Books - Children

• Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Lucila Perini
• Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780711270732
• Published: 22-02-2022

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Gloria Steinem, the world's most famous feminist.Gloria realised from a young age that the women were treated differently than men, and that w...

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• Kieran Larwood, Sam Usher
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571364503
• Published: 17-02-2022

A wonderfully murky, carnivalesque world of intrigue, unexpected friendships and mysteries solved.  Sheba the wolf girl joins an unusual troupe of performers that includes Pyewacket, a witch's imp; Gigantus the giant and Sister Moon, a knife thrower. For the first time in her life she feels sh...

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• Jake Williams
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9781843654988
• Published: 17-02-2022

The award-winning author and illustrator behind Darwin's Voyage of Discovery and Really Remarkable Reptiles turns his attention to the Renaissance man: Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was a master of art, architecture, engineering, mathematics and more. Discover his relationship wi...

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• M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, Elisa Paganelli
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529072655
• Published: 17-02-2022

Ride into danger with Hal and Uncle Nat on the fifth breathtaking Adventures on Trains Mystery, Sabotage on the Solar Express, from bestselling award-winners M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. Perfect for readers of 8 to 12 and brilliantly illustr...

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• Nicola Skinner
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008422448
• Published: 17-02-2022

This is the story of Kirsten, an apparently happy and successful 11-year-old YouTube star who meets a ship that comes alive... and is claimed by it as its new captain as it breaks free from its dry dock. Inspired by the true history of the SS Great Britain, Starboar...

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• Sam Sedgman, Sam Brewster
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529065657
• Published: 17-02-2022

From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner, Sam Sedgman, comes a beautiful and informative book encapsulating the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel - all seen through the world's most wondrous train journeys. Climb onboard and travel across six...

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• Lola Morayo, illus Cory Reid
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529063974
• Published: 17-02-2022

Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Birthday Present Disaster is the third title in a fun and inclusive, young magical adventure series for readers of 6-8 from Lola Morayo. Inspired by fairies and magical creatures from world mythology it is gorgeously illustrated in black and white throughout b...

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• Greer Stothers, Prof Michael J Benton
• Wide Eyed Editions
• ISBN13: 9780711266896
• Published: 15-02-2022

Think dinosaurs were all brown, green and scaly? Think again, on a kaleidoscopic journey into the technicolour world of dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts as they really may have looked.  A richly detailed and vibrantly illustrated natural history book, this fascinating read is bursting wi...

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