Books for Babies and Toddlers
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The Bus is for Us Michael Rosen Former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen will delight all readers with this hugely enjoyable and easy to chant rhyming picture book. Riding a bike, going far in a car or, when it starts to rain going in the train are all ... Download free opening extract |
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So Cosy Lerryn Korda A heart-warming snuggling-up story! Dog looks so cosy in his bed that first Goose and then many other animals including Elephant decide that they would like to snuggle up too! The pile of cosy bodies gets bigger and bigger and ... Download free opening extract |
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Snow Walter de la Mare This classic poem has been beautifully illustrated to make a wonderfully evocative seasonal picture book. From its opening lines- “No breath of wind,/ No gleam of sun -/ Still the white snow/ Whirls softly down-“ – Walter de la Mare’s ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Remarkable Animals Tony Meeuwissen February 2015 Book of the Month Beautiful illustrations make this witty book of ‘heads, bodies and legs’ a delight. What starts as a Platypus can be swiftly altered into a ‘Tratypus’ or a ‘Tratysh’ while a regular Opossum with ... Download free opening extract |
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Doctor Molly's Medicine Case Miriam Moss Molly loves dressing up – especially as a doctor! She has a white coat and a doctor’s hat and, most importantly, she has a very special magical medicine bag! Whenever Molly opens her bag she finds exactly the medicine she ... Download free opening extract |
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Chicken Clicking Jeanne Willis One of our Books of the Year 2014 Award-winning Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross go to the heart of a modern predicament in this cautionary tale about a young chick who hops into the farmer’s house and starts exploring the ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 5+ readers
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Squishy McFluff: Meets Mad Nana Dot Pip Jones February 2015 Book of the Month A mischievous story featuring Ava and her imaginary cat Squishy - this is the fourth in the Squisky McFluff series. Told in full colour throughout, this is the perfect stepping stone from picture books to ... Download free opening extract |
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The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head Daisy Hirst February 2015 Debut of the Month Inventive and witty, this is a story that is full of ideas and imagining rather than neatly tying up loose ends. Told more through the pictures than the words, the story of Isabel’s happiness ... Download free opening extract |
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Imagination According to Humphrey Betty G. Birney Children’s favourite Humphrey the hamster is back for another adventure, his twelfth no less. The good news is that he’s just as delightful as ever, his school-hamster-eye view of the world just as funny and generous. Humphrey gets to listen ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 7+ readers
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The Shark-Headed Bear-Thing Barry Hutchison Hideous monsters, an ill-assorted band of comrades, life-or-death situations, and the odd magic item – who doesn’t love a quest story? Benjamin Blank and his friends Paradise Little and Wesley Chant are off to battle the Shark-Headed Bear-Thing terrorising their ... Download free opening extract |
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Street Corner Dad Alan Gibbons Interest Age 7-12 Reading Age 7 Set in Liverpool during World War II, Alan Gibbon’s novel is a compelling drama. It packs a real emotional punch despite its short extent, which is Barrington Stoke style, part of their method of ... Download free opening extract |
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13-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Best-selling Australian author/ illustrator Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have created a fantastical treehouse which will tickle the imagination of all readers. It’s a house with everything – and if there is something it lacks, it can easily be created! ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Would the Real Stanley Carrot Please Stand Up? Rob Stevens February 2015 Book of the Month A touching and funny story about thirteen year old Stanley wrestling with his insecurities and his place in his family. Stanley is adopted and, although he knows his parents love him very much, he ... Download free opening extract |
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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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The Butterfly Club Jacqueline Wilson February 2015 Book of the Month Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson unfolds a compelling new story about the importance of both family and friends. Tina is the youngest and the smallest of the triplets. She was so little when she was a ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 11+ readers
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The Bell Between Worlds Ian Johnstone Debut-author Ian Johnstone offers his readers an enormous and richly created world to explore in this elaborately constructed fantasy. Sylas Tate steps into the unusual Shop of Things and, through his remarkable powers of imagination and his ability to do ... Download free opening extract |
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The Boy with the Tiger's Heart Linda Coggin One of our Books of the Year 2014 Can three children and a bear keep themselves free from the authorities who are determined to track them down? When Thomas Bailey takes his own life and sets his wild animals free ... Download free opening extract |
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The Devil's Angel Kevin Brooks February 2015 Book of the Month - Interest Age Teen Reading Age 8 Award-winning Kevin Brooks tells a gripping and thoughtful story about the irresistible appeal of a dangerous friendship. Jack is cruising along in year 10; not part of ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 14+ readers
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Seven Days Eve Ainsworth February 2015 Debut of the Month Life at home is horrible for Jess since her father left. There’s very little money and her mum struggles just to keep the family going. But she has even worse problems at school where ... Download free opening extract |
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The Earth is Singing Vanessa Curtis February 2015 Book of the Month Of the many stories of the Holocaust, that of the Jews of Riga in Latvia is among the less well known. This book tells their story for young people, clearly and honestly, emphasising its ... Download free opening extract |
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I Was Here Gayle Forman February 2015 Book of the Month Best-selling Gayle Forman’s I Was Here explores the complicated repercussions of suicide on all those who are left behind. Cody and Meg have been best friends forever. Surely they have no secrets between them? ... Download free opening extract |
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