Books of the Month - May

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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Pip and Posy: The Big Balloon
Axel Scheffler
April 2012 Book of the Month. Best known for creating the pictures for the Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler has created a perfect story for pre-school. How can Pip’s friends cheer him up when his beautiful red balloon goes POP! ? Luckily Posy...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The Fear (The Enemy Series 3)
Charlie Higson
April 2012 Book of the Month.  Best-selling author Charlie Higson has created a chilling world in his thrilling Zombie series. Not only have all the adults – older siblings and parents – lost their minds and become hopeless has-beens but there...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Chomp
Carl Hiaasen
April 2012 Book of the Month. An hilarious, edge-of-your seat read. Animal lovers everywhere will love this great story about dangerous creatures which also gives a behind the scenes look at how the worst TV shows are made. Wahoo’s Dad...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2012
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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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Dear Dylan
Siobhan Curham
April 2012 Book of the Month. Winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2010. This was a self-publishing YA phenomenon in 2010 and winner of the above award beating the likes of Julia Donaldson and Bali Rai.  Then it was bought by Egmont...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Animal Numbers
Nicola Killen
April 2012 Book of the Month. A big and bold board book with robust flaps which make a good interactive introduction to the first five numbers. Lovely images of different animals help children count from 1-5.
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Format: Board book - Released: 02/04/2012
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Fear
Michael Grant
April 2012 Book of the Month.  This is a blood-pumping, white-knuckle sci-fi futuristic thriller of epic proportions and the fifth of the six planned titles in the GONE series. Night is falling in the FAYZ. Even though it's been nearly a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Fins are Forever
Tera Lynn Childs
April 2012 Book of the Month.  This is the sequel to the hit summer read Forgive my Fins. Plenty of highs and lows of high school drama including plenty of romance together with a hint of paranormal for Lily is a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Barry the Fish with Fingers : Tickle Hide & Seek
Sue Hendra
April 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling Barry, a fish with a difference, is back for a new, pop-up adventure and this time he’s helping readers to count. Barry’s playing tickle chase with his friends under the sea. There’s one...
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Format: Hardback - 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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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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My Uncle Foulpest: Dinosaur Disaster
Timothy Knapman
Foulpest returns - our unlikely hero in the form of an ogre! Welcome back to Wally’s world - a hilarious offering of ogre uncles, evil weevils and more! My Uncle Foulpest: Dinosaur Disaster is the hilarious second instalment in the series by Timothy Knapman....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2012
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Monstersaurus!
Claire Freedman
March 2012 Book of the Month. The best-selling author and illustrator of Aliens Love Underpants return with a fresh new title.  Monty loves inventing things and this time, with some bright green slime, a smelly sock, some mouldy cheese and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2012
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One Cool Cat
Susannah Corbett
Meet One Cool Cat. He’s got it all: the swagger, the looks, the coolness, so what else could he possibly need? Certainly not luck - One Cool Cat puts this theory to the test as he walks under ladders and confidently breaks a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The One Dollar Horse
Lauren St.John
Blue Peter prize-winner Lauren St John tells a thrilling rags-to-riches story in this gripping story of one girl and her dream. Horse-mad Casey has only one dream: to ride a winner in the Badminton Horse trials. But Casey lives in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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All Fall Down
Sally Nicholls
March 2012 Book of the Month.  This is an eagerly anticipated, powerful and inspiring historical novel about survival in the face of real-life horror from one of today's most exciting young writers.  Sally Nicholls provides a heartbreaking account of one...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Falling Fast
Sophie Mckenzie
March 2012 Book of the Month. From the author of bestsellers Girl, Missing, Blood Ties, the Medusa Project series and the Luke & Eve romance trilogy (Six Steps to a Girl, Three’s a Crowd, The...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
Geronimo Stilton
March 2012 Book of the Month. This is an adventure you'll never forget.  Meet Geronimo, a newspaper owner whose favourite pastime is writing tales of adventure set in his hometown of New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island.  You'll...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Girl in the Mask
Marie-Louise Jensen
March 2012 Book of the Month. How can feisty Sophia take her revenge on her father for forcing her into a life of high society in Bath? Outwardly, Sophie conforms by attending balls and masques. But, at night, she leads quite...
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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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Mister Creecher
Chris Priestley
March 2012 Book of the Month. A blood-chilling story with the search for Frankenstein at its heart. When orphaned Billy, a miserably poor and hungry street urchin, comes across Mister Creecher, a man of great size and sinister intent, his life...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Penny Dreadful Causes a Kerfuffle (Penny Dreadful Book 3)
Joanna Nadin
March 2012 Book of the Month. Wherever Penny goes chaos tends to ensue particularly when she tries to put all her 'brilliant ideas' into practice! With four great stories in this, the third of the Penny Dreadful titles there will...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Goggle-Eyed Goats
Stephen Davies
March 2012 Book of the Month. Joyful and dotty, how Old Al Haji Amadu tries to get rid of his five naughty goggle-eyed goats  - and fails - is the ultimate triumph of pester power. Al Haji's three wives object violently...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Look
Sophia Bennett
March 2012 Book of the Month.  We suspect this may well be Sophia Bennett's break-out novel.  Her previous ones have done immensely well but this novel for teenagers is blisteringly good.  It's the story of two sisters whose world falls apart...
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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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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Sound Book
Eric Carle
March 2012 Book of the Month. This is a much-loved classic, but as relevant today as it was when first published over 40 years ago. Now available in this sound-book format so you can actually listen to the Very Hungry Caterpillar as...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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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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Winnie Under the Sea
Valerie Thomas
March 2012 Book of the Month. Join Winnie and Wilbur under the sea for another irresistible adventure.  Winnie the madcap witch and her faithful cat Wilbur are enjoying a well-deserved holiday by the seaside. But the sea is very WET...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Young Samurai: The Ring of Wind
Chris Bradford
With fast-paced action and non-stop adventure from page one no reader can fail to be hooked in to this terrific series set on the high seas in and around 17th century Japan.  The series will captivate young readers including the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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