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  • The Jamie Drake Equation

    The Jamie Drake Equation

    • Christopher Edge
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780857638403
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    How amazing would it be to have a dad who's an astronaut?Rocket launches, zero gravity, and flying through space like a superhero! Jamie Drake's dad is orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station and Jamie ought to think it's cool but he just really misses him...Hanging out at his lo...

  • See You in the Cosmos

    See You in the Cosmos

    • Jack Cheng
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780141365602
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    'I haven't read anything that has moved me this much since Wonder' Jennifer NivenAn astonishingly moving middle-grade debut about a space-obsessed boy's quest for family and home. All eleven-year old Alex wants is to launch his iPod into space. With a series of audio re...

  • Moondust

    Moondust

    • Gemma Fowler
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781910655429
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    A miracle energy source, Lumite, has been discovered on the moon. The dark days of future Earth - torn apart by war and energy crisis - finally appear to be over. Aggie is the violet-eyed poster girl for the mining company, Lunar Inc, persuaded to campaign for a hopeful new future. But a chanc...

  • Penguin

    Penguin

    • Polly Dunbar, Polly Dunbar
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406373318
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    A penguin turns out to be the perfect present in this beautiful 10th anniversary edition of an award-winning classic.\"This heart-warming book conjures imagination, anger, danger and love, while encouraging small children to remember events, read pictures and laugh\" The Sunday Tim...

  • The New Adventures of Mr Toad: A Race for Toad Hall

    The New Adventures of Mr Toad: A Race for Toad Hall

    • Tom Moorhouse, Holly Swain
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192746733
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    Teejay (which stands for Toad Junior), Mo and Ratty are exploring the ruined grounds of Toad Hall. After falling into a tunnel they discover something . . . someone in the ice house. It turns out to be Mr Toad and the children have found him in the nick of time: Wildwood Industrious (the shady...

  • The Cherry Pie Princess

    The Cherry Pie Princess

    • Vivian French, Marta Kissi
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406368970
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    A stand-alone comic adventure for younger readers by sublime storyteller Vivian French, with pictures by Marta Kissi, a talented new illustrator and animator.From Vivian French, the bestselling author of the Tiara Club series and The Adventures of Alfie Onion, comes a charming new...

  • Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck

    • Ali Sparkes
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192739360
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    What if your new best friend was a ghost? Getting struck by lightning whilst huddling under a tree isn't exactly the way Alisha and Theo would have chosen to get out of sports day . . . Surviving the strike makes them see life differently. It also makes them notice Doug and Lizzie. Struck by l...

  • The Elephant Thief

    The Elephant Thief

    • Jane Kerr
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781910655757
    • Published: 02-03-2017

    When pickpocket Danny accidentally bids for Maharajah the elephant at an Edinburgh auction, he's swept up on an unforgettable journey. His new employer, a zookeeper, transforms Danny into a bejewelled Indian prince. As he rides Maharajah from Scotland to his new home in England, even Queen Vic...