Featured Books for 5+ readers

What's in the Witch's Kitchen?
Nick Sharratt
Britain's most popular artist presents a brilliantly original format that very young children will delight in time and again. The witch has hidden a trick and a treat in her magical kitchen cupboards! Which one you find depends on how...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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The Diary of a Monster Catcher
Nick Denchfield and Adam Stower
A pop-up extravaganza, full of adventure and crammed with magnificent monsters.  Join Professor Potts the monster catcher, if you dare as her goes on a perilous quest that's not for the faint-hearted. Pefect gift for boys, with plenty of gross-out...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2008
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Barefoot Books World Atlas
Nick Crane
This is a visually stunning Atlas - more so than any we've seen before.  Kids will embark on a mind-expanding journey across the planet with pull-out maps, fact-filled booklets and fold-outs on most pages.  It's a book that can be...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Wonderful Earth!
Nick Butterworth
Wonderful Earth is the story of the creation of this wonderful world in which we live. Terrifically interactive with pop-ups, split pages and peep holes it will give the reader aged 5 and above hours of entertainment on their own...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 11/03/2010
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Where Willy Went
Nicholas Allan
A funny and warm-spirited story of that difficult-to-answer question – how are babies made? Willy is just one sperm among many. He’s hopeless at sums but very good at swimming. Willy practices and practices for the Great Swimming Race because...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2006
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Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela, Chris van Wyk
Nelson Mandela’s inspirational life story has been adapted into a wonderfully child-friendly version. It tells of his childhood as an ordinary boy in a village and how his belief in democracy was already strongly developed while a student. Mandela’s fight...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2010
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Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela and Chris Van Wyk
Nelson Mandela’s inspirational life story has been adapted into a wonderfully child-friendly version. It tells of his childhood as an ordinary boy in a village and how his belief in democracy was already strongly developed while a student. Mandela’s fight...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/09/2009
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Oxford First Spanish Words
Neil Morris
5+ (Year 1-2, KS 1).  Enjoy learning another language with your child. First Spanish Words is a thematic bilingual book that takes you on a picture book journey through the day - from getting up in the morning, going to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2007
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Oxford First German Words
Neil Morris
5 + (Year 1, KS 1). Enjoy learning another language with your child. First German Words is a thematic bilingual book that takes you on a picture book journey through the day - from getting up in the morning, going...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2007
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The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish Paperback and CD Audio
Neil Gaiman
A World Book Day 'Recommended Read' for 2011 Visually dramatic, this is a hugely entertaining adventure perfectly tinged with an alarming subtext.  Desperate to have his friend’s two goldfish, a boy swaps his father for them – despite the warning from...
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Format: Audiobook On Cd - Released: 04/10/2004
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Blueberry Girl
Neil Gaiman
Feisty in its hopes and wishes for a modern baby girl, this is also an enchanting lullaby which is warmly illustrated. The hopes for the baby girl include, “let her have brave days and truth”, “trust and delight in her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
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Crazy Hair
Neil Gaiman
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. A father and child discover the joys of his crazy hair in this brilliant picture book. Bonnie tries to tame her father's hair, but to no avail, as birds and beasts of every...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/08/2009
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O is for Olympics
Ned Elliott
Numerous amazing and little known facts about the Olympics will inform and amuse children in equal measure. From a heroic marathon runner in 490 BC to one who sneaked a lift in 1904, this A-Z brings to life the epic...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Mammoth Academy
Neal Layton
Full of warmth and humour this is the first in a brilliant new young series for those just beginning to enjoy the adventure of reading alone.  Mammoths rule the world but humans may be coming a cause for concern particularly...
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Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 07/09/2006
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Mammoth Academy 2 - In Trouble
Neal Layton
Second in a great series that's full of warmth and wit for young children just starting on the reading road.  Terrific adventures ensue at the Mammoth Academy.  Chaotic and wacky, the mammoths are always getting themselves into all sorts of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 19/07/2007
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What Will You be Grandma?
