Fact and fiction make equally good choices as part of a growing reading repertoire.
Whether it’s taking off on a high fantasy where new worlds open up endless possibilities or giving serious consideration of important ecological issues in a light hearted perspective, reading at this stage grows opinions and ideas.
You could also check out our latest highlights such as 'new voices', which showcases some of the brightest new talent from Walker Books, or our 'prizewinners' section where we can help you and your child discover authors currently in contention for and/or winners of the most prestigious awards.
See below for some authors who are likely to feature in this section:
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil
Derek Landy
Best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant has taken the world by storm. A hugely entertaining mix of fear and fun in a magical community where the strangest things seem to happen for unpredictable reasons, this fifth volume tells a new chapter in the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Derek Landy
Best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant has taken the world by storm. A hugely entertaining mix of fear and fun in a magical community where the strangest things seem to happen for unpredictable reasons, this fifth volume tells a new chapter in the...
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Boom!
Mark Haddon
Everything about this deliciously improbable adventure is almost completely daft – and that’s the fun of it all. When Charlie sets up his walkie-talkie in the staff room he doesn’t hear gossip about the pupils as he had expected. Instead,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Mark Haddon
Everything about this deliciously improbable adventure is almost completely daft – and that’s the fun of it all. When Charlie sets up his walkie-talkie in the staff room he doesn’t hear gossip about the pupils as he had expected. Instead,...
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The Search for WondLa
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to guide...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2010
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to guide...
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The Great Rabbit Rescue
Katie Davies
The eagerly awaited sequel to the award winning The Great Hamster Massacre. Once again featuring 9 year old Anna and five year old Tom go on a quest for a pet. The Great Rabbit Rescue reunites its readers with the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Katie Davies
The eagerly awaited sequel to the award winning The Great Hamster Massacre. Once again featuring 9 year old Anna and five year old Tom go on a quest for a pet. The Great Rabbit Rescue reunites its readers with the...
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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...
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2010
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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Slog's Dad
David Almond
Award-winning author/ illustrator team David Almond and Dave McKean have followed up The Savage with an equally stunning new book told partly as a graphic novel and partly as a story. Full of the kind of mystery David Almond created...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
David Almond
Award-winning author/ illustrator team David Almond and Dave McKean have followed up The Savage with an equally stunning new book told partly as a graphic novel and partly as a story. Full of the kind of mystery David Almond created...
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Ottoline at Sea
Chris Riddell
Award winning author/ illustrator Chris Riddell weaves another fantastical story about Ottoline and her very special and very hairy friend, Mr. Munroe. Ottoline and Mr. Munroe love solving tricky problems and working out clever plans; they love putting on disguises...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2010
Chris Riddell
Award winning author/ illustrator Chris Riddell weaves another fantastical story about Ottoline and her very special and very hairy friend, Mr. Munroe. Ottoline and Mr. Munroe love solving tricky problems and working out clever plans; they love putting on disguises...
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Chocolate Box Girls: Cherry Crush
Cathy Cassidy
All the teenage humours of romance, jealousy, friendship and sorrow rage freely in this brilliantly observed story of contemporary life. Cherry tells what it feels like to arrive in a new family. Her dad has fallen in love with an...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Cathy Cassidy
All the teenage humours of romance, jealousy, friendship and sorrow rage freely in this brilliantly observed story of contemporary life. Cherry tells what it feels like to arrive in a new family. Her dad has fallen in love with an...
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Alienography Or: How to Spot an Alien Invasion and What to Do About it
Chris Riddell
Prize-winning illustrator/ author Chris Riddell has created a fabulous cast of strange creatures and the unusual antics they get up to in a brilliantly imagined and conceived world. Subtitled How to Spot an Alien Invasion, Alienography is both a comprehensive...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2010
Chris Riddell
Prize-winning illustrator/ author Chris Riddell has created a fabulous cast of strange creatures and the unusual antics they get up to in a brilliantly imagined and conceived world. Subtitled How to Spot an Alien Invasion, Alienography is both a comprehensive...
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No Such Thing As Dragons
Philip Reeve
This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
Philip Reeve
This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different...
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Haywired
Alex Keller
Fans of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engine sequence will love this debut novel, Haywired – a ‘steampunk fairytale’ as described by the publisher. It's packed with murderous inventions, two desperate runaways and one mad dad. Published by a smallish publisher this...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
Alex Keller
Fans of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engine sequence will love this debut novel, Haywired – a ‘steampunk fairytale’ as described by the publisher. It's packed with murderous inventions, two desperate runaways and one mad dad. Published by a smallish publisher this...
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days
Derek Landy
This is the fourth Skulduggery Pleasant adventure… only Skulduggery Pleasant himself is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possibly survive? (Yes, all right, he’s already dead. But still.) Sucked...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Derek Landy
This is the fourth Skulduggery Pleasant adventure… only Skulduggery Pleasant himself is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possibly survive? (Yes, all right, he’s already dead. But still.) Sucked...
