Fact and fiction make equally good choices as part of a growing reading repertoire.
Whether it’s taking off on a high fantasy where new worlds open up endless possibilities or giving serious consideration of important ecological issues in a light hearted perspective, reading at this stage grows opinions and ideas.
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The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow
Rick Riordan
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is the third and final book in this awesome and electrifying Kane Chronicles series that is set in ancient Egypt. Carter and Sadie have their biggest and most important quest yet; to defeat the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Rick Riordan
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is the third and final book in this awesome and electrifying Kane Chronicles series that is set in ancient Egypt. Carter and Sadie have their biggest and most important quest yet; to defeat the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2012
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The Bonehill Curse
Jon Mayhew
May 2012 Book of the Month. An evil djinn released from a bottle is a very, very dangerous thing as Necessity Bonehill is soon to discover! Miserable at her stuffy boarding school, Necessity is delighted to receive the sealed bottle from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Jon Mayhew
May 2012 Book of the Month. An evil djinn released from a bottle is a very, very dangerous thing as Necessity Bonehill is soon to discover! Miserable at her stuffy boarding school, Necessity is delighted to receive the sealed bottle from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Spy Another Day
Philip Caveney
May 2012 Book of the Month. The thrills and spills of Kip's movie adventure in Night on Terror Island were an experience of a lifetime but they have left their mark on him, unlike his friend Beth who despite also being shaken and stirred...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Philip Caveney
May 2012 Book of the Month. The thrills and spills of Kip's movie adventure in Night on Terror Island were an experience of a lifetime but they have left their mark on him, unlike his friend Beth who despite also being shaken and stirred...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Sleeping Army
Francesca Simon
May 2012 Book of the Month. Freya is an ordinary girl living in modern Britain, but with a twist: people still worship the Viking gods. One evening, stuck with her dad on his night shift at the British Museum, she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Francesca Simon
May 2012 Book of the Month. Freya is an ordinary girl living in modern Britain, but with a twist: people still worship the Viking gods. One evening, stuck with her dad on his night shift at the British Museum, she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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White Dolphin
Gill Lewis
May 2012 Book of the Month. Bestselling Gill Lewis’s new story tells of the amazing, life-affirming powers of dolphins. Kara’s life is in a mess; her mum has disappeared, she is in trouble at school and her father is about to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Gill Lewis
May 2012 Book of the Month. Bestselling Gill Lewis’s new story tells of the amazing, life-affirming powers of dolphins. Kara’s life is in a mess; her mum has disappeared, she is in trouble at school and her father is about to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Messenger Bird
Ruth Eastham
May 2012 Book of the Month. Cleverly interweaving a modern day storyline with one from the 1940s, it's the story of Nathan who must find out what the link is between his father's recent disappearance and that of Lily, an ex-Bletchley Park employee, before it's too late...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Ruth Eastham
May 2012 Book of the Month. Cleverly interweaving a modern day storyline with one from the 1940s, it's the story of Nathan who must find out what the link is between his father's recent disappearance and that of Lily, an ex-Bletchley Park employee, before it's too late...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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A Dog Called Homeless
Sarah Lean
May 2012 Debut of the Month. This is an outstandingly assured debut novel from a sparkling new talent. When Cally Fisher sees her dead mother, real as anything, no one believes her. So Cally stops talking - what's the point...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Sarah Lean
May 2012 Debut of the Month. This is an outstandingly assured debut novel from a sparkling new talent. When Cally Fisher sees her dead mother, real as anything, no one believes her. So Cally stops talking - what's the point...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Hitler's Angel
William Osborne
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Fans of Robert Muchamore's Cherub and Henderson's Boys or Higson's Young Bond series will devour this book in a sitting. It's a novel that has its base on true fact: Hitler's secret relationship with his niece,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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William Osborne
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Fans of Robert Muchamore's Cherub and Henderson's Boys or Higson's Young Bond series will devour this book in a sitting. It's a novel that has its base on true fact: Hitler's secret relationship with his niece,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The What on Earth? Wallbook : From the Big Bang to the Present Day
Christopher Lloyd
With more than 1,000 pictures and captions depicting millions of years of evolution, the rise and fall of civilisations, the top 100 battles and on the reverse, the story of planet, life and people from the Big Bang to the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/10/2011
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Christopher Lloyd
With more than 1,000 pictures and captions depicting millions of years of evolution, the rise and fall of civilisations, the top 100 battles and on the reverse, the story of planet, life and people from the Big Bang to the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/10/2011
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The What on Earth? Wallbook of Natural History From the Dawn of Life to the Present Day
Christopher Lloyd
With more than 1000 pictures and captions depicting millions of years of evolution, the rise and fall of civilisations, the top 100 battles and on the reverse, the story of the planet, life and people from the Big Bang to...
