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Books of the Month - September
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Zog
Julia Donaldson
The creators of the best-selling Gruffalo have invented a delightful new character – Zog the little dragon who always wants to do best at school. Zog’s determination to win gold stars leads him into loads of mishaps but luckily he...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Julia Donaldson
The creators of the best-selling Gruffalo have invented a delightful new character – Zog the little dragon who always wants to do best at school. Zog’s determination to win gold stars leads him into loads of mishaps but luckily he...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
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Up and Down
Oliver Jeffers
A touching story of how two friends feel when they separate and try to manage without each other. Prize-winning illustrator Oliver Jeffers specialises in spare illustrations which are warm hearted but also capture the deep sadness of being alone in...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Oliver Jeffers
A touching story of how two friends feel when they separate and try to manage without each other. Prize-winning illustrator Oliver Jeffers specialises in spare illustrations which are warm hearted but also capture the deep sadness of being alone in...
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil
Derek Landy
Best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant has taken the world by storm. A hugely entertaining mix of fear and fun in a magical community where the strangest things seem to happen for unpredictable reasons, this fifth volume tells a new chapter in the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Derek Landy
Best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant has taken the world by storm. A hugely entertaining mix of fear and fun in a magical community where the strangest things seem to happen for unpredictable reasons, this fifth volume tells a new chapter in the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Scat
Carl Hiaasen
Totally topical, Scat is a brilliant fast-moving eco-aware thriller set in the swamps of Florida. Nick and Marta get sucked into the world of corrupt oil prospectors and fanatical eco-activists when Mrs Starch, a formidably horrible teacher at Truman School,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Carl Hiaasen
Totally topical, Scat is a brilliant fast-moving eco-aware thriller set in the swamps of Florida. Nick and Marta get sucked into the world of corrupt oil prospectors and fanatical eco-activists when Mrs Starch, a formidably horrible teacher at Truman School,...
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Boom!
Mark Haddon
Everything about this deliciously improbable adventure is almost completely daft – and that’s the fun of it all. When Charlie sets up his walkie-talkie in the staff room he doesn’t hear gossip about the pupils as he had expected. Instead,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Mark Haddon
Everything about this deliciously improbable adventure is almost completely daft – and that’s the fun of it all. When Charlie sets up his walkie-talkie in the staff room he doesn’t hear gossip about the pupils as he had expected. Instead,...
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The Search for WondLa
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to guide...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2010
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to guide...
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Bob and Barry's Lunar Adventures 3: The Heartless Robots
Simon Bartram
A thrilling new adventure for Bob, the loveable man-on-the-moon. Bob’s happiest day comes when he wins the Inventions Competition. Soon, his Galaxobot 300 will bring order to the lives of every overworked spaceman. But Bob has no idea how angry...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
Simon Bartram
A thrilling new adventure for Bob, the loveable man-on-the-moon. Bob’s happiest day comes when he wins the Inventions Competition. Soon, his Galaxobot 300 will bring order to the lives of every overworked spaceman. But Bob has no idea how angry...
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The Great Rabbit Rescue
Katie Davies
The eagerly awaited sequel to the award winning The Great Hamster Massacre. Once again featuring 9 year old Anna and five year old Tom go on a quest for a pet. The Great Rabbit Rescue reunites its readers with the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Katie Davies
The eagerly awaited sequel to the award winning The Great Hamster Massacre. Once again featuring 9 year old Anna and five year old Tom go on a quest for a pet. The Great Rabbit Rescue reunites its readers with the...
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The Dead
Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly disease which takes out young people as...
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/09/2010
Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly disease which takes out young people as...
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Worse Things Happen at Sea: The Ratbridge Chronicles Vol 2
Alan Snow
This is the second in The Ratbridge Chronicles. However, like the first it is a stand-alone novel in its own right. It’s a tale of pirates, poison and monsters and swashbuckling adventure on the high seas as the doctor of...
