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  • Optical Illusions

    Optical Illusions

    • Gianni Sarcone, Marie-Jo Waeber
    • QED Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781784938475
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    Winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2018 The brain is an amazing thing, but it doesn't always get things right when it comes to sight. This book is here to explain why, with astounding images, baffling puzzles, and simple reveals which show the reader how each tri...

  • Stupendous Science

    Stupendous Science

    • Rob Beattie, Sam Peet
    • QED Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781784938468
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    Learn to make ice cream with salt, a smartphone projector, a lava lamp and more with this brilliant book of simple home experiments! Using basic ingredients and equipment, turn your home into a laboratory ready to perform these 70 fun science experiments - learning physics, chemistry, biology...

  • Winter Magic

    Winter Magic

    • Abi Elphinstone, Amy Alward, Emma Carroll, Berlie Doherty, Jamila Gavin, Geraldine McCaughrean, Lauren John, Piers Torday, Katherine Woodfine, Michelle Magorian
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471159824
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    ***Pre-order Abi's latest adventures, EVERDARK and THE CRACKLEDAWN DRAGON, out in 2021!***A beautiful and classic anthology of frosty, magical short stories from acclaimed children's writers. The Dreamsnatcher's Abi Elphinstone heads up this gorgeous collection of winte...

  • Matt Millz

    Matt Millz

    • Harry Hill, Steve May
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571338542
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    Open with your best gag. Finish with your second best. Make sure your face matches the material.Sell your routine . . .Matt Millz LOVES stand up comedy. He's studied the best. He's memorized all the advice. He spends hours writing new gags and thinking up crazy sketches . . . So when the schoo...

  • Notes on my Family

    Notes on my Family

    • Emily Critchley
    • Everything with Words
    • ISBN13: 9781911427056
    • Published: 18-10-2017

    Lou's world is changing, breaking down, chaos is seeping in- a touching , unsettling and darkly hilarious novel told by a cool narrator who observes the world-school, family, love- in a way that makes you want to laugh and cry. 'Hilarious.' Mugglenet. Sunday Times Book of the Week, nominated f...

  • Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Book 1

    Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Book 1

    • Jessica Townsend
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781510104112
    • Published: 12-10-2017

    WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORY WINNER OF RED MAGAZINE'S BIG BOOK 'BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK (7-12)' AWARD An international bestselling series - enter the Wundrous world of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor. Featuring a 'hidden' illustration ben...

  • The Elephant in the Room

    The Elephant in the Room

    • James Thorp, Angus Mackinnon
    • Templar Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781783707737
    • Published: 12-10-2017

    Someone has smashed Father Giant's favourite elephant. It wasn't Olive and her brother Grub. Nor was it the naughty newt, the laughing lady or the yucky yak.So WHO is the culprit? A magnificently madcap mystery that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

  • I Killed Father Christmas

    I Killed Father Christmas

    • Anthony McGowan, Chris Riddell
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781127100
    • Published: 06-10-2017

    Jo-Jo is convinced that Christmas is cancelled - and it's all his fault. To make amends, he decides he must become Father Christmas. An old coat of his mum's, a sack of outgrown toys and a sudden snowfall are all he needs - along with a little help from some very Christmassy magic. High qualit...