Five-year old Matilda longs for her parents to be good and loving and understanding, but they are none of these things. They are perfectly horrid to her. Matilda invents a game of punishing them each time they treat her badly and she soon discovers she has supernatural powers. ...
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Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the snake-fighting mongoose and Kotick, the white seal are all part of Mowgli's extrao...
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giantsrather than the BFGshe would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants ...
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Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Yet there is much more to her story than this one act of defiance. In this straightforward, compelling autobiography, Rosa Parks talks candidly about the civil rig...
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After Enola Holmes encounters her friend Lady Cecily hiding behind a pink fan, she realizes Cecily is in danger. Enola soon discovers Cecily is being held hostage in an orphanage and faces a forced marriage. ...
Oh no! A flood means that Christmas is looking doomed! Enter a spell, a surprise stay in a castle and a party to plan for - will Meg, Mog and Owl make it home for a very special Christmas Day? Jan Pienkowski's bold, colourful artwork and instantly recognisable characters make this festive adventu...
In her follow-up to "The Case of the Missing Marquess," Springer brings readers back to the danger and intrigue of Victorian London as she continues the adventures of Sherlock Holmes's sister. ...
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Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved cou...
When Louie gets very excited at the sight of a puppet show and calls out to the characters on the stage, Susie and Roberto are aware that this must be a new experience for him and so must find a logical way to make him understand what is taking place. Simultaneous. ...
A delightful gift collection of 100 postcards featuring the beautiful artwork of Eric carle ! ...
The biggest UK children's debut hardback of 2012, it is now a major movie starring Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay ...
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