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  • Blue Monster Wants It All!

    Blue Monster Wants It All!

    • Jeanne Willis, Jenni Desmond
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781848698321
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    \"...A wild and witty adventure with exuberantly naive pictures.\" - The Sunday TimesBlue Monster loves brand new things. A fancy new hat . . . a shiny submarine . . . a fabulous funfair . . . and a paradise island, all of his own. But he's still not happy! What will it take for Bl...

  • The Cook and the King

    The Cook and the King

    • Julia Donaldson, David Roberts
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509813773
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    There once was a very hungry kingWho needed a cook like anything . . .. . . but the king is very fussy; he tries all the cooks in the kingdom, but no one is good enough. Then he spots Wobbly Bob. Maybe Bob can whip up his favourite dinner? But how will Bob be able to cook for...

  • The Truth About Lies

    The Truth About Lies

    • Tracy Darnton
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781847159489
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEJess has an incredible memory. She can remember every single detail of every single day since she was eleven. But Jess would rather not be remarkable and, after years of testing at the hands of a ruthless research team, she has finally...

  • Everything All at Once

    Everything All at Once

    • Steven Camden
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509880034
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    *Winner of the 2019 CLiPPA award*An achingly beautiful collection of poems about one week in a secondary school where everything happens all at once. Zooming in across our cast of characters, we share moments that span everything from hoping to make it to the end of the week, facin...

  • Secret World of Butterflies

    Secret World of Butterflies

    • Courtney Sina Meredith
    • Allen & Unwin
    • ISBN13: 9781760635305
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet, do a dark red poo when they come out of their chrysalises and that some drink the tears of crocodiles?How does the world look to them, do they ever sleep and how are some of them able to fly so high?This book will open your eyes to these mag...

  • Bleakley Brothers Mystery: What Manor of Murder?

    Bleakley Brothers Mystery: What Manor of Murder?

    • Christopher William Hill
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781408332931
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    A BLEAKLEY BROTHERS MYSTERY by OSBERT THE AVENGER author Christopher William Hill What's that you say? You're off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn't anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortuna...

  • Lyla: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones

    Lyla: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones

    • Fleur Beale
    • Allen & Unwin
    • ISBN13: 9781760634773
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is everywhere. While her police officer mother and trauma nurse father respond to the disaster, Lyla puts on a brave face, opening their home to neighbours and leadin...

  • Flight

    Flight

    • Vanessa Harbour
    • Firefly Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781910080764
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    Austria 1945. After losing his family, Jakob shelters with Spanish Riding School groom Herr Engel at a remote country stables where they are hiding the precious Lipizzaner stallions the Nazis wants to steal. When a German officer comes looking for Jakob and finds the horses, Jakob and his guar...