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A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade in 1920s Berlin. The city’s crowded streets, thriving arts scene, passionate politics and seedy cabarets provide the backdrop for a chance meeting with a woman, which will haunt him for the rest of his life, in this emotionally powerful, intensely atmospheric and touchingly profound novel about new beginnings and the unfathomable nature of the human soul.
Set off on an outdoor adventure to find natural treasure, from prickly pine cones to swirly snail’s shells, then learn more about the found object with irresistibly illustrated and informative nature notes. Packed full of fascinating facts alongside a gentle rhyming narrative and encouraging children to get outside and explore their surroundings, this is a nature treasure hunt series for the whole family to treasure!
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Malala Yousafzai, the incredible activist for girls’ education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate?.
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Isadora has a wobbly tooth. Should she give her fang to her dad so he can frame it like all vampires do, or should she leave it for the tooth fairy, as her mum would like?Isadora isn’t sure until she makes a new magical friend, Mignonette, who helps her to come up with a totally unique new tradition, perfect for the totally unique Isadora.
That September 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles’ splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life – and the fate of his country – forever changed. Together with his sister-in-law, the pianist Roser Bruguera, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile. When opportunity to seek refuge in Chile arises, they take it, boarding a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda to the promised ‘long petal of sea and wine and snow’ over the seas. There, they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations, destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.
Millie and the Ballet Bunnies are on a trip to the theatre to see some real ballerinas dance!
A fun way to learn the alphabet while getting clean! Each letter also represents an animal so that the child’s vocabulary can grow! Soft foam shapes stick to the tub and tile when wet, perfect for keeping babies and toddlers engaged and entertained at bath time.• Packaging contains 50% recycled material. Printed with nontoxic inks.• 26 foam shapes stick to tub & tile when wet• Package: 6.5 x 9.75 x 2.25″, 16.5 x 25 x 6 cm• Mesh storage bag with suction cups included• Ages 2+.
A World Book Day 2021 story from Zanib Mian with hilarious cartoon-style illustrations. Laugh out loud with Omar and his amazing imagination! Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid. One of Omar’s best friends, Daniel, has a little sister who goes to hospital regularly. He usually finds it easy to cheer her up when she’s there, but this time he feels he needs to do something extra special. Enter Omar and their other best friend Charlie to help with Operation Kind! The boys try to come up with the perfect surprise for Suzy, and when they find out her favourite author is in the UK for just one day it feels like it was meant to be. Can the boys overcome all of the ridiculous obstacles that get thrown in their path and face their fears, in a race against time to get a signed copy of the book for Suzy?
Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project – a small green notebook containing the truth about his life. Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighbourhood café, Julian never expects Monica, the owner, to track him down after finding it. Or that she’ll be inspired to write down her own story. Little do they realize that such small acts of honesty hold the power to impact all those who discover the notebook and change their lives completely.
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?
‘American Dirt’ explores the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border, a journey which thousands of migrants make each year. Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist. Yesterday, she was with everyone she loved most in the world. Today, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left. For him, she will carry a machete strapped to her leg. For him, she will leap onto the roof of a high speed train. For him, she will find the strength to keep running.
InvestiGators is the side-splittingly funny comic book series by John Patrick Green – perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey and Dogman.
Have you heard of the Beasts? No, not many people have. That’s because they are very rare. So rare, in fact, that there is only one Beast in each country. This is the tale of one home-loving Beast, whose determination to overcome his loneliness leads him to undertake a daring and dangerous quest to find others like him.
Sometimes life isn’t fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she always comes last at sports day, even though it’s not her fault. And her family haven’t taken her to one single dog show. And she never gets a good part in the school play. But none of that matters in the end – because Mabel is still magnificent. The third book in a hilarious new series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories, this is ideal for newly-confident readers.
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