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HIVE 6: Zero Hour
Mark Walden
Fast-paced science fantasy packed full of gadgetry, mind control and invention, this new chapter in the thrilling H.I.V.E series plays for the highest stakes. Overlord can now move from one body to another making him near unstoppable. Only criminal mastermind...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
Mark Walden
Fast-paced science fantasy packed full of gadgetry, mind control and invention, this new chapter in the thrilling H.I.V.E series plays for the highest stakes. Overlord can now move from one body to another making him near unstoppable. Only criminal mastermind...
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Tilly's Pony Tails 9: Parkview Pickle The Naughty Show Pony
Pippa Funnell
This is a very special new series for pony-mad 7+ year olds from one of the best known riders competing today. Each book is not just a great story, but also full of expert advice that readers will pick up...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Pippa Funnell
This is a very special new series for pony-mad 7+ year olds from one of the best known riders competing today. Each book is not just a great story, but also full of expert advice that readers will pick up...
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A Really Short History Of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Crammed full of information which will answer a great many questions about what goes on in the universe around us; this is a brilliantly written introduction which has been cleverly simplified for younger readers from the hugely successful original by...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Bill Bryson
Crammed full of information which will answer a great many questions about what goes on in the universe around us; this is a brilliantly written introduction which has been cleverly simplified for younger readers from the hugely successful original by...
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Conspiracy 365: September
Gabrielle Lord
On New Year's Eve, Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days. Cal feels like a failure -- it...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Gabrielle Lord
On New Year's Eve, Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days. Cal feels like a failure -- it...
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Trash
Andy Mulligan
Headlong and heart-stopping, this is an adventure you just can’t put down. When Raphael and Gardo find a bag among the piles of steaming rubbish which they spend all day everyday sorting through, they just think it is a good...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Andy Mulligan
Headlong and heart-stopping, this is an adventure you just can’t put down. When Raphael and Gardo find a bag among the piles of steaming rubbish which they spend all day everyday sorting through, they just think it is a good...
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To the Extreme
David Gatward
A fun adventure about facing your fears with high quality graphic novel-style illustrations depicting the action throughout and gripping narrative with stacks of fun facts. Particularly suitable for reluctant readers who prefer non-fiction/fact books. FYI, the series, also entices them...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/03/2010
David Gatward
A fun adventure about facing your fears with high quality graphic novel-style illustrations depicting the action throughout and gripping narrative with stacks of fun facts. Particularly suitable for reluctant readers who prefer non-fiction/fact books. FYI, the series, also entices them...
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The Uniform
Tommy Donbavand
This is a gripping horror story that interweaves themes of bullying and about fitting in. It really is an excellent series for the reluctant, struggling or dyslexic reader; perfect for 9+ year olds but particularly for those whose reading age...
Format: Paperback - Released: 23/07/2010
Tommy Donbavand
This is a gripping horror story that interweaves themes of bullying and about fitting in. It really is an excellent series for the reluctant, struggling or dyslexic reader; perfect for 9+ year olds but particularly for those whose reading age...
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Struwwelpeter
Heinrich Hoffmann
These classic cautionary tales contained in Struwwelpeter have sent shivers of fear and delight down the spines of children and their parents for generations. Almost every foible from sucking your thumb, fidgeting at table, not eating up what you are...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/07/2010
Heinrich Hoffmann
These classic cautionary tales contained in Struwwelpeter have sent shivers of fear and delight down the spines of children and their parents for generations. Almost every foible from sucking your thumb, fidgeting at table, not eating up what you are...
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Hetty Feather
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson shows that her story-telling touch is just as sure when she turns to history as it is in her contemporary novels. As usual, Jacqueline Wilson uses a first person story telling voice as Foundling Hetty Feather...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson shows that her story-telling touch is just as sure when she turns to history as it is in her contemporary novels. As usual, Jacqueline Wilson uses a first person story telling voice as Foundling Hetty Feather...
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Find Chaffy
Jamie Smart
Join in the search for the missing Chaffies! Ten loveable Chaffies have wandered off into the world and someone needs to set out and find where they are hiding! Join in the search for these delightful creatures among a graveyard...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Jamie Smart
Join in the search for the missing Chaffies! Ten loveable Chaffies have wandered off into the world and someone needs to set out and find where they are hiding! Join in the search for these delightful creatures among a graveyard...
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Witches at War: The Wickedest Witch
Martin Howard
Full of dark humour in fact seriously funny this is the start of a series that should not be missed and packaged in a terrific small hardback format. There is great anticipation in the witching world as the Wicked Witch...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/10/2009
Martin Howard
Full of dark humour in fact seriously funny this is the start of a series that should not be missed and packaged in a terrific small hardback format. There is great anticipation in the witching world as the Wicked Witch...
