Books of the Month - May

Zou and the Box of Kisses
Michel Gay
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. A truly special picture book.  It's the story of Zou the Zebra as he spends his first night away from his parents. Both endearing and reassuring for both parent and child,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2011
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Zoe and Beans: Where is Binky Boo?
Chloe Inkpen, Mick Inkpen
Join the loveably lively Zoe and her devoted dog Beans in a world full of fun, friendship and magical adventures. It's a case of hide and seek as Beans loses his favourite toy. There's now a delightful new adventure about Zoe...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2011
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Zoe and Beans: Where is Binky Boo?
Chloe Inkpen, Mick Inkpen
Join the loveably lively Zoe and her devoted dog Beans in a world full of fun, friendship and magical adventures. It's a case of hide and seek as Beans loses his favourite toy.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/01/2011
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Zero Moment (The Joshua Files book 3)
M. G. Harris
Explosive and compelling, this is the third part of the bestselling Joshua Files sequence in which an ancient prophecy is predicting the end of the world in 2012. Don’t feel it’s essential to read the first two titles to enjoy...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
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Young, Loaded And Fabulous
Kate Kingsley
Addictive, scandalous and glamorous fiction from a brand new author writing for sophisticated teens!  As its title implies this is not for the faint-hearted.  If you're up for a wild read where clubbing or holidaying in St Tropez is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/11/2008
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Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm
Andrew Lane
Young Sherlock Holmes is back for his fourth exciting adventure. A mysterious fire, a friend who has vanished and a man who claims to raise the dead make this a case all the more baffling for the Young Sherlock Holmes.  Sherlock...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2011
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Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud Audio CD
Andrew Lane
Followers of the young James Bond and junior spy Alex Rider will enjoy the adventures of school boy Sherlock Holmes who already shows many of the trademark skills that later make him a world renowned detective. Sent to live with chilly relatives in...
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Format: CD-Audio - Released: 04/06/2010
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Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud
Andrew Lane
MEGA BOOK OF THE MONTH - JUNE 2010.  Two dead bodies. One unforgettable hero.  The beginning of a legend.  Followers of the young James Bond and junior spy Alex Rider will enjoy the adventures of school boy Sherlock Holmes who...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2010
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Young Sherlock Holmes: Black Ice
Andrew Lane
The world’s favourite detective was already showing signs of his future exceptional talent for investigation as a child. Ignoring the obvious when he comes across his brother holding a knife and with a dead body in front of him, the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/06/2011
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Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech
Andrew Lane
Anyone with a sense of adventure and an enquiring mind will enjoy the puzzles and questions that the likeable young Sherlock Holmes sets out to resolve. Young Sherlock determines to get to the bottom of the secrets that the adults...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2010
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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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You Can't Eat a Princess!
Gillian Rogerson
This deliciously greedy story tells how Princess Spaghetti blasts off into space to rescue her father, the King, when he is kidnapped by aliens who threaten to eat him up. The Princess is bold, the courtiers are weak, the aliens...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
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You Against Me
Jenny Downham
Best-selling award-winner Jenny Downham takes readers on a headlong rush into trouble in a teen novel to set readers of all ages thinking.  A passionate story about divided loyalties and overwhelming love. Jenny's debut novel Before I Die was the profoundly moving...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2011
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You Against Me
Jenny Downham
Prize-winning Jenny Downham’s debut novel Before I Die was the profoundly moving story of the death of a teenager. Told with immense insight and compassion it showed Jenny’s talent for understanding the energetic positivity of teenagers; how, for them,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/12/2010
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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...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2010
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Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick
Beautifully produced, this is a fabulous addition to the best-selling The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Like its predecessor it is told equally through illustrations and words; Ben’s story is in words and the story from a previous time is...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 14/09/2011
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Wolf Won't Bite!
Emily Gravett
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Award winning Emily Gravett gives the wolf a chance in this visually bold and entertaining inversion of the story of three little pigs. Three brave little pigs tease the big scary...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2011
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Wintercraft Blackwatch
Jenna Burtenshaw
The fantasy adventure that began with Jenna’s debut novel Wintercraft continues with Blackwatch. In the trade this type of book is called a cross over novel, so was written with teenagers in mind but is a guilty pleasure for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/04/2011
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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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Winnie Shapes Up
Laura Owen
The zany witch Winnie has four very surprising adventures in each of the entertaining short stories in this collection. Whatever Winnie does it always seems to go horribly wrong. Raising money through a sponsored silence, helping aliens find their way...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Winnie in Space
Valerie Thomas
Favourite witch Winnie is back for a new adventure and this time she’s off into space! The problem is, while Winnie happily jumps aboard the space rocket and loves whizzing around the moon and the stars, Wilbur, her cat, is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
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Winnie in Space
Valerie Thomas
Favourite witch Winnie is back for a new adventure and this time she’s off into space! The problem is, while Winnie happily jumps aboard the space rocket and loves whizzing around the moon and the stars, Wilbur, her cat, is...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Will Gallows and the Snake-bellied Troll
Derek Keilty
A romping cowboy story with a difference, this is entertaining, action pack adventure set in a richly imagined fantasy world. Elfling Will Gallows joins the sky cowboys and sets out on a quest to capture Noose Wormworx, an evil troll...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
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Will Farts Destroy the Planet?
Glenn Murphy
Packed full of fascinating and vital information this is in part a story and in part a rich source of facts which, taken together, make it a brilliant introduction to how our world will be affected by climate change. How...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2011
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Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't!
Lauren Child
A visual treat and a wonderfully witty story, this is also a wonderfully liberating story and  a good warning to all about over-pampering and protecting a dog – or anyone else! Trixie Twinkle Toes is loved and cherished and petted...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2009
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White Dolphin
Gill Lewis
May 2012 Book of the Month. Bestselling Gill Lewis’s new story tells of the amazing, life-affirming powers of dolphins.  Kara’s life is in a mess; her mum has disappeared, she is in trouble at school and her father is about to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Whitaker's World of Facts 2010
Russell Ash
Amaze your friends and family with 100s of astonishing facts, figures, first and lasts ranging from why is 13 unlucky, how do astronauts go to the loo and who had hiccups for 68 years and did you know that the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2009
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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...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2010
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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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Where the Wild Things are
Maurice Sendak
Jacqueline Wilson, February 2012 Guest Editor: "The text is very minimal but perfect - and the illustrations are glorious. This isn't a scary book in the slightest, though the monsters are grotesque, equipped with very sharp teeth and pointy claws.  Little Max...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2000
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