How to Be Normal
£8.99Winner of the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize, this is a brilliantly written YA debut full of insight, humour and pathos, that deftly explores themes of coercive control and coming of age.
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Mech Brigade
£7.99‘The cockpit is a lonely place when it feels like your mech is your enemy’. On his 13th birthday, Miles joins the war against alien Spinners. As a child soldier piloting a mech robot, he’s humanity’s last hope. But Miles is no ordinary recruit – he’s the son of Professor Riley, the missing genius behind the mechs. Now, Miles must master a rogue mech called Ironclad, find his father and save the world. Some birthday.
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The Dance Show
£6.99It’s time for the Unicornia talent show and Claudia and her friends are going to enter with a magical dance routine. The stage is set with sparkling rainbows, singing flowers and candyfloss clouds. Can the friends perfect their dance moves in time for the big day? Find out in this twinkled-toed adventure where even the unicorns can dance!
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Big Gorilla
£8.99Featuring a range of exquisite primates, from gorillas to chimpanzees, white-faced capuchins to orangutans, Anthony Browne has created a wonderfully unique first book of opposites, with his striking palette and quirky flair for facial expressions sure to charm readers of all ages.
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Our Pebbles
£12.99‘Grandad was good, these were our pebbles.’ With sweets stuffed in their pockets, a boy and his grandad take the trip down to the beach: through the wonky woods, across the railway track, stopping for a chat with the spotty dogs! Over the stile, and there – peeking out beyond the dunes, the sea and ‘their’ beach. They pick pebbles, wash them clean in the waves and paint their memories from the day, placing them in a special place – a secret place. Jarvis captures the kind of golden childhood memory that you carry with you, as comforting as holding a warm, smooth pebble in your hand. And when life changes, and people change, these pebbles stay with you always.
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Sunny-Side Up
£6.99Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! Mr Todd has Class 3T looking for the Five Ws in the newspaper, but all Judy can see is how much bad news there is. Climate change! Deadly virus! Sea turtles endangered by straws stuck in their noses! The good news is that Judy is taking all the bad news as a call to action. She gets out her notebook, clicks her six-year pen, transforms into a Kid Reporter, and goes out in search of happier stories. Rare bird sighting in Virginia Beach! Escaped bearded dragon found! Plastic straws banned at Virginia Dare School! There’s even a scoop that Judy overhears while ordering a scoop at Screamin’ Mimi’s – about someone who found real buried treasure.
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Do you see the tiger?
£12.99Here is a glorious celebration of children’s imagination and all the wild things that grown-ups miss, by two award-winning picture book creators. Penny can’t believe what she’s seeing in a packed underground train – a tiger’s tail. a tiger’s paw. a real big stripy tiger! When the tiger makes a sudden, marvellous leap across the carriage, Penny joins in the action and an unexpected friendship forms.
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My big book of outdoors
£14.99Discover the great outdoors with this beautifully illustrated treasury that celebrates the wonder of nature in four glorious seasons. From vibrant springtime flowers to sweet fruits on summer trees, the falling of autumn leaves and snowdrops in winter, this book of four seasons is the perfect introduction to the big outdoors. Discover why birds fly south in winter, find animal footprints in the snow and learn to make the perfect snowflake; grow a sunflower, find a feather and make a daisy chain. Full of activities, poetry and fun facts to explore, this bumper book is jam-packed with amazing things to see and do outdoors – the perfect gift for every season.
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The Moon
£12.99Discover everything you need to know about the Moon in this entertaining visitor’s guide! What’s this floating high in the starry sky? We call it the Moon. But has it always been there? What’s the weather like? And how many giraffes would it take to reach it?! Discover the answers to these questions and many more in this engaging visitor’s guide to the Moon. With eye-catching illustrations and packed with fascinating facts, this accessible picture book is guaranteed to spark curiosity in young readers about our nearest neighbour in space.
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Grey
£7.99Despite the joyful orange balloon, the huge yellow sun and the bright green trees, the child still feels grey. That is until a reassuring hand reaches out and shares words of kindness. Soon the child begins to see the warmth of colour again, and understands that their colours will always be there and that they will always be loved, whether they feel grey or sunshine yellow.
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Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore mine mansion
£8.99This is a story about a dog that found a mine. And how a mine built a house. And how that house housed some pigs. Who were not wanted where they were. So the house had to be moved. With the ingenuity of Idahoans. And the help of horses. And logs. Is this the greatest story every to involved dogs, pigs, horses, and logs? If not, it will do until a better one arrives.
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Shiver
£7.99Evil organization Razor have triggered the final stages of their plan for world domination – and teen spies Swift and Hawk are the only people who can stop them. As Razor instructs their superhuman assassins the Shiver to take out their enemies, Swift and Hawk race to Berlin to track down the only tech capable of standing in their way. Time is running out fast – and if they fail, the world will never be the same again.