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  • The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

    • Geraldine McCaughrean, Margarita Kukhtina
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788008587
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    A favourite bedtime classic, beautifully retold by bestselling and award-winning author Geraldine Mccaughrean.  This beloved childhood classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett is now available in a sumptuous gift book edition with dazzling new art. When Mary Lennox is sent from India to live...

  • British Museum: A History of the World in 25 Cities

    British Museum: A History of the World in 25 Cities

    • Tracey Turner, Libby VanderPloeg, Andrew Donkin
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788006712
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    A stunningly illustrated book of extraordinary city maps, telling the story of human civilisation throughout history. A gorgeous, large-format gift hardback with a stunning neon cover, A History of the World in 25 Cities features 25 beautifully illustrated city maps from all over the world, fr...

  • Time to Move South for Winter

    Time to Move South for Winter

    • Clare Helen Welsh, illus Jenny Løvlie
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788008136
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    A breathtaking picture book about incredible animal migrations, illustrated by the winner of the 2019 Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Jenny Lovlie. Over the cold, mirrored waters of the Arctic, a tiny tern sets off on the world's longest animal migration. On her way, she passes humpback wha...

  • Leaves

    Leaves

    • Stephen Hogtun
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526606877
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    A beautiful picture book about intergenerational relationships and the memories we hold dear.  "I will always be with you. Each time the wind blows, in your leaves is where you'll find me..." When a wise old tree takes a tiny sapling into his care, they both learn what it means to make...

  • Pirate Stew: The show-stopping new picture book from Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell

    Pirate Stew: The show-stopping new picture book from Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell

    • Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526614711
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    Meet LONG JOHN McRON, SHIP'S COOK . . . and the most unusual babysitter you've ever seen. Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and - for two intrepid children - he's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It's time to make...

  • The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre

    The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre

    • Clare Povey
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474986489
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap. Bastien wasn't sure which, but with no other choice, he stepped inside...and hoped he'd make it out again alive. Bastien Bonlivre is a boy with a big imagination, determined to finish the story his parents started, left to him in a red n...

  • Can we really help the Polar Bears?

    Can we really help the Polar Bears?

    • Roisin Hahessy (Illustrator), Katie Daynes
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474989862
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    The Arctic ice is melting and the polar bears need our help. They come to Warmland to explain what's really going wrong. Luckily they find a group of lively, sparky kids who jump into action and draw up a BRILLIANT PLAN.

  • Diary of an Accidental Witch

    Diary of an Accidental Witch

    • Honor and Perdita Cargill, Katie Saunders
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788953382
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    Monday 20th SeptemberI'M AT WITCH SCHOOL! Now would be a really good time to discover I can do magic... Bea Black has just moved to Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. When her dad accidentally enrols her at the local witch school, she has to get to grips with some in...