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Everything you could ever
want to know about
Jacqueline Wilson and her
books in one adorable,
small, pink package.
This is a must-have for
fans, bursting with new
titbits from Jacky
herself, info about the
characters and plots,
artwork from Nick
Sharratt and more.
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Delve into this sack of
stories and you will
find.. . a Martian
wearing Granny's jumper,
that well-known comic
fairy-tale pair Handsel
and Gristle, a unicorn,
a leprechaun, a princess
who is a pig, and many
other strange and
exciting characters. You
won't want to stop
reading until you get
right to the bottom of
the sack!
A
carefully chosen
selection of stories for
8 year olds from Pat
Thomson's successful
anthology range
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There's something for
everyone in this
collection of funny short
stories. It's packed full
of talking pigs, UFOs,
gorillas, witches,
mischievous house elves,
flying postmen and lots
more! Find out how Bozo
the gorilla helps Jimmy
deal with his lazy big
brother, what Dinah
Price does when she finds
the three bears tucked up
in her bed and what fate
Agnethia Toadfax,
trainee witch, has in
store for Mr Smike the
rude librarian...
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Spike Milligan's
publishing career began
over forty years ago when
Silly Verse for Kids was
published in 1959. His
poems were inspired by
listening to his own
children, and
subsequently his
grandchildren, and
marvelling at the way
they could invent new
words or incorporate
sound effects into their
everyday language. Spike
did not regard children
as small adults, but as
entirely different
species who lived in a
secret, magical world
that very few adults
understood. For decades
he delved into this
world, delighting
children - and adults -
of all ages with his
poems and
stories.
Illustrated
throughout with Spike's
own drawings and
specially commissioned
artworks, this is an
ideal read-alone or
read-aloud book for Spike
fans of all ages,
featuring: Silly Verse
for Kids (1959),
The Bald Twit Lion
(1968), A Book of
Milliganimals (1968),
Unspun Socks from a
Chicken's Laundry
(1968), Sir Nobonk
and the Terrible, Awful,
Dreadful, Nasty
Dragon (1982), and
Startling Verse for
All the Family
(1987).
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An A-Z of the 100
naughtiest children ever!
From Untidy Amanda and
Bad Boy Benjamin to
Naughty Dan, Greedy
George and Sulky Susan.
They're all inside, so
open up and see if
there's a poem in here
about you... As you read
through this book you
will realise what bad
company some of these
poets kept. There are
many way of being
extremely mischievous,
and these poems will
probably give a few extra
ideas besides!
There is a poem
in here for every
misdemeanour know to man,
from traditional poems
such as Heinrich
Hoffman's Shockheaded
Peter and Hillaire
Belloc's Cautionary Verse
(and everyone knows what
happened to Matilda!) to
those by modern poets
such as Colin West and
Kit Wright. A deliciously
wicked poetry book about
all the things that we do
in childhood at the risk
of grown-up wrath. Not
that we condone such
dreadful behaviour...
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True Believers
projects the reader into
a world of characters
stunning in their
variety.
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True Believers
projects the reader into
a world of characters
stunning in their
variety.
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In March 1807, the
British Parliament passed
an Act making the trading
and transportation of
slaves illegal. It was
many years before
slavery, as it was known
then, was abolished,
and slavery still
continues today in
different ways, but it
was a big step forward
towards the empancipation
of a people.
Malorie Blackman
has drawn together some
of the finest of today's
writers and poets to
contribute to this
important anthology.
Their short stories and
poems sit alongside
first-hand accounts of
slavery from freed
slaves, making a
fascinating and absorbing
collection that remembers
and commemorates one of
the most brutal and
long-lasting inflictions
of misery that human
beings have inflicted
upon other human
beings.
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'Ring magic is different
from the magic of the
theatre, because the
curtain never comes down
- because the blood in
the ring is real blood,
and the broken noses and
the broken hearts are
real, and sometimes they
are broken forever.
