Ella Stays In
Ella is super-excited as she’ll be taking part in lots of fun, creative activities at school the next day. But when a snowy, icy blizzard arrives and everyone is told to stay indoors, Ella realises that all her plans have been cancelled. As the weather gets worse and Ella can’t visit her friends, will her family find a way to cheer her up?
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- Lucy Barnard
Send a Smile
Millie was bored. She couldn’t see her friends. She couldn’t go to the park. She couldn’t even go to school! But soon Millie discovers that not only does making people happy make her happy, they in turn make someone else happy. It’s not long before the world feels like a much happier place.
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- Cara Jones
The Old Bent Tree
The little bear cub woke up with the sudden feeling he had forgotten something very important — his best and most favourite toy. In the dim light of the cave he was safe but his toy was out there still; beneath the ‘Old Bent Tree’, where the wind blew hard and snow lay coldest. He wanted to go out and rescue his little toy but Big Bear said, “You will have to wait until the sun comes again little one – don’t worry; the Old Bent Tree will keep it safe.” A story about longing; of being apart and when thewait is finally over – the joy of reunion.
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- Sally Garland
1,2,3 Under the Sea
Share the fun with this first book of 1,2,3! Children and toddlers can engage with playful, brightly coloured sea creatures as they learn to count along the way. Other titles include Colours, Shapes & Opposites.
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- The Pope Twins
Little Mouse’s Seasons
Little Mouse was born in the springtime and as the seasons change, he wants to go off and explore by himself. Mama always says no but when autumn arrives and Little Mouse decides to have a peek, he soon discovers that maybe Mama was right after all.
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- Lucy Barnard
Father Christmas Versus Santa Claus – Chapter Book
We’ve wondered for years... Is Father Christmas in Lapland? Is Santa Claus at the North Pole? No! It’s Christmas Eve, silly. They’re delivering presents... to the same house on US/UK Pancake Island – where unfortunately, they’ve woken the half-British half-American Smith-Jones family. Uh-oh! Ho! Ho! Ho…. Will Father Christmas learn to work with, or against, his rival Santa? Can Father Christmas do a passable American accent? And why is Pancake Island so-named? (It was discovered on Pancake Day. That was easy.) All will be revealed in this fun, funny, festive, never-before-seen showdown between two of Christmas’s greatest magical gift-bringers OF ALL TIME. From the writer of books Noah’s Car Park Ark, Hark! The Biography of Christmas, and TV shows Miranda, Not Going Out and Top Gear (yes it has writers).
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- Paul Kerensa
The Rainbow Thief – Chapter Book
Michael and Nicky MacNicholls are in their aunt’s garden when a stunning rainbow appears. But Curdlegrunt the Great, a member of the Crotchety Old Wizards, casts a spell and all of its colours disappear. In desperation, Michael and Nicky summon their bumbling wizard friend, Happ-hazzard, to find the colours. But Curdlegrunt traps them all in ‘The Land Where Anything Can Happen - And Probably Will!’ They face flying elephants that squirt fire; giant slugs; exploding tomatoes; and much more. And they have to solve a series of riddles set by Curdlegrunt – each of which plunges them into new and deadly dangers. Will Nicky & Michael be able to solve the riddles? Can they save the colours of the rainbow? Or will the rainbow disappear from the earth forever?
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- Phil Allcock