Once there was a baby in the house - and to that baby, Mum and Dad and Jill and John and Uncle Tom were giants. But little by little, that baby grew up - until she became a giant too. This book explores the stages of life and development.
""Super relatable for anyone who knows they're no longer a child, but who isn't yet sure how to be a grown-up."" Sophie McKenzie, author of TikTok sensation Girl, Missing
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, meet the funny and fearless Jemima Small in this big-hearted, whip-smart story of friendship and body confidence.
I'm going to tell you the word that ruins my entire life: BIG. Because my name is Jemima Small. But I am exactly the opposite.
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.
But Jemima also knows that the biggest stars in the universe are the brightest. And maybe it's her time to shine...
'An empowering story about body confidence' The Observer
Being a good babysitter isn't always easy, and Claudia is learning that the hard way. She and the other club members have started getting mysterious calls on the job. Is it the Phantom Caller, a jewel thief who's been breaking into houses in the area? One thing is certain - the friends need to take action to protect the kids in their care!
Look! Another keel short story by me, Barry Loser, the best book-writer in the whole wide world amen!
This one is about my mum and her tea towel. And there's also a bit about a giant robot octopus.
Praise for my other book, I am not a Loser, which is about 8 million times longer than this one: `Brilliant’ – My mum `Amazing’ – Also my mum
The second book in a brand new series from David Roberts and Alan MacDonald, the best-selling team that brought you Dirty Bertie. Angela Nicely might look like she's made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but nothing could be further from the truth!
Queen Bee features three wickedly funny stories about Angela. Whether she's matchmaking her teachers, flogging homemade lemonade, or dealing with the Ugly Sisters, she always has an answer for everything.
With fantastic artwork by award-winning illustrator, David Roberts (Tyrannosaurus Drip, The Wind in the Willows, The Troll, Eddie Dickens Trilogy), these stories are perfect for confident readers to enjoy by themselves, or for sharing with your child. Angela Nicely is sure to delight young readers, with her larger-than-life personality and her desire to be the best!
*Featured in BookTrust’s Great Books Guide 2023*
From award-winning children’s poet Joseph Coelho comes this enchanting story of three kids looking for adventure in their tower block.
Drawn from Coelho’s own experience growing up in a tower block, this is a celebration and reclaiming of them as places full of power and magic.
A power that resides
in the smiles of our neighbours.
A magic that seeps out
when we swap our home-baked flavours.
A deeply personal story written by the award-winning poet Joseph Coelho, drawn from his own experience growing up in a tower block and looking for adventure.
Three children living in the tower block travel to a strange, magical world inside a tree and meet an old man with supernatural powers… only to realise that the magic they’d been looking for had been in the tower block all that time, in the form of community and connection.
Beautiful illustrations complement the poetic narrative, creating an enchanting story that children and adults alike will fall in love with. This powerful story shows us the true beauty of home and community. It’s a modern-day fable about how society separates ‘urban’ spaces from the countryside, when the reality is that nature is everywhere, and everyone should have access to it.
Double the trouble! An original novel by Michael Rosen,
told alongside the Dickens classic that inspired it: Oliver
Twist.
Shona and her dad are moving house, and at Shona's new school,
the rules are pretty confusing; she keeps getting into trouble without
realizing! It's a lot like how it is for Oliver Twist,
that boy she's reading about in English class.
After Shona is unexpectedly given a mobile phone, she begins to
suspect there's something fishy about the new boys she's met. Where
did the phone come from?
And some gifts, she soon learns, aren't exactly free...
Read two stories at once - both illustrated by Tony Ross.
Latest news from Cassidy Bond, Star Reporter!
So I started this petition to let girls wear trousers at St Jude's, and everybody's talking about it - including Kelly, Year Ten editor of the school magazine. And now she's asked me to be her new star reporter - yay!
Even better, I've already sniffed out a *big* exclusive. Because someone's set up a nasty gossip website about people at school - and if I can identify the mystery blogger, it'll be the scoop of the century!
Gold Winner of the Junior Design Awards Best Baby Books 0-2 Years.
Discover the perfect potty-training companion with No More Nappies, a delightful interactive book that helps little ones (and their parents) navigate the potty routine with ease.
Join Millie and Mo as they get ready to ditch the nappies and learn how to use the potty. Follow them as they go shopping for a special potty, choose their own pants and finally use the potty for the first time in this fun-filled novelty book, complete with engaging flaps and mechanisms. Each page features helpful potty-training tips for parents and carers, endorsed by The Good Play Guide and leading Early Years Consultant, Dr Amanda Gummer. With charming illustrations from Marion Cocklico, No More Nappies is the perfect potty book to share with little ones.
The Big Steps series is designed to support toddlers and parents through everyday experiences, discover other helpful titles such as No More Dummies, I’m Not Sleepy, and We're Having a Baby.
For more help with potty-training, look out for No More Nappies Sticker Activity Book, coming soon!
A moving story about coping with loss from bestselling author Holly
Webb.
Kate's grandfather has died and she's missing him desperately. Her
Mum wants Kate to talk about it, but it only makes Kate angry.
Granddad has gone and he's never coming back. At least she has her
toy tiger, Amos, to keep her company. It was a present from Granddad,
and somehow holding him close makes Granddad seem less far
away.
But she doesn't expect Amos to turn into a real tiger - a big, comforting,
friendly tiger who smells of Granddad, and sounds like
him too.
Archie's not feeling well at all. His throat is scratchy and his head hurts a lot. Lily and Grandma find the perfect recipe in the ""magical"" jar - Get Better Jelly. Soon Archie is much better and even causing trouble...
It was always at sundown they were seen. In that twilight hour, when the walls between the worlds grew thin, strange things might slip through the cracks. Sometimes then, so the stories went, enchanted islands would appear in the empty ocean to the west of Wildsea.
When Utterly Dark was a baby, she was washed up on the shores of the Autumn Isles and taken in by the Watcher of Wildsea. But everything changes when her guardian suddenly drowns. Now who will keep the Watch, and make sure Wildsea stays safe from the strange forces teeming in the deep ocean around them?
A magical new story from the bestselling and prize-winning author of Mortal Engines.
