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BOOK GIVEAWAYS

A fantastic range of books and DVDs for you to win in our May giveaways -  EAT & STARS PICTURE BOOKS, SHAKESPEARE STORIES, OLYMPICS/QUEEN, HORRID HENRY JOKE BOOK, HORRID HENRY DVD, FRENCH, LOVE2READ PHOTO BOOK, LONDON STICKER BOOK. Full details and entry form.

 

New books

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Books for under fives

 Spot's First Words and Spot's First Numbers These are ideal books for parents and children to share and enjoy together, helping young minds to develop and make sense of the world. I love the way these books encourage toddlers to trace around the shapes and learn in a tactile way. The textures are fascinating and slightly different and a great way to learn the shapes of the numbers. These lovely chunky books are a great addition to the range about this lovable character.
Zingzilla's are the new CBeebies favourites - a rocking band of popstar primates. Have fun with the activity books and then read the stories. These brightly coloured books will capture young one's interest and they will enjoy reading about the TV characters.
The perfect book for young hands with its padded cover and tactile felt fillings for the sandwich. A Caribbean counting poem - count along and learn about weird and wonderful fruits. Smarties Bronze prize winner. Learn how to make biscuits at the same time as learning where the ingredients come from. Story, information and recipe, all in one. Lots of details to spot in the illustrations make this book about preparing for a party appealing for children. They will enjoy hearing the rhyme. Another title in the popular Charlie and Lola series by award-winning Lauren Child. Bound to be a hit with children!
         
A gorgeous new peek-a-boo book! Babies love to play peek-a-boo and this lift-the-flap book is guaranteed to generate squeals of delight! When Ted falls out of bed, three tearaway mice whisk him off on a breathtaking adventure... It's all very exciting, but will it get Ted back to bed? Each night, in the hours between supper and bedtime the Tear Thief carries her waterproof, silvery sack over her shoulder as she soundlessly steals the tears of every child who cries... This little fish has a very big imagination! Every day, Tiddler is late for school, and every day he has another tall take for his teacher. But did he really ride a seahorse? Did he really meet a mermaid? A perfect penguin present is brought to life with an animated DVD! Ben is delighted when he rips open his present and finds a penguin inside. "Hello, Penguin!" he says. Penguin says nothing.
 
     
This book captures the unbreakable bond between child and toy - it will ring a bell with every parent who has had to search high and low for that favourite toy! Is your worst worry the one you haven't even thought about yet? Then this is just the book - another hilarious book from Lauren Child. Three classic fairy tales for your toddler in this lift-the-flap collection by wonderful illustrator Nick Sharratt. A fantastic story told almost entirely through pictures - a follow-up to the popular Hug. For 3 to 7 year olds, a lovely story about a lion who makes himself useful in the library - but will he overstep the mark?
         
The perfect story about starting school, this book recognises that children are both nervous and excited.... and so is Harry! A fun interactive book to share with your baby. Introduce your child to parts of the face - with a fantastic novelty mirror on every spread and a peekaboo finale. This story reminds us how important a caring teacher is to young children - a wonderfully reassuring book to read with your child. Book and cd from the ever-popular Dr Seuss. Hilarious rhymes and wonderful pictures. Something for everyone in this book. Another winner from the team who brought us The Gruffalo.
         
When Mummy Duck lays an egg one day, Duckling is puzzled; he’s never seen anything like the pale blue thing his mother and father are so excited about. What can it be, he wants to know? Young children will be enthralled by this entertaining story of dragon hunts and hairy wardrobe monsters, and absorbed by the extraordinarily rich and detailed illustrations. A picture book that shows it is what's inside that matters, told by that inimitable master storyteller Mick Inkpen. Hippo doesn't want to be a hippo. She'd rather be an eagle or a buffa-luffa-lo. That's until she meets a scary crocodile and discovers that hippos are brave and kind too.  

Five to eleven year olds
         
In seven warm and funny stories for five years olds and over, Judy Blume perfectly captures the roller coaster relationship that exists between brother and sister. Wickedly funny and brilliant fun! Tuffy is the Killer Cat. He knows what he likes and wherever he goes, mischief and mayhem follow closely behind...For 5 and over Seven year olds up will enjoy this story. Will is desperate to win the Giant Jelly Baby competition and be named the best boy in the world. However, his big brother Marty always beats him to it.

