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  • Boy X

    Boy X

    • Dan Smith
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781909489042
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Kidnapped and drugged, Ash wakes up on a remote tropical island. His mum - a genetic scientist - has been imprisoned and infected with a deadly virus. Where is he, and what's he doing there? He sets out to cross the jungle to find out and rescue his mother. Soon he realises he's quicker and sh...

  • Alice Jones: The Impossible Clue

    Alice Jones: The Impossible Clue

    • Sarah Rubin
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781910002865
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Maths-whizz Alice has already solved a mystery or two. Persuaded by wannabe sidekick Sammy to investigate a scientist's disappearance, she's soon entangled in her trickiest case yet. Dr Learner is reputed to have invented an invisibility suit, but is whacky science really to blame for his vani...

  • Through My Window: Celebrating 30 years of a children's classic

    Through My Window: Celebrating 30 years of a children's classic

    • Tony Bradman, Eileen Browne
    • Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781847807564
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    This special edition commemorates the 30th anniversary of this classic multicultural picture book. Jo is ill and has to stay in bed for the day, but her mum promises to bring her home a surprise to make her feel better. All day long Jo looks out of the window waiting for her mum to return, and...

  • Who Is Happy?

    Who Is Happy?

    • Jarvis
    • Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781847807229
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Everyone in Happyhop House experiences lots of feelings during their day. Can you spot who is happy to be playing paper aeroplanes? Who is sad that the last slice of cake has gone? Who is scared of the dark? At age 2, children enter a crucial stage in their development by starting to fo...

  • Trickster

    Trickster

    • Tom Moorhouse
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192743992
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    First a rat must earn his name. Then he must live up to it. This is the story of Gabble, a young rat with a wild, beloved, but unpredictable brother, Ash. At the start of the book Ash tricks Gabble into going out with him on a 'name raid', a dangerous mission to earn a True Name, normally rese...

  • Phoenix Presents: Tamsin and the Deep

    Phoenix Presents: Tamsin and the Deep

    • Neill Cameron, Kate Brown
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781910200773
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Tamsin knew that she shouldn't have gone into the water. After wiping out on her board, she is dragged down, into the deep...Into a long-forgotten world of ancient magic. Mermaid magic, dark and unforgiving. Her family is in grave danger - and only she has the power to save them.

  • Alan's Big, Scary Teeth

    Alan's Big, Scary Teeth

    • Jarvis
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406370805
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    The Winner of the 2017 V&A Best Illustrated Book Award.  An alligator who snaps, becomes an alligator who th-naps in this hilarious, heart-warming story of making new friends and discovering who you really are.Meet Alan, an alligator with a secret. Famed for his big, scary teet...

  • The Bear and the Piano

    The Bear and the Piano

    • David Litchfield
    • Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781847807182
    • Published: 03-02-2016

    The first book in the best-selling, award-winning 'Bear and the Piano' trilogy. Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Illustrated Book Category for 2016Over 120,000 copies have been sold of The Bear and the Piano in the UK.One day, a young bear st...