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A triple helping of magic and mayhem with three hilarious Halloween picture books: Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble, Spells-a-Popping Granny's Shopping and Whizz Pop Granny Stop!Granny is kind of different . . .she wears strange hats and has a huge menagerie of cats, bats and frogs . . .she's a witch! Life is always surprising when Granny's around, whether taking her bats to the cinema or cooking up a big pot of gloopy soup. Three warm and funny stories about acceptance and the special bond between grandparent and grandchild in one special edition.

Find your baby's face in this delightful new lift-the-flap book with a mirror on every page! One thing is for sure - babies love mirrors! This brand new series of board books aims to enhance early mirror play as very young children will enjoy finding their own face on every page. Featuring large card flaps with friendly animals which are easy for even the littlest hands to grab, babies will enjoy reaching for these books again and again. Scan the QR code on the back cover to join in with the playful rhyming song based on the classic 'Finger Family' rhyme! Other books in the series include: Little Bear, Little Dog and Little Tiger

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 10 fluency levels aimed at children in Year 2 and 3. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading.Fluency 10 books have a word count of 5760 words with an expected reading rate of 120 words per minute.Follow three woodland creatures – a bat, a frog and a hedgehog as they navigate dangers and prepare to hibernate for the winter. Each animal must face key decisions and risky obstacles as they try to find

Get to know things that go in these action-packed board books featuring sliding counters!Discover different building site vehicles in this series of interactive board books with easy-to-use moving parts. Learn vehicle vocabulary with simple first words, clear diagrams and helpful text prompts to encourage discussion. Then trace the transport around different tracks with a moving counter on every spread and the cover.The perfect book for children who love diggers and dump trucks - and being in the driving seat! Other titles in the series include: Farm

Adults and children alike will be enchanted by these charming board books, distinguished by the exceptional quality of the sounds that bring every picture to life. The books have a button on every spread which triggers one of six sounds that each introduce a different pet.

Get to know things that go in these action-packed board books featuring sliding counters!Discover different emergency vehicles in this series of interactive board books with easy-to-use moving parts. Learn vehicle vocabulary with simple first words, clear diagrams and helpful text prompts to encourage discussion. Then trace the transport around different tracks with a moving counter on every spread and the cover.The perfect book for children who love fire engines and police cars - and being in the driving seat! Other titles in the series include: Farm, Building Site, Cars, Trucks, Trains

Get to know things that go in these action-packed board books featuring sliding counters!Discover different types of trains in this series of interactive board books with easy-to-use moving parts. Learn vehicle vocabulary with simple first words, clear diagrams and helpful text prompts to encourage discussion. Then trace the transport around different tracks with a moving counter on every spread and the cover.The perfect book for children who love diggers and dump trucks - and being in the driving seat! Other titles in the series include: Farm, Building Site, Cars, Trucks, Emergency

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book

An internationally bestselling series of board books with amazing real-life sounds! What sounds do a nightingale, cuckoo, great tit, magpie, pigeon and blackbird make?

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Level

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embraces her natural curls.Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tía Ruby, and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she can have "presentable," "good hair."But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment, and the much-needed help of Camila and Tia Ruby, she slowly starts a journey to learn to appreciate and proudly wear her curly hair.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book

National Book Award LonglistTIME's 10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2020NPR's Best Book of 2020Shelf Awareness's Best Books of 2020Publishers Weekly's Big Indie Books of FallAmazon's Best Book of the MonthAICL Best YA Books of 2020CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Books of 2020 PRAISE Stirring.. Raw and moving.--TIME Beautiful imagery and with words that soar and scald.--The Buffalo News Easily one of the best books to be published in 2020. The kind of book bound to save lives.-- LitHub A powerful narrative about identity and belonging.--Paste Magazine FOUR STARRED REVIEWS ★ Timely and important. --Booklist, starred review ★ Searing yet dryly funny. --The Bulletin, starred review ★ Exceptional. --Shelf-Awareness, starred review ★ Captivating. --School Library Journal, starred review The term Apple is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly red on the outside, white on the inside. In APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE), Eric Gansworth tells his story, the s

