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Jasper worries that his bean that he planted will not grow, but after a patient wait discovers that it has grown into a bean plant.

Learn how to plant and nurture a sunflower by following Sam's story, with basic facts alongside.

A puffin gets separated from his best friend during a storm but a kindly whale helps to search for him

A retell of the well-loved classic The Three Billy Goats Gruff with a hilarious twist

The classic Andersen fairy tale in an African setting

A girl opens up a book looking for the story that's perfect for her and tumbles inside.

Join Professor Goose as she travels through the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, exposing the flaws and explaining the science

A recipe book for younger readers inspired by Julia Donaldson picture book The Gruffalo

A boy's imagination transforms a stick into a host of different things that he can play with.

A little boy loses his temper when he has a bad day at the park with his family, but apologises to them when he eventually calms down.

A little girl has a worry that follows her around getting bigger and bigger each day, until she discovers that if she talks about it, the worry shrinks and eventually disappears.

When a frog decides that he doesn't want to sit on a log, a cat teaches that all animals have their special places to sit!

A rhyming story of strange food and zany characters.

Martha zooms in, page by page, to our planet, her community, her home, and beyond to her dreams of a future where anything is possible.

A collection of poems that encourage performance of the words, with tips and suggestions

Based on the original stories by Michael Bond, a new Paddington adventure with real mail to open and enjoy!

A little mouse postman makes his rounds as he delivers letters and parcels to a variety of different animals.

The farm animals use an old typewriter to send their demands for greater comforts to Farmer Brown.

A collection of illustrated poems on the seasons and weather

A tongue-in-cheek guide to becoming friends with a ghost.

A young boy is encouraged to see the beauty of the city as he and his grandmother travel by bus to the shelter where she volunteers as a server in a soup kitchen for homeless people.

A boy writes to various people to ask advice on how to look after a dragon which he finds living under the stairs in his house.

Collection of poems for young children by established poets

A striking new interpretation of the Rapunzel story with a dark and witty twist.

Looks at the habitat and characteristics of the blue whale.

A glimpse of three women dressed as mermaids leaves one boy filled with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

Anna goes to the beach with her family and has fun playing in the sea.

A traveller boy worries that he has lost his homework book, but discovers that his busy weekend incorporated many different aspects of his school work.

A girl gives instructions for washing a pet woolly mammoth.

A wordless story about a boy dealing with the unfamiliar surroundings of a new country, and how he adapts to his new home as he gradually gets used to his new way of life.

SuperJoe is convinced he doesn't need cuddles from his mum. He flies around the neighbourhood rescuing people from escaped tigers, runaway trains and raging rivers, all while battling his nemesis the Grey Shadow. Naturally, he refuses all cuddles. Until one night, when he can't sleep...

Follows the adventures of a young boy's action figure as he plays with him

A new collection of poems from acclaimed children's poet, Mandy Coe.

When a rat comes to live at the edge of their wood, the animals decide they don't like having a stranger in their midst.

A little rabbit adventures far away from home to find berries to put on his mother's cake.

A koala afraid of the world below his tree learns how to join in with his animal friends

Two squirrels compete over possession of the last nut on the tree but have to cooperate with each other when they end up falling in a river.

A little mouse decides that he wants to be more like brave Lion but discovers that even Lions are afraid of some things.

Illustrates a variety of unusual and interesting jobs that people get paid to do.

An illustrated re-telling in rhyme of Lewis Carroll's classic 'Alice in Wonderland'.

A little girls organises a cleanup of her local beach after her seagull friend eats plastic rubbish.

A boy gradually overcomes his fear of jumping from the high board at the local swimming pool.

"...A promising debut by Abby Hanlon, a former first-grade teacher who does delightful childlike drawings." -USA Today

A young girl celebrates the beauty and significance of her older sister's decision to wear the hijab.

Jack discovers that he can write poetry and enjoys it and while he is writing about some very important feelings of his own, he is also reading other people's poems, as well as learning about all the wonderful things poetry can do.

Rocket organises a peaceful protest to save her local library.

A space-mad girl looks forward to seeing a meteorite shower in the park, but must distract her older brother from his phone to accompany her.

A young girl sets off on a mission to save a Caribbean island from plastic pollution.

Gives a set of instructions for travelling safely through a fairy tale landscape

Illustrations relate how a young child and a wolf cub help each other when they become lost in the snow.

A look at different festivals from around the world - religious, cultural, historical - throughout the seasons.

A classic tale about a boy and a robot defending Earth from a creature in outer space.

A collection of performance poems to inspire young people's own creative writing.

Improve performance and writing techniques with these 25 poems.

A young Viking boy must save his town from a giant wolf monster with the help of the Viking gods

A king bans the dark from his kingdom, but his citizens revolt against him when they realise that they do not want to live in perpetual daylight.

The Starbird despairs when he is imprisoned by the King as a gift for his daughter.

