It&8217;s Valentines Day, & everything is changing in the Casson household. Saffy has a strange new boyfriend who is teaching her all about the stars. Sarah has fallen very ill&8230; so ill that Saffy is scared. & Caddy has fallen in love & is getting married&8230; but not to Michael! With a wedding to plan, life is even crazier than usual in the Casson household. Especially as the only one who seems to be happy for Caddy is Bill. But it&8217;s Permanent Rose who is taking the news the hardest. She made a BIG promise to Michael. How is she going to keep it? &8220; As wild & endearing as ever&8230; Another charmer for Casson fans.” Booklist ...

It&8217;s Valentines Day, & everything is changing in the Casson household. Saffy has a strange new boyfriend who is teaching her all about the stars. Sarah has fallen very ill&8230; so ill that Saffy is scared. & Caddy has fallen in love & is getting married&8230; but not to Michael! With a wedding to plan, life is even crazier than usual in the Casson household. Especially as the only one who seems to be happy for Caddy is Bill. But it&8217;s Permanent Rose who is taking the news the hardest. She made a BIG promise to Michael. How is she going to keep it? &8220; As wild & endearing as ever &8230; Another charmer for Casson fans.” Booklist ...

When Cake attends his first ever birthday party things don’t go quite as he expects, in this funny & endearing story from bestselling picture book creators Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet. ...

It’s deepest night on Astra’s spaceship, zooming through the endless midnight of space. Her family are all snoring in their sleeping pods – but Astra is WIDE AWAKE. So she goes off exploring, which is a good thing, because the the ship is in deep trouble. It’s been knocked off course & invaded by a gang of Poglites: an alien salvage crew searching for spoons! But the Poglites & Astra are forced to team up when they find something sinister lurking in the canteen. Sure, they’re cakes; but they’re not sweet. You won’t get to eat them. But they might just eat you… By the dynamic duo of Philip Reeve & Sarah Mc Intyre Hilarious young fiction bursting with action & laughter Philip is the bestselling author of the Mortal Engines books Sarah Mc Intyre’s illustrations are full of verve & energy“A gloriously wacky space adventure packed with illustrations & quirky humour.” The Bookseller ...

From the 1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Raven Cycle, the mesmerizing story of those who can bring parts of their dreams into reality... & those who will stop at nothing to destroy them. ...

Ten-year-old Leo’s love of dancing is getting him through the heatwave, but his selective mutism means the summer dance show is on the line. When chatty Richa moves in next door, Leo finds it easy to make friends – she talks enough for both of them… But when he learns her secret it’s clear Richa needs Leo’s support as much as he needs hers. ...

‘ Your kids need this lovely book’ Kate Beckinsale ‘ Warm-hearted, touching stories, full of fun but with a subtle message’ Jacqueline Wilson Four stories in one! I have a twin brother. Everyone calls him Jimmy, which is sort of the English version of Dimitri, his actual Greek name. Our mum’s Greek, you see. I’m Cally, short for Calista, which means, I don’t want to sound big-headed or anything, ‘most beautiful’. I’m not sure about Dimitri, but if Dimitri means most-annoying-brother-in-the-whole-wide-world, then that’s him. Join Cally & Jimmy in four hilarious stories, perfect for newly confident readers. They get into scrapes together, bake some poisonous cakes, almost ruin their school assembly & finally have a twintastic birthday party. ...

The debut children’s book from Ted Hughes award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus that tracks a father-&-son journey into the discovery & management of deafness. This new paperback edition

Includes:: an illustrated BSL alphabet. Boy Bear cannot hear Dad Bear coming to wake him up in the morning but he can feel the floor vibrate with his heavy footsteps. He can only grasp little bits of what his teacher says to him at school. He cannot catch what his friends are laughing at. &, all the time, Boy Bear keeps hearing the question, “ Can Bears ski?” What does it mean? With the support of Dad Bear, Boy Bear visits an audiologist &, eventually, he gets hearing aids. Suddenly, he understands the question everyone has been asking him: “CAN YOU HEAR ME?” Raymond Antrobus, the award-winning poet of The Perseverance, draws on his own experience to show how isolating it can be for a deaf child in a hearing world. But through his lyrical & moving words, matched with Polly’s stunning imagery, he also shows how many ways there are to communicate love. With a solid network, Boy Bear will find his place in the world.

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George the dog loves living alone on his isl&. He likes to do everything his own way, & friends would just ruin things. But one day a cheerful little seal wiggles up to him. Her name is Pebble, & she’s determined to be George’s friend. George is quiet & grumpy. Pebble is lively & funny. Can this odd couple ever be friends? ...

A really useful introduction to tackling climate change, for young children. The Arctic ice is melting & the polar bears need our help. They come to Warmland to explain what’s really going wrong. Luckily they find a group of lively, sparky kids who jump into action & draw up a BRILLIANT PLAN. ...