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Explore weird, wonderful and mind-blowing tech and discover the tech breakthroughs that are shaping the futureDid you know artificial intelligence has been used to decode rat squeaks? It can also play games with you, make art and recognise your face! Find out how the technology works and become an expert in all things AI from neural networks to intelligent agents and deep learning.Super Tech explores the cutting-edge technology in your home, up in space and even inside your body, and gives you a glimpse into the tech of the future. Informative, accessible facts are combined with a mix of photography and playful illustration that's perfect for readers aged 7 and up.

The complete unofficial guide to weird, wacky, and wonderful in-game Minecraft activities!The complete unofficial guide to weird, wacky, and wonderful in-game Minecraft activities!Minecraft gives everyone so many opportunities for open-ended play... but when you have the whole world to explore what do you do?This book solves that problem, with 101 amazing ideas for fun challenges and quests in Minecraft. From finding every animal to making your own food factory, creating the ultimate underwater base to challenging your friends to an online dance-off, you won't believe the crazy tasks within. In-game activities range from combat quests to building challenges, and even mad stunts. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to increase their Minecraft fun 101 times over!

Nolan and the rest of the New Protectors are facing their greatest challenge yet. The wizard Daltec has been struck down by a magical curse, and the land of Tangala is in grave danger from the sorceress Zuba, who wants to destroy the kingdom forever. But when the brave young fighters and their mystical animal companions set off on their Quest to fight back against Zuba, a great storm leaves them stranded. Lost in a dense forest, can Nolan track down and defeat a fearsome monster that can hide itself in plain sight? The fate of Tangala depends on him and his friends!There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in the latest set of this beloved series – don’t miss out! Dolrus the Spiked Destroyer; Zynara the Striped Prowler; Makroxa the Tunnelling Terror and Kyropta the Skeleton Eagle.

A beautiful picture book that explores how the life of one Amur (Siberian) tiger of the around 500 alive today, is linked to countless other animals and why biodiversity matters. Produced in association with the Natural History Museum, the book helps young children explore conservation without being alarmist.Vivian Mineker uses watercolour, coloured pencil and digital processes to create a modern look with a traditional texture.The book is part of the series One Life, One Planet for children age 5 plus. Titles in the series: One Blue Whale in Ten Thousand /One Bee in Billions / One Amur Tiger in Five Hundred / One Koala in Fifty Thousand

With over 100 nature poems, this gorgeous collection is an exciting celebration of the natural world and its wonders from Enid Blyton, the world’s best-loved storyteller.From birds in May and August flowers to green trees in November and summer seaside walks, explore the enchanting worlds of animals, birds, trees and plants throughout the year in verse.Beautifully illustrated throughout by Becky Cameron, this enchanting poetry book is the perfect gift to read throughout the year and will delight all nature lovers.

Countdown to Christmas with 25 festive stories from the world’s best-loved storyteller – perfect for reading before bedtime!Cosy up with this cheery collection filled with the joy and wonder of the holidays. From a magic sleigh bell that grants wishes to Santa getting stuck in a chimney, these jolly stories by Enid Blyton are perfect to read in the lead up to Christmas.These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.Enid Blyton remains one of Britain’s favourite children’s authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.Read all of Enid Blyton’s bumper short story collections. New in 2024:Goodnight StoriesFive-Minute Summer StoriesMagical StoriesOne-A-Day Christmas Stories

INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR * FASTEST EVER SELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL * NOW ON NETFLIX * Now in gorgeous special-edition hardback: with an extra never-before-in-print mini-comic, beautiful endpapers and an exquisite foiled cover, this is an unmissable edition.INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR * FASTEST EVER SELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL * NOW ON NETFLIX * Now in gorgeous special-edition hardback: with an extra never-before-in-print mini-comic The Ethics of Infatuation Dynamics, beautiful endpapers and an exquisite foiled cover, this is an unmissable edition.Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the beloved HEARTSTOPPER series.'Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry OnNick and Charli

A collection of stories full of magical creatures and exciting adventures from Enid Blyton, the world’s best-loved storyteller.Get ready to enter a world of hidden treasure, dazzling spells and enchanting tales. From wicked witches stealing from the Fairy Queen, to missing keys in Fairyland, there’s magic everywhere in this collection of short stories by Enid Blyton.These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.Enid Blyton remains one of Britain’s favourite children’s authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.Read all of Enid Blyton’s bumper short story collections. New in 2024:Goodnight StoriesFive-Minute Summer StoriesMagical StoriesOne-A-Day Christmas Stories

What wonders are soaring far above your head? Come on a journey to meet the creatures who live high in the treetops, the birds that ride the wind, the people who have braved the highest mountain summits, and the stories we tell to explain the night-time's dazzling stars. There is a whole world in the sky, waiting to be discovered... Selected by the CBCA on the list of Notable Books for 2024 in the Eve Pownall Award category, High is an illustrated non-fiction book that explores the natural world above us and the efforts humans have made to venture high above the Earth, from early flying machines to modern skyscrapers.Linking seemingly diverse subject matter, it invites the reader to explore the wonder of the universe.

Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Three casinos.Three bodies. Three days. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate.But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial killers, this one uses different methods every time. All of the victims were killed in public, yet the killer does not show up on any security feed. And each victim has a string of numbers tattooed on their wrist.Hidden in the numbers is a code - and the closer the Naturals come to unraveling the mystery, the more perilous the case becomes. Meanwhile, Cassie is dealing with an equally dangerous and much more painful mystery. For the first time in years, there's been a break in her mother's case.As personal issues and tensions between the team mount,

Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. All of your burning questions are answered in this shocking conclusion to the Naturals series - now with a bonus Naturals novella, Twelve, in print for the first time!When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her mother's murder.But now, everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night has been called into question. Her mother is alive, and the people holding her captive are more powerful - and dangerous - than anything the Naturals have faced so far. As Cassie and the team work to uncover the secrets of a group that has been killing in secret for generations, they find themselves racing a ticking clock.When the bodies begin piling up, it soon becomes apparent that this time, the Naturals aren't just hunting serial kille

A bewitching collection of magical tales by the world’s best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up!From witches and wizards to spells and enchantments, there’s a spellbinding story for everyone in this short story collection by Enid Blyton!These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.Enid Blyton remains one of Britain’s favourite children’s authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.Read all of Enid Blyton’s bumper short story collections. New in 2023:Five-Minute StoriesStories of Tails and WhiskersSpellbinding StoriesStories for Christmas

You're in charge! Let your mind run free and draw, paint and scribble your way through this fun and imaginative activity book. With over 20 activities, prompts and step-by-step drawing activities built in throughout, children will learn how to draw a whole host of animals, from foxes and rabbits to owls and elephants, and then create visual stories for their creatures to come to life in. Perhaps the rabbit wants to be a superhero, or fox has a party to attend.Created by award-winning illustrator Marion Deuchars, each spread features easy-to-follow steps and plenty of space for children to experiment and practise in.

Introduce The Famous Five to younger readers with these BRAND-NEW mystery stories for children aged five and up! In this full-colour, newly created adventure story, the Five investigate a mysterious noise on Kirrin Island . . .The Five are camping on Kirrin Island and hear a mysterious noise coming from the castle. And when they don’t find anything in the dark, Dick tries to convince the others that it’s the ghost of Kirrin Island. But ghosts aren’t real… right?Set in the world of Enid Blyton’s best-loved series, this newly created story follows Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on a special new adventure. The story is broken down into short chapters with vibrant, full-colour illustrations on every page – perfect for shared reading or for newly confident readers to enjoy independently.Also look out for: The Birthday Adventure, Five to the Rescue!, Timmy and the Treasure, Five and the Runaway Dog and Message in a Bottle, illustrated by Becka Moor.Enid Blyton’s eight original

Comic Strip Chemistry makes learning about the science behind behind materials fun! It covers topics such as different states of matter, changing states, atoms and much more. Each spread in this series features a short, funny comic strip that explains a process or aspect of science. Around the strip, diagrams and panels give further information on the topic.They are a fantastic way to engage children aged 8 plus with science. The illustrator, Jess Bradey, is winner of the 2021 Blue Peter Award for Best Non-Fiction for A Day in the Life of a Poo, Gnu and You and also writes and draws for The Phoneix Comic. Titles in the series: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space, Physics.

A fun-filled adventure about being yourself and finding friendship in the most unexpected places . . . because even the beast at the bottom of the loch needs a friend! From Waterstones shortlisted Meg McLaren.Far away in the north, at the edge of the Ancient Forest, lives a little unicorn.Wee Unicorn is very small, and she's very loud . . . but she's not magic (and everyone knows unicorns are supposed to be magic!). Wee Unicorn would love to find friends to play with, but how can she fit in when she feels so different?A fun-filled tale of adventure and finding friendship in the most unexpected places by Meg McLaren, winner of the Scottish Bookbug Picture Book Prize and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