Boxing is the magic of
men in combat, the magic
of will, and skill, and
pain, and the risking of
everything so you can
respect yourself for the
rest of your life.'The
hermetic world of boxing
is notoriously difficult
for outsiders to
understand, though it
has provided a source of
fascination to numerous
writers, including
Norman Mailer, A. J.
Liebling, Joyce Carol
Oates and Ernest
Hemingway. F. X. Toole is
a dazzling new writer
with a fresh and original
voice, who has been a
boxing professional for
over twenty-five years.
Rope Burns, a collection
of short stories and a
novella, is written from
this unique perspective.
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Two of the best from the
popular prize-winning
author:
THE
SUITCASE
KID
Andy
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The Treasury is divided
into four parts and is
over 400 pages long.
There are complete
picture tales as well as
excerpts from Dahl's
longer stories, poetry
(some previously
unpublished)
autobiographical material
and letters, some
written as a young boy to
his mother. Outstanding
artwork is a feature of
the Treasury. While the
core artwork is by Dahl's
most successful
collaborator, Quentin
Blake, there will be
illustrations by other
distinguished artists
such as Raymond Briggs,
Posy Simmonds, Ralph
Steadman, Patrick
Benson, Charlotte Voake
and Babette Cole.
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Quentin Blake chooses
fifty of his favourite
books from the world of
children's literature.
Each book is accompanied
by comments from the
Laureate himself, a
short extract and
illustrations wherever
they appear. His
favourites include Ted
Hughes, EB White, Anne
Fine, Nicola Bayley,
Roald Dahl, Susan
Cooper, Charles Dickens,
Charles Causely and
many, many more.
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A dazzling anthology of
short stories by some of
our most popular and
well-loved writers to
raise money for Breast
Cancer Care:
Diana Appleyard,
Charlotte Bingham,
Elizabeth Buchan, Mavis
Cheek, Tracy Chevalier,
Amanda Craig, Edwina
Currie, Helen Dunmore,
Barbara Erskine, Nicci
Gerrard, Maeve Haran,
Wendy Holden, Angela
Lambert, David Lodge,
Val McDermid, Hilary
Mantel, Edna O
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In this special birthday
book, we have collected
new and previously
published pieces by
today's most acclaimed
children's writers, and
extracts from well-loved
children's literature,
all accompanied by
stunning artwork from
leading illustrators.
This collection includes
stories, poems, fiction
and non-fiction extracts
- all specially chosen
around the theme of
birthdays and all with
introductions by authors
and
celebrities.
Royalties
will go to the Prince's
Foundation for Children
and the Arts, which
works closely with local
and national arts
providers (like theatres,
orchestras, museums and
galleries) and schools to
provide high quality and
sustained access to the
arts for children who
would otherwise not have
this access.
This
anthology gathers
together some of the
best-known authors and
illustrators writing and
illustrating for
children, including:
Philip Ardagh * Peter
Bailey * Nicola Bayley *
Ian Beck * Patrick Benson
* Anna Bhushan * Malorie
Blackman * Quentin Blake
* Valerie Bloom * Lewis
Carroll * Emma Chichester
Clark * Eoin Colfer *
Susan Cooper * Frank
Cottrell-Boyce * Kevin
Crossley-Holland * Roald
Dahl * Alexis Deacon *
Maura Dooley * Sara
Fanelli * Anne Fine *
Hannah Firmin * Catherine
Fisher * Michael Foreman
* John Foster * Jamila
Gavin * David Gentleman *
Emily Gravett * Anthony
Horowitz * Norman Hunter
* Eva Ibbotson * Bruce
Ingman * John Lawrence *
Mick Manning & Brita
Granström * Geraldine
McCaughrean * Roger
McGough * Michael
Morpurgo * Andrew Motion
* E. Nesbit * Philip
Pullman * Arthur Ransome
* Chris Riddell * David
Roberts * J. K. Rowling *
Axel Scheffler * Nick
Sharratt * Posy Simmonds
* Joel Stewart * Noel
Streatfeild * Eleanor
Updale * Charlotte Voake
* Jacqueline Wilson *
Chris Wormell * Kit
Wright
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A collection of powerful,
entertaining and
thought-provoking short
stories by some of our
finest contemporary
writers: Kate Atkinson,
Eleanor Bailey, Claire
Calman, Mavis Cheek,
Candida Clark, Rachel
Cusk, Stella Duffy,
Helen Dunmore, Esther
Freud, Joanne Harris,
Maggie O
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The Beats. a title that
Jack Kerouac coined to
define the exhausted
exaltation of a
generation, produced a
body of works infected
with a new energy. Their
spontaneous,
often-unedited style
epitomised their own era
and their famed
close-knit literary
community continues to
inspire writers
today.