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2010
Alan Snow
This is the second in The Ratbridge Chronicles. However, like the first it is a stand-alone novel in its own right. It’s a tale of pirates, poison and monsters and swashbuckling adventure on the high seas as the doctor of...
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Slog's Dad
David Almond
Award-winning author/ illustrator team David Almond and Dave McKean have followed up The Savage with an equally stunning new book told partly as a graphic novel and partly as a story. Full of the kind of mystery David Almond created...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
David Almond
Award-winning author/ illustrator team David Almond and Dave McKean have followed up The Savage with an equally stunning new book told partly as a graphic novel and partly as a story. Full of the kind of mystery David Almond created...
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Ottoline at Sea
Chris Riddell
Award winning author/ illustrator Chris Riddell weaves another fantastical story about Ottoline and her very special and very hairy friend, Mr. Munroe. Ottoline and Mr. Munroe love solving tricky problems and working out clever plans; they love putting on disguises...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2010
Chris Riddell
Award winning author/ illustrator Chris Riddell weaves another fantastical story about Ottoline and her very special and very hairy friend, Mr. Munroe. Ottoline and Mr. Munroe love solving tricky problems and working out clever plans; they love putting on disguises...
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Letters from an Alien Schoolboy
Ros Asquith
This is the first in a terrific new series for 7+ year olds – both boys and girls. Packed with some hilarious illustrations and the story itself is a real page-turner. It features an alien who comes to spy on...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/09/2010
Ros Asquith
This is the first in a terrific new series for 7+ year olds – both boys and girls. Packed with some hilarious illustrations and the story itself is a real page-turner. It features an alien who comes to spy on...
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Iris and Isaac
Catherine Rayner
Prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner has produced a new outstanding title. Polar bears Iris and Isaac fall out over sharing their nest. Each stomps away in a Big Bear Huff but soon both find that they don’t enjoy anything half as...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2010
Catherine Rayner
Prize-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner has produced a new outstanding title. Polar bears Iris and Isaac fall out over sharing their nest. Each stomps away in a Big Bear Huff but soon both find that they don’t enjoy anything half as...
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Flossie Crums 2: the Enchanted Cookie Tree A Flossie Crums Baking Adventure
Helen Nathan
Another brilliant baking adventure that combines a great story featuring top cookie maker Flossie Crums with some fabulous cookie recipes, each one easy enough for children to do on their own with limited parental supervision. The art of baking has...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Helen Nathan
Another brilliant baking adventure that combines a great story featuring top cookie maker Flossie Crums with some fabulous cookie recipes, each one easy enough for children to do on their own with limited parental supervision. The art of baking has...
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Eddie's Toolbox And How to Make and Mend Things
Sarah Garland
Fixing things has never been more fun than in this attractive story which also provides useful and practical guidance on helping children to use tools. When new neighbours arrive next door, Eddie is lucky that when Tom needs to fix...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Sarah Garland
Fixing things has never been more fun than in this attractive story which also provides useful and practical guidance on helping children to use tools. When new neighbours arrive next door, Eddie is lucky that when Tom needs to fix...
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Chocolate Box Girls: Cherry Crush
Cathy Cassidy
All the teenage humours of romance, jealousy, friendship and sorrow rage freely in this brilliantly observed story of contemporary life. Cherry tells what it feels like to arrive in a new family. Her dad has fallen in love with an...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Cathy Cassidy
All the teenage humours of romance, jealousy, friendship and sorrow rage freely in this brilliantly observed story of contemporary life. Cherry tells what it feels like to arrive in a new family. Her dad has fallen in love with an...
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Almost True
Keren David
A thrilling adventure in which the stakes are dangerously high, Almost True is an emotional roller coaster. When someone is shot dead on the doorstep instead of him, fourteen year old Ty, already under police protection since witnessing a murder,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Keren David
A thrilling adventure in which the stakes are dangerously high, Almost True is an emotional roller coaster. When someone is shot dead on the doorstep instead of him, fourteen year old Ty, already under police protection since witnessing a murder,...
