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A hilariously tempting picture-book treat, perfect for fans of Jon Klassen I found a cookie. It's just sitting there, all alone. I wonder who it belongs to? I'm sure they'll be along to get it any second now.Poor cookie. Poor lonely cookie. Poor lonely yummy cookie.When a bear finds a cookie just sitting there, all alone, what is he to do? Should he pass up this tasty treat, or will he give in to temptation? Or is there someone else who wants the cookie even more?! Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton meets Steve Antony's Please Mr Panda in this fabulous treat of a story by Kael Tudor Perfect for any readers who have ever wrestled with temptation... Ben Sanders is the wonderfully talented illustrator behind Agent Harrier, Bad Apple, and Clive Penguin

Mary had a little lamb LION!Its roar was loud and strong. And everywhere that Mary wentThe lion would come along. .. Mary brings her pet lion EVERYWHERE. But when she smuggles him into school, Mary's teacher isn't exactly pleased! She banishes him from school immediately.But before he leaves, he discovers the school library, and curls up to listen to the children read. When two thieves sneak into the library to steal the books, can Mary's lion save the day and earn his spot in school? For fans of How to Hide a Lion and The Detective Dog, this spin on Mary Had a Little Lamb is a future classic in the making. An exciting new twist on a classic nursery rhyme, with a fabulously feisty heroine Abigail Harrison's playful rhyming text makes this the perfect story to read aloud Aysha Awwad is the illustrator of Worry Boots, and Whose Dog is This? which was shortlisted for the 2024 Waterstones Children's Book Prize

From Dav Pilkey, creator of the New York Times bestselling Dog Man, Cat Kid Comic Club, and Captain Underpants series, comes Dragon Tales: A Friend for Dragon, Dragon Gets By, and Dragon's Fat Cat in a single chapter book that's perfect for beginning readers. Dragon Tales contains three hilarious, warmhearted, and loveable friendship stories about Dragon, a hero that everyone will cheer for! With easy-to-read text, a short story format, plenty of humour, and full-colour artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. A Friend for Dragon: Lonely Dragon has made a friend and he loves spending time with his new buddy! He enjoys telling scary stories, cracking funny jokes, and fixing a midnight snack for them to share.But when his friend appears to be ill, Dragon demonstrates what it means to be a true friend. Dragon Gets By: When Dragon is tired, he accidentally reads an egg and fries his morning newspaper! And when Dragon goes grocery shopping, he buys more

Join this best-selling, award-winning odd-couple on their third and final adventure. Skunk and Badger face a winter they'll never forget when two young rats, Zeno and Zephyr arrive in need of a place to live and some adult supervision. The rats cause chaos! Badger has Important Rock Work to do, but it is not getting done.And it's winter, so the adults need to find time for hibernation! With snow, snowshoes, chickens in parakas and a climax that takes place at the sheep's Spaghetti Dinner at Herdick Lodge, this is a brilliantly witty final addition to the series. In a gifty hardback volume that includes full-colour plates and additional black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott medalist Jon Klassen, Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake takes readers on the final adventure in the new series reviewers have called an instant classic, with comparisons to Winnie-the-Pooh and Wallace & Gromit. With a gorgeous jacketed hardcover and illustrated endpapers, this is a great gift for fans of t

Join Stick Man and Santa on their search for the missing Christmas presents! Stick Man is helping Santa deliver the Christmas presents. But the presents have gone missing. Let's find them! Lift the colourful card flaps in this fun board book, perfect for small hands.A fun and interactive story based on the bestselling Stick Man by Julia Donaldson Enjoy the rich detail of Axel Scheffler's gorgeous illustrations, with so much to spot A jolly Christmas book perfect for little children, they will love lifting the flaps and searching for the missing presents Don't forget to check out Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's latest picture book, Jonty Gentoo!

In DOG MAN: BIG JIM BEGINS, discover the origin of our beloved characters from the Dog Man series as they join forces to stop the Space Cuties from destroying the city. Will the past predict the future for Dog Man and his friends? Will goodness and bravery prevail? Can anything happen if you truly believe? Get ready for another unforgettable book in the #1 worldwide bestselling series from master graphic novelist and award-winning illustrator Dav Pilkey. AND coming soon, the Dog Man movie from DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures! For more heartfelt and humorous adventures, join Flippy and Li'l Petey in the Cat Kid Comic Club series.Have fun with creativity with the official colouring book, Dog Man With Love. And don't forget about the series that started it all: Captain Underpants! Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including: empathy kindness persistence and the importance of doing good. Full colo

