The heart-warming tale of love & loyalty & one amazing dog Sophie... As Jan & Dave Griffith motored out of Mackay Marina on their boat Honey May it was just another day in paradise. A weekends sailing around the islands with Sophie their blue cattle dog & then home. But out at sea the unthinkable happened. Sophie disappeared overboard & despite Jan & Daves frantic search efforts their beloved family pet was presumed lost at sea. For Jan & Dave it was hard to imagine ever getting over her loss. What followed is a truly extraordinary story of survival luck & loyalty. The bonds between animals & humans are mysteriously strong & in this case a canine Robinson Crusoe was determined to beat the odds to return to her family
- she was never going to be anyones dog but theirs!
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One day Sophies mum tells her some big important news: theres going to be a new baby in the family! Sophie is very excited but then one winters night the baby is born & everything changes.. . Young children & adults alike will enjoy sharing & talking about this much-loved classic picture book with its perceptive heart-warming & witty observations on the arrival of a new baby. ...

Sophies cat Tom has surprised them all by producing four kittens. There are more animals to come in the year that Sophie hits six finds a new farming ally & makes a triumphant entrance into the sporting arena. This is a charming story about Sophie & her life on the farm read by Bernard Cribbins. The Sophie stories written by Dick King-Smith are a perennial classic loved by generations of children for over twenty years. Centred on the adventures of a confident animal-loving little girl they are perfect for any child who loves to play & explore the world around them. ...

Sophie wants to be a lady farmer when she grows up & she has a large collection of animals. She already has herds of insects a rabbit & a cat & now she has a puppy too
- Puddles the terrier has joined the family named & trained by Sophie. In Cornwall for the summer holidays Sophie feeds a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig stays on a farm meets some new friends & starts riding lessons. She also learns to swim encounters an old enemy on the beach & has her first ever horseback ride on Bumblebee a grey pony: she turns out to be a natural rider. When she learns that riding lessons are very expensive she is sad to have to stop until next summer
- but luckily Aunt Al comes to the rescue... The Sophie stories written by Dick King-Smith are perennial classics loved by generations of children. Centred on the adventures of a confident animal-loving little girl they are perfect for any child who loves to play & explore the world around them.

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Disaster has struck Fairyland! Jack Frost has stolen all the jewels from Queen Titania's crown. Without them the fairies are losing their magical powers. Rachel & Kirsty have to help India the Moonstone Fairy Scarlett the Garnet Fairy Emily the Emerald Fairy Chloe the Topaz Fairy Amy the Amethyst Fairy Sophie the Sapphire Fairy & Lucy the Diamond Fairy to get the jewels back before it's too late... Sophie's magical sapphire makes wishes come true in Fairyland & the human world! Kirsty & Rachel must help her find it... ...

A bumper edition of the first three bestselling Sophie titles. Sophie is small but very determined. She loves animals
- snails
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It was Sophie's first ballet lesson & she was very excited... Sophie can't wait to be a ballerina & when she joins Miss Darcy's ballet class she becomes the star of the show! With amazing novelties & an incredible pop-up finale this great-value book is the perfect gift for any child looking to plie jete & pirouette onto the stage! ...

In this extraordinary novel Stingo an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner takes us back to the summer of 1947 & a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan a fiery Jewish intellectual; & Sophie a beautiful & fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the heart of their passionate & destructive relationship as witness confidant & supplicant. Ultimately he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland the concentration camp &
- the essence of her terrible secret
- her choice.

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The girls in Team Starlight learn spells & earn their stars in this magical new young fiction series! Welcome to Stargirl Academy the magical school in the clouds! Previously a rather old-fashioned establishment it has been reopened by its head teacher to train children to be modern day fairy godmothers. Fairy Mary Mc Bee selects a group of girls: Lily Ava Madison Sophie Emma Olivia
- & Melody & Jackson who think they're better than everyone else. The girls learn lots of spells
- shimmering starry shining sparkling glittering & twinkling ones
- which they use to fix problems & help people in trouble. For every successful mission they gain a star & once they have six stars they will be fully qualified stargirls! It's Jackson's turn to lead a mission & she chooses to help her mum who is having a hard time from her boss. The other girls are desperate to do something for Sophie's little brother who has nowhere to play since the local park has been shut down. Jackson isn't having any of it but by chance her mum's boss is at the heart of the problem. Everyone is happy when he gets his comeuppance thanks to Sophie's shining spell. The girls have earned their third star!

Features: major marketing campaign & website to promote series; highly collectable with sparkly silver foil covers; by the author of the hugely successful Tiara Club series; popular themes of friendship & magic in a school setting; & fresh lively & funny line drawings by Joanne Davies.




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When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? & who for that matter is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle she uses her new knowledge of philosophy but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller SOPHIE'S WORLD sets out to draw teenagers into the world of Socrates Descartes Spinoza Hegel & all the great philosophers. A brilliantly original & fascinating story with many twists & turns it raises profound questions about the meaning of life & the origin of the universe. ...