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Travel back 400 years to visit rowdy theatres and royal palaces to understand what it was like to live in Shakespeare's Elizabethan England and the influence it had on his ground-breaking work. This book charts Shakespeare's phenomenal talent and peeks...

Philosophy ask questions such as: What does it mean to be human? What is truth? What is good? These are all very BIG questions that need exploring and the sooner children start to think about the answers, the better our world will be. Content includes...

"My name is Book and I'll tell you the story of my life." Non-fiction like you've never read it before!Quirky and humorous, part poetry, part reflection, this is the story of the book told by none other than ... BOOK! This extraordinary character...

Join Michael Foreman on an incredible journey around the globe. His prolific career as an illustrator has taken him through war-torn Vietnam to the vast forests of Siberia, from Mao's China to Japan, the Arctic to the South Seas and from the top of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Award for Young People's Literature 2014 and Newbery Honor Book 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780147515827Author Jacqueline WoodsonFormat PaperbackPage...

The life of William Shakespeare is vividly depicted, from his birth in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, childhood and schooldays, through apprenticeship at his father' s glove-making shop, his marriage to Anne Hathaway, and then the move to...

A lyrical nonfiction picture book about the inspired life of C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia-from Free as a Bird author-illustrator Lina Maslo. Perfect for fans of The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown and Some...

A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway...

'The story of a family of remarkable women, Marie Curie and her Daughters is a truly fascinating and inspiring read' BookTrust Imagine someone told you that your dream could never come true. What would you do? Meet Marie Curie. Shy and reserved,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432850425Author Jacqueline WoodsonFormat PaperbackImprint Thorndike Press Large PrintPublisher Thorndike Press Large PrintWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316475136Author Harrison VashtiPage Count 26Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780763690366Author Leonard S. MarcusFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" David Walliams Life story of Roald Dahl, World's No.1 storyteller, creator of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach and many more, brought to life by...

"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" David Walliams Life story of Roald Dahl, World's No.1 storyteller, creator of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach and many more, brought to life by...

The Bronte sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels Jane Eyre Charlotte, Wuthering Heights Emily, and Agnes Grey Anne. In this sometimes heart breaking young adult biography, Catherine...

A joyful, playful celebration of Lewis Carroll's love of language combined with an introduction to his life and the origin of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, exquisitely illustrated by Julia Sarda.The wordsmith Lewis Carroll is famed for the...

Let your children discover the works of poet Emily Dickinson in Emily Dickinson. As the premier title in the Poetry for Kids series, Emily Dickinson introduces children to the works of poet Emily Dickinson...

John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died and he had to live with a cold hearted aunt, he looked for dragons, He searched for them at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448461465Author True KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448461465Author True KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593484388Author Angela Burke KunkelFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620145876Author Bethany HegedusFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Lee & Low Books IncPublisher Lee & Low Books Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823438709Author Dylan ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Did you know that Mozart's pet starling was the inspiration for his Piano Concerto No. 17? Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub? These are just a couple of the stories in this delightful and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802580242Author Zeb SoanesFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 200mm * 200mm * 4mm

Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children's book author who loved words his whole life. This authorised tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his...

Maya Angelou was an African-American author, poet, playwright and civil rights activist. She wrote seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and a long list of plays, films and television shows. Never taking 'No' for an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580896399Author Jane SutcliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580896399Author Jane SutcliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2020Nominated for a 2021 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator AwardFeatured in 2021 Society of Illustrators Original Art ExhibitionA 2022 Book All Young Georgians Should Read2020 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Honor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250082213Author Charles J ShieldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

Discover Shakespeare's life and works in this fascinating three-dimensional pocket guide.Bring the Bard's works to life in this three-dimensional expanding pocket guide, which unfolds to a length of 1.5 metres. The first side features Shakespeare's most...

Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her...

Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her...

A winsome, user-friendly introduction to all things Dickens from former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, with lively interior illustrations by Sarah Nayler.Dickens brought life to some of our favourite characters: his rogues' gallery includes the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316475174Author Vashti HarrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Little, Brown Books for Young...

With the best elements of KID PRESIDENTS, KID ATHLETES and KID ARTISTS colourful illustrations, kid-relatable subjects, and real stories of childhood conflict, comedy, and triumph KID AUTHORS tells true tales from the childhoods of a wide range of the...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Find out about the fascinating life of William Shakespeare - the world's most famous playwright. How did the politics of the time, and the queens, kings and rulers,...

The endearing true story of how a love of birds connected and inspired two literary giants--Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe.Years before Edgar Allan Poe's raven said "Nevermore," Charles Dickens' pet raven, Grip, was busy terrorizing the Dickens...