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  • World's Greatest Liar: 2016

    World's Greatest Liar: 2016

    • Barry Hutchison, Katie Abey
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781847156730
    • Published: 01-06-2016

    Dylan Malone, aka Beaky, has a habit for telling porkies - every time he opens his mouth, out pops a whopper... But then his long-suffering sister shoves him into the truth-telling machine at Madame Shirley's Marvellous Emporium of Peculiarities. Now Beaky can't tell a lie - not even a teeny-w...

  • Smart About Sharks

    Smart About Sharks

    • Owen Davey
    • Flying Eye Books
    • ISBN13: 9781909263918
    • Published: 01-06-2016

    It's time to learn about the sea's most feared (and most misunderstood) residents: sharks! Owen Davey returns to nonfiction to explain the mysteries of those denizens of the deep. Some are deadly, others are less so, but all of them are fascinating creatures. Exciting and detailed illustration...

  • The Bubble Boy

    The Bubble Boy

    • Stewart Foster
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471145407
    • Published: 19-05-2016

    Winner of the 9+ catergory of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and shortlisted for the Branford Boase AwardA poignant, heartwarming tale that teaches children the importance of treating people with kindness and empathy.Amir is mad. He's crazy. But the hospital woul...

  • Wolves of Currumpaw

    Wolves of Currumpaw

    • Grill William
    • Flying Eye Books
    • ISBN13: 9781909263833
    • Published: 11-05-2016

    \"The Wolves of Currumpaw \"is a beautifully illustrated modern re-telling of Ernest Thompson Seton's epic wilderness drama \"Lobo, the King of Currumpaw,\" originally published in 1898. Set in the dying days of the old west, Seton's drama unfolds in the vast planes of New Mexico, at a time wh...

  • Roman Quests: Escape from Rome: Book 1

    Roman Quests: Escape from Rome: Book 1

    • Caroline Lawrence
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781510100237
    • Published: 05-05-2016

    The first in a brand new historical adventure series from million-copy-selling Caroline Lawrence, set in Roman Britain during the reign of the evil Emperor Domitian. The year is AD 94. When the evil Emperor Domitian sends soldiers to seize his family's home in the middle of the night, t...

  • Spangles McNasty and the Fish of Gold

    Spangles McNasty and the Fish of Gold

    • Steve Webb, Chris Mould
    • Andersen Press
    • ISBN13: 9781783444007
    • Published: 05-05-2016

    Welcome to Bitterly Bay. Spangles McNasty has decided to spend his summer doing what he loves the most: shouting at babies, pulling faces at old ladies, eating cold chips from bins and best of all, collecting other people's spangly things! Having convinced themselves that goldfish are m...

  • The Adventures of Alfie Onion

    The Adventures of Alfie Onion

    • Vivian French, Marta Kissi
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406363104
    • Published: 05-05-2016

    A stand-alone comic adventure for younger readers by sublime storyteller Vivian French, with pictures by Marta Kissi, a talented new illustrator and animator.A stand-alone comic adventure for younger readers by sublime storyteller Vivian French, with pictures by a talented new illu...

  • The Secret Cat (Tiger Days, Book 1)

    The Secret Cat (Tiger Days, Book 1)

    • Sarah Lean
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008165666
    • Published: 05-05-2016

    Meet animal lover, Tiger Days! A brand-new young fiction series about animals, friendship and adventure by bestselling author Sarah Lean. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout. When nine-year-old Tiger Days stays with her grandmother at Willowgate House she never kno...