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Format: Novelty book - Released: 20/10/2011
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Christopher Lloyd
With more than 1000 pictures and captions depicting millions of years of evolution, the rise and fall of civilisations, the top 100 battles and on the reverse, the story of the planet, life and people from the Big Bang to...
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Format: Novelty book - Released: 20/10/2011
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The What on Earth? Wallbook of Sport : From the Ancient Olympics to the Present Day
Christopher Lloyd
Everything you want to know about all sports from the original Olympics to the present day is crammed into the attractively busy pages of this vast wall chart. Fun to browse but also hugely informative, this chart deserves a place...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/05/2012
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Christopher Lloyd
Everything you want to know about all sports from the original Olympics to the present day is crammed into the attractively busy pages of this vast wall chart. Fun to browse but also hugely informative, this chart deserves a place...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/05/2012
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Diamond Jubilee Royals Dress-up Dolly Book
2012 marks the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and what better way to celebrate than by dressing her and members of the Royal Family in an array of right royal outfits?
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Diamond Jubilee
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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2012 marks the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and what better way to celebrate than by dressing her and members of the Royal Family in an array of right royal outfits?
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The Youngstars
Ursula Jones
Set against the backdrop of grimy, coal-blackened 1930s Britain, The Youngstars tells the story of a variety troupe of teenagers, hauled around the country by their harsh and demanding 'maestro' Mr Piggott (known as 'The Pig'). The youngest of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 23/04/2012
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Ursula Jones
Set against the backdrop of grimy, coal-blackened 1930s Britain, The Youngstars tells the story of a variety troupe of teenagers, hauled around the country by their harsh and demanding 'maestro' Mr Piggott (known as 'The Pig'). The youngest of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 23/04/2012
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Red Fever
Caroline Clough
Winner of the Kelpies Prize 2010 for new Scottish writing for children. A thrilling adventure set at a time of total devastation. Red fever is sweeping the earth. Almost everyone is dead and those that remain are struggling to cope with the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 11/10/2010
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Caroline Clough
Winner of the Kelpies Prize 2010 for new Scottish writing for children. A thrilling adventure set at a time of total devastation. Red fever is sweeping the earth. Almost everyone is dead and those that remain are struggling to cope with the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 11/10/2010
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Muddle Earth Too
Paul Stewart
Invention after invention propels this witty new Muddle Earth story by best-selling duo Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, now in paperback. Joe turns up in Muddle Earth entirely by accident when he falls through a portal while trying to build...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2012
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Paul Stewart
Invention after invention propels this witty new Muddle Earth story by best-selling duo Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, now in paperback. Joe turns up in Muddle Earth entirely by accident when he falls through a portal while trying to build...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2012
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Butterfly Summer
Anne-Marie Conway
A gripping story which catches the importance of friendship – even when there are dark, dark secrets. When Becky and her mum return to where her mum grew up she uncovers an old photo which reveals something about her family...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Anne-Marie Conway
A gripping story which catches the importance of friendship – even when there are dark, dark secrets. When Becky and her mum return to where her mum grew up she uncovers an old photo which reveals something about her family...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Black Tide
Caroline Clough
Set in a disturbing dystopian future boys and girls alike will love this story of friendship and family ties set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland. A young boy Toby must find his kidnapped father and sister. His mission takes the reader...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Caroline Clough
Set in a disturbing dystopian future boys and girls alike will love this story of friendship and family ties set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland. A young boy Toby must find his kidnapped father and sister. His mission takes the reader...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Secret of the Shadows
Cathy Macphail
Prize-winning Cathy MacPhail will send a chill through her readers in haunting novel of how a past evil effects the present. Tyler is thrilled to be spending time with her aunt tidying up the picturesque cottage they have inherited from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/05/2012
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Cathy Macphail
Prize-winning Cathy MacPhail will send a chill through her readers in haunting novel of how a past evil effects the present. Tyler is thrilled to be spending time with her aunt tidying up the picturesque cottage they have inherited from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/05/2012
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Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens
Karl Shaw
A humorous take on some of the maddest and weirdest British kings and queens through the ages. Packed with funny facts, wonderful tales and cartoon illustrations - focusing on all the funny bits as well as a few foul facts!!! ...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Diamond Jubilee
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Karl Shaw
A humorous take on some of the maddest and weirdest British kings and queens through the ages. Packed with funny facts, wonderful tales and cartoon illustrations - focusing on all the funny bits as well as a few foul facts!!! ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders! Egyptians
Tony Robinson