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The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-fu Cavemen from the Future
Dav Pilkey
From the creators of the massively successful Captain Underpants series comes a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 11/08/2010
Dav Pilkey
From the creators of the massively successful Captain Underpants series comes a...
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The Good Green Lunchbox: Tasty, Healthy Lunches and Picnics
Jocelyn Miller
This is the book to help you and the children give what you eat an eco-makeover! It's a make-and-do book and contains 16 ideas for tasty and healthy lunches and picnics, which at the same time highlight a range of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 23/07/2010
Jocelyn Miller
This is the book to help you and the children give what you eat an eco-makeover! It's a make-and-do book and contains 16 ideas for tasty and healthy lunches and picnics, which at the same time highlight a range of...
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Return to the Lost World
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
A roller coaster adventure that will grab readers from the dramatic dare devil opening and hold them gripped throughout. Luke is only fourteen but he has an adult sized thirst for invention and exploration. Something about his reputation proceeds him...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/08/2010
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
A roller coaster adventure that will grab readers from the dramatic dare devil opening and hold them gripped throughout. Luke is only fourteen but he has an adult sized thirst for invention and exploration. Something about his reputation proceeds him...
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Dead Man's Cove: Laura Marlin Mysteries 1
Lauren St.John
Feisty orphan Laura Marlin is rescued from her life in a children’s home by her mysterious uncle Calvin. Laura loves everything about her new life in Cornwall but soon realises that it is full of secrets. Laura’s sharp observation and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/08/2010
Lauren St.John
Feisty orphan Laura Marlin is rescued from her life in a children’s home by her mysterious uncle Calvin. Laura loves everything about her new life in Cornwall but soon realises that it is full of secrets. Laura’s sharp observation and...
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Midnight on Lundy
Victoria Eveleigh
This is Victoria Eveleigh’s fourth novel, her first three all feature an Exmoor pony called Trifle. This one however, is set, first on Lundy Island* and then on the mainland in Devon. Heart-rending but ultimately uplifting it will at...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/10/2009
Victoria Eveleigh
This is Victoria Eveleigh’s fourth novel, her first three all feature an Exmoor pony called Trifle. This one however, is set, first on Lundy Island* and then on the mainland in Devon. Heart-rending but ultimately uplifting it will at...
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White Chin
Marilyn Edwards
A terrific animal adventure that really pulls at the heart strings but is ultimately uplifting and shows how animals can and do provide wonderful love and support to people if they’re allowed to. Thrown out of the car by his...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2010
Marilyn Edwards
A terrific animal adventure that really pulls at the heart strings but is ultimately uplifting and shows how animals can and do provide wonderful love and support to people if they’re allowed to. Thrown out of the car by his...
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A Most Improper Magick
Stephanie Burgis
The first in the ‘Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson’, a funny, feisty 12 year old heroine that readers will really identify with. A Most Improper Magick mixes Regency England (a la Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer) with a more contemporary...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2010
Stephanie Burgis
The first in the ‘Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson’, a funny, feisty 12 year old heroine that readers will really identify with. A Most Improper Magick mixes Regency England (a la Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer) with a more contemporary...
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The Undrowned Child
Michelle Lovric
A captivating magical fantasy in a secret watery underworld, The Undrowned Child tells how eleven year old Teodora is swept into the storybook world of invisible children whose task is to save the dying city of Venice. Working alongside the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
Michelle Lovric
A captivating magical fantasy in a secret watery underworld, The Undrowned Child tells how eleven year old Teodora is swept into the storybook world of invisible children whose task is to save the dying city of Venice. Working alongside the...
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Katy's Exmoor Adventures: The Sequel to Katie's Exmoor
Victoria Eveleigh
The second in the Katy’s Exmoor Pony series, it continues the story of Trifle, an Exmoor pony. Now a yearling Trifle is bigger and stronger but adores Katy and Katy adores Trifle. It’s a difficult time on the farm, with...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/12/2003
Victoria Eveleigh
The second in the Katy’s Exmoor Pony series, it continues the story of Trifle, an Exmoor pony. Now a yearling Trifle is bigger and stronger but adores Katy and Katy adores Trifle. It’s a difficult time on the farm, with...
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Katy's Exmoor Friends: The Final Part of the Trilogy
Victoria Eveleigh
This is the final novel in Katy’s Exmoor trilogy and now that Trifle is old enough they head for Pony Club camp, have lots of success at local shows and together they save a herd of wild Exmoor ponies from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2005
Victoria Eveleigh
This is the final novel in Katy’s Exmoor trilogy and now that Trifle is old enough they head for Pony Club camp, have lots of success at local shows and together they save a herd of wild Exmoor ponies from...
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Katy's Exmoor: The Story of an Exmoor Pony
Victoria Eveleigh
Perfect for pony-mad girls of 7+, this trilogy, of which this is the first, features 9 year old Katy and an Exmoor pony called Trifle. How Katy comes to be the proud owner of Trifle is a real page-turning read...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2002
Victoria Eveleigh
Perfect for pony-mad girls of 7+, this trilogy, of which this is the first, features 9 year old Katy and an Exmoor pony called Trifle. How Katy comes to be the proud owner of Trifle is a real page-turning read...
