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Alan MacDonald
A Dirty Bertie collection for fans of the world's grubbiest trouble magnet! Featuring nine zany stories from BEES!, RATS! and FLEAS!
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Helen Docherty
First published in Great Britain in 2023 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.
A deeply moving, vitally important picture book encouraging empathy and kindness.
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Andrea Beaty
From the creators of Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect, a charming new rollick of a picture book about the world’s finest hat maker.
Iggy is delighted when Ada Twist’s Aunt Bernice inherits a mansion featuring his favorite architectural periods, but unless the Questioneers can find its missing antiques, the house may be lost…
When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing…
When Zookeeper Fred's green snake Vern gets loose in the zoo, the Questioneers need all their talents to help find him, but in the end, it is Aaron's art that…
Three cheers for the Questioneers! Celebrate science, perseverance, and creativity in this 6-book box set that includes Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters, Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants, Iggy…
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Julia Donaldson
Join in with a crew of clueless pirates, one hairy troll and barrels o'laughs in this hilarious rhyming story.
Whoever heard of a vegetarian T. rex? Meet Drip, the little dinosaur who hatched in the wrong nest in this fantastically funny rhyming story from the bestselling partnership of Julia…
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Hop aboard the Flying Bath and rush to the rescue with this fantastic adventure story from the bestselling partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts - but don’t forget to…
Whoever heard of a vegetarian T. rex? Meet Drip, the little dinosaur who hatched in the wrong nest in this fantastically funny rhyming story, now with never-before-seen bonus material.
Richard Ayoade
FAIRY-LAND EXCLUSIVE! Discover THE TRUTH about your favourite fairy-tale characters in Richard Ayoade's second children's book.
"The 8+ answer to The Jolly Postman." The Guardian
"A wonderful, funny book of…
What if you could send fan mail to your fairy tale idols? And what if they wrote back? "Happily ever after" takes on a new meaning in this book from…
Julian Clary
The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house. But now their kindness to animal waifs and strays has become legendary, and more and more…
This time, Teddington’s wildest family have decided to stay at home and keep their heads down - it isn’t always easy hiding tails and fur under clothes, and it’s important…
It’s time for monkey business in this fifth outing for Teddington’s wildest family, the Bolds! Hyenas, living as people - whatever next! Granny Imamu starts to stir up mischief with…
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The Bolds are just like you and me: they live in a nice house (in Teddington), they have jobs (like writing Christmas cracker jokes) and they love to have a…
Ignite your creativity with this activity book inspired by the main character of New York Times bestselling Rosie Revere, Engineer
"40+ things to plan, draw, and make"--Cover.
An uplifting story about the power of art, finding your voice, and telling your story.
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The puzzle of the Gulf blockade and its myriad impacts are examined in this volume. It builds upon early analyses to offer a range of crisp, insightful reflections, many based…
Alice B. McGinty
Bathe the floor? Sweep the dishes? This riotous romp of a picture book follows a frantic family as they try to get some chores done - with no help from…
Alan MacDonald, David Roberts
Pants!: Bertie's third audiobook finds him facing the shame of losing a dare with Know-All Nick and having to wear his pants to school, playing the part of the dog…
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Richmal Crompton
A festive edition celebrating the 100th anniversary of Richmal Crompton’s bestselling and beloved classic Just William - a series that has been delighting readers for generations.
Brendan Nelson
Assembling a collection of speeches for Dr Brendan Nelson is not without challenge.
For a start, he almost never read from a prepared text. Instead, he relied on his extraordinary…
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Robert David Crane
This long overdue book sets the record straight about what Robert Crane experienced and witnessed firsthand, following the murder of his father, the celebrated and beloved TV actor, Bob Crane…
Iggy Peck has been building fabulous creations since he was two. His parents are proud of their son, though sometimes surprised by some of Iggy’s inventive creations (like the tower…
This new edition of Parapsychology continues to challenge and provoke readers with some of psychology's most puzzling phenomena. Whether believers or sceptics, the book provides readers with the opportunity to…
David Nichols, Robert Freestone
Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments. This book uniquely connects the past, present and future of planning for small open spaces.
David Metzger
Betsy is a full-blooded Native American Nottoway Indian. The first chapter of the book describes her adoption from a children's home by her adopting parents, the Ramseys. She lives with…
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David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestseller
Aspects of History, The Critic, Octavian, and Modern War Institute Book of the Year.
Two leading authorities--an acclaimed historian and…
Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems celebrates the 100th anniversary of The Road Not Taken, published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly. This volume presents Frost’s…
David Nos
This fantasy novel is a dark tale; multi-layered classic adventure tale; jam-packed with mind-blowing dragon and wizard twists and turns.
This fantasy novel is a multilayered classic adventure tale; jam-packed with mind-blowing dragon and wizard twists and turns. The Final War of Wizards and Dragons is a dark tale, and…
David Brown
Former U.S. Navy SEAL David Brown was the unlikeliest of candidates for the world's most grueling military selection process. Standing just 5' 3" and weighing 110 pounds, he was unlike…
David Croatto
Learning all about your neighbors has never been funnier as adorable Funko Pop! versions of Jerry, Elaine, George, Kramer, and other loveable oddball characters from Seinfeld ask the question, "Who…
Conflict is not only a critical assessment of our recent past, but also an essential primer of modern warfare that provides crucial knowledge for waging battle today as well as…
Professor David Roberts, Dr Andrew Milner, Dr Peter Murphy
Establishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive perceptions of society as they appear in the conventional modern…
David Ivon Jones
David Ivon Jones was born in Wales in1883 and died in 1924 in the Soviet Union. In his death-bed 'Political Testament', Jones urged his comrades to 'carry out the great…
Robert Albon, David C. Stafford
First Published in 1987, Rent Control discusses the economics of rent control, citing numerous international examples of the detrimental effects of rigid rent control. Various policy options to revamp rental…
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David A Kelly
Get ready for a spooktacular adventure in Cooperstown, New York.
Join Mike and Kate from the bestselling Ballpark Mysteries series as they race against time to catch a monster mystery-with…
Robert Bloch
The author of Psycho takes on the famous unsolved slayings of Jack the Ripper!
Robert Bloch gave us fiction's most famous knife-wielding maniac in Psycho's Norman Bates, and in The…
Robert Louis Stevenson
An eerily superb story of murder and monstrosity on the streets of Victorian London that has remained in the public imagination for well over a century, spawning numerous adaptations, now…