The Times Children’s Book of the WeekPicture Book finalist, Teach Early Years Awards 2022A shipwrecked elephant makes his tiny island a home for the many friends who come to the rescue, in the new picture book from New York Times Illustrated Book Award winning author.Caught in a storm, Arnold the elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes Mouse in a little dingy and Arnold steps aboard…uh-oh! They use the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here’s Dog—can this boat take Arnold’s weight? Uh-oh!None of the animals can save the shipwrecked elephant but each broken vessel provides new materials for another intricate construction. Wheels and pulleys create a Ferris wheel, an elevator, a waffle maker. All the animals work as a team to build increasingly intricate constructions that turn the desert island into a fun park city. Soon there is a whole community and enough space for everyone!As with all Leo Timmers picture books, Elephant Island has many layers of discovery. Tapping int

Charlie and Mouse are stirring up some magic! Join the fun in this latest edition in the Geisel Award-winning series. Every day is magic with Charlie and Mouse! In this latest continuation of the Charlie & Mouse early chapter book series, the two brothers are mixing up a magical potion--with sweet and surprising results. In Charlie & Mouse Are Magic the brothers also dance in the rain, bring some animals to dinner, and make wishes come true! SIBLINGS ARE THE BEST: The Charlie & Mouse books show a sibling friendship that is kind and cooperative as well as full of humor, imagination, and play. IDEAL FOR READERS READY FOR SHORT CHAPTERS: Each chapter in this book is a new adventure as Charlie and Mouse engage in imaginative play with Mom, Dad, and each other. An ideal and accessible transition for readers who are just moving into chapter books. HUMOR WITH HEART: The Charlie & Mouse books offer a picture of family life that feels authentic and has lots of humor and warmth.

Join Clifford and his best friend, Emily Elizabeth, in this box set of six classic stories!Young readers can now carry their favorite Clifford the Big Red Dog storybooks with them wherever they go in one convenient box set with a handle!The story box includes six bestselling 8x8 paperback books, including Clifford’s Manners, Clifford’s Good Deeds, Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbors, Clifford and the Big Storm, Clifford Grows Up, and Clifford’s Pals.This box is a great value -- $30 worth of books for only $12.99!

The detective dogs are back for a swashbuckling pirate adventure!Shifty and Sam have swapped their life of crime for a career in cupcakes. But when they’re asked to bake for a pirate party, they find themselves caught up in the middle of a robbery. Uh-oh! Captain Sharpwhiskers and his criminal crew have stolen Captain Chucklebeard’s treasure! Can Shifty and Sam catch those BAD pirates and bring back the loot? Find out in this hilarious, rhyming picture book adventure!Tracey Corderoy is a multi-award-winning author and has written over 70 books for children including collaborations with Rosalind Beardshaw and Sarah Massini.Steven Lenton has created many books with Tracey Corderoy and also illustrates books by David Baddiel, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Peter Bently. His books have won awards such as the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award and have been selected for the WHSmith Children’s Book of the Year and Tom Fletcher Book Club.Read all the Shifty and Sam picture book adventures:Shifty McG

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book

Books 1-3 in this fantastical series about a human girl who befriends sparkly, magical pegasuses are now available as a bind-up!Welcome to the Wing Realm, the magical land of the Pegasus Princesses!When Clara Griffin is playing in the forest near her home, she’s thrilled to discover a magical silver feather and a flying armchair that transport her to the Wing Realm! Clara makes her way to Feather Palace, home to eight princesses who each have a unique magic power. They are delighted to meet Clara―they rarely meet any creature without wings! Clara’s visits to the Wing Realm are always packed with high-flying adventures full of creativity, fun, and friendship, and readers will be thrilled to journey to the Wing Realm along with her!This bind-up includes the first three books in the delightful series―Mist's Maze, Aqua's Splash, and Flip's Fair.

"I can't ever choose to be normal even for a single minute of a single day of my entire life."When 12-year-old Darren Dudlow tears down his school with his bare hands, it's not just the police who want to talk to him. Enter Marek Masters, 14 years old, 19% alien and the most intelligent, most wanted "almost human" alive. And Marek's here to tell Darren that he is 21% Monster. Marek thought he was the only survivor of "Project Helix" a deadly top-secret experiment to "improve" the DNA of children. Now Marek's found Darren, it's time the two of them brought the people behind Project Helix to justice.

Some houses are NEVER at peace...SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN'A gothic gem of intrigue and atmosphere' HWA Debut

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Level

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Level

This series of stunning illustrated books demonstrates the stories behind some of nature's greatest phenomena. In Extreme Earth, discover the natural phenomena and weather that shape our Earth and its

This series of stunning illustrated books demonstrates the stories behind some of nature's greatest phenomena. In Oceans, discover the unique, precious ecosystems of the sea and the wildlife that live

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NYT Best Children's Books of 2021Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times-bestselling author, returns to the fairytale world with this haunting retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.Or so everyone believes.When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her… for a price. Love isn't meant to be part of the bargain.Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be brok

A box set of high-contrast art cards based on our best-selling series of high-contrast books, which have more than 180,000 copies in print!Introducing SmartContrast Montessori Cards: Hello, Animals, a

From Mo Willems, creator of the revolutionary, award-winning, best-selling Elephant & Piggie books, comes this breakout beginning-reader series, Unlimited Squirrels.An ensemble cast of Squirrels,

Buried amongst the treasures in Professor Brownstone's vaults lies a humble collection of books. Filled with legendary stories from his ancestors, they tell of fearless fighters and unlikely heroes. V

***********************The phenomenal international bestseller - 100 million copies of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series sold worldwide.One of the Bookseller's 30 most influential books of the la

NYT Best Children's Books of 2021A Junior Library Guild SelectionA damsel to the rescue! Raised by a mean ogre of a father who eats his opponents for dinner, Blancaflor is often told not to show off her own considerable powers for fear of scaring off suitors. When a prince falls from the sky and wakes up in her lap, she is spellbound and moves heaven and earth to help the endearing, yet not so clever, young man, all while trying not to let him know. With their trademark magnificent brio, Nadja Spiegelman and Sergio García Sánchez update a classic tale extolling the strength and resourcefulness of women.

Invigorate your brain and brighten your day with a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle using art from the insanely popular books made by Greg Paprocki. The stunning artwork used for these three new puzzles has been taken from the following books: S Is for Santa, Day of the Dead: A Count and Find Primer, and Trees: A Count and Find Primer. Gathered around a table with family or friends, or tackled solo, there is a puzzle for everyone and every interest.

Invigorate your brain and brighten your day with a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle using art from the insanely popular books made by Greg Paprocki. The stunning artwork used for these three new puzzles has been taken from the following books: S Is for Santa, Day of the Dead: A Count and Find Primer, and Trees: A Count and Find Primer. Gathered around a table with family or friends, or tackled solo, there is a puzzle for everyone and every interest.

Invigorate your brain and brighten your day with a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle using art from the insanely popular books made by Greg Paprocki. The stunning artwork used for these three new puzzles has been taken from the following books: S Is for Santa, Day of the Dead: A Count and Find Primer, and Trees: A Count and Find Primer. Gathered around a table with family or friends, or tackled solo, there is a puzzle for everyone and every interest.

A marvellous follow-up to the super-savvy picture books that first launched Clarice into prize-winning orbit, this full-length novel revisits Clarice's wacky family.

The perfect mix of the continuing, still-popular adult coloring trend and the perennial interest in "spooky season."Leading into Halloween and contributing to coloring books' staying power, DARK ART will be perfect for fans of Kerby Rosanes's intricate coloring books and a must-have for anyone who loves all things spooky. The book will be packed with beautiful, complex illustrations of all the creepy classics: monsters, skeletons, haunted castles, and more!

Named one of the best books of the year by People Magazine, Buzzfeed, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and more!"Dazzling...

Kids are learning to read with Rocket! Rocket, the beloved puppy from Tad Hills’s New York Times bestselling picture books, returns in an easy-to-read book about a sleepless sleepover.Rocket is having