Books for Babies and Toddlers

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Baby's Very First Touchy-Feely Musical Play Book Baby's Very First Touchy-Feely Musical Play Book Fiona Watt Babies will love looking at the bright, high-contrast pictures, feeling the textures and listening to the musical sounds as they explore this vibrant board book. ... Download free opening extract
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A New House for Mouse A New House for Mouse Petr Horacek When little Mouse sees a great big red apple outside his front door he is determined to bring it in and eat it all up. But the apple is far too big to fit into Mouse’s tiny home! Mouse sets ... Download free opening extract
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Baby's Bedtime Story Box Baby's Bedtime Story Box Sam Taplin Six enchanting hardcover books in a sturdy slipcase box, with gentle stories to read aloud and magical illustrations to help toddlers and young children relax and be ready for bedtime at the end of a busy day. Each book contains ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 3+ readers

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Bears Don't Read! Bears Don't Read! Emma Chichester Clark October 2014 Book of the Month   George is sure there is more to life than fishing and chatting which is what the other bears do. When he finds a book he soon realises that it contains something very special. But ... Download free opening extract
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Seen and Not Heard Seen and Not Heard Katie May Green October 2014 Debut of the Month   Children's imaginations will run wild after reading this delightfully spooky story. Katie May Green is a stunning new talent in the world of picture books. It is an evocative and magical book filled with ... Download free opening extract
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The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat Julia Donaldson October 2014 Book of the MonthShortlisted for the Specsaver's National Book Awards: Children's Book Of The Year. In their best-loved original adventure the Owl and the Pussy-Cat danced happily on the edge of the sand after their wedding. Children’s Laureate ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 5+ readers

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The Bad Trousers The Bad Trousers Ros Asquith Interest Age 5-8  Reading Age 6+ A charming birthday story about one boy and his Granny's awful knitting, with artwork by Katie Morag creator Mairi Hedderwick.  Robbie is excited about his upcoming birthday and what he might get as presents...a ... Download free opening extract
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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole Sam and Dave Dig a Hole Mac Barnett Award-winning illustrator Jon Klassen has created a second delightful and surprising picture book with Mac Barnett, author of The Dark. Here two boys dig a hole. It doesn’t seem to take them far so they try digging a bit on ... Download free opening extract
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How the Library (Not the Prince) Saved Rapunzel How the Library (Not the Prince) Saved Rapunzel Wendy Meddour The story of Rapunzel with a modern day twist, for Rapunzel lives unhappily in a city tower block and no one seems able to cheer her up, not even the Prince! Until that is she gets a job in the ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 7+ readers

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The Time-Travelling Sandwich Bites Back The Time-Travelling Sandwich Bites Back Matt Brown October 2014 Book of the Month  A second hilarious and disgusting adventure wittily told in words and pictures making it perfect for all fans of the Wimpy Kid. A mouldy old sandwich has a remarkable impact on the life of Compton ... Download free opening extract
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Shouldn't You Be in School? Shouldn't You Be in School? Lemony Snicket October 2014 Book of the Month   Madcap fun and mystery in this somewhat eccentric yet addictive series from the huge bestselling author of A Series of Unfortunate Events.  This is Book three in the critically acclaimed four-part mystery series. ... Download free opening extract
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The Hero Pup The Hero Pup Megan Rix October 2014 Book of the Month   Can training Patch, a loveable Labrador puppy, help Joe find some happiness after the death of his father? Joe and his dad have always wanted a dog but, when his dad is killed Joe ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 9+ readers

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Listen to the Moon Listen to the Moon Michael Morpurgo M.B.E. October 2014 Book of the Month   A beautiful and captivating tour de force of family, love, war and forgiveness, this is a major new novel from the author of War Horse and Private Peaceful, Michael Morpurgo and is set in World ... Download free opening extract
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Haunters Haunters Thomas Taylor The dead and the living exist side by side in this thrilling time-travelling adventure. In David's recurrent dream, Eddie seems real and it seems like he's got something to tell David. That's scary enough but then David gets picked up ... Download free opening extract
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Five Children on the Western Front Five Children on the Western Front Kate Saunders October 2014 Book of the Month    Witty, tender and full of insights into life love and politics, this is a brilliant book in its own right as well as a worthy tribute to E. Nesbit’s classic Five Children and It. ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 11+ readers

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Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods Rick Riordan September 2014 Book of the Month  Percy Jackson, hero and demi-god, is the best guide you could have to the Greek gods and goddesses. As he is half-god - his father is Poseidon - and half-mortal – he is also ... Download free opening extract
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The Piper The Piper Danny Weston October 2014 Debut of the Month   A haunting and moving story as something sinister from the past reaches out to two children evacuated to Romney Marsh in the Second World War. Newly arrived from London, Peter and Daisy are taken ... Download free opening extract
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Book Book John Agard Tells us the story of the book! Told by none other than Book himself, this work begins with stories told from person to person, to writings on clay tablets to the development of parchment, right up to modern day and ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 14+ readers

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Trial by Fire Trial by Fire Josephine Angelini September 2014 Book of the Month    Fabulously different, this wonderfully exciting novel captures your imagination and allows it to soar alongside a truly captivating cast of characters. Lily Proctor, sick and traumatised, is lured into a parallel world, one where ... Download free opening extract
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Terror Kid Terror Kid Benjamin Zephaniah October 2014 Book of the Month   Perceptive, provocative and deeply moving, Benjamin Zephaniah tells a hard hitting story about how dangerous making one simple wrong choice can be. Rico loves computers and he is brilliant at fixing and developing them. ... Download free opening extract
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The Calling The Calling James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton October 2014 Book of the Month    Chosen from across the world, a fight to the death is the destiny of the twelve young people who have been selected to represent their families in the Endgame.  The Players know who they ... Download free opening extract