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JASON COCKCROFT
This tender intergenerational story about loss and remembrance is set against the extraordinary beauty of the natural world.
In the darkness just before sunrise, a sleepy boy and his grandfather…
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Jason Cockcroft
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal
Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises…
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A tender picture book about loss and remembrance set against the extraordinary beauty of the natural world, written and illustrated by the award-winning Jason Cockcroft.
Just before sunrise, a boy…
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Sibeal Pounder
Mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda are enjoying a summer on land with legs when they receive a strange CRABAGRAM ordering them to return home at once. Some seriously BAD MERMAIDS…
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Chris Packham
Join CHRIS PACKHAM on an epic exploration of the animal kingdom in this ultimate animal treasury.
Tom Holland
The magic of mythology meets the grit of history in a blazing blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from award-winning author Tom Holland, lavishly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.
I come…
Rabbit and his mum have moved to the coast to run a small caravan park. Rabbit has been struggling since he saw his father die – he finds it hard…
A mesmerizing picture book about an imaginary chance meeting between a little girl and the artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
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A charming, tongue-in-cheek book for dinosaur lovers young and old. This paperback edition comes with a free audio reading.
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Learn all the essentials of caring for your dinosaur.
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Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is…
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing
Rabbit and his mum have moved to the coast to run a small caravan park. Rabbit has been struggling since he saw his…
David Self
Profiles the life and travels of Saint Paul.
Holly Webb
As soon as she moves to Penhallow Place, Polly can’t wait to unravel its mysteries. One night, she sleepwalks outside and wakes to find her hand on the stone statue…
Mermaid besties Beattie, Mimi, and Zelda are summoned back from a summer on land to save their underwater world from some seriously bad mermaids in this hilarious installment of a…
Polly and her new ghostly dog friends wake Li-Mei, the Chinese porcelain Fu Dog. The Pekinese recounts rumours of smuggling and sightings of a ghostly Green Lady with Sarah Penhallow…
Meri Pebble, professional spy mermaid, has a new mission. She’s going to be a personal assistant to the Sushi Sisters (famous for their notorious appearance on reality TV programme Catwalk…
Timothy Knapman
Can a burrowing owl - who can’t fly - and a snowy owl - who can’t run - ever be friends?
Oscar is an owl; a COOL owl. And cool…
Polly and Rex find a new dog to wake - a toy dog that belonged to two evacuee children. But to their surprise it seems this dog doesn’t want to…
Geraldine McCaughrean
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards, this is a briliant re-telling of John Bunyans classic adventure story. Luxurious illustrations by Jason Cockcroft perfectly enhance McCaughrean’s swashbuckling prose.
Get ready to meet some fascinating animals and find out all about their incredible homes in this beautiful and informative non-fiction picture book written by wildlife expert and BBC presenter…
Mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda, and Steve the talking seahorse, are trapped aboard the spooky ship The Merry Mary, heading for the presumed-mythical Crocodile Kingdom - a vast, crocodile-filled metropolis…
In the kingdom of Frostopia, mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda have come to the aid of Maritza Mist, a famous water witch who supplies magic spells to the underwater kingdoms.
Martin Waddell
Originally published: London: Orchard Books, 2004.
A beautiful, fact-filled picture book by naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham. Stunningly illustrated by Harry Potter cover artist Jason Cockcroft.
A blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from multi-award-winning author of Rubicon and Persian Fire Tom Holland, lavishly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.
The Persians are coming… With her mother’s dying…
This favorite Christmas picture book is now available in a reduced size, padded board book with bright red foil on the cover to share the holiday cheer. Full color.
Roman Kemp,Vick Hope
Every time a Victory Road sports team competes, they lose - somehow the opposition always knows their strategy. Arthur and Grace can spot a dodgy situation when they see one…
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