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Ruffles series
Ruffles and the Cosy, Cosy Bed
David Melling
Ruff! Ruff! Meet Ruffles, the playful puppy who faces all the tricksy troubles of preschool life in this charming series from David Melling, creator of the hit series Hugless Douglas.
Ruffles does NOT like loud noises and he really does NOT like the loud boom! bang! crash! of a thunderstorm. But where can he go to feel safe and cosy? No, not the laundry basket, Ruffles! Or the mop and bucket! And definitely not under the doormat! Until, at last, Ruffles remembers the VERY best place to be – his very own bed with his favourite blankie and cosy, cosy cushion. Night-night, Ruffles, sleep tight!
‘Beautifully observed and full of character’ ReadingZone
3+ • £9.99 • 32pp 220 x 220mm Hardback ISBN: 978 1 83994 496 3 Author/Illustrator location: Oxfordshire, UK
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And Everything Will Be Glad to See You
Selected by Ella Risbridger Illustrated by Anna Shepeta
A forceful, passionate and uplifting collection of poetry by women and girls, selected by the acclaimed anthologist of Set Me On Fire: A Poem For Every Feeling, Ella Risbridger.
SELECTED BY Ella Risbridger
ILLUSTRATED BY Anna Shepeta
POEMS BY WOMEn AND GIRLS
6+ • £20.00 • 144pp 275 x 247mm Hardback ISBN: 978 1 78800 921 8 Author location: London, UK Illustrator location: Moscow, Russia
From well-loved poets, including Grace Nichols, Wendy Cope, Lucille Clifton and Christina Rossetti, to newer voices, such as Triska Hamid and Amineh Abou Kerech, this fabulous, feminist collection has poems for every mood and every moment. Ella’s selection is wideranging but accessible and includes work by a non-binary poet (who, of course, has been consulted about their inclusion) and two trans-women poets. This is the perfect gift to inspire a lifelong love of poetry.
3D Press-Outs series
Birds of a Feather
Illustrated by Kate Read
In this gorgeous gift book, create your own beautiful 3D birds before discovering fascinating facts about each species!
Press out pieces and slot them together to create 10 different irresistible feathered friends. After finishing your 3D flock, either hang the birds of a feather as stunning decorations or press them back into the sturdy board pages and hardback binding to be used again and again. Then turn to the back of the book to pore over 22 richly illustrated pages with dazzling full-colour nature scenes alongside a gently informative text to treasure.
Covering everything from habitats and diets to myths and legends, this is a stylish, joyful introduction to a variety of European birds.
6+ • £12.99 10pp board + 22pp card 250 x 250mm Cased board book ISBN: 978 1 83994 272 3 Illustrator location: Norfolk, UK
Secrets of the Dead
Matt Ralphs • Illustrated by Gordy Wright
Travel back in time to discover the secrets of mummies and other human remains from around the world.
From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this book reveals what scientists and experts have uncovered about our ancestors’ lives from the bodies they left behind. Find out what these people ate, wore, believed in, enjoyed doing and much, much more in this unique and stunningly illustrated book.
9+ • £12.99 • 64pp 290 x 250mm Hardback ISBN: 978 1 78800 900 3 Author location: Kent, UK Illustrator location: Lisbon, Portugal
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50 Vehicles that Changed the World
Matt Ralphs • Illustrated by Rui Ricardo
A fascinating book about the vehicles that have shaped our world, with stunning illustrations on every page.
From ancient chariots and Viking longships to racing cars, rockets and solar-powered aeroplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many groundbreaking vehicles. This book will give readers a fascinating insight into each invention, showing how they have changed the world and how they might shape our future.
7+ • £18.99 • 112pp 290 x 290mm Hardback ISBN: 978 1 83994 217 4 Author location: Kent, UK Illustrator location: Porto, Portugal
The Curse of the Tomb Robbers
An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle Mystery
Andy Seed • Illustrated by James Weston Lewis
Learn how to read hieroglyphs in this compelling puzzle adventure story, publishing 200 years after the Rosetta Stone was deciphered.
Best friends Nub and Iteti must stop a gang of robbers from raiding Queen Neith’s tomb before a deadly curse is unleashed! Readers can help them by deciphering hieroglyphs, solving puzzles and finding a safe route through the River Nile maze. A unique and exciting way to teach children about ancient Egypt and hieroglyphs.
7+ • £12.99 HB / £8.99 PB 48pp + tip-in hieroglyph chart and dictionary 290 x 217mm HB: 978 1 83994 657 8 PB: 978 1 78800 965 2 Author location: Gloucestershire, UK Illustrator location: London, UK
Sticky Pines series
The Valley of the Strange
Dashe Roberts
Head back to Sticky Pines, USA, for another thrilling adventure with our favourite investigators of all things weird, Lucy Sladan and Milo Fischer!
This time, Lucy and Milo are on the trail of the mysterious Pretenders, yet BIG questions remain. Who are these creatures and what do they want? What’s with the freaky troll in the woods? And why are Nu Co.’s workers acting so kooky? Lucy wants answers, even if they could turn the world upside down. . .
9+ • £7.99 • 224pp • B-format paperback PB: 978 1 78800 893 8 EB: 978 1 78800 894 5 Author location: London, UK
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‘One of the best children's adventure stories I have read in a long, long time. Plenty of page turning action and mystery!’ ReadingZone
Always, Clementine
Carlie Sorosiak
A funny, wise and heartwarming story, with a truly one-of-a-kind hero, from the bestselling author of Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month, I, Cosmo.
Clementine is a genius – she can calculate pi to 69,689 places, is a chess prodigy, and dreams in Latin. She’s also a mouse. And when she escapes from the lab which bred her, Clementine discovers that it’s not enough to be the smartest mouse in history if she wants to survive – and so, together with her new friends, Clementine must find a way to earn her freedom.
9+ • £7.99 • 256pp • B-format paperback PB: 978 1 83994 108 5 EB: 978 1 83994 109 2 Author location: Georgia, USA
Also available (p. 218) Praise for I, Cosmo ‘This gem has all the warmth and joy of Homeward Bound, and is making me want to get a golden retriever immediately.’ Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper’s Island
‘Warm, funny, sad, and brilliantly written’ Kirkus Reviews
Cosmic Creatures series
The Snuggly Snowpop
Tom Huddleston • Illustrated by Sophy Williams
A new out-of-this-world animal rescue adventure series perfect for fans of the Zoe’s Rescue Zoo series.
Captain Robertson has decided to climb the highest peak on Vela, and he’s roped in Charlie and her family to help him. His explorations are disturbing some very cute local animals. These cheeky snowpops seem to appear from nowhere! But when Charlie rescues a baby snowpop, she shows Captain Robertson their amazing ice-warren home and, when a snowstorm blows in, it’s the snowpops who come to the rescue!
Fans of Zoe’s Rescue Zoo and Holly Webb will love Cosmic Creatures! Beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams, this series is perfect for animal-mad readers aged 5+.
5+ • £5.99 • 112pp • B-format paperback PB: 978 1 83994 133 7 EB: 978 1 83994 134 4 Author location: London, UK Illustrator location: Wiltshire, UK
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