Books - Children

• Sarah Phillips, Dion Mehaga Bangun Djayasaputra
• Quarto Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9780711265363
• Published: 21-09-2023

This beautifully illustrated book seeks to tell children the true, diverse and decolonised story of art around the world. Even before they could write, people were telling stories with pictures. And though art is universal, the story we know about it is not.  A Whole World of Art opens...

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• Valentina D'Efilippo, Andrew Pettie, Conrad Quilty-Harper
• What on Earth Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781913750459
• Published: 21-09-2023

This authoritative encyclopedia is perfect for visual learners: it reveals astonishing information about space, Earth, animals, humans and technology through 200 infographics, including maps, charts, timelines and more! Grasp facts at a glance as you turn every page: discover the size o...

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• Christine Aziz
• Everything with Words
• ISBN13: 9781911427308
• Published: 21-09-2023

Streetwise pickpockets, Maggie and Josh, are inseparable. Only their friendship makes life bearable at the Scribbens Home for Very Wayward Children, run by the villainous Miss Scribbens. But when Maggie encounters a strange and sinister circus, she abandons Josh and tumbles headfirst into a wo...

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• Katherine Rundell
• Bloomsbury Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781408897416
• Published: 14-09-2023

There's a place where all the wildest stories began... From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9+ fans of His Dark Materials. 'It was a very fin...

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• Joshua Seigal
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781801992091
• Published: 14-09-2023

A marvellous new collection of poems by Joshua Seigal, two-time winner of the Laugh Out Loud Awards - the UK's only prize for funny children's books. Someone has let the words out... and they're going to have some fun!  In this brand new collection of poems from award-winning poet Joshu...

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• Matt Brown, illus Flavia Sorrentino
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781839945403
• Published: 14-09-2023

When Kevin and his family get stuck in a strange town, they accidentally wake up something OLD and VERY HUNGRY. It's up to Kevin to save everyone - or else! The first in a brilliantly funny fantasy adventure series. Kevin Aurelius is just like any other almost 11-year-old.  Well, apart...

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• Nicola Davies, Petr Horacek
• Otter-Barry Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781915659095
• Published: 14-09-2023

Discover a pangolin at dusk, fly on the bat's back, visit a lion and hear about his plight; try the moth alphabet tongue-twister, meet fighting Tazzies on a night out in Tasmania or dream about the five-legged dog and three-legged cat! Then find out about real, huge Titanosaurus and amazing Co...

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• Carlie Sorosiak, illus Luisa Uribe
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781839948497
• Published: 14-09-2023

Written by bestselling children's author (and accidental American Dingo-owner) Carlie Sorosiak, this gorgeous treasury of fascinating facts and amazing real-life stories is the perfect gift for dog lovers. Throughout human history dogs have been by our side, paw prints following our foo...

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