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A little fox is in a big, bad mood and is worried that its mother won’t love it forever. In this lyrical picture book we see a clever and resourceful mother prove to her child that a parent’s love is limitless – no matter what! Beautifully told and exquisitely illustrated, this 25the anniversary edition includes never-before-seen sketches and a special letter from Debi Gliori to delight a whole new generation of readers.
On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. So what if her relatives all think she’s destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants – pirate, explorer or even detective. Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit. With the help of her sisters and cousin, Shenanigan grudgingly takes on the case, but more murders, a hidden treasure and an awful lot of suspects make things seriously complicated. Can Shenanigan catch the killer before the whole household is picked off?
Let’s explore the airport! With sturdy flaps to lift on every page, little ones can have hands-on fun finding out about what goes on at the airport. Young readers will enjoy opening doors, recognising each familiar machine from the self check-in desk to the big jumbo jet and finding out what all the different people at the airport do. Meet a pilot, a technician and an air traffic control marshal, watch a plane being repaired in a hangar and find out all the tools each person needs to do their job. This book features over 30 sturdy flaps to lift, along with charming artwork that introduces new concepts and vocabulary in a simple and accessible way.
When three girls are stranded at the grand Bramble Estate in the middle of a snowstorm, they stumble into a murder plot. Someone has poisoned wealthy Emily Vanforte in the middle of a family dinner – which means Devi, Lizzie and Jayne are trapped in the house with a killer and a mystery to solve. With knives under floorboards, vanishing guns and secret passages in the walls, no one is safe and everyone is a suspect. But in a house of liars and corruption, will the girls save themselves – or learn to fit in.
Raina wants to be a normal 12-year-old. But when she trips and falls,severely injuring her two front teeth, she begins a long, frustratingjourney with braces, surgery, hideous headgear and evena retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there’sa major earthquake, boy confusion and friends who turn out tobe not so friendly.
The classic bestselling picture book Big City Ballet is back in a beautiful, refreshed hardcover edition! This is the eleventh classic Angelina picture book from Little Simon.
Discover the world of dinosaurs in this action-packed, bumper book of dinosaurs. Organised chronologically, it has 3D illustrations so realistic it’s like stepping back in time.
While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front door. Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows about her past, and she’ll do anything to keep it that way. Then one of her young female patients is murdered, killed in the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims. Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she’s not like her father. The police can’t pin anything on her. As long as they don’t look in her basement.
Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn’t show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell – beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running – is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything. It turns out Dawn wasn’t just an awkward outsider – she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who’s the real victim? But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.
An unputdownable, explosive YA thriller from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder, perfect for fans of Karen McManus, Cynthia Murphy and Holly Jackson.
Layla. Kai. Liam. Fliss.
Terrified big sister. Troubled surfer. Insecure genius. Pampered princess.