A picture book retelling of the true story of a giraffe sent to Paris as a gift from the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt to King Charles X of France.

A fun explanation of how everyday house hold machines work.

This activity book helps children to think like an inventor by introducing key engineering concepts in a highly visual and entertaining way. Through fun activities and Harriet Russell's playful illustrations, it encourages readers to engage with new ideas and think about problems in a creative way. The book explores the six key aspects of engineering that are essential to any successful inventor: problem-finding, designing, making and testing, improving your invention, building techniques and how to find new uses for existing objects. Each spread centres on an open-ended question that introduces a different way of approaching an invention. Activities include making a bridge from toothpicks and mini marshmallows; inventing a way to lift this book without touching it; building a painting robot; designing your own remote control; and harvesting electricity from a banana. At the end of the book is a tinkering lab, which includes paper-based crafts and engineering activities.

Take a close-up look at the world around us to examine well-known, everyday environments and reveal how all the various objects and machines found there operate. 

A young girl is encouraged to realise her dream of becoming an engineer when her great aunt discovers one of her inventions which she keeps hidden.

Explores strange and mysterious occurrences through history including UFO sightings, ghostly apparitions, unexplained disappearances and mysterious curses.

An illustrated journey through the countries of Africa.

Discover recipes and cultural traditions from 26 different countries around the world.

Journey through India and explore its incredible diversity in this richly illustrated book.

Facts about the United Kingdom, including its geography, culture and wildlife.

Leon takes his younger siblings to a magic show and ends up becoming part of the act.

A collection of poetry including all the various poetic forms required by teachers for the National Curriculum

Malala Yousafzai recounts her life growing up in Pakistan and being aware of how lucky she was to be able to go to school, which led to her campaigning for the right for every child to be allowed an education.

A picture book story inspired by the environmental activism of Greta Thunberg in which a girl stops giants from ruining the world.

A collection of poems on many subjects and with many moods from Valerie Bloom.

A young thief is drawn into a revolution when she has to flee her village after steal jewels from the Queen's bedroom.

A look at monsters - real and imagined - from throughout history and around the world.

A compendium of mythical animals and magical creatures from myths, legends and folklore around the world.

Monkeys help a poor tea picker by picking the mystical Cloud Tea for her after she shares her food with them.

Told in the style of 'The House that Jack Built', tells the story of two friends who join the army to fight in World War I.

A young girl steals an old lady's handbag but discovers acorns inside which she promises to plant around the city

When Mary's father first showed her the treasure that lay in the rocks around the house, she could hardly believe her eyes. And from then on Mary Anning became a dedicated fossil-hunter.

Biographies of 13 women who had an impact on society throughout history

Highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from both the ancient and modern worlds.

A celebration of the lives and achievements of inspirational black scientists through history.

Using letters written on paper aeroplanes, a young girl tries to encourage a boy to leave his cossetted mansion room to play with her in the forest

A fold-out concertina book which explores the differerent layers of our planet's atmosphere and out into outer space.

Looks at all of the layers of our planet through a concertina fold-up format

Looks at all of the layers of the sea through a concertina fold-up format.

Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built, or who had built it, but there it stood . . . casting a long, dark shadow across the valley, across Preston itself.

When strange plant spores begin destroying buildings and killing people, a young boy and others strive to survive in their tower block in south London.

A collection of poems and raps by hip-hop artist and poet, Karl Nova.

Praise for The Lost Book of Adventure:

An adventure-filled game book that features multiple options so you can choose which path to take.

Although Sam bullies Davey in front of his friends, when he gets to know him, he realizes he likes him, but won't let his friends know, until a joke endangers Davey's life.

The blackbirds' song uplifts and restores in this captivating novella from one of the most exciting voices in children's fiction.

In this stunning collaboration of two exceptional talents, the striking charcoal illustrations and nimble text reveal what happens at night when the gargoyles come to life.

The author imagines the stories behind a series of illustrations left at a publishers by a mysterious artist who never returns to collect them.

Facts about our solar system, galaxy and universe, with woodcut illustrations by Chris Wormell.

A wisp brings hope to a refugee camp.

An illustrated introduction to speeches that have changed the world and the historical context around them.

Uses notes from the fictional Arthur Spiderwick's journal to present information about mythical creatures and beings

Six original fairy tales with a magical element

Amazing real-life stories about extreme survival, with colour illustrations.

Lyrical text celebrates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Lyrical text celebrates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award.

Anthology of positive upbeat poems about looking after our planet and the people on it

Take your place in the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare's day to see seven of his best-loved plays in performance

Twelve Shakespeare plays presented afresh by Leon Garfield in narrative form. These are not simple retellings, but more like a refashioning of the dramas as stories, which remain true to the essential spirit of the original versions.

An illustrated exploration of our solar system.

When a rat comes to live at the edge of their wood, the animals decide they don't like having a stranger in their midst.

A tongue-in-cheek guide to becoming friends with a ghost.