The first in a fantastically funny new history series from the acclaimed Tony Robinson. Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Egyptians!...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Tony Robinson
The first in a fantastically funny new history series from the acclaimed Tony Robinson. Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Egyptians!...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Write Stuff : Creative Writing for Boys
Holly Brook-Piper
Write Stuff! is a new and exciting creative writing journal for kids that want to write and to encourage more reluctant writers to pick up a pen. Both this edition for boys and the sister book for girls (click...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/08/2011
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Holly Brook-Piper
Write Stuff! is a new and exciting creative writing journal for kids that want to write and to encourage more reluctant writers to pick up a pen. Both this edition for boys and the sister book for girls (click...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/08/2011
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Write Stuff Creative Writing for Girls
Holly Brook-Piper
Write Stuff! is a new and exciting creative writing journal for kids that want to write and to encourage more reluctant writers to pick up a pen. Both this edition for girls and the sister book for boys (click...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/08/2011
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Holly Brook-Piper
Write Stuff! is a new and exciting creative writing journal for kids that want to write and to encourage more reluctant writers to pick up a pen. Both this edition for girls and the sister book for boys (click...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/08/2011
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Virus
Tommy Donbavand
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. Unleashing a virus in the ICT class looks like a harmless prank. Nahim only sends the link to Polly and Amina as they build their website about a stage school for a bit of a...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Dyslexia-friendly | Reluctant Readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Tommy Donbavand
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. Unleashing a virus in the ICT class looks like a harmless prank. Nahim only sends the link to Polly and Amina as they build their website about a stage school for a bit of a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Desirable
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. A delicious comedy in which geeky George, whose passion for Warhammer games has long made him a social outcast, is transformed by some past its sell by date after shave. Suddenly everyone wants to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Frank Cottrell Boyce
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. A delicious comedy in which geeky George, whose passion for Warhammer games has long made him a social outcast, is transformed by some past its sell by date after shave. Suddenly everyone wants to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Forgotten Echo : The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn
Henry Chancellor
As the trilogy reaches its breathtaking climax, our intrepid hero Tom Scatterhorn sets off on yet another adventure in and out of time and through many exotic locations. Danger is never far behind and Tom must remain focused on his...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Henry Chancellor
As the trilogy reaches its breathtaking climax, our intrepid hero Tom Scatterhorn sets off on yet another adventure in and out of time and through many exotic locations. Danger is never far behind and Tom must remain focused on his...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Midnight Zoo
Sonya Hartnett
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. The judges said: With its stunning descriptions and small parables which illustrate the inhumanity of war, and the havoc it wreaks on both people and animals, this is a profoundly moving novel. Unbearably sad in...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2011
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Sonya Hartnett
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. The judges said: With its stunning descriptions and small parables which illustrate the inhumanity of war, and the havoc it wreaks on both people and animals, this is a profoundly moving novel. Unbearably sad in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2011
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Chocolate Box Girls: Marshmallow Skye
Cathy Cassidy
April 2012 Book of the Month. Skye and Summer are identical twins but Skye wants to be her own person, but with an effortlessly cool twin, how can she? And will Skye ever step out of Summer's shadow and find...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Cathy Cassidy
April 2012 Book of the Month. Skye and Summer are identical twins but Skye wants to be her own person, but with an effortlessly cool twin, how can she? And will Skye ever step out of Summer's shadow and find...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The Emerald Atlas:The Books of Beginning 1
John Stephens
April 2012 Book of the Month. A word from the author's UK publisher: This is a fantastic magical adventure story to lose yourself in for days – a return to true adventure stories. This book has EVERYTHING you could ask for:...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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John Stephens
April 2012 Book of the Month. A word from the author's UK publisher: This is a fantastic magical adventure story to lose yourself in for days – a return to true adventure stories. This book has EVERYTHING you could ask for:...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Moon Pie
Simon Mason
April 2012 Book of the Month. As touching a story as its title suggests, Moon Pie is deft and witty in how it tells the story of Martha, who tries to cope with her father’s increasingly erratic and unpredictable behaviour after...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Simon Mason
April 2012 Book of the Month. As touching a story as its title suggests, Moon Pie is deft and witty in how it tells the story of Martha, who tries to cope with her father’s increasingly erratic and unpredictable behaviour after...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Apocalypse Moon (The Joshua Files book 5)
M. G. Harris
April 2012 Book of the Month. Half Mexican, Manchester United fan and self-confessed geek, M G Harris is the author of the fabulous Mayan phrophecy influenced, futuristic series, The Joshua Files – perfect for action-hero fan 9+ year olds. This is the 5th...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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M. G. Harris
April 2012 Book of the Month. Half Mexican, Manchester United fan and self-confessed geek, M G Harris is the author of the fabulous Mayan phrophecy influenced, futuristic series, The Joshua Files – perfect for action-hero fan 9+ year olds. This is the 5th...
