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This inspirational journal has beautifully designed pages to fill with your drawings, observations, poetry or anything else you like. There are facts, star charts and pictures of constellations to help you identify stars, and links to websites to find out more. With beautiful illustrations, this is a journal for stargazers of all ages to treasure. Age 8 BIC CBMC C5L79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474953139 Extent: 96 pages Dimensions: 210 x 148mmAuthor/Editor Fiona PatchettIllustrator Joe Todd Stanton...

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize 2019 Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2019 Shortlisted for the IBW Book Awards 2019 All aboard for a magical journey... When Suzy hears a strange rattling noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for The Union of Impossible Places. Whisked onboard by a troll boy called Wilmot, Suzys world is turned upside down w...

A write-in activity book to help children plan, plot and write their own adventure stories. Each colourful page is full of inspiring ideas for writing thrilling adventure stories about explorers, spies, daring rescues, ghosts, aliens, heroes and villains and lots more. Fun activities such as creating a character and “what happens next?” help children to create characters, develop plot and stage all important action scenes, until they are racing through their own short stories. Age 7 ...

How are you feeling today? This fun, friendly and reassuring introduction to feelings is designed to help young children recognise, understand and name how they’re feeling and learn to talk about and manage their emotions in helpful ways. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 PHSE BIC CBMC PSHE Hardback ISBN: 9781474937115 Extent: 32 pages Dimensions: 290 x 240mmIllustrator Mar Ferrero

Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinkas grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmothers footsteps, but her house has other ideas... Age 9 Key Stage KS2/3 E Lexile Measure 770L BIC CBMC D3N79 Paperback ISBN: 9781474940665 Extent: 336 pages Dimensi...

Mabel Mynt knows a lot about space...like how we feel connected to the stars because we are all made of stardust. And that Mum’s new boyfriend, Galactic Gavin, has eyes that twinkle like Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. And that sometimes the perfect place for her sister Terrible Topaz would be a black hole. But Mabel doesn’t know how to fill the space in her heart that Dad left when he walked out. And so she sets out on a mission of discovery... A heart-warming and laugh...

Making magazines is fun and easy – and this marvellous guide offers advice every step of the way. Learn how to write 5-star reviews and intriguing articles, make giggle-inducing comics and zines, showcase your artistic skills and much more. Includes links to specially selected websites for inspiration, hints and tips. Age 8 Key Stage KS2 E BIC CBMC C2L79 Spiral-bound hardback ISBN: 9781474950862 Extent: 96 pages Dimensions: 240 x 188mmAuthor/Editor Sarah Hull...

This is the story of a sleepy town called Suds. A place where stories fill the air of children who keep turning grey and disappearing without a trace… Poppy and Erasmus are certain theres something peculiar going on in Suds, and theyre determined to unravel its secrets. But when they discover the answers might lie in the darking and twisting woods, can they find the courage to creep inside and solve this riddling mystery? Age 9 BIC CBMC D3N79 Paperback ISBN: 9781474945660 Extent: 352 page...

This write-in activity book combines story prompts, writing tips and inspiring quotes from well-known authors, with tips on developing a plot, inventing characters, writing dialogue and setting the scene. There are blank pages to write your own stories and jot down ideas, plus an elastic closure to keep it all together. Age 8 Key Stage KS2 E BIC CBMC C2L79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474922487 Extent: 112 pages Dimensions: 240 x 188mmAuthor/Editor Louie Stowell...

For thousands of years, the Moon has been the one thing in the night sky that everyone anywhere on our planet recognises. Trace the story of the Moon around the world and through history, from ancient legends about its creation, to its first sighting through a telescope, right up until the Apollo 11 mission and the first Moon landing in 1969. Age 4 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 S BIC CBMC A5N79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474950848 Extent: 32 pages Dimensions: 290 x 240mmIllustrator Diana Toledano...

