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All the forest friends are busy preparing for Christmas Eve and excitement is building. The Tree Elf Workshop is buzzing with activity and the magic mice are ready to pull the sleigh… but where oh where is the great squirrel Santa? It seems Sammy Squirrel is a little overwhelmed at the prospect of taking over from his dad and has hidden from the Elves! Will he be found in time to hit the skies and deliver the presents? All the forest youngsters...
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Cinnamon's Autumn Adventure is a captivating glimpse of the natural countryside we live in, coupled with a range of activities to involve children and parents/carers.
These activities have been chosen by an experienced early years teacher with many years' experience working with young children and a strong sense of the pursuits that children enjoy doing.
The book also cleverly introduces a counting element and aims to present a rich, vibrant vocabulary...
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Low country storyteller Delores B. Nevils and acclaimed artist Jonathan Green collaborate to share the story of Amadeus, a loud and proud leghorn rooster who comes to live with a widow lady in the Corners community of St. Helena Island on the South Carolina coast. The widow lady's dogs-Kane and Able-and cats-Mae Liza, Scooter, and Pumpkin-are unhappy with the arrival of this new resident in their yard. Amadeus makes himself at home and becomes the...
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Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)...
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Being a ghost isn't easy. . . even if you have a Ph.D. in haunting! Henry Hamilton is a Civil War ghost with a dream of traveling in outer space. Little does he know when he stows away on the space shuttle as the first ghost in outer space that keeping incognito isn't as easy as it is on earth. Vowing not to do any haunting while on vacation (he isn't licensed to haunt in space), Henry quickly learns that haunting, for a ghost, is second nature, and...
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Molly hates rainy days. The gray sky, the soggy wait for the school bus, they seem to make everyone grumpy. Everyone except her friend Sophie, who shows Molly the magic she has been missing.
The simple, poetic language in this lovely book takes readers on a journeyfrom the girls' first tentative steps into the drizzle to a rain-drenched romp in a puddle. The lyrical text is perfectly matched by the joyful watercolor paintings, which capture not only...
8) Therapy & Me
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This book is about a little girl who received some incredibly sad news from her mommy that her daddy passed away while he was out of town for work. The news made Eve incredibly sad. She completely stopped talking to everyone and did not want to be around her family. Her brothers tried to take her out to do some of her favorite things to try to cheer her up, but nothing worked.
Eve started doing poorly in school, and the other kids in her classroom...
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Over 3.4 million Charlie Bone books in print!!!Charlie's power is taking on a new dimension as he meets a new cast of characters, including Mr. Pilgrim's replacement, Tantalus Ebony, and the mysterious new student Joshua Tilpin, who appears to be magnetic. But Charlie isn't the only one dealing with changes ... Billy has been adopted by a child-hating couple called the O'Gres, who carry a gray bag of oaths wherever they go, pressuring Billy to sign...
11) Ms Jelly Belly
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A cute little baby came to the world to give it a meaning. Jelly is no ordinary child. She is adventurous, curious and adept. Jelly's mission is to teach other children some life lessons. That's why we call her Ms Jelly Belly. In this story, Jelly was feeling a little upset and began crying, but her mother gave her some ideas to do to make her feel better, which Jelly Belly absolutely enjoyed!
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Little T is a Caribbean boy who has just started school. He is a very musical child and is trying his best to be a leader in his group of friends.
Join him as he swims in his favourite river and hangs out with his little friends.
There will be more Little T stories soon, so hold on, the best is yet to come!
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This semester at Bloor's Academy brings a few changes. There is a new art teacher, Mr. Boldova, and a new student named Belle, who lives with the Yewbeam aunts and seems to have strange power over them. Emma and Charlie soon discover Mr. Boldova's secret identity: He is the older brother of Ollie Sparks, the boy who lives in the attic of Bloor's Academy. Ollie had always been prying into matters that didn't concern him, so Ezekiel Bloor had made him...
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What if your bedroom wasn't always what it seems?
What if your bedroom could transform within your dreams?
Imagine all the stories and the secrets you could keep,
Of the marvellous, incredible adventures in your sleep.
If your bedroom could take you anywhere while you slept, where would you like to go? You could go to the park, or the sweet shop, or the zoo, or even the circus!
Would you tell your parents?
Would you tell your little brother?...
16) Everlasting
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THE LUXE meets A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY meets INDIANA JONES.Sailing aboard her father's ship is all seventeen-year-old Camille Rowen has ever wanted. But as a lady in 1855 San Francisco, her future is set: marry a man she doesn't love in order to preseve her social standing. On her last voyage before the wedding, Camille learns the mother she has always believed dead is in fact alive and in Australia. When their Sydney-bound ship goes down in a...
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Nipper of Drayton Hall is the just-about-true story of real-life characters who loved a grand old house and the natural beauty of its surroundings on the Ashley River of Charleston, South Carolina. Join Nipper, an energetic little dog, and his beloved Charlotta Drayton as they travel from Charleston's Battery to historic Drayton Hall and spend a spring day in 1916. At Drayton Hall, Nipper plays with his friend, eight-year-old Richmond Bowens. Both...
18) After Ever After
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Jeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen who's in remission, but life still feels fragile. The aftereffects of treatment have left Jeffrey with an inability to be a great student or to walk without limping. His parents still worry about him. His older brother, Steven, lost it and took off to Africa to be in a drumming circle and "find himself." Jeffrey has a little soul searching to do, too, which begins with his escalating anger...
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The second book in the Children of the Red King series, Time Twister offers more magical fantasy that is fast paced and easy to read. January 1916: Henry Yewbeam and his younger brother, James, have been sent to stay with their cousins at the Bloor's Academy. It is one of the coldest days of the year, and all Henry wants to do is hide from his mean cousins and play marbles. He finds a nice, long hall and begins to roll his marbles. Then he discovers...
20) Seeing Stone
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Arthurian legend comes to life in the first novel in this remarkable, award-winning sagaThirteen-year-old Arthur de Caldicot lives on a manor, desperately waiting for the moment he can become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives him a shining black stone, a seeing stone, that shows him visions of his namesake, King Arthur. The legendary dragons, battles, and swordplay that young Arthur witnesses seem a world away from his own life. And...
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