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Tree (Infinity series)
Everything you want to know about trees is beautifully explored in this visually arresting, information rich guide. Subtitled From Seed to Mighty Forest, there is information about individual types of trees and how they grow and regenerate, about the lives...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
Everything you want to know about trees is beautifully explored in this visually arresting, information rich guide. Subtitled From Seed to Mighty Forest, there is information about individual types of trees and how they grow and regenerate, about the lives...
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Treasure (Infinity Series)
The best-selling ‘ology’ titles are followed up by the Infinity series. The same qualities of stunning production and imaginative ways of giving information lead to a jewel of a book. Treasure is jammed full of all kinds of information which...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
The best-selling ‘ology’ titles are followed up by the Infinity series. The same qualities of stunning production and imaginative ways of giving information lead to a jewel of a book. Treasure is jammed full of all kinds of information which...
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Storm (Infinity Series)
Hurricanes, firestorms, blizzards, monsoons and thunderstorms are all vividly described and illustrated in this dramatic visual presentation. The power of the elements when unleashed is dramatically described with some of the most famous examples, such as the recent and deadly...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
Hurricanes, firestorms, blizzards, monsoons and thunderstorms are all vividly described and illustrated in this dramatic visual presentation. The power of the elements when unleashed is dramatically described with some of the most famous examples, such as the recent and deadly...
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Rome (Infinity Series)
The splendours of the Roman world are explored in words and pictures in this excellent reconstruction of the mighty civilization. The book opens with a pop-out map which shows just the full extent the Roman Empire as it stretched out...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
The splendours of the Roman world are explored in words and pictures in this excellent reconstruction of the mighty civilization. The book opens with a pop-out map which shows just the full extent the Roman Empire as it stretched out...
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Countdown to Disaster
David Burnie
Prepare to be scared by this powerful introduction to some of the world’s major natural catastrophes. Divided into sections around different types of natural disaster – earthquakes and landslides, climate change, disasters from space – the powerful illustrations tell the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/07/2010
David Burnie
Prepare to be scared by this powerful introduction to some of the world’s major natural catastrophes. Divided into sections around different types of natural disaster – earthquakes and landslides, climate change, disasters from space – the powerful illustrations tell the...
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The Ultimate Book Of Science
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A fact-filled introduction to science - its basic concepts, principles and practices that kids of 7 or 8 upwards will find interesting and absorbing without feeling it is educational. Covering plants, animals, space, climate, materials and much more, young readers...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Various
A fact-filled introduction to science - its basic concepts, principles and practices that kids of 7 or 8 upwards will find interesting and absorbing without feeling it is educational. Covering plants, animals, space, climate, materials and much more, young readers...
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The Great Elephant Chase
Gillian Cross
Prize-winning author Gillian Cross tells a wonderful adventure of how two children and an elephant travel across America trying to escape the clutches of a rapacious crook, who is determined to get his hands on the creature at almost any...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Gillian Cross
Prize-winning author Gillian Cross tells a wonderful adventure of how two children and an elephant travel across America trying to escape the clutches of a rapacious crook, who is determined to get his hands on the creature at almost any...
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Spook School: Revenge of the Stink-Monster
Pete Johnson
Welcome to Spook School...where the pupils have bags of spirit! It's exam time at Spook School, and Charlie and Lewis's last exam is their toughest: they have to solve a baffling and very spooky mystery on Earth - in just...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/08/2010
Pete Johnson
Welcome to Spook School...where the pupils have bags of spirit! It's exam time at Spook School, and Charlie and Lewis's last exam is their toughest: they have to solve a baffling and very spooky mystery on Earth - in just...
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The Runaway Troll
Matt Haig
The filthy world of trolls is revealed in its full and gruesome glory in this hugely entertaining story about poor Troll-Son who, in addition to his other many woes, has the misfortune to share an eyeball which is almost always...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Matt Haig
The filthy world of trolls is revealed in its full and gruesome glory in this hugely entertaining story about poor Troll-Son who, in addition to his other many woes, has the misfortune to share an eyeball which is almost always...
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Dino-Hunter (FYI: Fiction with Stacks of Facts)
Simon Chapman
Step back in time to a thrilling adventure in a world where dinosaurs exist and there is deadly danger at every turn. Mac Young is working on a boring dinosaur fossil dig in the Gobi desert when he is given...
Format: Paperback - Released: 23/07/2010
Simon Chapman
Step back in time to a thrilling adventure in a world where dinosaurs exist and there is deadly danger at every turn. Mac Young is working on a boring dinosaur fossil dig in the Gobi desert when he is given...
