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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

by Rolls Crescent's Year 6 children, Manchester

Ref: 11326

The extraordinary life of a dual heritage, super-talented composer and musician, brought to you by a ...

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Price: £5.00
Sawbones

Sawbones

by Catherine Johnson

Ref: 13053

It's 1792 and Ezra (mixed race) is an apprentice surgeon. When a tattooed body lands on ...

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Price: £6.99
The Scar

The Scar

by Charlotte Moundlic
illustrated by Olivier Tallec

Ref: 12608

A smart, unflinching book about a child grieving the loss of a parent: their sadness, rage, ...

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Price: £6.99
Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

by Gill Lewis

Ref: 13488

Scarlet is used to looking after her little brother so when her mum's depression results in ...

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Price: £6.99
The Secrets of Billie Bright

The Secrets of Billie Bright

by Susie Day

Ref: 14538

"Hi Mum...I know you're always watching over me...I go to Big School today. I'm not nervous...I'll ...

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Price: £6.99
The Secret River

The Secret River

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
illustrated by Diane & Leo Dillon

Ref: 12134

A Pulitzer Prize winning classic, recreated by two-time Caldecott Medalist illustrators. An astonishing, timeless story, set ...

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Price: £10.99
Shanyi Goes to China

Shanyi Goes to China

by Sungwan So

Ref: 11327

A fantastic new series which follows UK children as they travel to their parent's place of ...

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Price: £10.99
Sharing Our Homeland

Sharing Our Homeland

by Trish Marx
photos by Cindy Karp

Ref: 11328

A groundbreaking photo-essay focusing on 2 children- one Jewish and one Palestinian- who learn to work ...

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Price: £13.99
She Is Not Invisible

She Is Not Invisible

By Marcus Sedgwick

Ref: 12832

Laureth Peak's father is a writer. A stalled writer who has been trying for years to ...

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Price: £7.99
Shopping With Dad

Shopping With Dad

by Matt Harvey
illustrated by Miriam Latimer

Ref: 11284

Dad and his livewire daughter do the weekly supermarket trip- but which aisle are the bucket ...

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Price: £5.99
Sikh Granthi

Sikh Granthi

by Kanwaljit Kaur-Singh
photos by Chris Fairclough

Ref: 11329

Chatar Singh introduces us to his faith, holy books and the work he carries out in ...

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Price: £6.99
The Silence Seeker

The Silence Seeker

by Ben Morley
illustrated by Carl Pearce

Ref: 11288

A new boy moves in next door. Mum says he's an asylum seeker. 'A Silence Seeker!' ...

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Price: £7.99
Slog's Dad

Slog's Dad

by David Almond
illustrated by Dave McKean

Ref: 12682

!!<>!!!!<>!!!!<>!!Shortlisted Kate Greenaway Award 2012!!<>!!!!<>!!!!<>!! Slog is starting to believe in life ...

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Price: £6.99
The Story of the Zodiac

The Story of the Zodiac

Korean text by Kyoung Hye Lee, retold by Grace Bowman
illustrated by Sam Hyun Kim

Ref: 13260

Which is also the story of why cats chase rats...The origins of the !!<>!!Korean!!<>!! ...

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Price: £5.99
The Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard

by Jackie Morris

Ref: 12139

An enchanting, modern myth set in the Himalayas, created by the hugely talented Morris. An atmospheric ...

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Price: £6.99
Spacegirl Pukes

Spacegirl Pukes

by Katy Watson
illustrated by Vanda Carter

Ref: 11295

!!<>!!Out February 23rd 2017. Pre-Order now; expect delivery after the 23rd!!!<>!! It's back!! Yes, ...

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Price: £8.99
Spring Break

Spring Break

by Johanna Hurwitz

Ref: 11353

But two days before her trip to Washington, with her best friend Zoe's family, Cricket Kaufman ...

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Price: £4.50
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

by John Boyne

Ref: 12906

!!<>!!!!<>!!Shortlisted Little Rebels Award 2014!!<>!!!!<>!! There is nothing in the world Alfie wanted more ...

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Price: £7.99
Stella Brings the Family

Stella Brings the Family

by Miriam B. Schiffer
illustrated by Holly Clifton-Brown

Ref: 13851

Stella's class is having a special Mother's Day celebration. All of the pupils has at least ...