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Alienography Or: How to Spot an Alien Invasion and What to Do About it
Chris Riddell
Prize-winning illustrator/ author Chris Riddell has created a fabulous cast of strange creatures and the unusual antics they get up to in a brilliantly imagined and conceived world. Subtitled How to Spot an Alien Invasion, Alienography is both a comprehensive...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2010
Chris Riddell
Prize-winning illustrator/ author Chris Riddell has created a fabulous cast of strange creatures and the unusual antics they get up to in a brilliantly imagined and conceived world. Subtitled How to Spot an Alien Invasion, Alienography is both a comprehensive...
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Airhead: Runaway
Meg Cabot
From the author of the hugely successful Princess Diaries, this trilogy for 11+ year olds featuring two girls, one of whom finds herself inside the body of the other and doing things she could never imagine doing. Now Em, whose...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2010
Meg Cabot
From the author of the hugely successful Princess Diaries, this trilogy for 11+ year olds featuring two girls, one of whom finds herself inside the body of the other and doing things she could never imagine doing. Now Em, whose...
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Hunger
Michael Grant
This paperback edition will be available in September 2010. Here's what Hugh (14), one of our teenage reviewers think of Hunger: Hunger, like it’s prequel Gone was unputdownable. It's an excellent follow-up to an original idea. More children are developing powers and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
Michael Grant
This paperback edition will be available in September 2010. Here's what Hugh (14), one of our teenage reviewers think of Hunger: Hunger, like it’s prequel Gone was unputdownable. It's an excellent follow-up to an original idea. More children are developing powers and...
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Annexed
Sharon Dogar
The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most treasured children’s books of the last fifty years. Anne’s account of the years she spent in hiding from the Nazi’s in Amsterdam during the Second World War vividly tells much...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Sharon Dogar
The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most treasured children’s books of the last fifty years. Anne’s account of the years she spent in hiding from the Nazi’s in Amsterdam during the Second World War vividly tells much...
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No Such Thing As Dragons
Philip Reeve
This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
Philip Reeve
This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different...
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Little Bear's Little Boat
Eve Bunting
Tender and true, this is a beautiful story about Little Bear’s loss as he grows too big for the little boat he loves. Since he can no longer fish from the boat or dream in it, he searches for another...
Format: Board Book - Released: 06/07/2009
Eve Bunting
Tender and true, this is a beautiful story about Little Bear’s loss as he grows too big for the little boat he loves. Since he can no longer fish from the boat or dream in it, he searches for another...
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Alison Jay's Question Blocks
Alison Jay
A perfect gift for a newborn baby. Four stunning board books nestle in this beautiful box. Each poses a question. Who is That?, What is Yellow?, Where is Teddy?, What is This? The answers to all the questions are to...
Format: Board Book - Released: 01/05/2009
Alison Jay
A perfect gift for a newborn baby. Four stunning board books nestle in this beautiful box. Each poses a question. Who is That?, What is Yellow?, Where is Teddy?, What is This? The answers to all the questions are to...
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Play the Shape Game
Anthony Browne
Take a shape and transform it into something new...Top names, including Jo Brand, Quentin Blake, Jacqueline Wilson, Phillip Pullman, Imelda Staunton, Anthony Horowitz, Sir Peter Blake, Linford Christie and Andrew Motion, have played Anthony Browne's Shape Game and left a new shape...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/07/2010
Anthony Browne
Take a shape and transform it into something new...Top names, including Jo Brand, Quentin Blake, Jacqueline Wilson, Phillip Pullman, Imelda Staunton, Anthony Horowitz, Sir Peter Blake, Linford Christie and Andrew Motion, have played Anthony Browne's Shape Game and left a new shape...