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Conspiracy 365: August
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the eighth title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the eighth title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
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The White Wand
Martin Howard
Esmelia Sniff and her much more talented apprentice Sam are back in the second volume of the much-praised Witches at War! series. Armed with the Black Wand, evil Diabolica Nightshade is creating an army of witches to take over the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 18/10/2010
Martin Howard
Esmelia Sniff and her much more talented apprentice Sam are back in the second volume of the much-praised Witches at War! series. Armed with the Black Wand, evil Diabolica Nightshade is creating an army of witches to take over the...
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HIVE 2: The Overlord Protocol
Mark Walden
Otto and Wing have special permission to leave H.I.V.E.'s secret island location to attend a funeral (all too common in their line of business). But before they reach their destination they are ambushed. Who would risk assassinating Otto Malpense, star...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008
Mark Walden
Otto and Wing have special permission to leave H.I.V.E.'s secret island location to attend a funeral (all too common in their line of business). But before they reach their destination they are ambushed. Who would risk assassinating Otto Malpense, star...
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Raven's Gate (Power of Five) Graphic Novel
Anthony Horowitz
The long-awaited graphic-novel adaptation of the No. 1 bestseller Raven's Gate, from the creator of Alex Rider, Anthony Horowitz. A sinister and incredibly atmospheric story of the supernatural; first of five in the Power of Five series. Matt has always...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
Anthony Horowitz
The long-awaited graphic-novel adaptation of the No. 1 bestseller Raven's Gate, from the creator of Alex Rider, Anthony Horowitz. A sinister and incredibly atmospheric story of the supernatural; first of five in the Power of Five series. Matt has always...
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Wishful Thinking
Ali Sparkes
An entertaining and surprising adventure, this shows that wishing can be dangerous as Kevin soon finds out after accidentally letting his wish list fall in the river. When Abandinus becomes his own personal god, Kevin’s life takes off in some...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Ali Sparkes
An entertaining and surprising adventure, this shows that wishing can be dangerous as Kevin soon finds out after accidentally letting his wish list fall in the river. When Abandinus becomes his own personal god, Kevin’s life takes off in some...
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The Lunatic's Curse
F. E. Higgins
Gloriously macabre, with the darkly gothic Droprock Asylum, an inescapable institution for the mad, at its heart, this is a wickedly entertaining and sinister story. Rex distrusts Acantha, his new step-mother from the start but it is only when, after...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2010
F. E. Higgins
Gloriously macabre, with the darkly gothic Droprock Asylum, an inescapable institution for the mad, at its heart, this is a wickedly entertaining and sinister story. Rex distrusts Acantha, his new step-mother from the start but it is only when, after...
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Leopard's Claw
David Miller
A cracking pace is set from the very first moment in this thrilling adventure. Hanna, Ned and Jik are present in the courtroom in Sangabera in East Borneo when Dad is sentenced to death for a murder they know he...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
David Miller
A cracking pace is set from the very first moment in this thrilling adventure. Hanna, Ned and Jik are present in the courtroom in Sangabera in East Borneo when Dad is sentenced to death for a murder they know he...
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The Mistress of the Storm
Melanie Welsh
This is a debut tale of dark magic and intrigue that changes Verity’s life forever when a mysterious stranger she sees in the local library gives her an ancient red book and she reads it. Secrets begin to stir in...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2010
Melanie Welsh
This is a debut tale of dark magic and intrigue that changes Verity’s life forever when a mysterious stranger she sees in the local library gives her an ancient red book and she reads it. Secrets begin to stir in...
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Whitaker's World of Facts 2011
Russell Ash
An inveterate collector of facts and figures, Russell Ash has been a renowned author of popular reference titles, including the best-selling Top Ten of Everything and related titles until his sad death earlier this year. Whitaker's World of Facts 2011...
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/09/2010
Russell Ash
An inveterate collector of facts and figures, Russell Ash has been a renowned author of popular reference titles, including the best-selling Top Ten of Everything and related titles until his sad death earlier this year. Whitaker's World of Facts 2011...
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The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events 9)
Lemony Snicket
This bestselling series (in fact in the top five of bestsellers of the last decade), now at long last available in paperback. More terrifying than a mob, and almost as ill-tempered, this is the seventh in the series. The miserable...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
Lemony Snicket
This bestselling series (in fact in the top five of bestsellers of the last decade), now at long last available in paperback. More terrifying than a mob, and almost as ill-tempered, this is the seventh in the series. The miserable...
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The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events 8)
Lemony Snicket
This bestselling series (in fact in the top five of bestsellers of the last decade), now at long last available in paperback. More terrifying than a mob, and almost as ill-tempered, this is the eighth in the series. The miserable...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
Lemony Snicket
This bestselling series (in fact in the top five of bestsellers of the last decade), now at long last available in paperback. More terrifying than a mob, and almost as ill-tempered, this is the eighth in the series. The miserable...
