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  • Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth

    Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth

    • Frank Cottrell Boyce, Steven Lenton
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9780230771376
    • Published: 07-04-2016

    The Blythes are a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes foster children. Now Prez has come to live with them. But, though he seems cheerful and helpful, he never says a word. Then one day Prez answers the door to someone claiming to be his relative. This...

  • Passenger

    Passenger

    • Alexandra Bracken
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781786540003
    • Published: 07-04-2016

    'Riveting. Romantic characters and an immense world with no end in sight' - Victoria AveyardNew York City, present dayIn one night, Etta Spencer is wrenched from everything she knows and loves. Thrown into an unfamiliar world, she can be certain of only one thing: she h...

  • Captain Jack and the Pirates

    Captain Jack and the Pirates

    • Peter Bently, Helen Oxenbury
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780723269298
    • Published: 07-04-2016

    From the award-winning creator of We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Peter Bently comes this utterly delightful picture book, that sees a family day out at the beach turn into a wonderful piratical adventure! Make-believe fun, illustrated by picture book star, Helen Oxenbury, will capture the imag...

  • Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!

    Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!

    • Gary Northfield
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406365870
    • Published: 07-04-2016

    Madagascar meets Gladiator in this hilarious, exciting and action-packed new illustrated chapter book series from celebrated cartoonist Gary Northfield.From the hilarious, celebrated cartoonist Gary Northfield - author of The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs! - comes an illustr...

  • The Journey

    The Journey

    • Sanna Francesca
    • Flying Eye Books
    • ISBN13: 9781909263994
    • Published: 01-04-2016

    With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned....

  • This Is Not A Book

    This Is Not A Book

    • Jean Jullien, Meagan Bennett
    • Phaidon Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780714871127
    • Published: 28-03-2016

    A deceptively simple format that encourages children to see things quite differently

  • The Parent Problem

    The Parent Problem

    • Anna Wilson
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509801312
    • Published: 24-03-2016

    Skye Green's mum is driving her insane! When she's not posting EMBARRASSING pictures of Skye online or experimenting with BIZARRE clothing, she's forever taking up new hobbies - and her latest obsession is ballroom dancing! It's only a matter of time until she waltzes down the street in spande...

  • Book of Lies

    Book of Lies

    • Teri Terry
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781408334287
    • Published: 24-03-2016

    Who lies? Who tells the truth? Death hangs on the answer... 'Highly recommended, especially for those who like their fantasy subtle but chillingly effective, and populated by characters they can believe in' (Starburst Magazine) Tell a lie and the darkness will find you.Quin...