A fun-filled adventure about being yourself and finding friendship in the most unexpected places . . . because even the beast at the bottom of the loch needs a friend! From Waterstones shortlisted Meg McLaren.Far away in the north, at the edge of the Ancient Forest, lives a little unicorn.Wee Unicorn is very small, and she's very loud . . . but she's not magic (and everyone knows unicorns are supposed to be magic!). Wee Unicorn would love to find friends to play with, but how can she fit in when she feels so different?A fun-filled tale of adventure and finding friendship in the most unexpected places by Meg McLaren, winner of the Scottish Bookbug Picture Book Prize and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2023ONE OF THE THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOKS FOR CHILDREN 2023The first book in the ‘criminally good’ Crookhaven series, the secret school where students are taught to do wrong, so that one day, they can put the world to rights.“So this is really a school for criminals.” It was meant as a question, though it came out more as an accusation.“We are so much more than that,” Caspian said, sitting in a plush leather chair and gesturing for Gabriel to sit in a similar one across the table. “We are a home for the forgotten, a sanctuary for the lost and … yes, a training ground for the greatest crooks of the future.”13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he’s caught.But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven – a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery

It’s a dog’s life! An adorable book of letters from Bobs the dog, by much-loved author Enid Blyton. The perfect gift for animal-lovers of all ages.“Bones and biscuits! If a cheeky bird didn’t fly down to my nose and eat a crumb off my left whiskers! Really, people have no manners at all these days!” In this very funny book, Bobs gives us his opinions on everything from fireworks to frogs, cats to Christmas, in his own words. This illustrated collection of his letters takes us through a year in the life of Bobs, the adored pet terrier owned by national treasure Enid Blyton.Written by Enid Blyton every week to entertain young readers in the 1920s-40s, these have never been published together in book form before. The perfect gift for readers of any age, from 7 to 97, who love dogs and funny stories.

Discover the Magic Faraway Tree and explore the amazing lands it can lead to, in an irresistible new story by bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, set in this much-loved world.Milo, Mia and Birdy are on a countryside holiday when they wander into an Enchanted Wood. Among the whispering leaves, there is a beautiful tree that stands high above the rest. The Magic Faraway Tree is home to many remarkable creatures including a fairy called Silky, her best friend Moonface and more.Little Birdy is only too happy to find that fairies are real. Even her older brother and sister are soon won over by the magic of the Faraway Tree and the extraordinary places they discover above it, including the Land of Unicorns. But not every land is so much fun.Danger looms in the Land of Dragons. Will Moonface's magic work in time to save the children?The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton was Jacqueline Wilson's own favourite book as a very young child. Now Britain's favourite contemporary children's author,

• Over 6 million copies sold worldwide• UK Children’s Number 1• Sunday Times Children’s Bestseller• Rights sold in 33+ countries• 20+ weeks in top 10 Children’s TCM• New York Times bestseller• Two more seasons commissioned by NetflixBoy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love.Heartstopper is the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel: this new edition - with a cover including Alice Oseman's artwork and photographs showing characters from the Netflix show - also contains exclusive pages from Alice's original TV scripts. 'Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind.Beautifully paced. I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry OnCharlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made to sit together.They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised. By Alice Oseman

Free the Beasts. Live the Adventure.Battle Beasts and fight Evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up!In the land of Tangala, a new Master or Mistress of the Beasts is to be appointed, and a band of brave young adventurers is ready to take part. But when four of the candidates are magicked away to another realm, it soon becomes clear that the Evil Wizard Malvel is responsible. Tom and Elenna must venture to the Netherworld and defeat Ossiron, a terrifying skeleton jackal, in order to rescue Nolan - one of the New Adventurers - and fight back against Malvel's wicked plan.There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in The Netherworld series - don't miss out! Ossironthe Fleshless Killer; Styx the Lurking Terror; Kaptiva the Shrieking Siren and Velakro the Lightning Bird.If you like Beast Quest, check out Adam Blade's other series: Team Hero, Sea Quest, Beast Quest: New Blood and Space Wars.

Rumblewick is a HIGHLY QUALIFIED WITCH'S FAMILIAR to the MOST UNWILLING WITCH IN WITCHDOM. No wonder he uses every spare moment to scribble away in his diaries. It's the only way he keeps from going totally bats on a broomstick! Now Haggy Aggy wants a TOTAL MAKEOVER so she can become a SLINKY OTHERSIDE SUPERMODEL in top-to-toe PINK. Urggh! All I can say is SOCKS and HELP

I mean. Is HAGGY AGGY totally bats on a broomstick in a burning belfry or WHAT? She's only starting a GIRL BAND and I have to be in it even though it is as clear as new moonlight - I AM NOT A GIRL! HELP!