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Twelve Minutes to Midnight
Christopher Edge
April 2012 Book of the Month. A thriller with a fast-paced cinematic style, Twelve Minutes to Midnight is an electrifying story from an exciting new author featuring a feisty 13 year old heroine. It is the first book in a must-read...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Christopher Edge
April 2012 Book of the Month. A thriller with a fast-paced cinematic style, Twelve Minutes to Midnight is an electrifying story from an exciting new author featuring a feisty 13 year old heroine. It is the first book in a must-read...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Gecko Gladiator (S.W.I.T.C.H. 10)
Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Stick Book : Loads of Things You Can Make or Do with a Stick
Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield
This is a wonderfully inspiring book for the great outdoors or indoors for that matter. The authors offer masses of suggestions for things to do with a stick, in the way of adventures and bushcraft, creative and imaginative play, games,...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Out and About
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2012
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Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield
This is a wonderfully inspiring book for the great outdoors or indoors for that matter. The authors offer masses of suggestions for things to do with a stick, in the way of adventures and bushcraft, creative and imaginative play, games,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2012
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The Comic Cafe
Roger Stevens
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Leading poet Roger Stevens tells a deliciously witty story set in a café with a distinctly haunted feel. How Will and his four sisters survive the summer when they are abandoned by their parents in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Roger Stevens
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Leading poet Roger Stevens tells a deliciously witty story set in a café with a distinctly haunted feel. How Will and his four sisters survive the summer when they are abandoned by their parents in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Freaks
Kieran Larwood
April 2012 Debut of the Month and Winner of The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2011. This well-written and action-packed debut is even being considered...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Kieran Larwood
April 2012 Debut of the Month and Winner of The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2011. This well-written and action-packed debut is even being considered...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Call Me Drog
Sue Cowing
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Parker’s got a lot of demons to face as he struggles to come to terms with his parent’s separation and his father’s expectations of him. He thinks he’s coping alright until he finds Drog...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Sue Cowing
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Parker’s got a lot of demons to face as he struggles to come to terms with his parent’s separation and his father’s expectations of him. He thinks he’s coping alright until he finds Drog...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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A Tiger Too Many
Antony Wootten
April 2012 Debut of the Month. A Tiger Too Many is enchanting from the word go and very readable. The sentences are short and concise with no waffle and therefore the story goes forward quite briskly and the reader’s attention...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/08/2011
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Antony Wootten
April 2012 Debut of the Month. A Tiger Too Many is enchanting from the word go and very readable. The sentences are short and concise with no waffle and therefore the story goes forward quite briskly and the reader’s attention...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/08/2011
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Turtle Terror (S.W.I.T.C.H. 9)
Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Spirit Walker: Book 2 Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Michelle Paver
Dazzling entertainment, seamless storytelling - the second adventure in Torak's quest to vanquish the terrifying Soul-Eaters.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/09/2005
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Michelle Paver
Dazzling entertainment, seamless storytelling - the second adventure in Torak's quest to vanquish the terrifying Soul-Eaters.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/09/2005
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The Vampire Blog (The Vampire series Book 1)
Pete Johnson
On his thirteenth birthday, Marcus Howlett is faced with a bombshell. His parents are half-vampire. And, although he hates the thought of it, he is about to become one too. But, as he secretly blogs about the horrors of his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010
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Pete Johnson
On his thirteenth birthday, Marcus Howlett is faced with a bombshell. His parents are half-vampire. And, although he hates the thought of it, he is about to become one too. But, as he secretly blogs about the horrors of his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010
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The Vampire Hunters (The Vampire series Book 2)
Pete Johnson
This is a new novel from award-winning author Pete Johnson that taps into the very current interest in vampires - done with Pete's humorous, accessible touch. Click here for book 1 in the series, The Vampire Blog. Click here...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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Pete Johnson
This is a new novel from award-winning author Pete Johnson that taps into the very current interest in vampires - done with Pete's humorous, accessible touch. Click here for book 1 in the series, The Vampire Blog. Click here...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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The Secret Lake
Karen Inglis
A 'time-slip' mystery adventure in which Stella (11) and Tom (8), when trying to find their elderly neighbour's missing dog, discover a tunnel and lake that take them back in time to their home 100 years in the past. Author Karen...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Karen Inglis
A 'time-slip' mystery adventure in which Stella (11) and Tom (8), when trying to find their elderly neighbour's missing dog, discover a tunnel and lake that take them back in time to their home 100 years in the past. Author Karen...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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The Rainbow Orchid Adventures of Julius Chancer Vol 3
Garen Ewing
