Books - Children

• Peter Bunzl
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474915007
• Published: 01-09-2016

When 13-year-old Lily's inventor father vanishes after a Zeppelin crash, Lily's determined to hunt down the truth behind his disappearance, helped by Robert, the local clockmaker's son, and her wily mechanical fox Malkin. But shadowy figures are closing in and treachery lurks among the smoky s...

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• Christoph Englert, Tom Clohosy Cole
• Wide Eyed Editions
• ISBN13: 9781847808240
• Published: 01-09-2016

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Prize! Journey through our local solar system and learn about everything you encounter with this physics-made-fun space book! Hop on board the space shuttle and get ready for the ride of your life as you explore deep space with your five fellow space cadets. This...

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• Amy Alward
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781471143588
• Published: 11-08-2016

Since winning the Hunt and saving her new BFF, Princess Evelyn, Sam Kemi has been royally busy.. What with TV interviews, working in her family's potion store and preparing to join Evelyn on her world tour, Sam STILL hasn't had time for a real date with Zain, her new-boyfriend-slash-former-riv...

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• Rebecca Stevens
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781910655542
• Published: 04-08-2016

It's the night before Rose's mum re-marries. Rose can't sleep for worrying and nor can her muddled Great-Aunt Cosy, her namesake. Rose sees the old lady leaving the house and runs after her to the London underground. Their empty train stops in 1940, in a war-torn London broken by the Blitz. He...

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• Ben Davis, Mike Lowery
• Oxford University Press
• ISBN13: 9780192745842
• Published: 04-08-2016

My Dad - the King of Cringe!What's a boy to do when his mum disappears, his dad moves him and his sister to the middle of nowhere, and his life takes a very swift downward turn . . . secretly launch his dad on the internet as the Next Big Thing, of course!'Hi guys!I bet every one of you knows...

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• Ally Sherrick
• Chicken House
• ISBN13: 9781910655269
• Published: 04-08-2016

A rip-roaring historical adventure set at the time of the Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot - winner of the Historical Association Young Quills Award! '  England, 1605: 12-year-old Tom must save his father from hanging. He falls in with a mysterious stranger - the Falcon - who...

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• AJ Wood, Mike Jolley, Owen Davey
• Wide Eyed Editions
• ISBN13: 9781847807519
• Published: 07-07-2016

The award-winning Curiositree: Natural World explores, through 67 exquisitely illustrated charts, the myriad ways in which plants and animals have adapted to survive.Discover the interconnectedness of the natural world and learn why living things look and behave the way they do in...

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• David Solomons, illus Laura Ellen Anderson
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780857637338
• Published: 07-07-2016

Zack and Lara have superpowers. Luke has new school shoes and a burning sense of resentment. He KNOWS that aliens disguised as gym teachers are about to attack Earth but will anyone listen? No. So one dodgy pact with a self-styled supervillain later, and Luke is ready to save the world. He jus...

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