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Cave Baby
Julia Donaldson
Best-selling author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson has teamed up with prize-winning illustrator Emily Gravett to create a wonderfully witty story about a cheeky little Cave Baby. When the Cave Baby scribbles on the walls of his cave he is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/08/2010
Julia Donaldson
Best-selling author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson has teamed up with prize-winning illustrator Emily Gravett to create a wonderfully witty story about a cheeky little Cave Baby. When the Cave Baby scribbles on the walls of his cave he is...
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Playing with Phyre
Graham Marks
When everything Haden Akatine has ever known is obliterated by the ruthless Sadar, all he seeks is vengeance. What he finds is a conspiracy stretching across the Territories, to the Sadar’s mountain stronghold, Ghadra. Here, in the heart of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
Graham Marks
When everything Haden Akatine has ever known is obliterated by the ruthless Sadar, all he seeks is vengeance. What he finds is a conspiracy stretching across the Territories, to the Sadar’s mountain stronghold, Ghadra. Here, in the heart of...
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The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...This thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2010
Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...This thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises...
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One Fluffy Baa-Lamb, Ten Hairy Caterpillars
Nick Sharratt
Open the flaps to find loads of jokes in this witty and surprising counting book which makes thinking about numbers fun! The lambs and the caterpillars get up to all kids of unexpected fun to entertain readers with their driving,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2010
Nick Sharratt
Open the flaps to find loads of jokes in this witty and surprising counting book which makes thinking about numbers fun! The lambs and the caterpillars get up to all kids of unexpected fun to entertain readers with their driving,...
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Lies
Michael Grant
A compelling sequel to the best-selling Gone and Hunger, Lies is a dark, thrilling and thought-provoking adventure. Lies is set in a dystopian future where food is scarce and life is fragile; all those over fifteen have been annihilated leaving...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Michael Grant
A compelling sequel to the best-selling Gone and Hunger, Lies is a dark, thrilling and thought-provoking adventure. Lies is set in a dystopian future where food is scarce and life is fragile; all those over fifteen have been annihilated leaving...
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The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-fu Cavemen from the Future
Dav Pilkey
From the creators of the massively successful Captain Underpants series comes a terrific blend of past and future featuring Flintstone style cavemen but set in the future. The characters Ook and Gluk are past masters at martial arts as well...
Format: Hardback - Released: 11/08/2010
Dav Pilkey
From the creators of the massively successful Captain Underpants series comes a terrific blend of past and future featuring Flintstone style cavemen but set in the future. The characters Ook and Gluk are past masters at martial arts as well...
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Ruby Nettleship and the Ice Lolly Adventure
Thomas Docherty
This is a magical adventure in which a drab landscape is transformed into a place of beauty and delight. Ruby’s playground is rundown; nothing works except for one swing for which there is always a long queue. One day, Ruby...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
Thomas Docherty
This is a magical adventure in which a drab landscape is transformed into a place of beauty and delight. Ruby’s playground is rundown; nothing works except for one swing for which there is always a long queue. One day, Ruby...
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Whisper My Name
Jane Eagland
This is an incredibly eerie and chilling story of 16 year old Meriel Garland who is trapped in her grandfather’s strict regime of study and silence. It’s a narrow, solitary existence, yet Meriel doesn’t always feel alone for someone is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2010
Jane Eagland
This is an incredibly eerie and chilling story of 16 year old Meriel Garland who is trapped in her grandfather’s strict regime of study and silence. It’s a narrow, solitary existence, yet Meriel doesn’t always feel alone for someone is...
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Vile A Cautionary Tale for Little Monsters
Mark Robinson
This is a terrific Cautionary Tale for mischievous kids demonstrating as it does that perhaps life’s not so great when spent solely in the pursuit of vileness And when two of the pupils of the University of Vile discover that...
Format: Paperback - Released: 23/07/2010
Mark Robinson
This is a terrific Cautionary Tale for mischievous kids demonstrating as it does that perhaps life’s not so great when spent solely in the pursuit of vileness And when two of the pupils of the University of Vile discover that...