Don't miss the stunning conclusion to the biggest adventure in comics! The Rainbow Orchid is an ambitious blend of classic storytelling and cinematic artwork, in which adventure, historical drama and legend are seamlessly intertwined. You can find more about...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Garen Ewing
Don't miss the stunning conclusion to the biggest adventure in comics! The Rainbow Orchid is an ambitious blend of classic storytelling and cinematic artwork, in which adventure, historical drama and legend are seamlessly intertwined. You can find more about...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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The Flip-Flop Club : Charmed Summer
Ellen Richardson
Perfect girly summer reading as 3 girls meet up on their summer holidays and a friendship ensues. Not only do they have a great deal of fun together, they also discover their pasts are linked. And when they find a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2012
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Ellen Richardson
Perfect girly summer reading as 3 girls meet up on their summer holidays and a friendship ensues. Not only do they have a great deal of fun together, they also discover their pasts are linked. And when they find a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2012
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Olivia's First Term
Lyn Gardner
Full of friendship and drama, Olivia’s First Term captures the very special atmosphere of a stage school. Olivia’s life is full of dancing classes and acting classes but Olivia is really from the circus like her father so, whenever she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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Lyn Gardner
Full of friendship and drama, Olivia’s First Term captures the very special atmosphere of a stage school. Olivia’s life is full of dancing classes and acting classes but Olivia is really from the circus like her father so, whenever she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg’s illustrations in The Mysteries of Harris Burdick have inspired readers for more than twenty five years. Now they are interpreted afresh in fourteen vivid stories by award winning US authors including Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka and Chris...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg’s illustrations in The Mysteries of Harris Burdick have inspired readers for more than twenty five years. Now they are interpreted afresh in fourteen vivid stories by award winning US authors including Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka and Chris...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Stitch Head and the Pirate's Eye
Guy Bass
If you love adventure, mystery and gothic stories complete with plenty of humour and wacky, sometimes frightening characters including monsters and a mad professor, then this is the book for you. Add in Stitch Head, a little boy -...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Guy Bass
If you love adventure, mystery and gothic stories complete with plenty of humour and wacky, sometimes frightening characters including monsters and a mad professor, then this is the book for you. Add in Stitch Head, a little boy -...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Road to London
Barbara Mitchelhill
The world of Shakespeare and his theatre sparkles with life in this fast-paced historical novel. Thomas loves everything about the players and dreams of joining them if he ever has the chance. Having met Mr Shakespeare while studying at school...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Barbara Mitchelhill
The world of Shakespeare and his theatre sparkles with life in this fast-paced historical novel. Thomas loves everything about the players and dreams of joining them if he ever has the chance. Having met Mr Shakespeare while studying at school...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Tilly's Pony Tails No. 1: Magic Spirit
Pippa Funnell
This is a very special new series for pony-mad 7+ year olds from one of the best known riders competing today. Each book is not just a great story, but also full of expert advice that readers will pick up along the way. ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Pippa Funnell
This is a very special new series for pony-mad 7+ year olds from one of the best known riders competing today. Each book is not just a great story, but also full of expert advice that readers will pick up along the way. ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Anaconda Adventure (S.W.I.T.C.H. 11)
Ali Sparkes
A new thrilling adventure for a group of children who can magically switch into being another animal. And, most importantly, switch back! Now Josh and Danny are visiting the Zoo with their friend Petty Potts who is about to turn...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Ali Sparkes
A new thrilling adventure for a group of children who can magically switch into being another animal. And, most importantly, switch back! Now Josh and Danny are visiting the Zoo with their friend Petty Potts who is about to turn...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Chameleon Chaos (S.W.I.T.C.H. 8)
Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Lizard Loopy (S.W.I.T.C.H. 7)
Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Ali Sparkes
Sizzling adventures happen when twins Josh and Danny swap places with a host of fascinating animals. Armed with the secret spray given to them by Petty Potts, the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Josh and Danny can get out of all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Titanic An Edwardian Girl's Diary,1912
Ellen Emerson White
Titanic, My Story is a vividly imagined account of life on the Titanic by a young girl and told in diary form. A terrific way for children 100 years on to experience what happened in what remains one of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Ellen Emerson White
Titanic, My Story is a vividly imagined account of life on the Titanic by a young girl and told in diary form. A terrific way for children 100 years on to experience what happened in what remains one of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
Not to be missed, this is a newly translated edition of this classic story about a wonderful little girl. Pippi Longstocking is nine years old; she lives alone with a horse and a monkey and spends her days having wonderfully...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2012
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Astrid Lindgren
Not to be missed, this is a newly translated edition of this classic story about a wonderful little girl. Pippi Longstocking is nine years old; she lives alone with a horse and a monkey and spends her days having wonderfully...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2012
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Alligator Action
Ali Sparkes
Petty's been kidnapped! Josh and Danny have already broken into her secret lab looking for her, and now they're going to brave all her anti-intruder traps and break into her house. There's no sign of Petty, but there is a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Ali Sparkes