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Price: £10.99
Stompin at the Savoy

Stompin at the Savoy

edited by Alan Govenar
illustrated by Martin French

Ref: 11331

An oral autobiography based on interviews with Norma Miller, famed Harlem Renaissance dancer. Lively spirited text ...

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Price: £9.99
The Strongest Boy in the World

The Strongest Boy in the World

by Jessica Souhani

Ref: 14486

Set in ancient Japan, when wrestlers were celebrities and little boys wanted to be just like ...

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Sun Time, Snow Time

Sun Time, Snow Time

by Grace Nicholls

Ref: 13438

A clever cross-cultural collection, bringing together two of Nicholl's earlier poetry anthologies: Come on into my ...

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Price: £6.99
Talking Turkeys

Talking Turkeys

by Benjamin Zephaniah

Ref: 14561

"Turkeys jus wanna hip-hop". Exciting, provocative and funny, this poetry collection by the superb Zephaniah will ...

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Price: £6.99
Tall Story

Tall Story

by Candy Gourlay

Ref: 13313

"Don't be surprised now, Andi, your brother is tall. Tall, you hear me?" Andi doesn't know ...

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Price: £6.99
The Taxing Case of the Cows

The Taxing Case of the Cows

by I. Van Rynbach & P. D. Shea
illustrated by E. A. McCully

Ref: 11528

A brilliant suffragette vignette from the 1860s. The little known, true, story of the Smith Sisters, ...

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Price: £11.99
Taylor Five

Taylor Five

by Ann Halam

Ref: 11355

What is the sinister truth that was hidden from Taylor? Why is she a clone? When ...

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Price: £2.99
The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket

by John Boyne
illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

Ref: 12705

!!<>!!!!<>!!Shortlisted Little Rebels Award 2013!!<>!!!!<>!! A chapter book for younger readers which introduces the ...

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Three's A Crowd

Three's A Crowd

by Gwendolyn Hooks
illustrated by Sylvia Walker

Ref: 11304

Keisha and Val are best friends- until Val brings a new girl along! Keisha is not ...

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Price: £3.99
The Tiger-Skin Rug

The Tiger-Skin Rug

by Gerald Rose

Ref: 11959

A sad and thin old tiger tires of life in the Indian jungle- so he passes ...

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Price: £5.99
Toffee and Pie

Toffee and Pie

by Pippa Goodhart
illustrated by Paul Howard

Ref: 13102

John's Traveller family have moved again- which means a new school and new friends. But with ...

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Price: £3.99
Too Much Trouble

Too Much Trouble

by Tom Avery

Ref: 11919

!!<>!!!!<>!!Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award Winner 2010!!<>!!!!<>!! A fantastic action-fuelled Oliver Twist adventure starring ...

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Price: £5.99
The Tortoise's Gift

The Tortoise's Gift

retold by Lari Don
illustrated by Melanie Williamson

Ref: 12550

One hot, dry summer in Zambia, the rain stops falling and soon the animals are very ...

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Price: £5.99
Trading Places With Tank Talbott

Trading Places With Tank Talbott

by Dori Hillestad Butler
illustrated by Barry Gott

Ref: 11357

'Geeky' Jason wants to finish his horror film script. Tank wants to bully people. An unlikely ...

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Price: £4.99
Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose

by Anne Perry

Ref: 12091

A troubled school-girl finds a special timepiece which brings her face-to-face with one of the most ...

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Price: £6.99
The Unforgotten Coat

The Unforgotten Coat

by Frank Cottrell Boyce
photos by C. Hunter & C. Heney

Ref: 0053B

!!<>!!!!<>!!Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Winner 2012!!<>!!!!<>!! A brilliantly conceived, unforgettable, story about two refugee ...

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Dream To Win: Usain Bolt

Dream To Win: Usain Bolt

by Roy Apps
illustrated by Chris King

Ref: 14574

Exciting, pacey biography about someone with a dream and their subsequent breakthrough into top-level motorsports. Seriously ...

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Price: £5.99
Vanishing Cultures: Himalaya

Vanishing Cultures: Himalaya

by Jan Reynolds

Ref: 11333

One in a special series about ancient ways of life which are under threat: in this ...