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The Castle of Creepiness! A Measle Stubbs Adventure
Ian Ogilvy
Some double-crossing wizards have locked up Measle's mum and dad. So now it's just Measle, his baby sister, and his little dog Tinker and they're up against just about everybody. And when everybody's after you, you need somewhere to hide. Caltrop...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Ian Ogilvy
Some double-crossing wizards have locked up Measle's mum and dad. So now it's just Measle, his baby sister, and his little dog Tinker and they're up against just about everybody. And when everybody's after you, you need somewhere to hide. Caltrop...
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Eating Things on Sticks
Anne Fine
Shortlisted for Roald Dahl's Funny Prize 2009. . Prize-winning Children’s Laureate Anne Fine is more entertaining than anyone else about families. Creating circumstances in which everything possible can go wrong, she delights her readers with bizarre situations that are hugely entertaining....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Anne Fine
Shortlisted for Roald Dahl's Funny Prize 2009. . Prize-winning Children’s Laureate Anne Fine is more entertaining than anyone else about families. Creating circumstances in which everything possible can go wrong, she delights her readers with bizarre situations that are hugely entertaining....
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The Dragons of Ordinary Farm
Tad Williams, Deborah Beale
A wonderfully engaging fantasy set on a far-from-ordinary farm with a history as rich as Narnia. Readers will be taken on an extraordinary adventure and meet brilliantly imagined characters in this cleverly plotted first collaboration between one of the best-loved...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/05/2010
Tad Williams, Deborah Beale
A wonderfully engaging fantasy set on a far-from-ordinary farm with a history as rich as Narnia. Readers will be taken on an extraordinary adventure and meet brilliantly imagined characters in this cleverly plotted first collaboration between one of the best-loved...
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Golden Goal: Jamie Johnson 3
Dan Freedman
There's a massive buzz around Jamie Johnson. His dreams of becoming a professional footballer seem to be coming true, after years of hoping and practising. But, just when he seems close to living the dream, a shocking event turns his world upside down....
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
Dan Freedman
There's a massive buzz around Jamie Johnson. His dreams of becoming a professional footballer seem to be coming true, after years of hoping and practising. But, just when he seems close to living the dream, a shocking event turns his world upside down....
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Shoot to Win: Jamie Johnson 2
Dan Freedman
Jamie Johnson can't believe his luck. He's playing for Kingfield School in the Cup Semi-Final and scouts from his favourite club, Hawkstone United, are coming to watch. But Jamie's hopes of a professional career still have a long way to go...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2008
Dan Freedman
Jamie Johnson can't believe his luck. He's playing for Kingfield School in the Cup Semi-Final and scouts from his favourite club, Hawkstone United, are coming to watch. But Jamie's hopes of a professional career still have a long way to go...
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Conspiracy 365: July
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the seventh title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the seventh title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
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Are We There Yet? Great Car Games to Keep Families Sane !
Jo Pink
This is a book that is guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment and hilarity on long journeys. From Spotting Games, Guessing Games, Action Games and Word Games, to Imagination Games and General Knowledge Games there is something her to appeal to every age. With...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2010
Jo Pink
This is a book that is guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment and hilarity on long journeys. From Spotting Games, Guessing Games, Action Games and Word Games, to Imagination Games and General Knowledge Games there is something her to appeal to every age. With...
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Oxford First Learner's Spanish Dictionary
7+ (Year 3, KS2). The Oxford First Learner's Spanish Dictionary is a bilingual Spanish dictionary, the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11. This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/05/2010
7+ (Year 3, KS2). The Oxford First Learner's Spanish Dictionary is a bilingual Spanish dictionary, the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11. This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design,...
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Oxford First Learner's French Dictionary
7+(Year 3-4, KS2). The Oxford First Learner's French Dictionary is a bilingual French dictionary, the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11. This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design, the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/05/2010
7+(Year 3-4, KS2). The Oxford First Learner's French Dictionary is a bilingual French dictionary, the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11. This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design, the...
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Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off! The Science Museum Book of Scary Things (and Ways to Avoid Them)
Glenn Murphy
This amazing book takes apart your deepest, darkest fears – whether it’s meeting a shark, going to the dentist, fear of a disease or thunder or lightning - and hopefully cures you of all of them. There are oodles of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2009
Glenn Murphy
This amazing book takes apart your deepest, darkest fears – whether it’s meeting a shark, going to the dentist, fear of a disease or thunder or lightning - and hopefully cures you of all of them. There are oodles of...
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The Rainbow Orchid: Adventures of Julius Chancer - Vol 2
Garen Ewing
Garen Ewing surpassed himself in the first volume of The Rainbow Orchid and this, the second one, is an absolute cracker. The panel artwork is beautifully rendered and the storyline incredibly intricate and yet hugely accessible to any reader –...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
Garen Ewing
Garen Ewing surpassed himself in the first volume of The Rainbow Orchid and this, the second one, is an absolute cracker. The panel artwork is beautifully rendered and the storyline incredibly intricate and yet hugely accessible to any reader –...
