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  • Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story

    Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story

    • Sean Taylor, Alex Morss, Cinyee Chiu
    • Aurum Press
    • ISBN13: 9780711242838
    • Published: 17-09-2019

    In this cozy bedtime story, follow a child and his grandma through a winter landscape to explore how the Earth goes to sleep for winter. Spot the sleeping animals as the tale unfolds, then learn about their hibernation habits from the information pages at the end.Co-authors Sean Ta...

  • Icarus Was Ridiculous

    Icarus Was Ridiculous

    • Pamela Butchart, Thomas Flintham
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788001205
    • Published: 12-09-2019

    Izzy LOVES all the stories the Ancient Greeks told! She can't wait to tell her friends about Icarus, who was a TOTAL NUMPTY, and the Trojan Horse, which ended a war and wasn't even REAL! So pull up a plinth and enjoy all the DRAMA of the original Greek myths, as told by Pamela Butchart and Tho...

  • Son of the Circus - A Victorian Story

    Son of the Circus - A Victorian Story

    • E. L. Norry
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9781407191416
    • Published: 05-09-2019

    Voices: Son of the Circus - A Victorian Story explores the life of a young mixed-race boy, Ted, living with his mother and poorly older brother in Victorian Bradfield. When a stranger, a man the boys don't remember ever seeing before, appears in their kitchen, Ted is hit with...

  • Speedy Monkey

    Speedy Monkey

    • Jeanne Willis, illus Chantelle and Burgen Thorne
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788951142
    • Published: 05-09-2019

    A range of simple stories for new readers, with beautiful colour illustrations. Deep in the rainforest all is peaceful, all is calm... Until Speedy Monkey comes along! Speedy can't keep still - all day long he whoops and swoops, prances and dances. The other animals are tired of Speedy'...

  • The Girl Who Speaks Bear

    The Girl Who Speaks Bear

    • Sophie Anderson, Kathrin Honesta
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474940672
    • Published: 05-09-2019

    They call me Yanka the Bear. Not because of where I was found - only a few people know about that. They call me Yanka the Bear because I am so big and strong. Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, Yanka has always wondered about where she is from. She tries to ignore the strange whispers a...

  • The Night's Realm

    The Night's Realm

    • Nick Ward
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781788450430
    • Published: 05-09-2019

    Billy has a secret.A secret he doesn't want anyone to know.He is absolutely terrified of the dark.And things are about to get scary.Because Billy finds himself trapped in a land where it is always dark.And he is the only one who can remember home.Can Billy step up, face his fears and save all...

  • The Battle for Perfect

    The Battle for Perfect

    • Helena Duggan
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474964371
    • Published: 05-09-2019

    Things are quiet in the town that used to be Perfect until Violet and Boy uncover more trouble brewing. Five scientists are missing and Town is about to be taken over by a huge zombie army. Can Violet and Boy save their friends? It's a matter of life or death! A highly charged finale to the se...

  • Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend

    Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend

    • Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788950305
    • Published: 05-09-2019

    Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds... Join me for the curious tale of Ben Bunsen, whose only friend is a figment of his imagination ... until now.Ben can't believe it when his imaginary friend the Gorblimey becomes un...