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The Night Before Christmas
- Clement Moore, Roger Duvoisin
- Scallywag Press
- ISBN13: 9781912650194
- Published: 05-09-2019
As expectation mounts on Christmas Eve, a boy hears sleigh bells ringing and looks out of the window in time to see Santa arrive. Santa comes down the chimney (this is a fun picture as the book is tall and thin) and delivers the presents while pretending he does not notice the boy watching. Of...
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Ways to Live Forever
- Sally Nicholls
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407197944
- Published: 05-09-2019
Meet Sam. He hasn't got forever, but he's going to make every minute count... Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2008. My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts. He wa...
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White Eagles
- Elizabeth Wein, Matt Jones
- Barrington Stoke Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781781128961
- Published: 04-09-2019
Summer 1939. With Europe on the brink of war, eighteen-year-old Kristina Tomiak has been called up to join the White Eagles, Poland's valiant air force. When the Nazis reach the town where she is based, Kristina makes a daring escape, but she doesn't realise that she's carrying a stowaway in h...
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Mythologica: An encyclopedia of gods, monsters and mortals from ancient Greek
- Victoria Topping, Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw
- Wide Eyed Editions
- ISBN13: 9781786031921
- Published: 03-09-2019
Amazon's No. 1 Children's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019 is an illustrated encyclopedia of Greek mythology like no other. Mythologica features startlingly beautiful and exquisitely otherworldly portraits of mythological characters in eye-popping colour from artist Victoria...
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Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls
- Kate Pankhurst, Various
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781474966429
- Published: 01-09-2019
Once known, now largely forgotten, these empowering fairy tales have been brought together to inspire a new generation of readers. Discover heroines who outwit giants, fight evil, awaken sleeping princes and, of course, live happily ever after. With a foreword by Kate Pankhurst, author of Fant...
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A Postcard to Ollis
- Ingunn Thon, Nora Brech
- Wacky Bee Books
- ISBN13: 9781999903343
- Published: 01-09-2019
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One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller
- Kate Read
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781529010886
- Published: 22-08-2019
One Fox is a stunning counting book and thrilling farmyard adventure from the brilliantly talented author and illustrator, Kate Read. One famished fox with two sly eyes is on the prowl . . . three plump hens had better watch out! The rich, close-up illustrations with an Eric Carl...
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A House Without Walls
- Elizabeth Laird
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781509880720
- Published: 22-08-2019
A House Without Walls is a powerful story of family, hope and redemption amidst the refugee crisis in Syria from the award-winning Elizabeth Laird, illustrated by Lucy Eldridge.Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war. Safiya knows how luck...
