Featured Books for 5+ readers

Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
Francesca Simon
May 2012 Book of the Month. The twenty-first storybook in this multi-million-copy-selling series, containing four brand new Horrid Henry stories. Click here and here for some fun Horrid Henry activity sheets.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Jonah's Incredible Journey
Elena Pasquali
A colourful, jolly and interactive board book featuring cut-in finger-trails on every page for children to follow as they read the story.
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Format: Board book - Released: 18/05/2012
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The Monster Machine
Nicola L. Robinson
May 2012 Book of the Month. Have monster fun with the making of monsters and what they do next! Topped up with the right ingredients of slugs, toenail clippings, earwax, spiders and some special glue, the monster-making machine churns out...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2012
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Dotty Inventions And Some Real Ones Too
Roger Mcgough
May 2012 Book of the Month.  Best-selling poet Roger McGough hits some real Eureka! moments in this cheerfully wacky picture book full of fabulously ingenious inventions. Professor Dotty Dabble is a great inventor so is sure she’ll win the National...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Horrid Henry Meets the Queen (Early Reader)
Francesca Simon
For all Horrid Henry fans here's the perfect book to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.  Bestselling Horrid Henry celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in his own special way… When Perfect Pete is asked to greet the Queen and present her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Lucky
Roger Mcgough
5+. A fabulous collection of poems from one of the UK's best-loved poets. Deliciously witty, each of the fifty poems is a little firecracker of delight delivering knowledge and insights in a light and humorous way. Many are about animals...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Mayfly Day
Jeanne Willis
Its message is one to treasure.  Mayfly lives for only one day. Is she sad? No, everything about that one day is to be celebrated. Mayfly sees buds burst open, she sees babies being born; she feels breezes blowing and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Cat Who Got Carried Away
Allan Ahlberg
A wonderful and humorous family adventure for the ever active Gaskitts. This time it is Horace the cat who has a starring role when he follows a pram and finds himself hot on the heels of a thief! Soon Mr...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Man Who Wore All His Clothes
Allan Ahlberg
Mr Gaskitt does a strange thing one day; he puts on all his clothes right on top of each other. Going out dressed like that makes Mr Gaskitt look very different and it's lucky that he does when he meets...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Perfect Pet Shop (Early Reader)
Vivian French
A delightful animal story, perfect for early readers. There’s nearly a pet shop disaster when a noisy puppy won’t stay quiet at night time. How will the other animals ever get to sleep? Maybe telling stories will do the trick?...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Woman Who Won Things
Allan Ahlberg
Award-winning Allan Ahlberg turns his hand to a first reader in this entertaining story about Mrs Gaskitt and the amazing prizes she wins. But while taxi-driving Mrs Gaskitt is busy winning prizes, something fishy is going on behind the scenes…...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Me, the Queen and Christopher
Giles Andreae, Tony Ross
A touching and funny story about a 7 year-old girl's adventure having tea with the Queen. Told with Giles Andreae's trademark warmth and humour, but with an added poignancy when the Queen meets Christopher, Freya's brother, this is a perfect...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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HM Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee

This is a very special Ladybird souvenir edition to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Charlie and Lola: We Completely Must Go to London

Best-selling Charlie and Lola and their best friends Marve and Lotta are very excited to be going on a trip to London! They gaze up at Buckingham Palace and wonder which is the Queen’s Bedroom, they look in wonder at...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The BFG 30th Anniversary Edition
Roald Dahl
This is a delightful, funny and exciting story about a special friendship between two people from different worlds – a giant and a child. As the story develops it shows how trust and love develops between them. It also shows...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Monty and Milli, the Totally Amazing Trick
Tracey Corderoy
The joys and hassles of having a younger sibling come to full life in this brightly and energetically illustrated book. With a touch of sparkle whenever real magic occurs, this book will bring enchantment to storytime.  
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Who Ate Auntie Iris?
Sean Taylor
Prepared to be scared – in the most delightful way – in this witty story about some rather dodgy neighbours. Visiting her Auntie Iris, a young chinchilla is alarmed by the neighbours. With families of bears, crocodiles and wolves living...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Princess Poppy: The Royal Parade
Janey Louise Jones
This is a brand-new story in the best-selling Princess Poppy series, with a right royal theme perfect for the Jubilee! Find out whether everything will be ready in time for the annual dress-up parade to go ahead. With royal...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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My Story Time Bible
Sophie Piper
Twelve of the most popular stories from the Bible - six from the Old Testament and six from the New Testament - are simply retold in this edition. The power of stories such as Noah and the Flood, David and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 21/04/2012
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My Very First Noah's Ark Playtime Activity Book with Stickers
Lois Rock
Lots of activities for very young children will help them to enjoy the story of how Noah built his Ark when the rain came and flooded the Earth. Matching the stickers of the animals to their shapes or helping a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 21/04/2012
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Hairy Hettie
Polly Lawson
This is wonderfully funny book of friendship in which Hettie, the hairy Highland cow ends up having all sorts of insects and animals living in her fur throughout the seasons.  From caterpillars and butterflies to birds and hares, Hettie looks...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 19/04/2012
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Now We Have a Baby
Lois Rock
A great little board book to help a young child welcome a new baby sibling. Amusing and life-affirming, it enables a grown-up and child to share together the excitement, bewilderment and challenges associated with having a new baby in the house....
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Format: Board book - Released: 18/04/2012
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The Biggest Thing in the World
Kenneth Steven
An endearing picture book which tells us that love is the biggest thing in the world. This heart-warming picture story - now available in a board book - stars an adorable cast of wide-eyed animals which are sure to appeal...
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Format: Board book - Released: 18/04/2012
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Down in the Jungle (Early Reader)
Vivian French
Down in the Jungle it's time for bed, but Monkey wants a story and he sets off to find one in this charming, funny story, perfect for early readers and for reading aloud and sharing with less confident children.  These...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Jogger's Big Adventure (Early Reader)
Francesca Simon
This charming, funny animal story is perfect for early readers. Jogger the hamster is on an adventure, nibbling on books and climbing on chairs. But mean old Sour Puss is about - will Jogger make it back to his cage in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Lady Lollipop
Dick King-smith
Award-winning author Dick King-Smith is best known for 'Babe', the story of the Sheep-Pig. A lover of all animals and a master teller of stories about them, Dick King-Smith was particularly keen on pigs.  Lollipop is a pig with a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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My Adventure Island
Timothy Knapman
April 2012 Book of the Month. My Adventure Island is a magical place where anything can happen particularly if you have a little bit of imagination.  It's a brilliantly funny tale of mischief and mayhem by Timothy Knapman, author of the Mungo...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Where's Wally? The Search for the Lost Things
Martin Handford
April 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling Wally celebrates 25 years of searching! Now he is back in a wonderful new book. This time it’s not Wally who has to be found. He and his friends need help to track down...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The Rescue Princesses: The Secret Promise
Paula Harrison
Glamour and guts are finely blended in this right royal adventure. Princess Emily is a modern day princess – and fiesty to boot. At a gathering of royals she and her new friends, all other young princesses, take a break...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The Three Pigs
David Wiesner
Award-winning illustrator David Wiesner takes a very clever and fresh look at a familiar story. Here, the wolf does come a visiting and he does huff and puff and blow down the houses of the three little pigs but that’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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