Petty's been kidnapped! Josh and Danny have already broken into her secret lab looking for her, and now they're going to brave all her anti-intruder traps and break into her house. There's no sign of Petty, but there is a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Pippi Goes Aboard
Astrid Lindgren
Pippi Longstocking has been in print continuously since first publication, making Pippi one of the most popular children's characters ever. Over 145 million copies of Astrid Lindgren's books have been sold worldwide in 91 languages. Spot-on for boys and for girls, and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2012
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Astrid Lindgren
Pippi Longstocking has been in print continuously since first publication, making Pippi one of the most popular children's characters ever. Over 145 million copies of Astrid Lindgren's books have been sold worldwide in 91 languages. Spot-on for boys and for girls, and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2012
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Pippi in the South Seas
Astrid Lindgren
One of three delightful stories featuring the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking. Spot-on for both boys and for girls for reading aloud and for reading alone and this edition is illustrated throughout by bestselling artist, Tony Ross, who also illustrated the Horrid Henry...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Astrid Lindgren
One of three delightful stories featuring the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking. Spot-on for both boys and for girls for reading aloud and for reading alone and this edition is illustrated throughout by bestselling artist, Tony Ross, who also illustrated the Horrid Henry...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Mad Iris
Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. Refreshed and repackaged version of a bestselling title. A fantastic comedy featuring the maddest ostrich on the planet! A crazy ostrich wreaks havoc at Ross and Katie's school. Mad Iris doesn't like the ostrich farm. She...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. Refreshed and repackaged version of a bestselling title. A fantastic comedy featuring the maddest ostrich on the planet! A crazy ostrich wreaks havoc at Ross and Katie's school. Mad Iris doesn't like the ostrich farm. She...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Eeek! The Runaway Alien
Karen Inglis
April 2012 Book of the Month. A boy, an alien and football - without any shadow of doubt it's a match made in heaven for boys in particular and if you have a reluctant reader in the house aged from 6-9...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/02/2012
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Karen Inglis
April 2012 Book of the Month. A boy, an alien and football - without any shadow of doubt it's a match made in heaven for boys in particular and if you have a reluctant reader in the house aged from 6-9...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/02/2012
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The Ghost in the Bath
Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. Ghosts and history whizz through this hilarious story. Luke hates most things that happen at school – and he especially hates history. When his teacher sets the class a project to do on the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/03/2012
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Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. Ghosts and history whizz through this hilarious story. Luke hates most things that happen at school – and he especially hates history. When his teacher sets the class a project to do on the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/03/2012
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Don't Go In The Cellar
Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. A crazy comedy from the bestselling author Jeremy Strong. What a silly thing to write! 'Don't Go in the Cellar.' It's just makes people WANT to go in the Cellar. People like Zack and Laura. Now,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. A crazy comedy from the bestselling author Jeremy Strong. What a silly thing to write! 'Don't Go in the Cellar.' It's just makes people WANT to go in the Cellar. People like Zack and Laura. Now,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Living With Vampires
Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. There’s plenty of gory humour as Vlad frets about his school parents' evening. Having vampire parents makes Vlad’s evening a night to worry about. While Mrs Fottle, his teacher, thinks Vlad’s pictures of his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Jeremy Strong
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. There’s plenty of gory humour as Vlad frets about his school parents' evening. Having vampire parents makes Vlad’s evening a night to worry about. While Mrs Fottle, his teacher, thinks Vlad’s pictures of his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Tilly's Pony Tails No. 2: Red Admiral
Pippa Funnell
This is a very special new series for pony-mad 7+ year olds from one of the best known riders competing today. Each book is not just a great story, but also full of expert advice that readers will pick up along the way. ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Pippa Funnell
This is a very special new series for pony-mad 7+ year olds from one of the best known riders competing today. Each book is not just a great story, but also full of expert advice that readers will pick up along the way. ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Small Change for Stuart
Lissa Evans
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Children's Book Award. The Carnegie Medal Judges said: A refreshing and plausibly magical novel which joyfully celebrates cleverness and a delight in words. Both the main...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | Ebooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Lissa Evans
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Children's Book Award. The Carnegie Medal Judges said: A refreshing and plausibly magical novel which joyfully celebrates cleverness and a delight in words. Both the main...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Sky Hawk
Gill Lewis
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. Rich in atmosphere and full of heart, Sky Hawk is an intense and touching story of how protecting a rare bird forges a deep and special friendship between two children. The osprey is Iona’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/12/2011
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Gill Lewis
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. Rich in atmosphere and full of heart, Sky Hawk is an intense and touching story of how protecting a rare bird forges a deep and special friendship between two children. The osprey is Iona’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/12/2011
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Norman Hunter
