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Helen Cooper
The latest heart-pounding thriller from Helen Cooper, with a heart-stopping twist
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From twice-Kate Greenaway winner comes an exquisite story within a story, featuring a mouse who is forced to tell stories to save his life, a cat who plans to eat…
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A timely and uplifting picture book about overcoming worries with mindfulness techniques in an accessible and imaginative form for 3+ readers.
When a little girl can't sleep because her head…
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The camera never lies. But someone is.
"A deliciously vengeful and sinister suspense novel, about two older women whose friendship cracks after one son murders the other"--
Sir Thomas Malory
The greatest English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, ‘knight prisoner’. This generously annotated edition, in a new…
Helen Cooper (Helen Cooper)
Demonstrating how to read music, this book is designed so that the reader can learn how to read almost any melody and play it on a piano. It contains musical…
Essays on topics of literary interest crossing the boundaries between the medieval and early modern period.
An addicting and twisty debut about an apartment building devastated by the disappearance of a teenage girl–and by the secrets that won’t be kept behind each closed door–that will thrill…
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It was quiet and peaceful in Amy’s house until Little Monster arrived! Little Monster loves Amy, but he doesn’t love the new baby. He starts doing very naughty things. And…
An offbeat, lyrical drama about how our hopes and dreams can be thwarted by the choices we make - and by the ones we don’t make.
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First published by David Fickling Books (Great Britain) 2017 –Title page verso.
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After a shocking death at a luxurious Italian resort, two very different women must question everything - and everyone - they love in order to untangle truth from lies
Molly’s toy rabbit, Tatty Ratty, is lost again. Might he be driving a train?.. or sailing on a pirate ship? An imaginative and heart-warming story, with glowing illustrations from Helen…
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Helene Cooper
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The magical first novel by Kate Greenaway award-winner Helen Cooper.
William is scared of the place under the stairs. He is absolutely sure there’s a great big and probably hungry grizzly bear lurking there. He is utterly convinced that the…
A LibraryReads Pick
Be careful who you sleep with...They've already made their bed.
Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years…
said the Baby. The Baby wants to stay up all night, so he revs up his car and sets off on an adventure. But there is someone else who’s not…
Cat, Squirrel and Duck are three friends who make pumpkin soup together every day. They always do it the same way, until little Duck thinks he’s got a better idea…
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Containing illustrations in a sequel of Pumpkin Soup . What is in the cooking pot? Pumpkin Soup, made by a Cat, a Squirrel and a Duck, waiting for a pipkin…
Every day, Cat, Squirrel and Duck make pumpkin soup. But one day, disaster strikes - there’s not a single ripe pumpkin to be found. So, they make fish soup, mushroom…
How well do you really know your neighbours?
BEST BOOKS of 2017 SELECTION by * THE WASHINGTON POST * NEW YORK POST * The harrowing, but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women’s movement…
Helen Cooper (University of Cambridge)
Shakespeare and the Medieval World provides a panoramic overview of the influence of medieval culture on Shakespeare’s plays and poems that opens up new vistas within his work uncovering the…
A unique study examining the influence of medieval culture, thinking and drama on Shakespeare’s work, looking at his use of sources and the ways in which the traditions of medieval…
Fifteen museum curators chronicle Eva Hesse's landmark exhibitions over the last half-century while offering a glimpse into the personal dimension of crafting an exhibition.
This volume provides a historical account…
Nicola Baldwin
Roland Moore
The Star Cops are engaged in a desperate battle against time as the consequences of Devis's search for Sophie play out to a tragic conclusion. Please note: Star Cops features…
Prof Helen Cooper
A new edition of Helen Cooper's comprehensive single-volume guide to the The Canterbury Tales, bringing together a wide range of material and providing an accessible commentary on all aspects of…
Andrew Smith
It's the near future, and mankind has expanded its presence in space. A Star Cop investigation into a murder on Earth leads to an amazing revelation and the team's resilience…
New approaches to the everlasting malleability and transformation of medieval romance.
Ten poems. Ten poets. Ten sensational acts of seduction.
When the rescuers meet the boat, there are only two people left: a little one and a bigger one. The bigger one remembers the uncertainty of the trip across the…
NIgel Kelsey,Helen Cooper
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A poetic, powerful story about a little brother and a big sister finding a new home and new hope after being rescued from a boat lost in the dark sea.
The Long Fifteenth Century, intended as a companion volume to Douglas Gray’s Oxford Book of Late Medieval Verse and Prose, stresses the importance, interest, and richness of the literature of…
A verse translation of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight by Keith Harrison, using a modern alliterative pattern.