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The Case of the London Dragonfish
Joan Lennon
This is the first in an intriguing new series featuring Slightly Jones, a little girl with red hair, lots of freckles and a flyaway temper who is determined to become the next Sherlock Holmes. When a fossil goes missing from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
Joan Lennon
This is the first in an intriguing new series featuring Slightly Jones, a little girl with red hair, lots of freckles and a flyaway temper who is determined to become the next Sherlock Holmes. When a fossil goes missing from...
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Oxford Illustrated Computer Dictionary
Ian Dicks
7+ to adult (Year 3-4 upwards, KS2+). A fresh new look for this successful dictionary of computer terms, jargon and topics with full colour humorous illustrations throughout. This dictionary contains hundreds of straightforward definitions, example sentences, and usage tips. Double...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
Ian Dicks
7+ to adult (Year 3-4 upwards, KS2+). A fresh new look for this successful dictionary of computer terms, jargon and topics with full colour humorous illustrations throughout. This dictionary contains hundreds of straightforward definitions, example sentences, and usage tips. Double...
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Oxford Illustrated Children's Thesaurus
Oxford Dictionaries
8+ (Year 3-4, KS2). The ultimate reference tool to build language and writing skills. This new, easy-to-use illustrated children's thesaurus has thousands of entries, synonyms, clear age-appropriate example sentences and over a thousand colour illustrations. The clear design and colourful word webs...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/06/2010
Oxford Dictionaries
8+ (Year 3-4, KS2). The ultimate reference tool to build language and writing skills. This new, easy-to-use illustrated children's thesaurus has thousands of entries, synonyms, clear age-appropriate example sentences and over a thousand colour illustrations. The clear design and colourful word webs...
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Oxford Illustrated Children's Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries
8+ (Year3-4, KS2). A brand new children’s dictionary - the ultimate reference tool to build language confidence. It's an easy-to-use, comprehensive dictionary with over a thousand colour illustrations, clear definitions, no confusing abbreviations, topic words and useful example sentences to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/06/2010
Oxford Dictionaries
8+ (Year3-4, KS2). A brand new children’s dictionary - the ultimate reference tool to build language confidence. It's an easy-to-use, comprehensive dictionary with over a thousand colour illustrations, clear definitions, no confusing abbreviations, topic words and useful example sentences to...
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Running Wild
Michael Morpurgo
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Michael Morpurgo’s new novel is a towering adventure and emotional roller coaster set at the time of a great tsunami. Trying to get over his father’s death, Will and his mother travel...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010
Michael Morpurgo
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Michael Morpurgo’s new novel is a towering adventure and emotional roller coaster set at the time of a great tsunami. Trying to get over his father’s death, Will and his mother travel...
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How To Survive Summer Camp
Jacqueline Wilson
Special Anniversary Edition. Bestselling Jacqueline Wilson’s classic How to Survive Summer Camp is out in a brand new edition for a new generation of readers. It brilliantly and hilariously captures the dramatic intensity of living 24/7 with your peers. Stella...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/06/2010
Jacqueline Wilson
Special Anniversary Edition. Bestselling Jacqueline Wilson’s classic How to Survive Summer Camp is out in a brand new edition for a new generation of readers. It brilliantly and hilariously captures the dramatic intensity of living 24/7 with your peers. Stella...
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Badlands 2: Range Wars
Eldridge James
Book two in a thrilling new adventure series for boys. Billy Joe Ford is just 11 years old when his father is shot dead in front of him. His future looks bleak until he hooks up with a gang of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2010
Eldridge James
Book two in a thrilling new adventure series for boys. Billy Joe Ford is just 11 years old when his father is shot dead in front of him. His future looks bleak until he hooks up with a gang of...
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Salar the Salmon
Henry Williamson
Salar the Salmon is the book alongside Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter that remains embedded in my childhood memory. Yes I was brought up in Devon and Salar the Salmon is set there but it's much more than the river...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2010
Henry Williamson
Salar the Salmon is the book alongside Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter that remains embedded in my childhood memory. Yes I was brought up in Devon and Salar the Salmon is set there but it's much more than the river...
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Follyfoot
Monica Dickens
A pony lovers dream, Follyfoot is a great adventure story which will also touch the heart of all who care about animals. Full of drama and action which shows children acting resourcefully to protect their beloved horses; this is a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
Monica Dickens
A pony lovers dream, Follyfoot is a great adventure story which will also touch the heart of all who care about animals. Full of drama and action which shows children acting resourcefully to protect their beloved horses; this is a...
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Vampire Handbook An Essential Guide To Vampires
Dr. Robert Curran
If vampire fever is driving you mad in your house and you've got children who are too young to read Stephenie Meyer's series or the huge array of Twilight look-alikes then perhaps this is the book for them? What do...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2010
Dr. Robert Curran
If vampire fever is driving you mad in your house and you've got children who are too young to read Stephenie Meyer's series or the huge array of Twilight look-alikes then perhaps this is the book for them? What do...
