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The Secret Starling
- Judith Eagle, illus Kim Geyer
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571346301
- Published: 02-05-2019
Clara has lived a life of solitude, home schooled under her mean uncle's strict regime . . . until now! The day that Uncle abandons Clara, leaving her with nothing but a wedge of 'guilt money' and a half empty, crumbling manor house, she is determined to do things her way for a change. And whe...
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In Focus: Forests
- Libby Walden, Julie Colombet, Suzanne Washington, Irene Montano, Marc Pattenden, Alessandra Santelli, Aaron Cushley, Grace Easton, Jenny Wren, Sol Linero
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781848578074
- Published: 02-05-2019
Ten illustrators delve into the world's woodlands to explore the creatures, culture and conservation for our forested areas.This super-sized book draws back the canopy of the rainforest, wends its way through the fir trees and dives into the depths to uncover fascinating facts about our...
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Runaway Robot
- Frank Cottrell Boyce, Steven Lenton
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781509851775
- Published: 02-05-2019
Runaway Robot is a funny and heartwarming adventure about two best friends helping put themselves back together, from the award-winning Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated by Steven Lenton.When Alfie goes to Airport Lost Property, he finds more than he bargained for. A lot more. Beca...
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The Big Book of Birds
- Yuval Zommer
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780500651513
- Published: 02-05-2019
Why is a flamingo pink? Can a parrot talk? Is a bald eagle really bald? This follow-up to the hugely successful The Big Book of Bugs, The Big Book of Beasts and The Big Book of the Blue answers these questions and many more. It opens with introductory spreads explaining how to recognize differ...
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Not My Fault
- Cath Howe
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781788002868
- Published: 02-05-2019
Maya and Rose won't talk to each other.Even though they are sisters.Not since the accident.Maya is running wild, and Rose doesn't know what to do.Now Maya and Rose have to go away together on a week-long school journey. But will the trip - and a life-threatening adventure - fix their relations...
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The Golden Butterfly
- Sharon Gosling
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781788950329
- Published: 02-05-2019
The Golden Butterfly danced in the air, beautiful and impossible, yet there before their eyes. Then the Magnificent Marko flicked his wand again. There was a shower of sparks, a bang and ... the Golden Butterfly vanished. It's 1897 and since the Magnificent Marko dramatically departed th...
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Malamander
- Thomas Taylor, illus George Ermos
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406386288
- Published: 02-05-2019
Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls around Maw Rocks and the wreck of the battleship Leviathan, where even now some swear they have seen the unctuous Malamander creep...Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus...
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The Maker of Monsters
- Lorraine Gregory
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192768834
- Published: 02-05-2019
Brat has always lived in the isolated castle on the island, taking care of the vicious creatures that his master creates, waiting in terror for the moment when they are ready to be put to use. But then the unthinkable happens. The monsters get out. Now Brat must overcome his fears, and venture...
