Books - Children

• Michelle Harrison, illus Elissa Elwick
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781788951494
• Published: 30-09-2021

Black cats born at midnightAre different indeedA mischievous, oddAnd peculiar breed.Who says that two magical cats are better than one? When Trixie is at school one day, Midnight gets up to some mischief with the bathroom mirror and brings her reflection to life!...

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• Bec Hill
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444962291
• Published: 30-09-2021

Welcome to Horror Heights: can the children who live here conceal the strange goings on behind closed doors? GOOSEBUMPS for a new generation, by award-winning comedian and CITV presenter, Bec Hill.Connie hasn't found her talent yet, but at least she has her slime collection - if it...

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• Padraig Kenny
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529031713
• Published: 30-09-2021

Padraig Kenny's The Shadows of Rookhaven is a story about family and forgiveness, the sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven.Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.  It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and monsters descend on Rookhaven from...

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• Michael Morpurgo
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008352189
• Published: 30-09-2021

This first new novel in two years from the Nation's Favourite Storyteller is a sweeping story of love and rescue - an unforgettable journey to the Greek island of Ithaca, and back in time to World War Two... Australian-Greek girl Nandi travels to her ancestors' home in Ithaca, and disco...

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• Nick Lake, Emily Gravett
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781471194832
• Published: 30-09-2021

A startlingly original, stunningly-illustrated modern classic about learning to face your fears from the multi award-winning partnership of Nick Lake and Emily Gravett.Lily just wants things to go back to the way they were: before she got sick, before her parents decided to have an...

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• Daniel Peak
• Firefly Press Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781913102517
• Published: 30-09-2021

Rita Jeffries is two years old, alone and on the run! She may be a toddler, but she has the mind (and attitude) of a teenager. She knows something's not right, but she's still surprised when her parents disappear and a sinister clown and an ice-cream van seem to be hunting her down... It will...

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• Rob Sears, Tom Sears
• Canongate Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781838853495
• Published: 30-09-2021

Meet the mega human: colossal, clueless... and the biggest hope for life on earthThere are eight billion of us humans.All breathing, eating, fidgeting and thinking deep thoughts.It's an unimaginably large number. Or is it? The mega human is the r...

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• Judith Kerr
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008496609
• Published: 30-09-2021

This semi-autobiographical classic, written by the beloved Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World War.  This beautiful new hardback celebrates fifty years of an unforgettable adventure that Michael Morpurgo called "The most life-enh...

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