Why do camels have humps? Why do turtles have shells? And why do fish have fins and birds have wings? Young animal lovers can find the answers to these questions and many more in this lift-the-flap information book. With colourful illustrations, simple text and chunky flaps to lift, and links to carefully selected websites with videos and activities. Age 4 Board book ISBN: 9781474948197 Extent: 12 pages Dimensions: 216 x 192mmIllustrator Christine Pym...

Huge fold-out pages show some of the biggest and most powerful machines ever made, from giant excavators and monster trucks to enormous ships. Children can discover how many people the biggest passenger plane can carry, facts about giant tractors and how fast the fastest train can go. Includes links to video clips to watch big machines at work. Age 4 Key Stage EYFS BIC CBMC A5N79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474928946 Extent: 16 pages Dimensions: 290 x 240mmIllustrator Gabriele Antonini...

Jemima Small is funny and super smart. She knows a lot of things. Like the fact that she’s made of 206 bones, over 600 muscles and trillions of cells. What she doesn’t know is how that can be true and yet she can still feel like nothing… or how being made to join the school’s “special” healthy lifestyle group - A.K.A Fat Club - could feel any less special, and make her question her dream of applying for her favourite TV quiz show. But she also knows that the ...

Winner of the 2018 Branford Boase Award. Selected for The Reading Agencys Summer Reading Challenge 2018. Budis plan is simple.Hes going to be a star. Budis going to play for the greatest team on earth, instead of sweating over each stitch he sews, each football boot he makes. But one unlucky kick brings Budis world crashing down. Now he owes the Dragon, the most dangerous man in Jakarta. Soon it isnt only Budis dreams at stake, but his life. A story about dreaming big, about hope and heroes, and...

When intrepid friends Cass and Max-Ernest set out to discover the history behind the mysterious Symphony of Smells, they become embroiled in an experiment to discover the secret of eternal youth. Together they must come up with a plan to rescue their classmate from a hideous fate and escape the eerie pyramid of dastardly villains The Midnight Sun. Age 10 BIC CBMC D3N79 Accelerated Reader level 5.6 MYPaperback ISBN: 9781474943451 Extent: 400 pages Dimensions: 198 x 130mm...

Lizzie loves plants, and her biggest wish is to be a gardener, a bold choice for a Victorian girl. When her strict stepfather sends her to stay with relatives in London, Lizzie misses her country garden and struggles with her new life of stiff manners and formal pastimes. Lizzie lives for the daily letters from her mother, until suddenly, the letters stop. Can Lizzie find the courage to stand up to her stepfather, and to follow her dreams? Age 9 Key Stage KS2 E/H Paperback ISBN: 9781474954983 Ex...

I have lived the life of a princess since the day I was born. But it did not bring me what I wanted. I am still trapped. My beloved Ned speaks of love, freedom, a future. To walk with him in the forest, our raven soaring above us, is my only joy. But my father plans that I shall be betrothed to the King and I am afraid. Queens of England have a habit of dying. I have no desire to take the throne, no wish to find myself in the Tower of London. Age 12 Key Stage KS3/4 E Lexile Measure 700L Accelera...

When Josie goes to stay with her cousin Edith, she’s glad to be starting a new life away from the shame that has haunted her family since her brother chose not to fight in the war. But Edith’s friends keep teasing a shy classmate, and when the bullying goes too far Josie faces a dilemma: if she takes a stand, will Edith tell everyone her secret? A deeply moving account of one girl’s quiet courage set amidst of the terror of the Blitz during the Second World War. Age 9 Key Stage...

A hilarious story to inspire very beginner readers. Based on the principles of synthetic phonics, supports the Letters and Sounds programme used in thousands of UK primary schools. Adult and child take turns to read, and the child’s text introduces the important letter-combinations of the vowel sounds ai ee igh oaoo (as in book and also in moon). Fun puzzles test understanding, and provide opportunities for discussion and further reading practice. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS E Hardback ISBN: 9781...

Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018. Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home. Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why theyve been abandoned – cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean. How will they survive? Age 12 Key Stage KS2 E Lexile Measure 900L BIC CBMC D3N79 Accelerated Reader level 6.4 MY ...