The perfect gift for any aspiring young chef who's ready to try out the family air fryer. The latest kitchen gadget, the air fryer, is the countertop must-have of the moment. It bakes, roasts and fries, and can be healthier and simpler than using the oven.Featuring foodie favourites for breakfast, lunch, dinner and desserts - plus snacks! - with easy-to-follow instructions, The Easy Air Fryer Cookbook for Children has 50 brilliant recipes to try, for every season. Includes air-fryer know-how basics, along with: a safe air frying guide successful air frying tips information on air frying equipment. Recipes include: Scotch Eggs Shrimp Scampi Hot Honey Chicken Tenders Falafel Pitta Pockets Parsnip Chips Sticky Toffee Pudding Chocolate Fondue and many more tasty treats.Your young cooking pro is sure to be inspired to whip up the most delicious dishes in no time. Get ready to be impressed!

A special edition of the fifth book in the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wings of Fire series that includes new, exclusive content!One will have the power of wings of fire . . .Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia's dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war, she's ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her.But shattering news from Morrowseer has shaken Sunny's faith in their destiny. Is it possible for anyone to end this terrible war and choose a new SandWing queen? What if everything they've been through was for nothing? Buried secrets, deadly surprises, and an unexpected side to scavengers are all waiting for her in the shifting sands of the desert, where Sunny must decide once and for all: Is her destiny already written?Or can five dragonets change their fate and save the world . . . the way they choose?

The Bad Guys are back in full colour! The bad news? The world is ending. The good news? The Bad Guys are back to save it! Sure, they might have to 'borrow' a rocket ... And there might be something nasty in one of the spacesuits ...And Mr Piranha might have eaten too many bean burritos ... but seriously, how bad can it be? How bad?! Super bad. It's one small step for the Sort-Of-International-League-Of-Good-Guys-Guys.It's one giant leap for The Bad Guys.

The Bad Guys are back in full colour! The Bad Guys are vanishing! A creature with TONS of teeth and WAY too many butts is stealing them, one by one. Is this the end for the Bad Guys? Maybe. Will it be funny? You bet your butts it will! Now in full colour!

Colour in over 90 pages of characters, patterns, and scenes celebrating Christmas at Hogwarts in this spellbinding colouring book inspired by the Harry Potter films! This official Harry Potter colouring book features over 90 Christmas images to colour – from portraits of Harry and his friends in their Yule Ball outfits and iconic movie quotes to patterned pages of Weasley sweaters and Hogwarts house scarves! Colour in a festively decorated Great Hall; Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s visit to snowy Hogsmeade; and much more! This new colouring book will feature beautiful artwork of some of the most memorable winter and Christmas moments from the Harry Potter films – all ready to be decorated by YOU! This colouring book will provide hours of magical fun, creativity, and inspiration – the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for Harry Potter fans of all ages! A gorgeous Christmas gift for Harry Potter fans Full of beloved characters, patterns and scenes from the movie to colour in Brimming with bea

Join Stick Man, Santa and some of your other favourite Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler characters in this bumper festive sticker activity book! Packed with over 1000 stickers and 55 activities, including colouring-in activities, dot-to-dots, puzzles, spot the difference activities, mazes and simple word searches, there's plenty to keep children busy for hours this festive season! This is a brilliant companion activity book for fans of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Can you finish the sequences? Or help Stick Man and Santa deliver the Christmas presents? Perfect for entertaining children on long journeys and during the winter holidays Includes a variety of activities to do with all the family Featuring characters from Stick Man, Tiddler, Zog, The Ugly Five, The Baddies and The Smeds and The Smoos! Don't forget to check out Jonty Gentoo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's latest picture book Look out for The Scarecrows' Wedding animation coming Christmas 2025!

The next evolution in storytelling from New York Times bestselling, Newbery Medal Winning author Erin Entrada Kelly!Twelve-year-old Lila has two goals for the summer: 1. Win back the friends who ditched her for being "too dramatic"2. Stop being so dramaticBut then Lila's estranged Grandpa Clem dies, throwing a wrench in her plans. Now she'll have to spend the summer in Ohio while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. It's supremely unfair. How can she show off the "new and improved" Lila from so far away?Even worse, strange things keep happening. En route to Ohio, the family gets into a scary car accident. No one's hurt, but the remainder of the trip is... odd. At every rest stop, Lila sees people in weird old-fashioned clothes. People no one else can see or hear...Lila convinces herself it's just her overactive imagination until the day of the funeral when she spots an old man sitting in her grandfather's favorite chair. She does a double take -- it's

NOW IN COLOR!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds...whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.The Bad Guys are about to have a very BAD day!Mr. Wolf and his bad buddies have messed with the wrong guinea pig -- one who is secretly an evil mad scientist. And the nasty little furball wants revenge! Will they survive? Will they be heroes? And will they ever stop trying to eat each other?!?It's time for the Bad Guys to spring into action! -- NOW IN FULL COLOR!

