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A family of water voles enter the Peking to Paris motor rally, with many adventures along the way. Ages 7-10.

The Mudlarks: Peking to Paris

Jane McMorland Hunter

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Five interwoven stories of children from across the world are connected by a migrating flock of starlings. Age 8+.

Wild Journey

A. M. Dassu

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£12.00

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More fantastical adventures in the second of Rundell's Impossible Creatures series. For ages 8-12.

The Poisoned King

Katherine Rundell

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Positively ghoulish tales of Britain's storied royal abodes, by several authors including Alexia Casale and Joseph Coelho. Ages 8-12.

Historic Royal Palaces: Ghosts in the Walls

Various

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Two of RB's early children's novels - The Strange House and Midnight Adventure - each inspired by his own post-war London childhood, in one handsome edition with Briggs' b&w illustrations an... read more

The Strange House

Raymond Briggs

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A Japanese classic, recently translated. Each generation of the Moriyamas must take on the care of a group of tiny people who live in their house in Tokyo. Now the task has fallen to Yuri. B... read more

The Secret of the Blue Glass

Tomiko Inui

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This illustrated account of the race to reach the South Pole from the perspectives of both Scott and Amundsen's will thrill any potential explorer. Ages 8-12.

Race to the South Pole: A two-sided story

Alexandra Stewart

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This is the final book in PP's Book of Dust trilogy, the sequel to His Dark Materials. Ages 12+.

The Rose Field

Philip Pullman

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£25.00

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A celebration of the sun and the life it betows on us all, in rhyming couplets. For ages 2-4.

Good Golden Sun

Brendan Wenzel

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Because we - and you - so enjoyed Miffy's encounter with Vermeer a couple of years ago: now she has a wander round the Rijksmuseum and takes us with her. Produced in collaboration with the R... read more

miffy x rijksmuseum

Dick Bruna

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Sato - a white rabbit with a human face - gathers sparkles from the stream and sun spots from the grass; wakes in a lighthouse to find a shell with a musical-box handle... Charming, soft mag... read more

Sato the Rabbit: Morning Light

Yuki Ainoya

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Various animals use different heavy machinery - a crane to move a piano, a cement lorry to stir pancake batter... Very funny, also quite nerdishly informative and with good illustrations. Ag... read more

Diggers, Dozers, and Dumpers: Small Stories about Big Machines ...

Ole Koennecke

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Not everything goes according to a greedy king's plan when he captures the HooBoo, a wish-fulfilling bird. A gently cautionary tale for ages 3-5.

The Wild HooBoo: A Story About Freedom

Barry Falls

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A squirrel and his friend, a mushroom - both already encountered in the highly comic A Better Best Friend, find a bird lying on the path. A thoughtful picture book for ages 3-6.

Is It Asleep?

Olivier Tallec

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Delightful love song to playing by the sea, in rhyme, with lovely illustrations that recall Ardizzone, Burningham and Blake (Quentin). Heavenly stuff for ages 3-6.

Enchanted Beach

Esther Freud

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A Russian folktale about a boy who finds a magic ring and tries to win the hand of a princess. For ages 5-8.

The Magic Ring

Boris Shergin

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An excellent and informative book on whales, illustrated and set out somewhat in the manner of William Grill'sShackleton's Journey. For ages 6-9.

The Whale’s Song: Discover the Giants of our Oceans ...

Rossana Bossu

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Abounding in whimsy, invention and humour, of course. For ages 6-10.

Quentin Blake’s Fantastic Journeys: Fanciful Drawings and Surpri ...

Quentin Blake

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Large format, illustrated and very wonderful! For ages 6-12.

The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who I ...

Wolverton Hill

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A 12-year-old Anglo-Indian boy is sent by his family in Coventry to Calcutta in 1943, to get him to safety with his grandfather. There he turns to code-breaking... For ages 8-11.

Under Fire

Sufiya Ahmed

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Two superheroes of children's literature join forces for this tale of a super-strong young girl. For ages 2-6.

Liliana the strong

Quentin Blake

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When a little girl moves to a big city, she refuses to be constrained by concrete. A celebration of wildness, and where we can find it, for ages 3-6. A first picture book from this award-win... read more

Wild

Katya Balen

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A tale of three princesses and their glass hearts, set in Venice, intricately illustrated by the author. For ages 4-6.

The Glass Heart

Sally Gardner

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A spare, lyrical translation, reminding us of the myriad and vital commonalities between plants and humans. Ages 4-7.

I’m Like a Tree and a Tree’s Like Me

Sylvaine Jaoui

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The journey of a lotus, from sleepy seed to stunning flower. For ages 5-7.

The Water Flower: The Journey of a Lotus Seed

Yingting Chen

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Set in an enchanted forest, where one bold fairy dares to venture off the path. Ages 5-7.

The Old Forest Path

Jamie Catto

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An alley-cat's international odyssey begins in Paris in a yellow propeller-plane. For ages 5-7.

Pip’s Trip Around the World

Fanny Joly

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Colourful and charming picturebook: a woodpecker's construction skills come in useful following a storm. For ages 5-7.

Picopaco

Mojca Novak

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Written by CL for her son Paulo, this charmingly illustrated detective story follows a mischievous rabbit with a penchant for escapology. For ages 5-8.

The Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit

Clarice Lispector

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Tthe life story of an anthropomorphised rabbit, from kittenhood to old age, with vivid, slightly odd illustrations. Ages 7-9.

The Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough

Rebecca Dautremer

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This gloriously imaginative debut is pegged on the fight between Titania and Oberon that we know from A Midsummer Night's Dream and how this has played out over a few generations. Hurrah for... read more

The Curse of the Silvan Oaks

Georgia Channon

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Debut YA novel about the friendship that develops between two girls in London when they discover links between their families that span continents and centuries. Ages 9-12.

Evie and Maryam’s Family Tree

Janeen Hayat

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Twins Luna and Oona have their quiet seaside existence disrupted by the mythical fishfolk. For ages 9-12.

Fishfolk

Steven Quincey-Jones

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When Grace is exiled from the Land of Magic to the bleak world of grown-ups, she will do anything to return home... for ages 9-11.

The Invisibles

Susie Bower

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A poetry anthology for all ages and from all times celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. For ages 8-12.

Space

Gaby Morgan

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A beautifully illustrated reissue of the historical fantasy classic, following a family of Early Iron Age horse people. For ages 9-12.

Sun Horse, Moon Horse

Rosemary Sutcliff

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