Books for Babies and Toddlers
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Five Minutes' Peace Jill Murphy There can’t be a mum in the country who doesn’t identify with Mrs Large, wrapped in her comfortable dressing gown, doing her best to get away from her children for just five minutes peace (and managing a scant three minutes ... Download free opening extract |
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A Great Big Cuddle Michael Rosen One of our Books of the Year 2015 - A Reader Review Panel Pick of the Year 2015 - chosen by Robyn Chorely, aged 5- Julia Eccleshare's Book of the Month, September 2015 Children’s Laureates Chris Riddell and Michael Rosen ... Download free opening extract |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll This beautiful board is the perfect first introduction to Alice. Babies and toddlers will love the playful and quirky characters Alison Jay brings to life with her own unique perspective whilst encapsulating the zany other-worldness of Carroll's novel. ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for Young Adults
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The Dark Days Club Alison Goodman This first novel in a trilogy of deliciously dark, supernatural page-turners set in Regency England is packed with passion, period detail and devastating demons. London, 1812, and sharp-minded, strong-spirited Lady Helen Wrexhall is about to be presented to Queen Charlotte. Her ... Download free opening extract |
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Finding Audrey Sophie Kinsella One of our Books of the Year 2015 - June 2015 Debut of the Month Audrey’s family life is reassuringly normal. There’s her Daily Mail reading mum, computer game addicted big brother, and well-meaning dad trying, and generally failing, to ... Download free opening extract |
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Dark Satanic Mills Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick Shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal - November 2013 Book of the Month Award-winning Marcus Sedgwick has teamed up with authors and illustrators to create a page turning, apocalyptic story told in a striking black and white comic book ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Old Bear's Bedtime Stories Jane Hissey One of our Books of the Year 2015 - December 2015 Book of the Month Jane Hissey’s Old Bear stories make perfect bedtime reading: warm-hearted and so reassuring. Many of her best-loved characters feature in these stories and the more ... Download free opening extract |
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Fabulous Pie Gareth Edwards Shortlisted for Children’s Book Award 2016, Books for Younger Children category Fabulous Pie is shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award, the only children’s prize selected by children. In the story a bear calls out to the other inhabitants of the forest ... Download free opening extract |
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Is There a Dog in This Book? Viviane Schwarz Shortlisted for Children’s Book Award 2016, Books for Younger Children category With an irresistible story that directly involves the reader, this book's clever design and bright, gestural illustrations make for a LOT of fun for cat (and dog) lovers! It ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 5+ readers
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The Snow Beast Chris Judge One of our Books of the Year 2015 - A Staff Pick of the Year 2015 - chosen by Louise Weir - December 2015 Book of the Month - Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month, October 2015 Chris Judge’s delightful Beast ... Download free opening extract |
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Imaginary Fred Eoin Colfer One of our Books of the Year 2015 -Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Year 2015 There are so many adjectives you could use to describe this book - extraordinary, dazzling, original, funny, irresistible, quirky, imaginative, clever, stunning - but ... Download free opening extract |
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Horrid Henry's Krazy Ketchup Francesca Simon Shortlisted for Children’s Book Award 2016, Books for Younger Readers category Best-selling Francesca Simon tells four terrific new stories about the worst behaved boy in the world. Children everywhere will sympathise with Henry in the title story as he tries ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 7+ readers
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The Adventures of Miss Petitfour Anne Michaels One of our Books of the Year 2015 - A Staff Pick of the Year 2015, chosen by Shelley Fallows - December 2015 Debut of the Month There is something quite wonderful about indulging in your favourite cake, beautifully decorated ... Download free opening extract |
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Not Bad for a Bad Lad Michael, M. B. E. Morpurgo This wonderful story was inspired by a conversation that Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman had about a prison at Hollesley Bay in Suffolk that Michael Foreman remembered from growing up nearby. Into this Michael Morpurgo weaves his story of how ... Download free opening extract |
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I Believe in Unicorns Michael, M. B. E. Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo pulls on the heart strings in a short book into which he has packed a number of strands, richly woven together. Tomas lives for the outdoors: he hates books, reading and stories. But one day, his mother forces ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 9+ readers
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The Last of the Spirits Chris Priestley December 2015 Book of the Month What would Christmas be without a ghost story? Chris Priestley, master of the macabre, has written one that while it will send shivers down the spine can be enjoyed by all the family. His ... Download free opening extract |
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Boy in the Tower Polly Ho-Yen Shortlisted for Children’s Book Award 2016, Books for Younger Readers category - Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Best Fiction for 5-12's Award 2015 - Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2015 Best Story From the seventeenth floor of the tower ... Download free opening extract |
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Smart Kim Slater Shortlisted for Children’s Book Award 2016, Books for Older Readers category - Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Best Fiction for Teens Award 2015 - June 2014 Debut of the Month Kieran watches the world carefully. He’s good at noticing things that ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Island Nicky Singer One of our Books of the Year 2015 - December 2015 Book of the Month Island is a powerful and vivid new story from Nicky Singer, the prize-winning author of Feather Boy. London teenager Cameron is cast away on an ... Download free opening extract |
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Grandpa's Great Escape David Walliams One of our Books of the Year 2015 - October 2015 Book of the Month There’s no doubt that this will be at the top of the bestseller lists, at least until Christmas and probably well beyond. In a relatively ... Download free opening extract |
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The Usborne Official Astronaut's Handbook Louie Stowell One of our Books of the Year 2015 - June 2015 Fascinating Facts Book of the Month This book, with a Foreword by Tim Peake who in December 2015 became the first British astronaut to go to the International Space station, ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 13+ readers
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A Song for Ella Grey David Almond Winner of the 2015 Guardian Children's Book prize -Winner of the 2015 Peters Book of the Year 'Teen Fiction' Award Award-winning David Almond is at his lyrical best in this eloquent, tender and ultimately devastating contemporary teenage love story ... Download free opening extract |
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Return of the (Un)Teenager Pete Johnson Interest Age Teen Reading Age 8+ Hilarious sequel to Diary of an (Un)teenager, from the author of the best-selling How to Train Your Parents. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+ Barrington Stoke is the foremost publisher of dyslexia ... Download free opening extract |
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Catching Fire Suzanne Collins ***Limited Foiled Collector's Edition of Catching Fire. Hot on the heals of the adrenaline rush that was Hunger Games comes the equally excellent and relentles sequel Catching Fire. Katniss's hopes of an easy life after she was top dog in the ... Download free opening extract |
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