Now in paperback with colorful stenciled edges, the complete Harry Potter series in a special edition box set! A must-have for fans and collectors, and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.This special edition box set contains books 1-7 in the Harry Potter series in a deluxe paperback format with decorative gold foil on the covers and colorful stenciled edges featuring icons tailored to each book in the series. The perfect gift for fans, collectors, and new readers alike, this stunning box set is sure to be a treasured addition to any bookshelf.

Best friends Jasper, Mo, and Ruby try out for the flag football team and learn what it means to be a part of a team in the first installment of this action-packed, fully illustrated early chapter series!Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Nine-year-old Jasper is the best football player ever... when he's playing in his living room with his dad. But when he tries out for his town's flag football team, along with his friends Mo and Ruby, he realizes he might not be as skilled as he thought he was. Will Jasper help lead his team to victory in their first game? Or will Coach Sanders keep him on the sideline?Engaging black-and-white artwork appears on every page, and game-time scenes are told through fully-illu

Test yourself on your knowledge of all things disgusting in this Horrible Science Quiz Book. Science with the squishy bits left in! What would make the worst stink bomb ever? Can you eat and eat until your stomach bursts? Which animal pees while standing on its head? The answers to these queasy questions and more are all in Horrible Science: Quiz Book. fully illustrated throughout and packed with quizzical facts - with all the horribly disgusting bits included perfect for Horrible Science fans old and new the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read CBBC's Horrible Science series one is available now on iPlayer!

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Claribel A. Ortega: The third bookin the spellbinding Witchlings series!It's been months since the end of the Golden Frog Games, and a cure for the hex that turned young witches to stone still hasn't been found. Seven and Thorn want nothing more than to find a way to heal their friends, but everything they try ends in failure.When the Black Moon Ceremony arrives earlier than expected, Seven and Thorn take it as a chance to welcome any new Spares into their coven. But rather than welcoming a few Spares like they thought, all the witchlings in the ceremony are chosen to enter the Spare coven!The new Spares are met with anger from the Hill Society. They create more unfair laws that ban Spares from using magic and being equals in Twelve Towns society! On top of all that, Spares start disappearing. And no one seems to care.As Seven and Thorn struggle to find a cure for the stone hex and to stop the Twelve Town's unfair treatment of Sp

Build your child's pre-reading skills with this rollicking sound book of nursery rhymes from the bestselling learn-to-read Bob Books program!My First Bob Books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are inspired by Bob Books, the bestselling phonics program that's been teaching children to learn to read for more than forty years. Developed with reading experts, My First Bob Books encourage a love of reading while simultaneously building foundational pre-reading skills. My First Bob Books -- Read. Play. Grow!Did you know that nursery rhymes can prepare your child to learn to read? This sound book collection of six classic nursery rhymes is a first words book, a pre-reading skills builder, and a child's first introduction to phonics all in one!In this fun read-aloud for toddlers and preschoolers, rhythmic, rhyming text buildsoral vocabulary and phonological awareness, two critical pre-reading skills. Toddlers will love matching pictures to sound buttons to hear entertaining sound effects

The Bad Guys are back for their second big-screen movie, and it’s bigger and BADDER than ever!It takes a bad guy to catch a bad guy! Get ready for another thrilling adventure for our favourite bad guys. Fresh out of prison, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Ms. Tarantula, and Mr. Piranha struggle to make it as good guys. That is, until a fresh wave of crime sweeps the city. Can the Bad Guys help catch these dastardly foes? Read and find out in the action-packed novelization.*Perfect for Bad Guys fans*The exciting follow-up to the hit 2022 film*See all your favourite characters return to cause even more mayhem

It's time for a spooky adventure for Ari Avatar, your average Roblox kid living in a blocky world! Diary of a Roblox Pro is a must-read for any kid who loves to game. Ari, Zeke, and Jez just can't ignore a challenge from the school bully, Tripp. There can't really be a haunted house in Blockville...right? When the trio enters the mysterious house on the hill Tripp dares them to explore the creepy top floor. What's the deal with all these doors? And why can't Ari and his friends find a way out? And wait ... is that a giant spider?! Join Ari Avatar in the ninth Diary of a Roblox Pro book! A must-read for gamers Perfect for kids who love Roblox Filled with action, adventure and fun!