Chosen by April 2012 Guest Editor Charlie Higson: Still one of the immortals of children's literature - Professor Branestawm's continues to amuse generations of young readers. The wonderfully nutty, fabulously entertaining mishaps of Professor Branestawm. He's madly sane and cleverly dotty. Professor...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2008
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Norman Hunter
Chosen by April 2012 Guest Editor Charlie Higson: Still one of the immortals of children's literature - Professor Branestawm's continues to amuse generations of young readers. The wonderfully nutty, fabulously entertaining mishaps of Professor Branestawm. He's madly sane and cleverly dotty. Professor...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2008
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Everything's Amazing (Sort Of) : Tom Gates 3
Liz Pichon
March 2012 Book of the Month. From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize comes the third amazing instalment of this brilliant series. This again takes the form of Tom's battered homework diary - crammed with his scribbles and stories. Totally accessible for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Liz Pichon
March 2012 Book of the Month. From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize comes the third amazing instalment of this brilliant series. This again takes the form of Tom's battered homework diary - crammed with his scribbles and stories. Totally accessible for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Twilight Robbery
Frances Hardinge
March 2012 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011. Award winning Frances Hardinge’s first novel Fly By Night starred Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent. Now they are back for a thrilling new adventure in the city...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Frances Hardinge
March 2012 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011. Award winning Frances Hardinge’s first novel Fly By Night starred Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent. Now they are back for a thrilling new adventure in the city...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Grk and the Phoney Macaroni
Joshua Doder
March 2012 Book of the Month. Grk and his erstwhile master Tim have been all over the world in their previous 7 adventures and in this one they visit Italy. Before long however, Grk has been kidnapped and Tim is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Joshua Doder
March 2012 Book of the Month. Grk and his erstwhile master Tim have been all over the world in their previous 7 adventures and in this one they visit Italy. Before long however, Grk has been kidnapped and Tim is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Chosen by Stylist magazine as one of the Cult Books of 2012. Frank, powerful, warm and often heart-breaking, Wonder is a book you'll read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page. This is a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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R. J. Palacio
Chosen by Stylist magazine as one of the Cult Books of 2012. Frank, powerful, warm and often heart-breaking, Wonder is a book you'll read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page. This is a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Katy's Wild Foal (Katy's Ponies)
Victoria Eveleigh
How Katy discovers a newborn Exmoor foal on her birthday and persuades her family that she can look after it launches a tender and convincing story of one girl’s passion for ponies. Victoria Eveleigh gives enough details of pony care...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Pony Mad
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Victoria Eveleigh
How Katy discovers a newborn Exmoor foal on her birthday and persuades her family that she can look after it launches a tender and convincing story of one girl’s passion for ponies. Victoria Eveleigh gives enough details of pony care...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Wildwood
Colin Meloy
March 2012 Debut of the Month. This delightful book isn’t easy to categorise. Written and illustrated by a Husband and Wife team this surreal, fairytale-like story is full of adventure and excitement – beginning with the abduction of a one...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Colin Meloy
March 2012 Debut of the Month. This delightful book isn’t easy to categorise. Written and illustrated by a Husband and Wife team this surreal, fairytale-like story is full of adventure and excitement – beginning with the abduction of a one...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Itch
Simon Mayo
March 2012 Debut of the Month. A terrific action adventure packed-full of fascinating true science! Itch is making an unusual collection: when it is finished, it will include all the elements of the periodic table. But collecting elements is a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Simon Mayo
March 2012 Debut of the Month. A terrific action adventure packed-full of fascinating true science! Itch is making an unusual collection: when it is finished, it will include all the elements of the periodic table. But collecting elements is a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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One Dog and His Boy
Eva Ibbotson
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. Award winning Eva Ibbotson’s poignant and beautiful last book celebrates a boy’s passion for a dog. All Hal has ever wanted is a dog but his parents refuse...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Eva Ibbotson
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. Award winning Eva Ibbotson’s poignant and beautiful last book celebrates a boy’s passion for a dog. All Hal has ever wanted is a dog but his parents refuse...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Fabulous Phartlehorn Affair
M. L. Peel
A rip-roaring adventure in which anything and everything bizarre and unlikely can and does easily happen. When Bruno’s parents float up into the clouds in an unfortunate accident he is sent to the very expensive and very horrible St Ermingarda’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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M. L. Peel
A rip-roaring adventure in which anything and everything bizarre and unlikely can and does easily happen. When Bruno’s parents float up into the clouds in an unfortunate accident he is sent to the very expensive and very horrible St Ermingarda’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change
Tony Bradman
Perfectly pitched for younger readers, this is a timely collection of stories about an urgent matter that will affect everyone’s future. The stories have a global perspective with different authors tackling the different consequences of the world warming up. Crucially,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Tony Bradman
Perfectly pitched for younger readers, this is a timely collection of stories about an urgent matter that will affect everyone’s future. The stories have a global perspective with different authors tackling the different consequences of the world warming up. Crucially,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Titanic Death on the Water
Tom Bradman
