’s full of humour and heart and bursting with breakneck action, set in a fantastical world with haunted forests, avalanche sledding and circus bears. … Download free opening extract |
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How We Make Stuff Christiane Dorian Do you ever wonder where your clothes come from? Or how we make chocolate? This interactive guide is filled with pop ups, pull-tabs and booklets to explain exactly how we make stuff! This is the third title in the award-winning How … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Coraline Neil Gaiman Tenth anniversary edition of Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, brilliantly illustrated by Chris Riddell, with a new foreword by the author. When Coraline’s family move into a new home, she steps through a door into another house which seems strangely familiar. … Download free opening extract |
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Shrunk! F. R. Hitchcock … Download free opening extract |
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The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket John Boyne Bestselling John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, has created an inventive adventure about a very unusual boy. Barnaby Brocket’s parents are so normal that they are positively dull but, from the moment of his birth, Barnaby … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Look into My Eyes Lauren Child Best-selling Lauren Child’s super sleuthing Ruby Redfort is a fast-talking, fast- thinking 13 year olds girl whose sharp eye for the unexpected leads her on some fantastic adventures – especially after she is recruited as a secret agency…The wise cracks … Download free opening extract |
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Hav3n Tom Easton A fast-paced story with a chilling edge Hav3n is an adventure set in a terrifying but credible future. When Hav3n, the deadliest virus the world has even known, is unleashed everyone except Josh, his sister Martha and seventy eight other … Download free opening extract |
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Unfed Kirsty McKay A message from the Publisher, Barry Cunningham: ‘No I don’t want to get back on the bus. Please don’t make me. Kirsty, do I have to? You’re sure those zombies are safe this time? You’re not? Then don’t leave me, please. … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 14+ readers
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Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas Sarah J Maas’s novels have been an online sensation with bloggers the world over hearing about her. Her protagonist is 18 year old Celaena; beautiful but deadly and destined for greatness but only if she can free herself from the … Download free opening extract |
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The Apothecary Maile Meloy July 2012 Debut of the Month. Spies, secrets and spells lie at the heart of this thrilling mystery adventure set in the 1950s. Newly arrived in England after her parents’ hurried flight from Los Angeles, Janie finds it hard to adjust. … Download free opening extract |
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The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Chris Riddell) Neil Gaiman 11+. Winner of the Carnegie Medal in 2010, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2010, winner of Best Novel at the Hugo Awards 2009 and of the prestigious Newbery Medal. Spooks galore in this brilliant and fantastic story of life … Download free opening extract |