The third book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts... he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

The seventh book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages."As a farewell to the series, Deathly Hallows is everything fans of Harry Potter could hope for." -- Time"J.K. Rowling gives her readers, and her characters, precisely what they crave -- excitement, insight, closure, and catharsis galore." -- The Los Angeles Times"An instant classic." -- The Washington Post

Get ready for THE (creepy) beach read of the summer! Mega bestselling and award-winning author Tiffany D. Jackson (The Weight of Blood; White Smoke) makes her thrilling middle-grade debut with this can't-put-it-down murder mystery set on Martha's Vineyard. Think JAWS for a whole new generation!This summer, there's blood in the water...watch out for sharks!Kaylani is a born-and-bred Brooklyn girl. She expects to feel like a fish out of water spending the hot and sticky summer on Martha's Vineyard with family friends, the Watsons. But her mother insists, especially since Kaylani still spends long hours on the phone with her imprisoned father.The Watsons live in the town of Oak Bluffs, a place with a rich Black history that fascinates Kaylani. Though the Watsons' daughter, London, is snobby and unfriendly, Kaylani ends up connecting with some other kids in the town, who show her around. The beach IS really nice, and there's good ice cream to be had. Maybe there's something to Martha's Vin

The Bad Guys are back for their second big-screen movie, and it's bigger and BADDER than ever!Get the rap sheet on all of your favorite Bad Guys characters in this exclusive handbook! From Mr. Wolf to Ms. Tarantula to Professor Marmalade and Governor Foxington, learn all you need to know about how bad (and not so bad!) these characters really are. Bursting with fun facts and memorable quotes straight from the movies, this character handbook will be an absolute treat for fans of the notorious crew.

The Bad Guys are back for their second big-screen movie, and it's bigger and BADDER than ever!Get ready to create your own secret hideaway, trace your escape route, color in Mr. Shark's disguise, and so much more in the Bad Guys Movie 2 activity book! Join Mr. Wolf and the crew as they try to save the city, one fun-filled activity at a time. Includes a sheet of stickers!

The second book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.Ever since Harry had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike... And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls' bathroom. But then the real trouble begins: Someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects... Harry Potter himself!

The fourth book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for hundreds of years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal; he’s different -- even by wizarding standards. And in this case, different can be deadly.

The fifth book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? It's not just the upcoming O.W.L. exams; a new teacher with a personality like poisoned honey; a disgruntled house-elf; or even the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Now Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends beyond what even he knew, boundless loyalty, and unbearable sacrifice.

The sixth book in the Harry Potter series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! A must-have collectible for fans and a beautiful gift for book lovers of all ages.The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Hermione scans the pages of the Daily Prophet, reading out terrible news. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate -- and lose a few eyebrows in the process. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are tough, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And all the while Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, hoping to find what may be his only vulnerability.

Magic and mayhem collide in beloved bestselling author Lynn Painter’s THE WISH SWITCH, perfect for her fans and teens Emma Rockford knows it will take a whole lot of magic to make the school year go smoothly for her and her best friends. Luckily, before Emma’s nana died, she left instructions on how to access a secret wishing well. Emma plans every wish … but doesn’t anticipate obnoxious new kid, Jackson, throwing in wishes of his own that literally knock hers off course. When Emma discovers that her wishes are starting to come true, but for Jackson rather than for her, things get chaotic very quickly.Wishes will come true and sparks will fly … but only if Emma and Jackson work together. From bestselling author, Lynn Painter comes a hilarious laugh-out-loud story of friendship, family, crushes, and wishing – with a delightful dash of magic.

★ 暢銷爆笑續作登場！《The Fart That Broke World Book Day》宇宙級冒險再升級★ 放屁動力太空船、外星陰謀、銀河反派──最荒謬也最爆笑的宇宙救援任務★ 超多幽默插圖＋節奏飛快劇情，一翻開就停不下來！當莎絲琪亞被外星人抓走，朋友們駕著「放屁動力太空船」展開銀河救援任務。一路上，他們遇見宇宙最怪的餐廳、最奇妙的博物館，還捲入一場關於神祕裝置的星際陰謀。笑料不斷、節奏飛快，這是一場荒謬又刺激的宇宙冒險——而拯救世界的方法，可能只是一次小小的屁。ALL the fun and madcap adventure of THE FART THAT BROKE WORLD BOOK DAY continues in this planet-hopping, fart-powered-spaceship-shaking, laugh-out-loud story! When Saskia is captured by aliens who plan to turn her into a human fart-machine, Perks, Jezza and Leslie blast off on a mission to bring her back down to Earth. Things get even more complicated when they discover the spaceship holds some top-secret cargo… a gadget that the most dangerous, double-crossing villains in the galaxy are in hot pursuit of… Throw in a pitstop at the universe’s worst restaurant, a visit to the Milky Way Museum of Oddities and a deeply strange encounter with a praying mantis wearing a big bouffant wig and sparkly platform booties and it’s truly an OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD adventu

