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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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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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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 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 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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It’s About Love Steven Camden June 2015 Book of the Month It’s About Love is a kind of Romeo and Juliet story. Two young people, from different sides of their town and with different backgrounds, meet studying film at college, and are instantly drawn to … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 3+ readers
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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 |
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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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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 |
Featured Books for 5+ readers
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The Most Wonderful Thing in the World Vivian French Venice provides the background for this delightful fairy-tale. Its king and queen realise that their daughter needs a husband to be king when she’s queen. But how to choose one? Find the young man who can show you the most … Download free opening extract |
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The Rats of Meadowsweet Farm Dick King-smith Interest Age 5-8 Reading Age 6+ The rats of Meadowsweet Farm are a pretty ugly lot, but their leader, the King Rat, is gruesome. He’s as big as a small dog and twice as vicious. The farmer is revolting in a … Download free opening extract |
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Tiny Nicola Davies Longlisted for the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal This is simply an outstanding book. Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton explain the life and purpose of microbes clearly and lucidly for very young children, through simple language and beautiful illustrations. Using … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 7+ readers
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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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Car-Jacked Ali Sparkes Readers are plunged straight into the action in Ali Sparke’s new thriller: Jack and his parents are on holiday when their car is stolen, with him still on the back seat. The car-jacker turns out to be a kinder, more … Download free opening extract |
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The Beast of Grubbers Nubbin Guy Bass Stitch Head and the residents of Castle Grotteskew are back for another adventure – hoorah! They’re struggling to keep order in the castle which has become home to 100 ravenous human orphans – not even the Creature’s ‘entertrainment’ show can … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 9+ readers
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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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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 |
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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 |
Featured Books for 11+ readers
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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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The King’s Shadow Philip Womack Julia Eccleshare’s Pick of the Month, June 2015 Hidden away in the Land of the Broken King, Johnny and Anna are being held prisoner. Bravely, Simon and Flora enter the hidden kingdom to search for their missing siblings. It’s a … Download free opening extract |
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Buffalo Soldier Tanya Landman Winner of the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal The Judges comment “We were particularly impressed with how Buffalo Soldier explored what it means to be truly free: the evolving idea of freedom is an essential part of this gripping, often traumatic … Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Poppy in the Field Mary Hooper Julia Eccleshare’s Pick of the Month, May 2015 A welcome return for Poppy, the brave young nurse in World War One. Poppy thinks her heart will break when she finds that Freddie whom she loves so much is to marry … Download free opening extract |
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Minus Me Ingelin Rossland Intriguing, stimulating and full of energy, this is a thought provoking read…it also contains a hidden sting in the tale. 12 year old Linda lives in Norway, she is popular, athletic and fast approaching her 13th birthday. Linda discovers she … Download free opening extract |
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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 |
