Books - Children

• Sarah Todd Taylor, illus Beatriz Castro
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781839948855
• Published: 14-09-2023

Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire will whisk you away on a fabulous adventure, full of daring action and delicious cakes!  Baker by day, spy by night - Alice Eclair leads an exciting double life! On a glamorous movie set at the Palace of Versailles, someone is leaking national secrets. I...

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• Gabriel Dylan
• Piccadilly Press
• ISBN13: 9781800784772
• Published: 14-09-2023

Welcome to SHIVER POINT, home of spooks, screams and small-town horror! Enter if you dare...Shiver Point is boring. Nothing interesting ever happens there and there's never anything fun to do. At least that's what Alex has always thought. Until one night, in the dead dark, he spots...

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• David Farr
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781801311090
• Published: 14-09-2023

The dazzling follow-up to the phenomenal The Book of Stolen Dreams from master storyteller David Farr, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and Philip Pullman.Step inside the pages of an immortal adventure...  Rachel and Robert have defeated the tyrant Malstain and become the hero...

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• Lou Peacock, Matt Hunt
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781839942013
• Published: 14-09-2023

A brilliantly illustrated collection of 366 hilarious poems to keep you laughing all year round!  From rib-ticklingly funny to wryly witty, each poem in this uplifting collection is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and is perfect for reading aloud to share even more side-splitting hilari...

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• Sally Gardner
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781804549285
• Published: 14-09-2023

Halloween has nearly arrived, but a young witch is in a pickle. She has cast a spell and shrunk herself by mistake! When a gust of wind blows her out to sea, her best friend, a little ghost, goes with her. They find themselves landing on Rubbish Island where the Tindims haven't met witches or...

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• Ana Sampson, Chris Riddell
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781035023011
• Published: 14-09-2023

A stunning gift book drawing together mythological poems - classic and brand-new - from around the world, illustrated throughout in black and white by award-winning former children's laureate Chris Riddell. Compiled by bestselling anthologist Ana Sampson, with an introduction by Natalie Haynes...

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• Emily Randall-Jones
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781915026101
• Published: 14-09-2023

A spooky gothic adventure, perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and for curling up with on a rainy night... Autumn Albert can see the dead - much to her annoyance. But when her dad dies in mysterious circumstances, he's the one ghost who doesn't appear. A curious instruction in his will sends...

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• Liz Kessler
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781398512498
• Published: 14-09-2023

From million-copy bestselling author Liz Kessler comes the powerful new landmark World War II novel for fans of Michael Morpurgo and Phil Earle.   When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother's childhood, she uncovers an extraordinary war-time story of bravery, betrayal and daring defiance...

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