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Troubadour
Mary Hoffman
Shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award 2009 There’s romance, intrigue, religion and bloodshed all tightly interwoven in this historical thriller. Rather than marrying the old nobleman her father has chosen for her, Elinor determines to run away with Bertran...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
Mary Hoffman
Shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award 2009 There’s romance, intrigue, religion and bloodshed all tightly interwoven in this historical thriller. Rather than marrying the old nobleman her father has chosen for her, Elinor determines to run away with Bertran...
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The Good Green Lunchbox: Tasty, Healthy Lunches and Picnics
Jocelyn Miller
This is the book to help you and the children give what you eat an eco-makeover! It's a make-and-do book and contains 16 ideas for tasty and healthy lunches and picnics, which at the same time highlight a range of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 23/07/2010
Jocelyn Miller
This is the book to help you and the children give what you eat an eco-makeover! It's a make-and-do book and contains 16 ideas for tasty and healthy lunches and picnics, which at the same time highlight a range of...
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The 10pm Question
Kate De Goldi
This is a warm, surprising, quirky, yet real and intelligent novel you will fall in love with. It’s a coming of age tale of Frankie Parsons, a twelve year old boy (who thinks and acts much older) who worries incessantly...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
Kate De Goldi
This is a warm, surprising, quirky, yet real and intelligent novel you will fall in love with. It’s a coming of age tale of Frankie Parsons, a twelve year old boy (who thinks and acts much older) who worries incessantly...
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The Rabbit Problem
Emily Gravett
A Useful book about Families. An outstandingly original and entertaining book packed full of rabbitty details and a feast of novelty features that makes it all the more fun to read again and again and again. The Rabbit Problem...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2010
Emily Gravett
A Useful book about Families. An outstandingly original and entertaining book packed full of rabbitty details and a feast of novelty features that makes it all the more fun to read again and again and again. The Rabbit Problem...
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On a Dark, Dark Night
Simon Prescott
A very simple story told with few words but wonderful images where shadows and dark shapes leap off the page as the mouse runs through the dark wood and into the streets, then into a house, down some dark, dark...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
Simon Prescott
A very simple story told with few words but wonderful images where shadows and dark shapes leap off the page as the mouse runs through the dark wood and into the streets, then into a house, down some dark, dark...
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Guess Who Says Moo? My Little Book of Riddles
Leonie Shearing
This perfect introduction to farm animals combines some absolutely charming illustrations with the ever-popular flip-the-flaps, creating a fun guessing game for the very young. Farm and farm animal words are introduced in a really fun way.
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
Leonie Shearing
This perfect introduction to farm animals combines some absolutely charming illustrations with the ever-popular flip-the-flaps, creating a fun guessing game for the very young. Farm and farm animal words are introduced in a really fun way.
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Reckless
Cornelia Funke
This title is published in September 2010 but we have an exclusive extract to whet your appetite. Best-selling author Cornelia Funke whose Inkheart was a world-wide phenomenon has created a wonderful new imaginary world peopled with a gigantic cast of...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Cornelia Funke
This title is published in September 2010 but we have an exclusive extract to whet your appetite. Best-selling author Cornelia Funke whose Inkheart was a world-wide phenomenon has created a wonderful new imaginary world peopled with a gigantic cast of...
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The Maze Runner
James Dashner
A cracking sci-fi post-apocalyptic adventure thriller for 11+ year olds that has already taken the US by storm and is set to achieve similar success globally. When Thomas wakes up, walks out of the lift he’s in he finds himself...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
James Dashner
A cracking sci-fi post-apocalyptic adventure thriller for 11+ year olds that has already taken the US by storm and is set to achieve similar success globally. When Thomas wakes up, walks out of the lift he’s in he finds himself...