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Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Putrid Poison
Emma Kennedy
Wilma Tenderfoot, the feisty and determined assistant to the greatest living detective, Theodore P. Goodman, is faced with a peculiar, and pongy, case to crack. Full of madcap humour and dangerous escapades no reader can fail to be enthralled by...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2010
Emma Kennedy
Wilma Tenderfoot, the feisty and determined assistant to the greatest living detective, Theodore P. Goodman, is faced with a peculiar, and pongy, case to crack. Full of madcap humour and dangerous escapades no reader can fail to be enthralled by...
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Jamie Johnson: Man of the Match
Dan Freedman
For footie mad children this series by Dan Freedman are the perfect...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
Dan Freedman
For footie mad children this series by Dan Freedman are the perfect...
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The Elephant's Tale
Lauren St John
This is the fourth thrilling African adventure featuring Martine, her beloved giraffe Jemmy and Martine’s best friend Ben. With just 13 days to investigate the mysterious goings on at the Game Reserve and the fate of 20 missing elephants, Martine...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Lauren St John
This is the fourth thrilling African adventure featuring Martine, her beloved giraffe Jemmy and Martine’s best friend Ben. With just 13 days to investigate the mysterious goings on at the Game Reserve and the fate of 20 missing elephants, Martine...
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Science: Sorted! Space, Black Holes and Stuff (Science Museum)
Glenn Murphy
Part of the Science Museum’s Science Sorted series the author answers all sorts of weird and wonderful questions about the universe and everything. With absolutely no boring bits it’s packed full of facts, pictures, photos, quizzes and puzzles and it’s...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2010
Glenn Murphy
Part of the Science Museum’s Science Sorted series the author answers all sorts of weird and wonderful questions about the universe and everything. With absolutely no boring bits it’s packed full of facts, pictures, photos, quizzes and puzzles and it’s...
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Science: Sorted! Evolution, Nature and Stuff (Science Museum)
Glenn Murphy
Telling you everything you need to know about evolution and genetics – where we and other living things came from. It’s part of the Science Museum’s Science Sorted series and thankfully there are absolutely no boring bits. In fact it’s...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2010
Glenn Murphy
Telling you everything you need to know about evolution and genetics – where we and other living things came from. It’s part of the Science Museum’s Science Sorted series and thankfully there are absolutely no boring bits. In fact it’s...
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Do Try This At Home! (Science Museum)
Punk Science
Science without the boring bits. Produced in association with the Science Museum, Do Try This At Home is crammed with facts, jokes, big ideas and experiments. This very funny book is full colour and illustrated with artwork and photographs. It...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2010
Punk Science
Science without the boring bits. Produced in association with the Science Museum, Do Try This At Home is crammed with facts, jokes, big ideas and experiments. This very funny book is full colour and illustrated with artwork and photographs. It...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2010
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The Unfinished Angel
Sharon Creech
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Sharon Creech tells a magical story that's truly original, touching and funny of an unusual friendship between an unusual angel and Zola who find themselves sharing a tower high in the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
Sharon Creech
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Sharon Creech tells a magical story that's truly original, touching and funny of an unusual friendship between an unusual angel and Zola who find themselves sharing a tower high in the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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The Silver Blade
Sally Gardner
Shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009 and for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. The dramatic, horrific and sometimes romantic events of the French Revolution, which Sally Gardner so brilliantly portrayed in The Red Necklace are moved...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
Sally Gardner
Shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009 and for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. The dramatic, horrific and sometimes romantic events of the French Revolution, which Sally Gardner so brilliantly portrayed in The Red Necklace are moved...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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The Last Leopard
Lauren St John
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Saving the world’s rarest leopard is the mission for Martine and Ben in this latest African adventure about a young girl and the animals she loves and protects. Instead of spending the holiday riding...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
Lauren St John
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Saving the world’s rarest leopard is the mission for Martine and Ben in this latest African adventure about a young girl and the animals she loves and protects. Instead of spending the holiday riding...
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Cosmic
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Book I Couldn't Put Down' Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008, the Carnegie Medal and for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Comic and cosmic, this is a roller coaster adventure that takes Liam Digby...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2009
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Book I Couldn't Put Down' Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008, the Carnegie Medal and for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Comic and cosmic, this is a roller coaster adventure that takes Liam Digby...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2009
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Henderson's Boys: The Escape
Robert Muchamore
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Best-selling author of the Cherub series, Robert Muchamore launches a powerful and pacy new series about children working undercover. The year is 1940, the place is Paris. Hitler’s army is sweeping towards the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
Robert Muchamore
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Best-selling author of the Cherub series, Robert Muchamore launches a powerful and pacy new series about children working undercover. The year is 1940, the place is Paris. Hitler’s army is sweeping towards the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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