Nanette Newman
Every child is asked again and again what they want to be when they grow up, but will Grandma have the answer when granddaughter Lily turns the tables and asks her the question? This delightful story is a perfect book...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2011
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Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book!
Mo Willems
April 2013 Picture Book of the Month  Best-selling author/illustrator Mo Willems has created a bumper book of creative activities which will delight all his fans and get everyone busy! Drawing fresh parts of the story, colouring in stars and fireworks, creating...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Books of the Month | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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My Own Special Way (Early Reader)
Mithaa AlKhayyat
Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2013      Little Hamda wants to wear the veil, like her big sisters, but it's up to her to find her own special way and prove she's grown up,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Big Book of Big Machines
Minna Lacey
This is the perfect book for kids who go bonkers over big machines - well in that case it's virtually all boys, and their dads of course! It features some of the world's biggest machines found on building sites, farms,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/01/2010
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Traction Man is Here
Mini Grey
Mini Grey has been selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators in 2008. Short listed for the Blue Peter Book Awards - Best Illustrated book to read aloud 2006. A very original tale told from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2006
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The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
Mini Grey
Mini Grey has been selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators in 2008. Winner of Greenaway Award 2007. Everybody knows that the Dish ran away with the Spoon but who knows why or what happened...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2006
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Traction Man Is Here (Book & CD)
Mini Grey
Hurrah for Traction Man, the toy hero who, with his faithful side kick Scrubbing Brush, is up for adventures anytime and anyplace. They’ll tackle any challenge and bravely fight their way through to success. But, when Traction Man is given...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Reluctant Readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/10/2008
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Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog
Mini Grey
Hilarious action-packed new adventures for the intrepid Traction Man and his popular side-kick, Scrubbing Brush, in this fantastic sequel by prize-winning illustrator Mini Grey. After an intrepid exploration of the compost heap, Scrubbing Brush returns so dirty that the foolish...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 25/09/2008
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Traction Man Meets Turbodog
Mini Grey
Hilarious action-packed new adventures for the intrepid Traction Man and his popular side-kick, Scrubbing Brush, in this fantastic sequel by prize-winning illustrator Mini Grey. After an intrepid exploration of the compost heap, Scrubbing Brush returns so dirty that the foolish...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2009
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Jim
Mini Grey
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2011 With opening flaps and a final, magnificent picture which opens out completely, this is a wonderful illustrated version of a classic poem. Jim has everything he wants – delightfully tactile ‘slices of delicious...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2009
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Goal!
Mina Javaherbin
Uplifting and inspiring, this beautifully written and illustrated book reminds us of the joys and saving grace of friendship and sport.  Set in South Africa, this book is a gift for football fans and all families around the world.  The...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2010
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RSPB: My First Book of Garden Birds
Mike Unwin, Sarah Whittley
A delightfully illustrated picture book about garden birds that will appeal to families with young children. Each bird is introduced on a right-hand page in an illustration where it is partly obscured or turned away from the viewer. The text...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 25/04/2006
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RSPB: My First Book of Garden Wildlife
Mike Unwin
Captivating illustrations and lively text make this a terrific first guide for young children about the wildife they can find in their garden or around a nearby park.  Through questions and answers, children can discover twenty common garden animals, each of them...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 30/10/2008
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RSPB: My First Book of Garden Bugs
Mike Unwin
A wonderful introduction to 20 garden creepy crawlies. Perfect for young children to go hunting in the garden or the park for various bugs having discovered through the book where they are most likely to be hiding. Additional fact boxes...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2009
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Quack Quack Moo, We See You!
Mij Kelly
Poppa Bombola can't find his daughter! He searches the yard, and the pond and the sty, he searches the cowshed and starts to cry, 'oh, where's my darling daughter?' Luckily the farmyard animals are on hand to help and Poppa...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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