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Time Riders 2: Day of the Predator
Alex Scarrow
Lovers of time travelling adventure will be mesmerised by this second title in the Time Riders series. Three children from different times – Liam, who should have died at sea in 1912, Maddy whose life was to have ended in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Alex Scarrow
Lovers of time travelling adventure will be mesmerised by this second title in the Time Riders series. Three children from different times – Liam, who should have died at sea in 1912, Maddy whose life was to have ended in...
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Return to the Lost World
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
A roller coaster adventure that will grab readers from the dramatic dare devil opening and hold them gripped throughout. Luke is only fourteen but he has an adult sized thirst for invention and exploration. Something about his reputation proceeds him...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/08/2010
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
A roller coaster adventure that will grab readers from the dramatic dare devil opening and hold them gripped throughout. Luke is only fourteen but he has an adult sized thirst for invention and exploration. Something about his reputation proceeds him...
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Dead Man's Cove: Laura Marlin Mysteries 1
Lauren St.John
Feisty orphan Laura Marlin is rescued from her life in a children’s home by her mysterious uncle Calvin. Laura loves everything about her new life in Cornwall but soon realises that it is full of secrets. Laura’s sharp observation and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/08/2010
Lauren St.John
Feisty orphan Laura Marlin is rescued from her life in a children’s home by her mysterious uncle Calvin. Laura loves everything about her new life in Cornwall but soon realises that it is full of secrets. Laura’s sharp observation and...
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Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex: Book 7
Eoin Colfer
Bestselling master criminal Artemis Fowl is back for another thrilling adventure. But, is he the same? Now fifteen, Artemis seems older and wiser and he is determined to save the world from global warming. Gathering the leaders of the fairy...
Format: Hardback - Released: 20/07/2010
Eoin Colfer
Bestselling master criminal Artemis Fowl is back for another thrilling adventure. But, is he the same? Now fifteen, Artemis seems older and wiser and he is determined to save the world from global warming. Gathering the leaders of the fairy...
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Midnight on Lundy
Victoria Eveleigh
This is Victoria Eveleigh’s fourth novel, her first three all feature an Exmoor pony called Trifle. This one however, is set, first on Lundy Island* and then on the mainland in Devon. Heart-rending but ultimately uplifting it will at...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/10/2009
Victoria Eveleigh
This is Victoria Eveleigh’s fourth novel, her first three all feature an Exmoor pony called Trifle. This one however, is set, first on Lundy Island* and then on the mainland in Devon. Heart-rending but ultimately uplifting it will at...
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Find Chaffy
Jamie Smart
Join in the search for the missing Chaffies! Ten loveable Chaffies have wandered off into the world and someone needs to set out and find where they are hiding! Join in the search for these delightful creatures among a graveyard...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Jamie Smart
Join in the search for the missing Chaffies! Ten loveable Chaffies have wandered off into the world and someone needs to set out and find where they are hiding! Join in the search for these delightful creatures among a graveyard...
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Edge of Nowhere
John E. Smelcer
This is an astonishing tale of survival 'with more psychological depth than Robinson Crusoe*'; very poignant and based on true events. It delves deeper into its themes of survival and endurance than his previous novel The Great Death and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
John E. Smelcer
This is an astonishing tale of survival 'with more psychological depth than Robinson Crusoe*'; very poignant and based on true events. It delves deeper into its themes of survival and endurance than his previous novel The Great Death and...
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Wishful Thinking
Ali Sparkes
An entertaining and surprising adventure, this shows that wishing can be dangerous as Kevin soon finds out after accidentally letting his wish list fall in the river. When Abandinus becomes his own personal god, Kevin’s life takes off in some...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Ali Sparkes
An entertaining and surprising adventure, this shows that wishing can be dangerous as Kevin soon finds out after accidentally letting his wish list fall in the river. When Abandinus becomes his own personal god, Kevin’s life takes off in some...
