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Best-selling author Jacqueline Davies tells the story of two unlikely friends: Sydney and Taylor, a skunk and a hedgehog who strike out to discover the great unknown, despite how afraid they are of it. Charming illustrations and a laugh-out-loud story...

Luisa is repeatedly teased and called "weird" by her classmate Sam, even though she is simply being herself laughing with her friends, answering questions in class, greeting her father in Spanish, and wearing her favorite polka-dot boots. Luisa initially...

Written with great empathy and Rauf's trademark humour, this moving story gives a child's-eye view of the increasing problem of food poverty. Written with great empathy and Rauf's trademark humour, The Great (Food) Bank Heist is a moving story...

Children find grief difficult, and understanding where a loved one has gone can be a tricky topic to explain...Billy misses his mummy very much. She lives in the clouds. Some days the sun is shining and Mummy's clouds are nowhere to be seen. Those are...

From Judy Blume, author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Iggie's House is a moving novel that tackles racism and neighbourhood prejudice.Dear Iggie. How are you? I hope you're fine because nobody around here is . . .Winnie's best friend, Iggie,...

'Wildly imaginative, brilliantly written and perfectly illustrated. This is a joy to read.' - David Walliams'Another absolute smasher from Rob Biddulph! Gorgeously illustrated and a joyfully escapist adventure.' - Louie Stowell, author of Loki: A Bad...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Not a speck, not a stain on her gray school skirt and blue blouse to show what terrible thing had happened . . . If only by putting on something fresh and new, they could...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780736444514Author Erin FalligantFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 68g

From the author of international bestseller, Giraffes Can't Dance, comes this feel-good rhyming story about a brave little lion who dares to be different ...Leo isn't like other lion cubs. Instead of chasing zebras and antelopes, he wants to make friends...

A moving, lyrical picture book about a young girl's love for her granddad and how she copes when he's gone, written by multi-award winning poet and Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho. This beautifully illustrated, powerful and ultimately...

An adorable bedtime picture book with a positive message about friendship and overcoming shyness. From Rachel Bright, the bestselling author of The Lion Inside and The Koala Who Could.Little Mouseling lives with her family in Wintermouse Wood. She loves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368094375Author Disney BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Disney PressPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448455815Author Karen KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm)...

The absolutely brilliant, extra special eighteenth bestseller from multi-million copy selling author and illustrator Liz Pichon. A laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated collection of stories starring Tom Gates and his friends, ...

Topsy and Tim are always finding fun adventures in the real world, and this story is reassuring for young children having first experiences of their own. Going to the swimming pool for the first time can be daunting but Topsy and Tim are having fun!...

A funny Percy the Park Keeper story from highly regarded, award-winning author and illustrator Nick Butterworth, creator of One Snowy Night. The hedgehog is feeling sad. He loves balloons but they always burst on his...

Oona is one determined little mermaid, but she faces her biggest challenge yet in trying to make friends with Stanley the shark. Whatever will she do? A fun-filled and gorgeously illustrated celebration of friendship, creativity and perseverance. ...

The brave owls of Ga'Hoole are back in their second mythic adventure as they strive to preserve owldom from the evil that lurks around them. Join the owls in their quest for the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, the legendary place where ordinary owls are transformed...

"Children who get distracted easily will relate to Sadie and will realize they can focus on their positive qualities." -Oregon Coast Youth Book Preview Center Sadie feels like her thoughts are soaring into the clouds and she can't bring them back down to...

Hamish's summer isn't going as planned. First, his parents left him to go on a business trip to Japan, and now he's found himself stuck in the Scottish highlands with an aunt he's never met, a grumpy girl called Izzy, and a lot of animals. He's never...

It was Benjamin Postlethwaite's job all his long life to make sure the light shone brightly high up in the lighthouse on Puffin Island. Not once in all his years as the lighthouse keeper had he ever let his light go out. But sometimes even the brightest...

'Good or bad, Sad Ghosts stick together.'A heart-warming series about friendship, compassion and finding your kindred spirits.When two strangers meet at a party and realise they both feel different from everyone else there, they start The Sad Ghost Club...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395199725Author James MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 203mm * 203mm * 3mm

An astonishingly bold and moving middle-grade debut about family, friendship and how it's OK to be different. "I loved this book . . . A female 'Wonder'." - reader review "This is a brilliant book. I don't think I've ever read anything like it." - reader...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316428385Author Robb PearlmanFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)...

The Hueys have an important question about counting in this hilarious new book from international bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, creator of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found and illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit...

A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter and the great Greenland shark. Wrapped up in mesmerising illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback, this is a perfect gift for the...

A sweet and charmingly illustrated picture book about the ways we express love."I love you," Dimitri tells everyone, from his friends at nursery to the big tree in the playground. But why does no one say it back? Dimitri worries no one loves him - until...

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Angry validates children's feelings and guides them through a calming breathing exercise.About the AuthorDr Sharie Coombes, Ed.D, MA, SQHP, B.Ed, is a child, adolescent & family psychotherapist who loves to use neuroscience to help people understand...

Learn to count with Percy the park keeper and his animal friends in this fun first concept book from highly regarded, award-winning author/illustrator Nick Butterworth. Learning to count is much easier when you do it with friends, and in this...

A Netflix Original Film Series A New York Times Bestselling Series Over 8 Million Copies Sold Ivy and Bean are always up to something. Whether it's solving mysteries, starting a babysitting business, or becoming treasure hunters, their adventures...

One of the Guardian's best children's and YA books of 2023'FABULOUS, HOPEFUL, IMPORTANT' - Emma Carroll'A sensitive, moving 9+ story about fighting for acceptance and change' - Guardian'An inspirational story of a young person finding the strength and...

Barbara is in a very bad mood. She won't admit it, but she is. She has a problem with a sock, and at lunchtime there's a strange pea... And even though she's at the park with her friends, it all just gets a bit much. Suddenly Barbara's WOBBLER is out of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Pacific Northwest Book Award 2021. Nominated for Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award 2021 and Washington State Book Award 2022.Book InformationISBN...

A beautiful hardback gift to treasure. This collection brings together all of Arnold Lobel's engaging, warm and funny stories about Frog and Toad, and features a special foreword by Julia Donaldson. A collectable classic treasury that every...

Topsy and Tim find fun and adventure in the real world. Their engaging stories are reassuring for young children having first experiences of their own. In Topsy and Tim: Go to Hospital, Tim has fallen out of a tree and bumped his head. He's a little...

Examination: English Language & Literature Specification: GCSE 9-1 Set Text covered: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Type: Set Text: Annotation Edition "This version of the text [Annotation Edition Texts: A ...

America's favourite series returns with a new look and a Netflix TV show! Claudia's not worried when she hears her newest baby-sitting charge, Betsy Sobak, is a great practical joker. But, Claudia breaks her leg as a result of one of Betsy's mean jokes.....

Ella is the new girl at school. She doesn't know anyone and she doesn't have any friends.And she has a terrible secret.Ella can't believe her luck when Lydia, the most popular girl in school, decides to be her new best friend - but what does Lydia really...