A man builds a tree house by a river in anticipation of the coming flood. A sugar-beet crashes through a young womans windscreen. A boy sets fire to a barn. These arent the sort of things you imagine happening to someone like you. But sometimes they do. Set in the flat & threatened fenland landscape where the sky is dominant & the sea lurks just beyond the horizon these delicate dangerous & sometimes deeply funny stories tell of things buried & unearthed of familiar places made strange & of lives where much is hidden much is at risk & tender moments are hard-won. ...

This is the fourth quirky original & deliciously dark comic adventure from the phenomenon that is Pseudonymous Bosch author of the hilarious bestseller The Name of This Book is Secret". Cass' mind has been transported back to Medieval England after she dared to taste the Midnight Sun's deadly chocolate leaving her body in a coma. Invisible to everyone save for a clairvoyant whose "second sight" helps Cass on her quest Cass finds her ancient ancestor & founder of the Terces Society
- the jester
- with the help of a double monocle with mysterious powers. Cass must help the jester escape the wicked clutches of the founder of the Midnight Sun Lord Pharaoh if she is to steal his treasure which may or may not contain the Secret. To Cass' horror when she wakes from her coma she has forgotten everything. But a school trip to a medieval fair stirs her memories & she is confronted with a menacing blast from her time-travelling past... Bursting with inventive characters & laugh-out-loud moments readers will be instantly hooked by the stylish tongue-in-cheek story-telling of Pseudonymous Bosch. It features a dedicated website which is highly interactive with email news alerts & more."

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This Little Footballer" is a delightful rhyming touch-&-feel book from Ladybird with a different little footballer to talk about & a big touchy-feely item to explore on every double page. From a leathery ball & rough goalkeeper gloves to a silky shirt & shiny trophy each football-themed tactile area helps to stimulate sensory awareness in older babies & toddlers & teach them the difference between smooth rough bumpy shiny & so on. Learn each little footballers name & what they are doing by reading the rhymes then choose a name for the last little footballer at the end! With a ladybird to also look for & spot on each page " This Little Footballer" is perfect for sharing with all young fans of the beautiful game as their attention span & curiosity about books grows." ...

Toddlers & young children will love interacting with the friendly touch-&-feel monkeys in this sturdy board book from Ladybird". This book lets you to have fun reading the rhymes together & finding the feely areas on the monkeys each time. Feel squishy ears or stroke a fuzzy tummy as each little monkey is different. Then think of a name for the last little monkey at the end! This is a perfect first touch & feel book for all young monkey fans. " This Little Monkey" helps to develop sensory & language awareness in preschool children." ...

Ladybird's This Little Potty" is a sturdy board book that is great for encouraging toddlers & young children to use the potty. Each chunky double-page spread has a jaunty rhyme introducing a young child & their potty plus a big touch-&-feel area such as a glittery book shiny potty silky hair or soft bear. Freddie is using the potty for a wee along with his teddy Lou is doing a poo & Rory is sitting on his & reading a story! Can YOU use your potty too? " This Little Potty" is perfect for sharing with your child as a gentle pressure-free introduction to potty training." ...

This is a very sweet Christmassy touch-&-feel book from Ladybird. Toddlers & young children will love interacting with the festive touch-&-feel snowmen in this sturdy board book. Have fun reading the rhymes together & finding the feely areas on the snowmen each time. Stroke a soft woolly scarf or feel a ridged carrot nose as each little snowman is different. Then think of a name for the last little snowman at the end! A perfect first Christmas touch-&-feel book for all young snowman fans This Little Snowman" helps to develop sensory & language awareness in preschool children." ...

Remy is a cynic when it comes to love. Let down by her absent musician dad & witness to her mother's four failed marriages she doesn't intend ever to let anyone that close. So when Dexter comes crashing into her life why is it suddenly so hard for Remy to follow her own rules? He's everything she hates: messy disorganised impulsive & worst of all a musician like her absent father... ...

WINNER of the Irish Book Awards Childrens Book of the Year 2012. An exquisite new book featuring a boy & his moose from internationally bestselling multi-prize-winning picture book creator Oliver Jeffers. Wilfred owned a moose. He hadnt always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago & he knew just KNEW that it was meant to be his. He thought he would call him Marcel." Most of the time Marcel is very obedient abiding by the many rules on How to Be a Good Pet. But one dark day while deep in the woods someone else claims the moose as their own... Is Marcel really Wilfreds pet after all? An beautifully-illustrated witty & thought-provoking story exploring the concept of ownership." ...

SMALL WELL APPOINTED FUTURE. SEMI DETACHED. If the end of the world is nigh then surely its only sensible to make alternative arrangements. Certainly the Earth has its points but what most people need is something smaller & more manageable. Of course there are those who say thats planetary treason but who cares what the weirdos & terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made & that theres somebody left to see it. In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it should remember that. ...

Heddy Partridge was never my friend. I have to start with that. Heddy Partridge was never my friend because I was pretty popular clever & blonde & my friends were pretty popular clever & generally blonde too. Heddy Partridge was none of these things. Laura Hamley is the woman who has everything: a loving & successful husband two beautiful children an expensive home & a set of equally fortunate friends. But Lauras perfect world is suddenly threatened when she receives an unwelcome phone call from Mrs Partridge mother of Heddy
- the girl Laura & her friends bullied mercilessly at school. Heddy has been hospitalized following a mental breakdown & Mrs Partridge wants Lauras help to get her released. As Laura reluctantly gets drawn back into the past she is forced to face the terrible consequences of her cruelty. But as her secrets are revealed so too is another even more devastating truth & the perfect world Laura has so carefully constructed for herself begins to fall apart. This Perfect World" is the debut novel from a brilliant dark new voice. See Judys Review See Richards Review See Suzanne Bugler talk about her book Reading Group Questions Read our exclusive Q&A with Suzanne Bugler Write a Review for This Perfect World Judys Review Suzanne Bugler writes about psychological & physical bullying
- well lets call a spade a spade: its torture really
- so forensically & so darkly one wonders if she was once a victim of it herself. Your heart bleeds for poor Heddy so efficiently belittled & tormented by the golden girls in her class. I went to an all-girl High School & I thank God I didnt witness
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- anything like this. Even as Laura agrees to try & undo the damage shes wreaked shes hard as nails. Heddy Partridge was never my friend she tells us bluntly. Thats because I was pretty popular clever & blonde & my friends were pretty popular clever & generally blonde too. Nice. But there is a mystery at the heart of this arresting story a puzzle that slowly plays itself out as Laura tries to undo the terrible damage she has caused. She was the ringleader of the nasty little gang after all; it behoves her to make amends. But why did her parents
- in particular her father
- try so hard to force her to be friends with Heddy while the girls were growing up? What was the hidden connection between Lauras middle-class parents & the working-class Partridges? Why did Lauras father become incandescent with rage when she refused point-blank to allow Heddy into her charmed schoolgirl circle? The answer comes in a shocking twist. & the way the chaos & poison in Heddys life begins to seep into Lauras perfect world is shocking too. There is little comfort for bullies to be found in these pages & even less for the bullied. Richards "






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