Barry Miles,
friend and biographerof
Allen Ginsberg, William
Burroughs and Jack
Kerouac, was there,
part of the Beat Vibe.
here he gathers together
some of the most
influential as well as
the most overlooked
writers of the era. He
covers the writings from
The Original Beats (New
York 1944-53): The San
Francisco Scene (1954-57)
and The Second Wave (New
York 1958-60) including
works from Gregory Corso,
John Clellon Holmes,
Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
Frank O'Hara, Diane di
Prima and Alexander
Trocchi to the king of
the Beats Himself, Jack
Kerouac.
The result is
a fascinating compendium
that recaptures the
unique but varied voices
of the Beat
generation..
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The Beats. a title that
Jack Kerouac coined to
define the exhausted
exaltation of a
generation, produced a
body of works infected
with a new energy. Their
spontaneous,
often-unedited style
epitomised their own era
and their famed
close-knit literary
community continues to
inspire writers
today.
Barry Miles,
friend and biographerof
Allen Ginsberg, William
Burroughs and Jack
Kerouac, was there,
part of the Beat Vibe.
here he gathers together
some of the most
influential as well as
the most overlooked
writers of the era. He
covers the writings from
The Original Beats (New
York 1944-53): The San
Francisco Scene (1954-57)
and The Second Wave (New
York 1958-60) including
works from Gregory Corso,
John Clellon Holmes,
Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
Frank O'Hara, Diane di
Prima and Alexander
Trocchi to the king of
the Beats Himself, Jack
Kerouac.
The result is
a fascinating compendium
that recaptures the
unique but varied voices
of the Beat
generation..
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THE STORY OF TRACY
BEAKER
I'm Tracy
Beaker. This is a book
all about me. I'd read
it
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All four titles in the
Girls series: GIRLS IN
LOVE, GIRLS UNDER
PRESSURE, GIRLS OUT LATE
and GIRLS IN TEARS
available in a gorgeous
boxset, at a great
price.
Join Ellie,
Magda and Nadine as they
deal with all the
surprises teenage life
can bring. Falling in
love, learning to like
yourself, staying out
late and coping with
heartbreak - these
friends help each other
through it all.
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THE STORY OF TRACY
BEAKER
I'm Tracy
Beaker. This is a book
all about me. I'd read
it
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Eight complete stories
about the famous Doctor
who could talk to the
animals. An excellent
introduction which
highlights all the most
memorable incidents: the
way he realises his gifts
with animals, his
meeting with the
Pushmi-Pullyu, and how
he sets off to sea. His
is an entrancing world
and the reader is soon
involved with all the
animal characters,
Gub-Gub the pig, Jip the
Dog, Too Too the owl. A
fine omnibus edition.
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A collection of powerful,
entertaining and
thought-provoking short
stories by some of our
finest contemporary
writers: Kate Atkinson,
Eleanor Bailey, Claire
Calman, Mavis Cheek,
Candida Clark, Rachel
Cusk, Stella Duffy,
Helen Dunmore, Esther
Freud, Joanne Harris,
Maggie O
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