Books - Children

• Lisa Thompson
• Scholastic
• ISBN13: 9780702322648
• Published: 11-04-2024

A gripping, page-turning mystery adventure from the bestselling author of modern classic The Goldfish Boy. Cory dreads Sunday evenings. It's school the next day, where a bully is picking on him and he's struggling to keep up in class. The night before a Monday that will include a maths...

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• Iszi Lawrence, Rebecca Bagley
• Bloomsbury Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781801991124
• Published: 11-04-2024

A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence, perfect for fans of Horrible Histories.Time flies when you're having fun. But what does it do when you're not? Sunil and his not-very-normal next door neighbour Alex are back for another hilar...

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• Daniel Thompson, Collins Kids, Julia Murray
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008660253
• Published: 11-04-2024

Inspiring poems to connect with nature....   This collection of 50 poems will spark a love of nature, bring calm and happiness and let the outside in.  Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems for children to read alone or enjoy with the whole family.   With poems about the seasons, se...

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• Helen Peters, Ellie Snowdon
• Nosy Crow
• ISBN13: 9781839948725
• Published: 11-04-2024

The sixteenth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon. Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends...

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• Gill Lewis, Irina Avgustinovich
• Barrington Stoke
• ISBN13: 9781800902763
• Published: 11-04-2024

Tia and her mum start an adventurous new life on Gull Haven Island, finding lots of animals who need their help along the way. Tia's mum has a new job as the vet on Gull Haven Island and there are a lot of animals who need her help.  When she's called away to help a sic...

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• Lucy Strange
• Chicken House
• ISBN13: 9781913322380
• Published: 11-04-2024

A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Lucy Strange.  Abandoned at a boarding school on a bleak and remote Scottish island, Faye discovers that she and the other pupils have been sent there for doing something wicked. But what is it that F...

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• Greg Jenner, Dr Campbell Price, Rikin Parekh
• Walker Books
• ISBN13: 9781406395655
• Published: 04-04-2024

The first book in a fantastically funny new history series from best-selling author and chart-topping podcaster Greg Jenner!Think history is just a boring list of facts and dates? Think again! History is hectic, exciting and unpredictable - in fact, it's absolute CHAOS! Join bestse...

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• Alexandra Sheppard, Bex Glendining
• Faber Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9780571377428
• Published: 04-04-2024

Alyssa must save a magical spell garden with her new unreliable powers....  When 11-year-old Alyssa is forced to spend the summer holiday with her mum's family, who she's never met before, her latent magical powers explode into life. Her great aunt runs a secret school in her spell garden wher...

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