Books for Babies and Toddlers

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 The Yes The Yes Sarah Bee An empowering picture book which will encourage all young readers to be bolder and braver than they ever thought they could be.  The Yes loves his soft and comfy home. But he has other places to go and other things ... Download free opening extract
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 The Mouse Who Ate the Moon The Mouse Who Ate the Moon Petr Horacek A stunning and thought-provoking picture book with some clever use of cut outs and a flap. Little Mouse looks at the lovely round yellow moon and thinks how much she would love a slice of it for herself. Stepping out ... Download free opening extract
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 Nursery Rhymes Nursery Rhymes Felicity Brooks A beautiful, sumptuous gift edition perfect for a Christening, naming ceremony or first birthday. Beautifully illustrated with the charming artwork of Richard Johnson packaged in a sturdy slipcase protecting the cover, makes this a gift to treasure for many years. ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for Young Adults

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 Mindwalker Mindwalker A. J. Steiger June 2015 Debut of the Month  An enthralling and profoundly exciting dystopian novel; set aside plenty of reading time, as once you start you just won’t want to stop. It’s fascinating when an author explores a possible future, this particular ... Download free opening extract
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 Conversion Conversion Katherine Howe June 2015 Book of the Month  A fascinating book that captures your imagination for its entirety and then releases it to explore new thoughts and feelings, this is a wonderfully clever foray into the difficulties faced by young women on ... Download free opening extract
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 Because You'll Never Meet Me Because You'll Never Meet Me Leah Thomas This is a story of impossible friendship and hope from a brilliant new speculative fiction writer. ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 3+ readers

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 Sir Lilypad Sir Lilypad Anna Kemp June 2015 Book of the Month   From the creators of the best-selling The Worst Princess comes another funny, appealing picture book. Our hero, Sir Lilypad, has big ambitions – he wants to save a princess, and if he grows a bit in ... Download free opening extract
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 Daddy Lion's Tea Party Daddy Lion's Tea Party Mark Sperring June 2015 Book of the Month  Daddy Lion has decided it’s the perfect day for a tea party – a quiet little tea party, just him and his cubs. The cubs want to invite the other animals but Daddy Lion says ... Download free opening extract
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 It's a Groovy World, Alfredo It's a Groovy World, Alfredo Sean Taylor Julia Eccleshare's Book of the Month, June 2015  Can’t dance? Ever felt you are just not one of the cool team? Then you’ll love Alfredo! Marty tells Alfredo the frog that the world is groovy, that the world is dancing ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 5+ readers

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 Don't Forget Tiggs! Don't Forget Tiggs! Michael Rosen May 2015 Book of the Month   This tale of the busy Hurrys may well strike a chord with families everywhere. Mr and Mrs Hurry are always rushing, but especially in the mornings. One day they dash off to their respective jobs ... Download free opening extract
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 My Dad Still Thinks He's Funny My Dad Still Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein Isn’t it part of a dad’s job description to come out with cheesy sayings, that he thinks are really funny, but which make everyone else groan? Ask this dad what time it is, and he’ll tell you it’s time you ... Download free opening extract
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 Cezanne and the Apple Boy Cezanne and the Apple Boy Laurence Anholt The story of the summer young Paul Cézanne spent with his father is an exciting one in itself: he accompanied his father – a man he hardly knew – on painting expeditions, camped in the mountains, and watched his father ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 7+ readers

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 Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed Michael Rosen June 2015 Book of the Month  Malcom’s Uncle Gobb is really irritating, and not just because he keeps shouting ‘the boy needs to do more homework’. When Gobb Education starts taking over their school, and Uncle Gobb sets up the ... Download free opening extract
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 Shouldn't You be in School? Shouldn't You be in School? Lemony Snicket 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 Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones Will Mabbitt June 2015 Debut of the Month  Mabel Jones is sleeping soundly when a sudden noise wakes her up. It’s Omynus Hussh, silent loris and pirate, there to press gang her into service to the captain of the Feroshus Maggot, mad wolf ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 9+ readers

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 The Forbidden City The Forbidden City John McNally June 2015 Book of the Month   OK, pay attention – you’ll need to concentrate because the action in the Infinity Drake series moves at the speed of light: Infinity Drake, aka Finn, gaming fan, just about to turn thirteen, and ... 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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 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg June 2015 Book of the Month  This is everything a classic children’s book should be: it’s exciting, funny, has terrific central characters, a mystery to solve, and a truth – particular to childhood – to be revealed. Claudia Kincaid is fed ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 11+ readers

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 Gone Gone Michael Grant Gripping from the first moment, this is a scary, an unputdownable and a brilliantly plotted fantasy. One minute all the adults are there - next they're gone! Only the children remain and they are trapped, cut off from the outside ... Download free opening extract
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 Being a Girl Being a Girl Hayley Long ‘There is no right way to be a girl or rubbish way to be a girl’, says Hayley Long, explaining the purpose of this positive and hugely reassuring guide for young girls. It’s a message that can’t be repeated often ... Download free opening extract
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 Hope in a Ballet Shoe Orphaned by War, Saved by Ballet: An Extraordinary True Story Hope in a Ballet Shoe Orphaned by War, Saved by Ballet: An Extraordinary True Story Michaela DePrince, Elaine DePrince The amazing true story of how an orphan from Sierra Leone has become a major US ballet star. Michaela DePrince’s life began in a country wracked by conflict. Her parents died when she was a baby. Placed in an orphanage ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 13+ readers

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 Silverskin Silverskin Joan Lennon The bleak but beautiful ancient village of Skara Brae on Orkney is the setting for this original and intriguing novel, and an atmosphere of otherness pervades the story. Lennon brings together the original inhabitants of the village with Rab, a ... Download free opening extract
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 Game on Game on Bali Rai Young footballer Baljit, the hero of Bali Rai’s Dream On, is preparing for a trial with Liverpool FC’s youth squad – something he’s dreamed of all his life. But there’s lots else going on in Baljit’s life – his girlfriend ... Download free opening extract
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 The Lie Tree The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month, May 2015  Award-winning Frances Hardinge is spellbinding is this hugely entertaining and dramatic Victorian thriller. When Faith’s father dies suddenly she knows she must try to find out exactly what he was hiding in the ... Download free opening extract