Invitation to party with a Puffin.
Puffin Books – the children's book part of publisher Penguin, has reached the grand old age of 70, and is still turning out the most fantastic kids' stories. There are lots of ways you can join in the Puffin party, but why not start by entering our competition to win exclusive Puffin prizes – just click on any book cover to find out more!
Thanks to all of you who voted for your Puffin of Puffins to mark the 70th anniversary of Puffin and the relaunch of the Puffin Modern Classics. Over 10000 people voted and Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series with 68% of the vote was the clear winner with in second place, Roald Dahl with 13%.
To find out more about the history of Puffin just watch the video below.
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Puffin 70th Anniversary
Amazingly the Puffin imprint is 70 this year. It has always produced some of the best children’s books around. To celebrate its birthday it has chosen it's favourite Puffin book of each decade (see Puffin Modern Classics) and created a new range of even better value books called ‘Pocket Money Puffins’. Just Click on a tab to find out more and don’t forget to enter the free prize draw.
Pocket Money Puffins
Jeremy Strong
Hilarious fun which will entertain all children who find their parents embarrassing. Heathrow (born in the Arrivals area at the famous airport) tells the story of struggling with parents who are determined to find fame and be on telly. Every...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Chris Bradford
Gripping action from start to finish in this tightly told futuristic story about a world in which the power of a game reaches far off the screen and into real life. After the virus has wiped out all the adults,...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Meg Rosoff
Prize-winning author Meg Rosoff’s Vamoose!, a brilliant black comedy on the ups and downs of having any new baby but especially one who is different, is a gem. When a teen mum gives birth to a moose she and her...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Tom Palmer
When the new head teacher bans football, the year 6 pupils find a secret place to play. But how can they keep it a secret and, if they can’t, how can they persuade the head to change his mind? A...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Roald Dahl
Best loved author Roald Dahl provides a treasure trove of quirky and delicious stories and scenes of make-believe taken from his bestselling books. Dahl himself loved secrets and so the uncovering of snippets of facts about him such as his...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Charlie Higson
Absolutely gripping, this is a brilliantly witty story of a computer game with a difference. When Oscar fires up his father’s new work computer he finds his way into a computer game with a difference. Creating his warrior Montroso on...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Cathy Cassidy
Bestselling Cathy Cassidy captures the importance of friendship – and first love – in this touching story of Year 8s Jess and Kady. The girls have shared everything together since playgroup. But, both are looking for love and, when Jack...
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Sarah Dessen
An elegantly turned short story infused with all the passion of the possibilities of a first sexual experience, Infinity thoughtfully explores how a teenager makes a wise and brave choice about forging her own path – even when in the...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Sue Bentley
Full of magical excitement this is a charming story which tells how Martina helps Splash, the little puffin who loses his way returning from his first magic mission, to find his way home. Martina’s friendship with Splash gives her the...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
Jeanne Willis
Highly entertaining, this is a touching story about an unlikely friendship between two cats. Stuck up Sir Cecil aspires to the higher way of life – such as the one his master leads; Cubby is a scruffy down to earth...
Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
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