It's a new year and a new class for the O'Sullivan twins. They find that there are hidden talents to be discovered in everyone - including the heads of form.
Polly and Neil are back in the second gorgeous children's book from Sunday Times bestselling novelist Jenny Colgan. Perfect for reading aloud and including fun activities based on the story.
The boat masts jangled louder and louder. Above their heads, black clouds gathered. Polly shivered, and then the rain started to fall: plop, plop, plop.
Polly is waiting for something important to happen. But waiting is hard. It's even harder when it's raining and you can't go outside...
Can Polly find enough to do to keep busy ALL day? And what will happen when her puffin friend, Neil, decides to fly off into the storm?
Perfect for bedtime stories and early readers. From the author of The Little Beach Street Bakery.
Contains recipes, activities and rhymes in addition to the story.
From TV comedian Rosie Jones comes a sparky and HILARIOUS series for readers aged 9+. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and DORK DIARIES.
'Fresh, funny and ultra cool' - Jacqueline Wilson
Hi! I'm Edie Eckhart. I'm a little bit different. I have a disability called cerebral palsy, so I talk slowly and fall over a lot. It's never really bothered me because I've never known anything else.
This term, Edie Eckhart has A LOT on her mind:
'Why am I the only one who doesn't know what to be when I grow up? Why am I the only one worried about going on the school drama trip? And why am I the only one who thinks eating 21 Brussels sprouts at once is YUMMY?'
Life's confusing questions are making Edie wonder if she REALLY knows who she REALLY is. Will Edie realise it's OK not to have ALL the answers ALL of the time ... and just BE EDIE?
When Roberta, Peter and Phyllis's father is imprisoned after being
falsely accused of spying, they and their mother have to leave
their comfortable London home to go and live in a small house in
the country. However, the children soon come to love the railway
that runs near their cottage, and have many adventures - stopping
a train from disaster, saving an infant and dog from a barge canal
on fire, and getting help when they find an injured boy in the
trail tunnel. When they befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly
takes the 9:15 train near their home, he helps them to prove their
father's innocence, and the family is reunited at last.
Lucy - Make a wish on the magic snow globe. You can save Christmas!
Lucy has found a tiny baby rabbit, injured and all alone.
With a house full of visitors, looking after him is going to be difficult, and it seems like only a miracle can save him. But with the help of her special snow globe, and a sprinkle of magic, Lucy might just reunite him with his own family in time for Christmas Day.
As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, another future classic from Costa Winner Kate Saunders (Five Children on the Western Front).
Emily watched, in a trance of astonishment, as the bear opened the picnic basket, took out a tartan rug and spread it on Holly's bed.
And then the penguin spoke.
Actually spoke.
'What's going on? This isn't Pointed End!'
The bear said, 'It looks like a human bedroom. We must've come through the wrong door.'
'But there aren't any doors to the hard world in Deep Smockeroon! And we don't have a human bedroom any more. We're in a box in the attic.'
What if there exists a world powered by imagination?
A world of silliness, where humans and their toys live on long after they've left the Hard World . . . and what if the door between that world and this one was broken?
Welcome to the Land of Neverendings.
Moving, raw and funny in all the right ways, The Land of Neverendings is a rip-roaring adventure, but it also gives an honest portrayal of grief for young readers, and shows us that whilst sadness does exist in the world, it doesn't have to cancel out happiness, or silliness, even when you lose someone you love.
'This is written from the heart and can't fail to make yours sing.' The Times
'Imagination, memories and new beginnings triumph.' The Sunday Times
'A beautiful and often very funny book about imagination, family and love.' BookTrust
'Funny and tender, heartbreaking and life-affirming.' Bookseller
* WINNER OF THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2022
* WINNER OF THE JHALAK CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT PRIZE 2022
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2022
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2022
Eleven-year-old Danny Chung loves drawing more than anything - certainly more than maths, which, according to his dad and everyone else, is what he is 'supposed' to be good at. He also loves having his own room where he can draw in peace, so his life is turned upside down when a surprise that he's been promised turns out to be his little, wrinkly, ex-maths-champion grandmother from China. What's worse, Nai Nai has to share his room, AND she takes the top bunk!
Nai Nai can't speak a word of English, which doesn't make things easy for Danny when he is charged with looking after her during his school holidays. Babysitting Nai Nai is NOT what he wants to be doing!
Before long though it becomes clear to Danny that there is more to Nai Nai than meets the eye, and that they have more in common that he thought possible ...
'DANNY CHUNG DOES NOT DO MATHS is both heart-warming and hilarious, filled with characters you'll instantly love' - Jamie Smart, author and illustrator of BUNNY VS MONKEY
A special small-format mini adventure with Luna, exclusive for World Book Day 2021, from the creators of Luna Loves Library Day and Luna Loves Art.
Today is World Book Day and Luna can’t wait. She has the whole day planned... Dress up as her favourite book character: a unicorn! Meet an author and an illustrator. Buy a new book with her book token. But - disaster! - Luna the Unicorn's costume has ripped! Can Dad come to the rescue with a potato and a little bit of book magic?
Also in this series:
Luna Loves Library Day
Luna Loves Art
Luna Loves Dance (new for September 2021)
From playing in the park to cuddles at bedtime, being with Mummy makes every moment of every day special. With My Mummy is a heartwarming picture book and the perfect gift to share time and time again.
Days with my mummy are always such fun,
and ever so special together, as one.
A touching celebration of the special relationship between mother and child. Warmly told in gentle rhyme by James Brown and brought to life with charming illustrations by Cally Johnson-Isaacs.
Companion title, With My Daddy, is also available to enjoy together.
The first book in the prize winning mystery series.
Poppy Pym has grown up in the circus, taming lions before
lunch and learning acrobatics in the afternoon.
But when she turns eleven, her circus family decides she needs
a more traditional education, and she is sent to boarding school.
At first Poppy doesn't fit in at St Smithen's, a school that is
very different from the circus. Then, an ancient Egyptian ruby
arrives at school and dangerous accidents start occurring. Suddenly
it's up to Poppy to save her new school and solve the mystery
of the Pharaoh's curse!
Perfect for younger fans of A Murder Most Unladylike
and older Enid Blyton stories
The first book was the winner of the Montegrappa Scholastic
New Children's writing Prize (2015), chosen from
almost 1,000 entries
Exciting, funny and adventurous, Poppy Pym blends a classic boarding
school story with a quirky circus family and a thrilling
smuggling mystery
Jim Kay’s dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world has won legions of fans since the first Illustrated Edition of the Harry Potter novels was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban perfectly pairs J.K. Rowling's storytelling genius with Jim Kay's illustration wizardry, bringing the magic of Harry Potter to new readers with stunning full-colour pictures. This edition has been beautifully redesigned with selected illustration highlights, and is packed with breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters – including Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Professor Trelawney. The fully illustrated edition is still available in hardback.
Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this inspired reimagining will captivate wizards and Muggles alike, as Harry, now in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, faces Dementors, death omens and – of course – danger.
Can Fin make prom night unforgettable (in a good way), dazzle Claudia and win the crown?
When Blake - a US exchange student - suggests a Prom Night for the end of term, everyone is buzzing about it. But to be in the running for Prom King Fin has to be on the committee and help organise a BIG party in only two weeks. He already has extra chores at home to help Mum during her pregnancy and save up for the key ingredients to his success: the tux, the limo and a ticket for Claudia, the Prom Queen of his dreams. Fin's going to use the diary again to help him, but on the night will he remember what's really important?
Another laugh-out-loud 'Fincredible' adventure from rising star Ciaran Murtagh, with comic illustrations by Tim Wesson.