Death on the Water brings the great ship alive for young readers by combining both fact and fiction. The famous story of the sinking of the great ship Titantic has fascinated all who have heard it since the actual event...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Tom Bradman
Death on the Water brings the great ship alive for young readers by combining both fact and fiction. The famous story of the sinking of the great ship Titantic has fascinated all who have heard it since the actual event...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles book 2)
Rick Riordan
From the author of the phenomenally successful Percy Jackson novels comes a terrific series set in Ancient Egypt rather than in Ancient Greece. Rick really has his finger on the pulse when it comes to delivering what 9+ kids...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Rick Riordan
From the author of the phenomenally successful Percy Jackson novels comes a terrific series set in Ancient Egypt rather than in Ancient Greece. Rick really has his finger on the pulse when it comes to delivering what 9+ kids...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Railway Children (Oxford Children's Classics)
Edith Nesbit
One of the best known classics in children's literature and a firm favourite of all the family. This wonderful addition to the Oxford Children's Classics range is a book to treasure and return to again and again and features...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Edith Nesbit
One of the best known classics in children's literature and a firm favourite of all the family. This wonderful addition to the Oxford Children's Classics range is a book to treasure and return to again and again and features...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Around the World in Eighty Days (Oxford Children's Classics)
Jules Verne
Join Phileas Fogg on his epic adventure as he attempts to travel around the world in eighty days. If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/02/2012
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Jules Verne
Join Phileas Fogg on his epic adventure as he attempts to travel around the world in eighty days. If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/02/2012
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My Friend Flicka
Mary O'Hara
This is a classic tale of the American plains and one boy's belief in a horse. He watches, entranced by Flicka - the speed of her, the power, the wildness. But can Ken tame Flicka, the proud and spirited foal,...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Pony Mad
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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Mary O'Hara
This is a classic tale of the American plains and one boy's belief in a horse. He watches, entranced by Flicka - the speed of her, the power, the wildness. But can Ken tame Flicka, the proud and spirited foal,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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Katy's Champion Pony (Katy's Ponies)
Victoria Eveleigh
Pony mad Katy is growing in confidence and ambition. Despite changes at Barton Farm and losing both her best-friend and her knowledgeable aunt, Katy is determined to train her pony Trifle to be a champion. It’s a much harder task...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Pony Mad
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Victoria Eveleigh
Pony mad Katy is growing in confidence and ambition. Despite changes at Barton Farm and losing both her best-friend and her knowledgeable aunt, Katy is determined to train her pony Trifle to be a champion. It’s a much harder task...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Pony Mad
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Considine Curse
Gareth P. Jones
Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2012. Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2011
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Gareth P. Jones
Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2012. Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2011
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The Young Inferno
John Agard
Age 9+. Winner of The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education's Poetry Award for 2009 and nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Brilliantly original, John Agard’s poetic reworking of Dante’s Inferno for a young, modern audience is a thrilling journey of...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards | Poetry
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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John Agard
Age 9+. Winner of The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education's Poetry Award for 2009 and nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Brilliantly original, John Agard’s poetic reworking of Dante’s Inferno for a young, modern audience is a thrilling journey of...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards | Poetry
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Watership Down
Richard Adams
Stunning and compulsive are two words that for me best describe the story of Fiver, of Hazel and the rabbit warren full of family and friends. Rejected by most publishers before eventually being snapped up by Rex Collings in the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Richard Adams
Stunning and compulsive are two words that for me best describe the story of Fiver, of Hazel and the rabbit warren full of family and friends. Rejected by most publishers before eventually being snapped up by Rex Collings in the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Sam and Ruby's Olympic Adventure
Tony Bradman
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. An exciting time-travel story which gives special insight into the background story of the Olympics. Both badly behaved at school, Sam and Ruby hate work and do their best to avoid it. When they are...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Dyslexia-friendly | Reluctant Readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/02/2012
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Tony Bradman
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. An exciting time-travel story which gives special insight into the background story of the Olympics. Both badly behaved at school, Sam and Ruby hate work and do their best to avoid it. When they are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/02/2012
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Brotherband: The Outcasts Book One
John Flanagan
This is the first in a fast-paced action adventure series that grips from the very first page. Set on the high seas teams of boys must triumph over adversity if they are going to win the ultimate race of becoming...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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John Flanagan
This is the first in a fast-paced action adventure series that grips from the very first page. Set on the high seas teams of boys must triumph over adversity if they are going to win the ultimate race of becoming...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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