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  • Darwin's Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular

    Darwin's Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular

    • Polly Owen, Gwen Millward
    • Wide Eyed Editions
    • ISBN13: 9780711275959
    • Published: 05-01-2023

    Learn the funny and fascinating story of Charles Darwin and the groundbreaking discoveries that resulted from his love of the humble worm in this hilarious, illustrated children's book.Charles Darwin is widely known for his Origin of Species book, yet Darwin had another great love,...

  • Glowrushes

    Glowrushes

    • Roberto Piumini, Leah Janeczko
    • Pushkin Children's Books
    • ISBN13: 9781782693819
    • Published: 01-12-2022

    Madurer is the son of a great lord, with untold wealth, but he is also the victim of a mysterious disease that means he cannot be exposed to sunlight or fresh air. He is confined to three windowless rooms inside a palace, but his doting father summons a famous artist to cover the walls of the...

  • Secrets of a Christmas Elf: top-ten festive magic from author of smash hit Diary of a Christmas Elf

    Secrets of a Christmas Elf: top-ten festive magic from author of smash hit Diary of a Christmas Elf

    • Ben Miller
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781398515819
    • Published: 10-11-2022

    Christmas magic, delivered! The brilliant festive blockbuster from Ben Miller - the perfect stocking-filler for all the family.It's business as usual in the run up to Christmas at Santa's Workshop - and toy elves Holly and Tog are busy making gifts for children all around the world...

  • Snot, Sneezes, and Super-Spreaders: Everything You Need to Know About Viruses and How to Stop Them

    Snot, Sneezes, and Super-Spreaders: Everything You Need to Know About Viruses and How to Stop Them

    • Marc ter Horst, Wendy Panders, Laura Watkinson, Dr Jennifer Gardy
    • Greystone Books, Canada
    • ISBN13: 9781771649735
    • Published: 10-11-2022

    Discover the extraordinary world of viruses, from their creation and transmission to what we can do to stop them, in this science-based resource for kids 8 to 12. If we didn't know it before, we certainly know it now: Viruses can be powerful-so powerful, in fact, that they can hold the world i...

  • Once Upon a Hillside

    Once Upon a Hillside

    • Angela McAllister
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781801107525
    • Published: 10-11-2022

    Angela McAllister's seven original stories follow the changing landscape of lives on one hillside from the Stone Age to the present day. Six thousand years ago, people first came to the hillside and a story began. A Neolithic girl, Roman twins, a herbalist's daughter, an orphaned bird-s...

  • Global Heroes: Rising River Escape

    Global Heroes: Rising River Escape

    • Damian Harvey, Alex Paterson
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445182971
    • Published: 10-11-2022

    Join our team of Global Heroes in this fast-paced, science-themed chapter book as they rush to rescue wildlife from the rapidly rising flood waters in Madagascar .Great for readers age 7+ these adventure stories are also full of fascinating facts. In Rising River Escape our heroes...

  • Global Heroes: Arctic Adventure

    Global Heroes: Arctic Adventure

    • Damian Harvey, Alex Paterson
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445182964
    • Published: 10-11-2022

    Join our team of Global Heroes in this fast-paced, science-themed chapter book set in the abominably cold arctic!Great for readers age 7+ these adventure stories are also full of fascinating facts. These illustrated chapter books are perfect for making fascinating science topics ac...

  • Black Swans

    Black Swans

    • Laurel van der Linde, illus Sawyer Cloud
    • Sunbird Books
    • ISBN13: 9781503764095
    • Published: 08-11-2022

    The stories of six daring, groundbreaking Black ballet dancers leap off the pages of this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Meet Essie Marie Dorsey, who in 1926 opened one of the first ballet schools for Black students; Arthur Mitchell, the first Black dancer with the New York C...