Books - Children

• Patricia Elliott
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444924718
• Published: 03-11-2016

A brilliant new heroine with a nose for mystery and adventure - for all fans of Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow and Murder Most Unladylike. After solving a case of potential identity theft, Connie Carew is back in her second mystery. This time, it takes place aboard a luxury ocean line...

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• Various
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474916158
• Published: 01-11-2016

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• Megan Shepherd, Levi Pinfold
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406367584
• Published: 13-10-2016

An exceptional and moving novel about the power of the imagination, illustrated by the winner of the Kate Greenaway medal.An exceptional and moving novel about the power of stories and the imagination from the publisher of A Monster Calls. December 1941. Britain is at war. Emmaline...

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• Fleur Hitchcock
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780857636386
• Published: 06-10-2016

Sitting on the top deck of a bus days before Christmas, Maya sees a couple arguing violently in the middle of a crowded Regent Street. They see her watching, she looks away, and the woman disappears. Maya goes to the police, who shrug and send her away. Then a body turns up... Now convinced sh...

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• David Baddiel, Jim Field
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008185145
• Published: 29-09-2016

From David Baddiel, the brightest new star of children's books and winner of the LOLLIES award, comes a laugh-out-loud adventure for every child who ever wondered what it might be like to be a bit of an animal... Malcolm doesn't like animals. Which is a problem because his family...

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• Piotr Socha, Wojciech Grajkowski
• Thames & Hudson Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780500650950
• Published: 22-09-2016

How do bees communicate? What does a beekeeper do? Did you know that Napoleon loved bees? Who survived being stung by 2,443 bees? This book answers all these questions and many more, tracking the history of bees from the time of the dinosaurs to their current plight.

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• Chris Riddell
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781447277927
• Published: 22-09-2016

Ottoline is back in Ottoline and the Purple Fox, a brand new adventure from Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell. Ottoline and Mr Munroe love puzzles, clues and mysteries. One day, they meet an enigmatic purple fox, who offers to take them on a night-time urban safari. The fox shows...

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• Allie Esiri, Allie Esiri, Papio Press
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509813131
• Published: 08-09-2016

A Poem For Every Night of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to share for every night of the year.The poems - together with introductory paragraphs - have a link to the date on which they appear. Shakespeare celebrates midsummer night, Ma...

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