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Some friendships are meant to be... A story about family, friendship and belonging, from bestselling author, Sarah Lean. Hope lives with her artist mum in the Pyrenees. It's always been just the two of them... until Frank - a free-spirited...

Straighten your cape and ready your fangs . . . the ghosts are biting back. The spookiest story you'll read this year is the ghoulish follow-up to Alex Foulkes's highly acclaimed Rules for Vampires. A vampire and a ghost being friends is unheard of. It...

Padraig Kenny's The Shadows of Rookhaven is a story about family and forgiveness, the sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven.Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and...

Meet the Lotterys: a unique and diverse family featuring four parents, seven kids and five pets - all living happily together in their big old house, Camelottery. Nine-year-old Sumac is the organizer of the family and is looking forward to a long summer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of IODE Jean Throop Book Award 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780735264069Author Sharon HampsonFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Book Award 2017 and Hawaii Nene Award 2016 and Maine Student Book Award 2015 and New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award...

Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for October 2021Winner of the Honour Award for Fiction, KPMG Irish Children's Book Awards 2021Sometimes the monsters take us. Sometimes we become the monsters.Mirabelle...

The true story of social media sensation Esther the Wonder Pig and her two dads that inspired the New York Times bestselling memoir for adults is now being told in a picture book with adorable illustrations and a message of love.When Steve and Derek...

In this second installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies returns for another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls.After...

The Lotterys More or Less is bestselling author Emma Donoghue's warm, funny and compelling novel about a thoroughly modern family, illustrated by Caroline Hadilaksono.Sumac Lottery is the fifth of seven kids who share their big house with four parents,...

Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids' Indie Next List Pick From Leslie Connor, award-winning author of Waiting for Normal and Crunch, comes a soaring and heartfelt story about love, forgiveness, and how innocence makes us all rise up. All Rise for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062653864Author Ethan M AldridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperalleyPublisher HarperalleyWeight(grams) 522g

The Wrong Pong by Steven Butler is a laugh-out-loud, stinky story for 5+ girls and boys.One night, Neville Brisket wakes up from a strange dream - a dream that there is a horrible, stumpy finger stuck up his nose. Then he finds his room in a mess, and...

A BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEAR A beautifully illustrated story, written with a light and humorous touch, that celebrates nontraditional families and captures exactly what lies at the heart of family life - love. 'Elvi, which one is your mum?' ...

Padraig Kenny's The Shadows of Rookhaven is a story about family and forgiveness, the sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven.Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910222225Author Donor Conception NetworkFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Donor Conception NetworkPublisher Donor Conception Network

Enter the colourful world of Indigo Wilde, and the magical creatures she takes care of ... When a moon bear appears at the door, Indigo's off on a hair-raising adventure! A wonderfully wild series for readers of 7+ and fans of Pippi Longstocking and...

Five years. That's how long twelve-year-old Coyote and her dad, River, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mum and two sisters. Coyote hasn't been home in all that time,...

Maybe the Moon tells the story of Eric, a little boy who loves his life in his forest home with his animal friends for company. When he moves to the city, he sets about searching for happiness in a strange new environment.Eric's journey shows him that...

From award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the fourth book in the Luna Loves... series celebrates separated families at Christmas, and the power of giving to bring people together. Luna loves Christmas. Sometimes at Mum’s, sometimes at Dad’s,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781536231373Author Steve McCarthyFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 561g

"A moving and realistic story . . . Sunflower shines with emotion, convincing dialogue, and relatable characters." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunny Beringer hates her first name-her real first name-Sunflower. And she hates that her mom has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510715028Author Marina AizenFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Sky Pony PressPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442421110Author Nina MalkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 142mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062852588Author Jody LittleFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 219mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061349744Author Vera B WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Greenwillow BooksPublisher Greenwillow BooksWeight(grams) 363g

Fifteen-year-old Calli has just about everything she could want in life--two loving moms, a good-looking boyfriend, and a best friend who has always been there for support. An only child, Calli is excited when her parents announce that they want to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481464970Author J. Anderson CoatsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Atheneum Books for Young...

From an acclaimed author comes a cheerful, uplifting story of family and belonging, the first in a series perfect for fans of the Vanderbeekers and the Penderwicks.If you want to get to know eleven-year-old Samantha Ali-O'Connor, you need to know three...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780763690427Author Leslea NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544223882Author Karen EnglishFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062803467Author Margaret DillowayFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 446gDimensions(mm)...

Talittuq is excited to start his first day of grade two. He is looking forward to the new school year, but as he meets his friends again for the first time after summer vacation, he notices that a lot of his friends' families are very different from his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782898024092Author Ophelie CelierFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Crackboom! BooksPublisher Crackboom! BooksWeight(grams) 222g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643753102Author Nicole MellebyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Algonquin Young ReadersPublisher Algonquin Young Readers

Nivi has always known that her names were special, but she does not know where they came from. So, one sunny afternoon, Nivi decides to ask her mom how she got her names. The stories of the people Nivi is named after lead her to an understanding of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994280909Author Yoko MatsuokaFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Euclid PressPublisher Euclid PressWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of IndieFab awards (Family & Relationships) 2005 and Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (Interior Book Design) 2005 and Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (Illustration) 2005...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062852502Author Jody J. LittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)...

The movie tie-in edition of the award-winning and hugely popular adventures of Timmy Failure and his polar bear sidekick Total, who create chaos as they attempt to make sense of the world in the first book in the New York Times bestselling series...