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The Lunatic's Curse
F. E. Higgins
Gloriously macabre, with the darkly gothic Droprock Asylum, an inescapable institution for the mad, at its heart, this is a wickedly entertaining and sinister story. Rex distrusts Acantha, his new step-mother from the start but it is only when, after...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2010
F. E. Higgins
Gloriously macabre, with the darkly gothic Droprock Asylum, an inescapable institution for the mad, at its heart, this is a wickedly entertaining and sinister story. Rex distrusts Acantha, his new step-mother from the start but it is only when, after...
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Pastworld
Ian Beck
Take a thrilling journey into the past in this clever time slip mystery which, written in different voices from different times, takes its readers from a dystopian future to a Dickensian past. Caleb is on a tourist trip to the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
Ian Beck
Take a thrilling journey into the past in this clever time slip mystery which, written in different voices from different times, takes its readers from a dystopian future to a Dickensian past. Caleb is on a tourist trip to the...
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Moomin's Little Book of Numbers
Tove Jansson
One Moomin, two trees… this wonderful counting board book in the most gorgeous colours shows Moomin enjoying and counting flowers, butterflies and then… stars! A real treat.
Format: Board book - Released: 01/07/2010
Tove Jansson
One Moomin, two trees… this wonderful counting board book in the most gorgeous colours shows Moomin enjoying and counting flowers, butterflies and then… stars! A real treat.
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Medusa Project: The Rescue
Sophie Mckenzie
This is the third in this hi-octane thriller featuring four teenagers, each of whom have different psychic powers, which together can defeat almost anything. The problem is that government agents want them to help to infiltrate the criminal underworld but...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
Sophie Mckenzie
This is the third in this hi-octane thriller featuring four teenagers, each of whom have different psychic powers, which together can defeat almost anything. The problem is that government agents want them to help to infiltrate the criminal underworld but...
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Leopard's Claw
David Miller
A cracking pace is set from the very first moment in this thrilling adventure. Hanna, Ned and Jik are present in the courtroom in Sangabera in East Borneo when Dad is sentenced to death for a murder they know he...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
David Miller
A cracking pace is set from the very first moment in this thrilling adventure. Hanna, Ned and Jik are present in the courtroom in Sangabera in East Borneo when Dad is sentenced to death for a murder they know he...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities
Paul Dowswell
Intrigue and mystery lie at the heart of this story set long ago in Prague at the time of Rudolph 11. Lukas is summoned to the palace to be apprenticed to the physician of the Holy Roman Emperor. Following a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/07/2010
Paul Dowswell
Intrigue and mystery lie at the heart of this story set long ago in Prague at the time of Rudolph 11. Lukas is summoned to the palace to be apprenticed to the physician of the Holy Roman Emperor. Following a...
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Harry and Hopper
Margaret Wild
Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Harry and his dog Hopper have done everything together ever since Hopper was a jumpy little puppy. But one day the unthinkable happens and Hopper will never be there again. But Harry is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
Margaret Wild
Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Harry and his dog Hopper have done everything together ever since Hopper was a jumpy little puppy. But one day the unthinkable happens and Hopper will never be there again. But Harry is...
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My First Pocket Library
Nick Sharratt
Nick Sharratt's trademark bold illustrations and sense of humour make this the really fun way for kids to learn about counting, patterns, colours and opposites. The slipcase contains four colourful and sturdy board books, which will keep children entertained for hours! And best...
Format: Quantity pack - Released: 01/01/2010
Nick Sharratt
Nick Sharratt's trademark bold illustrations and sense of humour make this the really fun way for kids to learn about counting, patterns, colours and opposites. The slipcase contains four colourful and sturdy board books, which will keep children entertained for hours! And best...
