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Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. He created one of the first designs for a stored-program computer and is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. During World War II,...

Discover London through the seasons in this colourful rhyming Poppy the Pigeon's London Home book, perfect for little tourists.Join one very adventurous pigeon on a trip through the seasons and around London, as she looks for a place to build her nest...

From the author of The Plot to Kill Hitler trilogy and Escape from Chernobyl comes another fast-paced, high-interest historical thriller, chronicling two daring attempts to cross the Berlin Wall, set decades...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451470515Author Ludwig BemelmansFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1395gDimensions(mm) 284mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602194731Author Adam GamblePage Count 20Imprint Good Night BooksPublisher Our World of Books

A brand-new Christmas classic adventure about the magic of Santa Claus, set in North London and the North Pole - from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl A New York Times Bestseller ...

Meet Mark Anchovy: pizza delivery boy and private detective!'Hilarious and exciting' The Scotsman'LOVE this proper funny series ... Funny, fast-paced adventure with loads of cheese (the good kind!)' Pamela ButchartColin Kingsley is a pizza delivery boy...

Prepare yourself for the wrath of the Norsemen! That is, if you don't mind and it's not too inconvenient... Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997254914Author E G FoleyFormat HardbackPage Count 294Imprint Foley PublicationsPublisher Foley PublicationsWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A madcap adventure starring a bandit family, a LOT of sweets and a girl who is ready for anything... Maisie is convinced her summer holiday is going to be as boring as ever - until she's snatched by the Robbersons, a bunch of bandits with an...

One day, Will and Lucy's dad just ... vanishes.They have no idea why he's disappeared until a creepy stranger reveals their dad was keeping a BIG secret. Then there's the second clue: an old diary they find hidden in the walls of their Royal Mile house,...

The hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! There hasn't been a single disaster since Paddington came back from Peru. But he soon makes up for lost time. The Stock Exchange, the ballet, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735843387Author Ana SenderFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint North-South BooksPublisher North-South Books

Storyteller is storiwr in Welsh. The old word is cyfarwydd. And this book is a sneaky peek into a storyteller's repertoire.Meet the rowdy mermaids and drowned lands of Cardigan Bay, an ancient tree with a door into the otherworld, and the wise old toad...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585364497Author Gloria WhelanFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Sleeping Bear PressPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

Turn back time and introduce little explorers to Scotland's past through some of its most famous historical places. Explore Orkney's Skara Brae with Stone Age villagers, command Urquhart Castle with Robert the Bruce, return to Jarlshof in Shetland after...

When Antoinette, a comely young frog, learns that a famous artist is searching for beautiful flowers to paint, she becomes determined to get into the picture. But once the portrait is painted, it disappears - perhaps forever. This delightfully humorous...

On Midsummer's Eve the flowers invite Lisa to their party. Queen Rose greets her guests flowers from the forest, meadow, lake and garden, and even the weeds. Together they listen to the enchanting stories of grand Madame Pansy, shy wintergreen and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835380970Author Debbie DunningFormat HardbackPage Count 38Imprint Maple PublishersPublisher Maple PublishersWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142402245Author Marie McSwiganFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childLet's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot. Little Heidi loves living with her gruff grandfather in his secluded hut high is the...

Charlie McCandlewick is a nightsweep. But he doesn't sweep chimneys - oh no. While children are tucked up safely in their beds, Charlie takes care of the bogle creatures of the night: the Nippers and Nabbers who hide under your bed, the Croakies who flap...

The secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.Mary Lennox has grown up in India, surrounded by colour and life, and people who always do exactly what she wants. When her parents die, she is sent to her uncle's cold and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636550640Author Oleksandr ShatokhinFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Red Comet Press LLCPublisher Red Comet Press LLC

Enjoy two more miraculous adventures with the super powered heroes of Paris, Ladybug and Cat Noir! In "Frightningale", Adrien and Marinette are picked to play Ladybug and Cat Noir in a music video. But the singer gets akumatized and uses her magic mike...

Eoin Colfer's heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship and the bond between a girl and her grandfather - now in a standard paperback format for middle-grade readers. Little Lucja's Grandpa Feliks has seen off the German army, and the...

'The mystery element kept me turning the pages but it was the superb characterisation that made the story stay with me. It taught me that it's never too late to remake yourself into someone better' MALORIE BLACKMAN, TELEGRAPH 'The Secret Garden should be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780545682442Author Jennifer a NielsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

A sweet little mouse called Claris, a new friend and a seaside adventure on the French Riviera! - the third Claris adventure from beloved children's author Megan Hess.'Pack your bags darling Claris, try not to delay. We're off to the French Riviera -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338275780Author Jennifer a NielsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

Prepare yourself for the wrath of the Norsemen! That is, if you don't mind and it's not too inconvenient...Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary...

What would you do if you were stuck in a timeloop? As Ailsa reaches her thirteenth birthday, her celebration is dampened by a school rumour that has caused a huge fall out with her best friend. Worse than the rumour we'll call...

She was Queen of Scotland and of France, and a possible Queen of England; she was involved in a series of mysterious deaths; in the end she lost her head... But what was life really like for Mary, Queen of Scots? Put on your ruff and step into the...

I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There... Ira Aldridge tells the exciting story of the...

'I would rather be with my grandfather on the Alp than anywhere on earth!'When Heidi is sent to live in the Swiss mountains with her bad-tempered old Grandfather, everyone in the village feels sorry for her. What will a little girl do in such an isolated...

Agnes knows she is at home before she even opens her eyes in the morning. The sounds and smells and people swirl around her-she always knows what everyone is up to in the tight-knit apartment building where she lives. But she also knows what it is like...

Orphan Tom has been sent to live in the Scottish Borders with an uncle and aunt he's never met. But a remote sheep farm in Scotland is a different world from his home in London. Tom is lonely and struggles to fit in with strange new people and their odd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Golden Archer Award (Intermediate) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780545459389Author Lauren TarshisFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Scholastic USPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992844387Author Julia EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Laverstock PublishingPublisher Laverstock PublishingWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)...

Spend a day in France counting the dogs un-deux-trois, taking Doudou out for a walk, and playing until it's time for bonne nuit. Author Evelyne Holingue and illustrator Margaux Carpentier draw on their young lives in France to create an authentic picture...