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  • Spooky Poems Aloud: 25 Poems to Frighten and Delight

    Spooky Poems Aloud: 25 Poems to Frighten and Delight

    • Joseph Coelho, Daniel Gray-Barnett
    • Quarto
    • ISBN13: 9780711287396
    • Published: 05-09-2024

    From Children's Laureate (2022-2024), Joseph Coelho, comes a giggling and ghoulish compendium of 25 spooky poems to perform.  With a delightful blend of giggles and ghouls, this collection is designed for young readers and budding performers.Within these pages, you'll discover poems th...

  • On The Wall: Finding Happiness in the Strangest of Places

    On The Wall: Finding Happiness in the Strangest of Places

    • Anne Fine
    • Old Barn Books
    • ISBN13: 9781910646991
    • Published: 05-09-2024

    Can you find happiness anywhere? Anywhere at all?  Amid the chaos of breaktime, Finley Tandy sits peacefully on the wall. Mr Goodhew, watching from the staffroom, is in awe of the boy's gift for stillness, and his seemingly cast-iron happiness. But tranquility may be catching....

  • The Wild

    The Wild

    • Yuval Zommer
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192782632
    • Published: 05-09-2024

    Once upon a time, somewhere not far away, was the Wild. The Wild was huge and giving, and everything from insects, to birds, to humans made their home in it. At first, people lived lightly and took what they needed, but when they started to take more, the Wild suffered. For the Wild to be heal...

  • Jack-Jack, How to Train Your Human

    Jack-Jack, How to Train Your Human

    • Ben Garrod, illus Charli Vince
    • Zephyr
    • ISBN13: 9781035906789
    • Published: 05-09-2024

    Toppsta MUST-READ CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2024.  Jack-Jack, the world's coolest dog, shares his secrets of how to train his human in his second adventure.Humans may think they train us, but I reveal us dogs are the ones training you humans, especially when gravy bone treats are involved....

  • Grotti: Winner of a FCBG Children's Book Award 2025

    Grotti: Winner of a FCBG Children's Book Award 2025

    • Leonie Lord
    • Walker Books
    • ISBN13: 9781529517118
    • Published: 05-09-2024

    Finding a cute creature he can't bear to abandon, a knight discovers love, friendship and family.   WINNER OF THE FCBG CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN 2025.   Down in the hollow, where creepy tangles grow, a knight finds something green, something...

  • Monster Post (The Post Bag)

    Monster Post (The Post Bag)

    • Emma Yarlett
    • Walker Books
    • ISBN13: 9781529512083
    • Published: 05-09-2024

    A hilarious novelty book about a quick-thinking child and a soft-hearted beast, with funny letters and comically disgusting recipes to open.Beast has found a tasty dinner, and he's written to all his friends to invite them to a feast. Unfortunately, Dinner is a child who very much does...

  • The History of Information

    The History of Information

    • Chris Haughton, Loonie Park
    • DK
    • ISBN13: 9780241553916
    • Published: 05-09-2024

    A journey through the evolution of knowledge, communication, and information. History, as it is often taught, is a list of kings and queens and treaties and events. It presents the what and when, but it rarely asks why. Why is it that we had kings and queens at all?Why...

  • Waiting for Santa

    Waiting for Santa

    • Lucy Cochran, illus Heidi McKinnon
    • Murdoch Books
    • ISBN13: 9781760526719
    • Published: 03-09-2024

    'Only 702 more elf-steps until Santa!' says Ren.'I need a coffee,' says Mum.'I need a phone charger,' says Dad.'I need the bathroom!' says Harry.'MEOOOOWWWWWW,' says Moloko.Having your photo taken with Santa is one of the best things about Christmas! But wha...