A young boy is encouraged to see the beauty of the city as he and his grandmother travel by bus to the shelter where she volunteers as a server in a soup kitchen for homeless people.

A boy writes to various people to ask advice on how to look after a dragon which he finds living under the stairs in his house.

Collection of poems for young children by established poets

A striking new interpretation of the Rapunzel story with a dark and witty twist.

Looks at the habitat and characteristics of the blue whale.

A glimpse of three women dressed as mermaids leaves one boy filled with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

A traveller boy worries that he has lost his homework book, but discovers that his busy weekend incorporated many different aspects of his school work.

A girl gives instructions for washing a pet woolly mammoth.

A wordless story about a boy dealing with the unfamiliar surroundings of a new country, and how he adapts to his new home as he gradually gets used to his new way of life.

SuperJoe is convinced he doesn't need cuddles from his mum. He flies around the neighbourhood rescuing people from escaped tigers, runaway trains and raging rivers, all while battling his nemesis the Grey Shadow. Naturally, he refuses all cuddles. Until one night, when he can't sleep...

Follows the adventures of a young boy's action figure as he plays with him

A new collection of poems from acclaimed children's poet, Mandy Coe.

A young Viking boy must save his town from a giant wolf monster with the help of the Viking gods

A king bans the dark from his kingdom, but his citizens revolt against him when they realise that they do not want to live in perpetual daylight.

The Starbird despairs when he is imprisoned by the King as a gift for his daughter.

A picture book retelling of the true story of a giraffe sent to Paris as a gift from the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt to King Charles X of France.

A fun explanation of how everyday house hold machines work.

A young girl is encouraged to realise her dream of becoming an engineer when her great aunt discovers one of her inventions which she keeps hidden.

This activity book helps children to think like an inventor by introducing key engineering concepts in a highly visual and entertaining way. Through fun activities and Harriet Russell's playful illustrations, it encourages readers to engage with new ideas and think about problems in a creative way. The book explores the six key aspects of engineering that are essential to any successful inventor: problem-finding, designing, making and testing, improving your invention, building techniques and how to find new uses for existing objects. Each spread centres on an open-ended question that introduces a different way of approaching an invention. Activities include making a bridge from toothpicks and mini marshmallows; inventing a way to lift this book without touching it; building a painting robot; designing your own remote control; and harvesting electricity from a banana. At the end of the book is a tinkering lab, which includes paper-based crafts and engineering activities.

Take a close-up look at the world around us to examine well-known, everyday environments and reveal how all the various objects and machines found there operate. 

Explores strange and mysterious occurrences through history including UFO sightings, ghostly apparitions, unexplained disappearances and mysterious curses.

An illustrated journey through the countries of Africa.

Discover recipes and cultural traditions from 26 different countries around the world.

Journey through India and explore its incredible diversity in this richly illustrated book.

Facts about the United Kingdom, including its geography, culture and wildlife.

Leon takes his younger siblings to a magic show and ends up becoming part of the act.

A collection of poetry including all the various poetic forms required by teachers for the National Curriculum

Malala Yousafzai recounts her life growing up in Pakistan and being aware of how lucky she was to be able to go to school, which led to her campaigning for the right for every child to be allowed an education.

A collection of poems on many subjects and with many moods from Valerie Bloom.

A young thief is drawn into a revolution when she has to flee her village after steal jewels from the Queen's bedroom.

An anthology of poems alphabetically arranged by author

A look at monsters - real and imagined - from throughout history and around the world.

A compendium of mythical animals and magical creatures from myths, legends and folklore around the world.

Monkeys help a poor tea picker by picking the mystical Cloud Tea for her after she shares her food with them.

Told in the style of 'The House that Jack Built', tells the story of two friends who join the army to fight in World War I.

A young girl steals an old lady's handbag but discovers acorns inside which she promises to plant around the city

When Mary's father first showed her the treasure that lay in the rocks around the house, she could hardly believe her eyes. And from then on Mary Anning became a dedicated fossil-hunter.

Biographies of 13 women who had an impact on society throughout history

Highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from both the ancient and modern worlds.

A celebration of the lives and achievements of inspirational black scientists through history.

Using letters written on paper aeroplanes, a young girl tries to encourage a boy to leave his cossetted mansion room to play with her in the forest

A fold-out concertina book which explores the differerent layers of our planet's atmosphere and out into outer space.

Looks at all of the layers of our planet through a concertina fold-up format

Looks at all of the layers of the sea through a concertina fold-up format.

When strange plant spores begin destroying buildings and killing people, a young boy and others strive to survive in their tower block in south London.

Praise for The Lost Book of Adventure:

An adventure-filled game book that features multiple options so you can choose which path to take.

Although Sam bullies Davey in front of his friends, when he gets to know him, he realizes he likes him, but won't let his friends know, until a joke endangers Davey's life.

The blackbirds' song uplifts and restores in this captivating novella from one of the most exciting voices in children's fiction.