Deep in Tehran's Evin Prison Azar gives birth to a baby girl. Corridors away Amir is making a bracelet out of date stones. He hopes that one day his daughter will hold it in her hands. As a camera shutter closes three children are fixed in time. These children cannot remember their mothers' faces. But their mothers will treasure the photos daring to imagine the life that goes on beyond prison walls. Revolution has torn the future from the past. But these children the children of the jacaranda tree will have the chance to grow. They will go into exile they will find love & they will return home to Iran. But they will also have to confront the terrible legacies passed from one generation to the next when the cold boot of history stamps on individual lives. CHILDREN OF THE JACARANDA TREE is a novel about the ghosts of revolution. It is a novel about forging the future when your past is too painful to remember. It is a novel that you will never forget. ...

Mark & Lily have been banished from Agora the ancient city-state where everything is for sale
- memories emotions
- even children.

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The publisher claims that we are born into a world controlled by unseen forces that have plagued & manipulated humanity for thousands of years. David Icke exposes these forces & their methods of human control & he claims to reveal a fantastic web of global manipulation orchestrated by forces beyond this physical realm. ...

A PLANET LIES OPEN TO ATTACK. THERE IS STILL HOPE
- BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT The Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy
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In The Children of the New Forest Cavalier & Roundhead battle it out in the turbulent setting of the English Civil war & provide the background for this classic tale of four orphans as they face adversity survival in the forest reconciliation & eventual forgiveness. This is the first enduring historical novel for children which conjures up as much magic today as it did on first publication. The freedom from adult constraint allied with the necessary disciplines to survive in a hostile world make for a gripping read. ...

Few people know that Ypres centre of First World War remembrance was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials & cemeteries of Flanders Fields. Many married local women & their children grew up multi-lingual but attended their own school & were intensely proud to be British. When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threatened: some children managed to escape others were not so lucky. But armed with their linguistic skills & local knowledge pupils of the British Memorial School were uniquely prepared to fight Hitler in occupied territory & from Britain. Still in their teens some risked capture torture & death in intelligence & resistance operations in the field. An exceptional patriotism spurred them on to feats of bravery in this new conflict. Whilst their peers at home were being evacuated to the English countryside these children were directly exposed to danger in one of the major theatres of war. James Fox was a pupil at the British Memorial School in 1940 & he has made it his mission to trace his former school friends. The Children Who Fought Hitler is their story: a war story about people from an unusual community told from a fresh & human perspective. ...

My First Animal Encyclopedia is a comprehensive introduction to the amazing world of animals. Read about their homes their daily lives & their babies & find out what you can do to help them survive. This is the perfect reference tool for young readers who are hungry for knowledge. ...

One of Lion Publishings most successful international best-sellers The Childrens Bible in 365 Stories tells the Bible narrative in detail & depth. As well as all the well-known Bible stories it

Includes:: sections that most childrens Bibles do not have space for: poetry prophets New Testament letters etc. The result is a very readable & very thorough childrens Bible
- with an episode for every day of the year. This new paperback edition brings a best-seller to a new market.


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Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book bound in different colours for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world
- but their lives & those of their rich cousins & their friends the son & daughter of a curator at the new Victoria & Albert Museum are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. They grow up in the golden summers of Edwardian times but as the sons rebel against their parents & the girls dream of independent futures they are unaware that in the darkness ahead they will be betrayed unintentionally by the adults who love them. This is the childrens book.
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This is an introduction to the worlds most amazing artworks. From Andy Warhol to Jackson Pollock & Michelangelo introduce your child to the complete picture of art through the ages & across the world. Featuring the finest works by the greatest artists its like having the worlds best gallery in your own home. From Van Goghs self portraits to Miros Carnival of the Harlequin help your child look beyond the paint & canvas to find out how the art was created & why it was made. Plus children will be inspired to create their own art with fun projects to try themselves. Its an incredible look at the fascinating world of art for the whole family. ...