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Railhead: shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017
- Philip Reeve
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192742759
- Published: 01-10-2015
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017!\"Come with me, Zen Starling\", she had said. The girl in the red coat. But how did she know his name? The Great Network is a place of drones and androids, maintenance spiders and Station Angels. The place of the thousand gates, where sentient trai...
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The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
- John Boyne
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780857534521
- Published: 01-10-2015
When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, f...
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Vikings in the Supermarket
- Nick Sharratt
- David Fickling Books
- ISBN13: 9781910200353
- Published: 01-10-2015
Six Vikings on a shopping trip, one tartan-patterned cat, a clever little mermaid, a naughty vampire bat, the queen who's really fond of green, the pirate Tidy Clyde, open up this jolly book and meet them all inside!
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Knight in Training: A Very Bothersome Bear: Book 3
- David Melling, Vivian French
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444922301
- Published: 01-10-2015
A funny, exciting series for younger readers, by the bestselling Vivian French and David Melling.Sam J. Butterbiggins' only ambition is to be a Very Noble Knight, but he has a problem - he's been packed off to the castle next door to stay with his aunt, uncle and cousin Prune while...
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The Queen's Handbag
- Steve Antony
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444925524
- Published: 01-10-2015
With a Jon Klassen appeal, Steve Antony is the one to watch. A naughty swan steals the Queen's handbag, so naturally, the Queen races after it. She follows it all around the United Kingdom in various modes of transport, including an Aston Martin car, a motorbike, a Red Arrow plane, a sp...
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Hilda and the Troll
- Pearson Luke
- Flying Eye Books
- ISBN13: 9781909263789
- Published: 01-10-2015
Hilda can never sit still for long without setting off on another adventure. She can't resist exploring her enchanting worlda place where trolls walk, crows speak, and mountains move. The magic and folklore of the wild, windswept North come alive in this book about an adventurous little girl a...
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Penguin Small
- Mick Inkpen
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444918212
- Published: 01-10-2015
Penguin Small is a classic story by Mick Inkpen with a surprise giant fold-out page. It tells the story of the last North Pole penguin, who as it turns out was also the smallest penguin! He wants to join his friends in the South Pole, but he's afraid of the water. If only penguins could fly......
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Charlie and Lola: One Thing
- Lauren Child
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781408339008
- Published: 01-10-2015
Charlie and Lola return in a brilliant picture book, from Children's Laureate Lauren Child, to introduce the non-scary nature of counting and sums to very young children. Perfectly funny and perfectly formed, this sees top negotiator Lola take on numbers in everyday life and bend them t...