Perfectly capturing the rhythms of everyday farming life, these are beautifully told stories.

For ages 7 years and over.

 No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His original battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore in the north of England...8 years and over
       
Tim, the Tiny Horse is definitely the smallest horse you could ever find. His stable is a matchbox with a tic-tac box conservatory and with a cocktail stick, some cotton and a hawthorn berry, Tim can play swingball. In Larklight, Philip Reeve's brilliant imagination shines through in this wonderful Victorian space adventure as Art and Myrtle battle to save the galaxy from giant spiders. Two sisters in wartime France find a blind soldier hiding in the woods. In return for their kindness the soldier tells the sisters marvellous tales, connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a tiny, silver donkey. When Silas Heap unseals a forgotten room in the Palace, he releases the ghost of a Queen who lived five hundred years earlier. Queen Etheldredda is as awful in death as she was in life, and she's still up to no good. Percy and his friends set off on a quest to save 'Camp Half Blood'. Under 11s will enjoy this story if they like scary stories.
         
Varjak Paw has the power of the seven skills , so he can be the best cat in the land...but can he be better than Sally Bones? Ayesha lives in Beirut, a city torn in half by civil war. When her granny falls ill, Ayesha has to venture into the other side for help. Capturing superbly the hustle and bustle, flair and extravagance of late 18th Century times in London, this introduces its feisty heroine with an exciting adventure. 'The Tide Knot' is the dramatic and spellbinding sequel to Helen Dunmore's critically acclaimed 'Ingo'. This book is simply hilarious. Gryllus, the talking pig is back. Well, strictly speaking, he's a human in a pig's body...it's a long story.
         
An adventure involving mouse activists, the prime minister, cheese addicts and a wildly insane Tinby. Will they survive with their whiskers intact? This is the tale of a small boy, Hugo Pepper, and his amazing exploits. We all know the story - but what happened next? Joy and heartbreak combine in this bittersweet tale of a champion greyhound's journey through life -- and from owner to owner! This book for 6-8 year olds introduces Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr Munroe. No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve ...

Eleven to fourteen year olds
 
   
A gripping story told by father and daughter. It takes the reader from Australia during the Second World War, and back again to England. Sym finds herself en route for the Arctic, the place of her hopes and dreams. This book will grip you from beginning to end. To mark the centenary of Peter Pan, a search was made for a sequel. This book is highly recommended. David saves his brother's life and suddenly his whole world turns upside-down. Is anybody safe? An intriguing plot and life-like characters. Ithaka is home to the great warrior Odysseus. When he leaves his island, who will protect it?
         
Everything is changing in the Casson household! A sequel to the award-winning Saffy's angel. Theresa Breslin has written many popular books and this will be another favorite. An epic adventure, set in Leonardo da Vinci's Italy. Philip Reeve has woven his own electrifying version of the Arthur legend and provides a strikingly vivid glimpse into dark-age Britain. A chilling and dramatic tale of belief and freedom, of imprisonment and of escape - from multi-award-winning author Anne Fine A wonderful piece of gothic literature. It's extremely atmospheric and transports the reader immediately to the snowy forests of 16th Century Carpathia.
         
Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the quiet, cautious, studious younger sister. Jodie is bold and brash and bad - but Pearl adores her anyway. When their parents get new jobs at a fusty old boarding school, the girls have to spend their summer holidays in the school with just a few children and staff for company. Thought-provoking and very funny, this is a joy to read. Justin's grapplings with Fate, first love and just being a teenage boy make this a highly original book. Highly recommended for adults and teens alike. A gripping novel from a good story teller. Amber's family think she's gone to Cornwall on holiday, but really she's left home. She's forging a new life - new housemates, new job and (with a little luck) new boyfriend. The city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat. Teenage football prodigy El Brujitovanishes without trace. Paul Faustino, South America's top sports journalist, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As a story of corruption and murder unfolds, he is forced to confront a bitter history of slavery.  
       
 

 

Thank You for letting me know about the prize. I look forward to receiving it and getting lots of new ideas for my sons lunchbox! DE
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