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Vanishing Trick

Vanishing Trick

by Ros Asquith

Ref: 14611

A stunning collection of verse which embraces a range of ideas and feelings so relevant to ...

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The Big Picture: Water

The Big Picture: Water

by Sarah Levete

Ref: 12561

Fascinating sustainability information book exploring the impact of a well in Malawi. 'Great for non-fiction genre ...

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Welcome to Nowhere

Welcome to Nowhere

by Elizabeth Laird

Ref: 14658

Widely praised as Laird's finest work to date, this novel tells the story of 12-year-old, budding ...

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Price: £6.99
We Love Harvest

We Love Harvest

by Saviour Pirotta

Ref: 11338

Learn all about how children and their families make Harvest special and what it means to ...

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Werewolf Club Rules

Werewolf Club Rules

by Joseph Coelho
John O'Leary

Ref: 13223

Debut by performance poet, Jo Coelho (featured on CBeebies!) Strut your poetic stuff with class hamsters, ...

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Price: £6.99
We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome

by Debbie Levy
by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Ref: 14331

From the song's roots in America's era of slavery through the civil rights movement of the ...

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Price: £12.99
What do we think about Alcohol?

What do we think about Alcohol?

by Jillian Powell

Ref: 11339

In this book you can read all about why people drink alcohol and how it makes ...

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Price: £4.99
What Will I Be?

What Will I Be?

by Dawne Allette
illustrated by Paul Cemmick

Ref: 11316

"Full of affirmation and aspiration, this book gently encourages children to have dreams and to aim ...

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Price: £6.99
Where the Winds Meet

Where the Winds Meet

by Mi-hwa Joo; retold by Joy Cowley
illustrated by Oh Lee

Ref: 13950

Set amidst the grasslands and deserts of Mongolia, this lilting narrative is told from the perspective ...

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Whisper

Whisper

by Chrissie Keighery

Ref: 12435

A sophisticated yet accessible account of disability, exclusion and friendship- all wrapped up in a beautifully ...

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Price: £6.99
White Dolphin

White Dolphin

by Gill Lewis

Ref: 13407

An award-winning author brings us another uplifting story of young people who have the courage to ...

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Who's a Big Bully Then?

Who's a Big Bully Then?

by Michael Morpurgo

Ref: 14408

How will Olly the bull help our hero defeat the bully Darren bishop? A great story ...

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Willow's Whispers

Willow's Whispers

by Lana Button
illustrated by Tania Howells

Ref: 11317

Willow's reluctance to express her needs above a tiny whisper gets her into all sorts of ...

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Price: £12.99
Women of the Harlem Renaissance

Women of the Harlem Renaissance

by Lisa Beringer McKissack

Ref: 11345

Packed full of facts and illustrated with photographs and artwork, this look at Black women of ...

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Price: £5.99
World of Faiths: Judaism

World of Faiths: Judaism

by Kanwaljit Kaur-Singh

Ref: 11347

Thorough, informative resources, broken up by photographs, activities, glossaries and a mini-story from each faith. Age ...

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Price: £5.99
World of Faiths: Sikhism

World of Faiths: Sikhism

by Kanwaljit Kaur-Singh

Ref: 11348

Thorough, informative resources, broken up by photographs, activities, glossaries and a mini-story from each faith. Age ...

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Yasmin's Hammer

Yasmin's Hammer

by Ann Malaspina
illustrated by Doug Ghayka

Ref: 11322

Yasmin dreams of going to school but her family need her to earn money at the ...

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Price: £12.99
Young Knights of the Round Table

Young Knights of the Round Table

by Julia Golding

Ref: 13232

A quick-paced, Merlin-esque adventure fantasy in which a band of children from the magical world of ...

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Price: £6.99
Zomo the Rabbit

Zomo the Rabbit

by Gerald McDermott

Ref: 11325

An entertaining and vivid retelling of a trickster escapade: Zomo, the speedy and clever rabbit of ...

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Price: £4.99
Zoo Rescue

Zoo Rescue

by Jane A. C. West & Roger Hurn
illustrated by Stik

Ref: 12695

Superheroes with a social conscience. Can Tribe help Po Po the Panda escape the zoo and ...

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Price: £5.99