Meet Stick Man and his family in this bright and bold shaped board book from the bestselling creators of The Gruffalo and Zog. This board book is perfect for kids of all ages with sturdy shaped card pages and brightly coloured illustrations. The bouncy text introduces readers to the much-loved characters from the classic story.

From the author of Restart, the story of two boys who are losing their memories... to each other.Reef and Theo don't know what's happening to them. They'll be going about their days and then suddenly they'll have these strange flashes of memory -- but the memories don't belong to them. And at the same time, their own memories are starting to... vanish.For Reef, this is a big problem, because memories are all he has left of his mom.For Theo, it's strange because the new memories give him a freedom he doesn't have with his domineering dad.

More than just a book—a world of choices awaits! This big hearted interactive adventure lets young readers shape the story.Fred can't make a decision aboutanything-his parents always tell him what to do, from what to eat every day to which secondary school to choose.That's how Fred has found himself a pupil at the high-pressure, strict Gains School, when he'd much rather be going to Browtree, with its brilliant art department and kind teachers.As Fred waits for the bus to his new school, he sees the bus for Browtree pull up - and a wild, thrilling, thought strikes him. Should he jump on this bus and pretend he's a new student at Browtree?Will he be brave enough to follow a different path for once?You, the reader, will stand in Fred's shoes and make decisions alongside him throughout this story. You'll help him stand-up for what he believes in, learn what he truly loves to do, make good friends and face choices about whether to swerve or walk into drama.YOU are in charge ofThe Boy With

Join Stick Man and his family on their Easter Egg hunt! It's springtime and Stick Man and his family are going on an egg hunt together. Can you help them find the colourful eggs? Lift the flaps to search with the Stick family and find the missing eggs! A fun and interactive story based on the bestselling Stick Man by Julia Donaldson Enjoy the rich detail of Axel Scheffler's gorgeous illustrations, with so much to spot on every page A fun Easter book perfect for little children, they love lifting the flaps and searching for the missing presents Lift the sturdy card flaps in this fun board book, perfect for small hands.!

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz comes a gripping, 80-page bonus story about D-Day that can be read alongside the novel Allies, or on its own!Samira Zidane lives in Nazi-occupied France during World War II...and she has a secret. She and her mother are spies for the underground resistance. They crack codes and trade messages that will help sabotage the Nazis' plans.When her mother is captured by enemy soldiers, Samira must travel through the war-torn countryside on a desperate and daring rescue mission.And today just happens to be D-Day: the pivotal moment when Allied soldiers are landing in France. Battles rage all around her, and Samira only has a small dog named Cyrano for company. Can she find a way to save her mother before time runs out?

From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and acclaimed illustrator Mark Teague comes Poppleton, a posh and persnickety pig who always has a good time with his friends!You can read with Acorn! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!When Poppleton is with his friends, he always has fun! Poppleton goes to the movies alone but misses sharing the experience with a pal. He and his friends make a quilt together and take turns sharing stories. And Poppleton enjoys taking warm baths. But when he runs out of bath stuff, he and Cherry Sue go out for banana splits instead!This Acorn edition contains brand-new content, including a story prompt and how-to-draw pages!

The twelfth bestselling, full-colour Dog Man book from Dav Pilkey - you'll howl with laughter!The instant Number One bestseller, now in paperback! Our canine superhero returns in DOG MAN: THE SCARLET SHEDDER, the suspenseful and hilarious twelfth graphic novel in the trator Dav Pilkey!P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red colour remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog Man? And who will step forward when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots?The fun and creativity continue with Dog Man with Love: The Official Colouring Book. And for more heartfelt graphic novel adventures, join Flippy and Li'l Petey in the Cat Kid Comic Club series. And don't forget the series that started it all: Captain Underpants!Dav Pilkey's wi

With beautiful artwork by Freya Betts, this paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stencilled artwork. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or new Hunger Games reader. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Everything you would expect from Collins is here: fraught teenage love; plenty of violence...the themes of friendship, betrayal, authority and oppression will please and thrill" The Guardian "It works beautifully... please don't make us wait another decade" The Times Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him.But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning t