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Perfect for fans of THE GREAT BRITISH COLOURING BOOK and THE GREAT BRITISH ACTIVITY BOOK. THE GREAT BRITISH HOLIDAY BOOK is filled with entertainment to keep any bored child busy throughout the holida

In THE BEASTLY BEST BITS Terry Deary and Martin Brown take you on a guided tour through the history of the world using their favourite bits of 20 years of HORRIBLE HISTORIES books. And they promise to

When a boy is bitten by a strange silver beetle, he becomes the first victim of a mysterious infection. But this is no ordinary virus. It turns flesh into metal, and pupils into machines. The virus is

Eleven-year-old Olivia has been in care since she was five, and is just beginning her sixteenth placement. Her new home is a secluded farmhouse, centuries old, that was once a notorious baby farm, whe

Snorghs don't have visitors. Snorghs don't share soup. And Snorghs most definitely DO NOT like adventures. But then a bedraggled sailor arrives telling exciting stories of exotic lands - and the Snorg

Everybody knows the sad tale of the Little Match Girl, but less well known is the story of the girls and women who slaved fourteen hours a day in the match factories, only to contract such fatal compl

HOW TO MAKE A UNIVERSE FROM 92 INGREDIENTS takes on the impossible and triumphs - it makes chemistry fun! A unique and imaginative take on chemistry for children, with 'experiments' that show how all

Mary Wade's story will take the MY STORY reader on a long and perilous journey, beginning in eighteenth century London's slums, taking in the Georgian criminal underworld, imprisonment in Newgate pris

George has a new pet - but Sparky is no ordinary lizard! Soon he is growing bigger and bigger, and he can't stop accidentally setting things on fire. Can George convince his mum and dad that dragons m

Two Tudor stories by Alison Prince in a gorgeous paperback format. My Tudor Queen is the diary of Eva De Puebla who comes to England as lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. Anne Boleyn and Me is th

Murderous Maths has been given a gorgeous new cover look! Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts they don't teach at school. Find out how maths can rescue someone in deadly peril

Murderous Maths has been given a gorgeous new cover look! Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts they don't teach at school. Features the ama

In Savage Shapes, discover how to command respect throughout the entire Universe, learn why the US defence headquarters is a pentagon, and discover the quickest way to get a naked Colonel back to his

For readers scared of squares and perplexed by primes, the next in the unchallenged Murderous Maths series, The Key to the Universe, reveals how they could win a million dollars and become famous. Mea

Readers must pit their wits against Professor Fiendish in the Foul Formula Challenge and Chainsaw Charlie and his gruesome gang discover that even the simplest maths can be murderous. Using a host of

Only a wall divides Earth from the beasts of Beastium. Only a boy and his dogbot defend the wall and protect Earth. Kai Masters. Border guard and beast battler.From the creators of Zac Powe

The engaging Explore My World picture books invite kids to take their first big steps toward understanding the world around them and are just the thing for parents and kids to curl up with and read aloud. In Explore My World Snow Leopards, curious kids will be excited to learn about rare and beautiful snow leopards: their habitat, how they've adapted for a cold climate, and how they care for and teach their cubs.

Reunion is a little-known novel. But it is also a universal story of friendship. It is a book of great power, waiting to be discovered.On a grey afternoon in 1932, a Stuttgart classroom is stirred by the arrival of a newcomer. Middle-class Hans is intrigued by the aristocratic new boy, Konradin, and before long they become best friends. It’s a friendship of the greatest kind, of shared interests and long conversations, of hikes in the German hills and growing up together. But the boys live in a changing Germany. Powerful, delicate and daring, Reunion is a story of the fragility, and strength, of the bonds between friends.WITH AN AFTERWORD BY RACHEL SEIFFERT

Where's the Easter Bunny? is the perfect search-and-find sweet treat. The Easter Bunny has fallen down a magical burrow! Follow him through wondrous lands full of lollipops, gooey eggs centres, fairyt

Terry Deary names and shames fifty of history's most merciless miscreants in this unique, laugh-out-loud, full colour Who's Who. Stories, newspaper articles and fact files reveal just who put the horr

THE WORKBOOK CONTAINS:‧ A variety of exercises practicing grammar and vocabulary‧ Tasks practicing functions adj.ang age used for communication‧ Extra reading material‧ Personalized writing tasks COM

Acclaimed author Beverly Cleary first introduced the irrepressible Ralph S. Mouse in her beloved The Mouse and the Motorcycle. In this award-winning sequel, Ralph points his mouse-sized red motorcycle toward a life of speed, danger, and excitement. Readers are in for a rollicking ride.Ralph is tired of being bossed around by his mother and Uncle Lester, and he's fed up with his pesky little brothers and sisters. Maybe they're happy with their lives, but Ralph is determined to grow up to be something more than just another mouse scrounging crumbs at the Mountain View Inn. He's going to run away! It's not long before the brave mouse is speeding down the open road on his bike. He finds adventure beyond his wildest dreams - and people-sized danger he never expected.Best-known for her popular Ramona stories, two of which have been named Newbery Honor Books, Beverly Cleary has been awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for 40 years of distinguished writing for children. Her ability to insti

The forms of action are a part of the structure upon which rests the whole common law of England and, though we may have buried them, they still, as Maitland says, rule us from their graves. The follo

Deadly Days in History is the most horrible Horrible Histories book yet. Terry Deary and Martin Brown take you on a whirlwind tour through the most dreadful, disastrous and deadly days in the whole of

Learn the names for baby animals and their parents in this new picture book by the acclaimed Thomas Flintham. The newest title in an early-concept toddler series, this innovative book comes with exten

John Berryman - American Writers 85 was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered f

Carson McCullers was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original Uni

The Regents Restoration Drama series provides soundly edited texts, in modern spelling, of the significant plays of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Each text is based on a fresh c

The space competition is only one of the major concerns of the contributors to this volume. Their investigations cover all the areas of interaction, of conflict and cooperation, between science and th

In an age when science and technology are becoming the popular yardsticks for measuring progress or prestige in international affairs, it is strange indeed that little literature relevant to the role

Erskine Caldwell - American Writers 78 was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltere

Stephen Crane - American Writers 76 was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered f

Kenneth Burke - American Writers 75 was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered f

John O'Hara - American Writers 80 was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered fro

Harold Frederic - American Writers 83 was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered

Isaac Bashevis Singer - American Writers 86 was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published una

E.E. Cummings - American Writers 87 was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered f

The earliest memories of Thomas Henry Tibbles (1840–1928) were of adventure and danger as his pioneer family followed the frontier west from Ohio to Bleeding Kansas, where young Tibbles volunteered fo

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Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Richard Hofstadter, and other have maintained that Andrew Jackson set off a chain reaction when he vetoed the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832. This i