Format: Quantity pack - Released: 01/01/2010
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White Crow
Marcus Sedgwick
Packed full of suspense, this is a tingling and chilling Gothic thriller in which nothing can quite be taken for granted. Rebecca is forced to abandon her bustling life in London for the unfamiliar village of Winterfold. So different from...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2010
Marcus Sedgwick
Packed full of suspense, this is a tingling and chilling Gothic thriller in which nothing can quite be taken for granted. Rebecca is forced to abandon her bustling life in London for the unfamiliar village of Winterfold. So different from...
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Tilly's Pony Tails 8: Neptune the Heroic Horse
Pippa Funnell
This is a very special 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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Pippa Funnell
This is a very special 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...
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The Bear's Water Picnic
John Yeoman
Best-loved illustrator Quentin Blake brings to life this lyrical, watery story. Pig, squirrel, hedgehog and hen are excited to join bear for his water picnic. They all love the quiet of the lake until they meet the noisy frogs! Searching...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
John Yeoman
Best-loved illustrator Quentin Blake brings to life this lyrical, watery story. Pig, squirrel, hedgehog and hen are excited to join bear for his water picnic. They all love the quiet of the lake until they meet the noisy frogs! Searching...
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The Rainbow Orchid: Adventures of Julius Chancer - Vol 2
Garen Ewing
Garen Ewing surpassed himself in the first volume of The Rainbow Orchid and this, the second one, is an absolute cracker. The panel artwork is beautifully rendered and the storyline incredibly intricate and yet hugely accessible to any reader –...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
Garen Ewing
Garen Ewing surpassed himself in the first volume of The Rainbow Orchid and this, the second one, is an absolute cracker. The panel artwork is beautifully rendered and the storyline incredibly intricate and yet hugely accessible to any reader –...
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Tumtum and Nutmeg: A Seaside Adventure
Emily Bearn
Widely loved for their charming nature and warm-hearted adventures, Tumtum and Nutmeg embark on their most daring trip yet. This time the two little mice are off to the seaside. They are going to keep an eye on Arthur and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2010
Emily Bearn
Widely loved for their charming nature and warm-hearted adventures, Tumtum and Nutmeg embark on their most daring trip yet. This time the two little mice are off to the seaside. They are going to keep an eye on Arthur and...
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How To Survive Summer Camp
Jacqueline Wilson
Special Anniversary Edition. Bestselling Jacqueline Wilson’s classic How to Survive Summer Camp is out in a brand new edition for a new generation of readers. It brilliantly and hilariously captures the dramatic intensity of living 24/7 with your peers. Stella...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/06/2010
Jacqueline Wilson
Special Anniversary Edition. Bestselling Jacqueline Wilson’s classic How to Survive Summer Camp is out in a brand new edition for a new generation of readers. It brilliantly and hilariously captures the dramatic intensity of living 24/7 with your peers. Stella...
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The Unfinished Angel
Sharon Creech
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Sharon Creech tells a magical story that's truly original, touching and funny of an unusual friendship between an unusual angel and Zola who find themselves sharing a tower high in the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
Sharon Creech
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Sharon Creech tells a magical story that's truly original, touching and funny of an unusual friendship between an unusual angel and Zola who find themselves sharing a tower high in the...
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Revolver
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010, the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010 and for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009. A tense, psychological drama set in the snowy wilderness of the Arctic Circle, where a boy confronts a stranger who has...
Format: Paperback - Released: 22/04/2010
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010, the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010 and for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009. A tense, psychological drama set in the snowy wilderness of the Arctic Circle, where a boy confronts a stranger who has...
Format: Paperback - Released: 22/04/2010
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Linger
Maggie Stiefvater
This is the heart-wrenching sequel to Shiver, which has surpassed all sales expectations on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s compelling, romantic and absolutely addictive. Yet again Maggie has delivered a beautifully crafted and haunting love story that will have...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
Maggie Stiefvater
This is the heart-wrenching sequel to Shiver, which has surpassed all sales expectations on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s compelling, romantic and absolutely addictive. Yet again Maggie has delivered a beautifully crafted and haunting love story that will have...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
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