A festive interactive adventure from bestselling author Tom Fletcher!

GOLLY GUMDROPS . . . A LITTLE ELF HAS FOUND THEIR WAY INTO YOUR BOOK!

What does Elf want?
Oh! Just to see if you’ve been naughty or nice this year!

Elf will ask you a few simple questions to find out. And surely there won’t be any tricks to try and get you to be naughty . . . will there?

Hmmm, this could be quite a tricksy little elf. You’d better keep your wits about you if you want to make it on to Santa’s Nice List!

A fantastically fun and uniquely interactive treat from the creators of There’s a Monster in Your Book. Discover a wonderful new Christmas tradition in a book to read again and again.

Also available:
There’s a Monster in Your Book
There’s a Dragon in Your Book
There’s an Alien in Your Book

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“Guess what!” said Amy. “It’s my birthday next week and my mum says I can invite all my special friends for a sleepover party.”

You’re invited to the ultimate sleepover!

Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are best friends at school, they even have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member, she’s desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is VERY unfriendly to her at times.

And, when the girls start planning sleepovers for their birthdays, Daisy starts dreading her own.

She doesn’t know what her friends will make of her older sister . .

From bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, Sleepovers is a funny but moving tale exploring bullying, disability and friendship. It is the perfect book to introduce young readers to the world of Jaqueline Wilson, one of the country’s most beloved authors.

Has all the Jacqueline Wilson hallmarks of humour, good sense and a profound realism – Independent

And now, discover the sequel to Sleepovers, THE BEST SLEEPOVER IN THE WORLD.

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In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks.

When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick’s band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn’t realize what he’s getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles are all part of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.

Can Greg help Löded Diper become the legends they think they are? Or will too much time with Rodrick’s band be a diper överlöde?

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In The Deep End, book 15 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a cross-country camping trip, ready for the adventure of a lifetime.

But things take an unexpected turn, and they find themselves stranded at a campsite that’s not exactly a summertime paradise. When the skies open up and the water starts to rise, the Heffleys wonder if they can save their vacation – or if they’re already in too deep.

And don’t miss Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure, an all-new fantasy from Greg’s best friend – the follow-up to the instant #1 bestseller Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal.

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Treehouse is getting festive! With lots of Christmas laughs at every level in The 156-Storey Treehouse, from the worldwide bestselling Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.

They’ve added 13 new levels, including a wishing well, a world-record breaking level, a T.V quiz show (hosted by Quizzy the quizzical quizbot) and an amazing mind-reading sandwich-making machine!

It’s the night before Christmas, but it’s not going well for Andy and Terry – they’re at war with an angry snowman, Santa has crashed his sleigh and fallen into the cloning machine, and Mr. Big Nose wants a new book by tomorrow!

Can they defeat the snowman, save Christmas, and get their book written in time?

Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

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From hilarious bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks story. This time it’s CHRISTMAS!!!

Dear Santa,

For Christmas this year, I would like:

Two hundred KitKat chunkies (full-size not multipack)
Baby Bella to stop shouting ‘BUM’ in public spaces
A new brother who doesn’t fart on me and call it a ‘tasty air biscuit’
Antoine or Daniel (I can’t decide!) to surprise me on Christmas Day with a grand romantic gesture
Cash (lots of it!)
A new diary (I’m really getting through them!)

Lots of love,

Lottie xxx

PS. Please could you put a chocolate orange instead of a real orange in my stocking this year?

Lottie Brooks LOVES Christmas – there’s presents, all the KitKat Chunkys you can eat AND no school for two weeks! But this year, Christmas might be a bit more chaotic than usual. The whole Brooks family are visiting for the festive break (along with some surprise visitors . . .), there’s a Secret Santa to organise, and the hammies won’t stop attacking Gavin, the Elf on the Shelf!

Will Lottie survive the festivities intact or will she have to hide in the fort of shame until it’s all over?

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Celebrate Christmas with Bluey!

It’s Christmas Eve and Bluey, Bingo and Muffin can’t wait to open their presents. But Bluey’s dad reminds them that no peeking or no presents! So, they decide to play a game called Verandah Santa to practice no peeking. What will Santa bring them?

Join Bluey as she learns the true meaning of being good for Christmas.

Want more Bluey? Also available:
Bluey: Daddy Putdown
Bluey: Goodnight Fruit Bat
Bluey: Camping

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GREG HEFFLEY AND SPORTS JUST DON’T MIX.
After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he’s officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom persuades him to give it one more go and makes Greg reluctantly agree to sign up for basketball.

Tryouts are a MESS, and Greg is sure he won’t make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team.

As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg’s hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?

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Based on the original stories by Michael Bond, a funny, festive Paddington adventure with real mail to open and enjoy!

This funny interactive picture book follows Paddington as he does his best to help the Brown family get ready for a very special Christmas. Open the five envelopes inside and find an Advent calendar, Paddington’s home-made Christmas card to Aunt Lucy, a bear-shaped Christmas tree decoration . . . and more!

Paddington is looking forward to Christmas, and from making cards to writing to Santa there is certainly a lot to keep him busy!

Stories of Paddington Bear have delighted children all over the world for more than sixty-five years.

Michael Bond’s book ‘Paddington’s Easter Egg Hunt’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 03-04-2023.

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Dive into an exciting and mysterious adventure full of fun-filled friendships, fantastical creatures and incredible investigations by the #1 bestselling author Marcus Rashford!

Inspired by Marcus’s own experiences growing up, The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence is the first fiction book by England International footballer, child-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE.

Written with children’s author Alex Falase-Koya it’s packed with tons of illustrations by Marta Kissi, making it the perfect book for children aged 8-11.

There’s something fishy going on at school . . .

When twelve-year-old Marcus kicks his favourite football over the school fence, he knows he’s never getting it back. Nothing that goes over that wall ever comes back. But when Marcus gets a mysterious note inviting him to join the Breakfast Club Investigators, he is soon pulled into an exciting adventure with his new mates Stacey, Lise and Asim to find out what is lurking on the other side of the fence – and get his football back!

Don’t miss the Breakfast Club Investigators next adventure in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School!

‘Breakfast Club guaranteed I had the best possible start to my day and welcomed me with open arms. It wasn’t just about food. It was about forming friendships, about togetherness, about escape. It was where some of my greatest memories were made. I want to capture that feeling in my debut fiction book.’ – Marcus Rashford MBE

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A reassuring tale about coping with overwhelming feelings and frustration, The Stompysaurus is the latest book in the DinoFeelings series by Rachel Bright and Chris Chatterton, creators of The Worrysaurus. Now available in a chunky board book, perfect for little hands.

One morning, Stompysaurus wakes from a happy dream, feeling excited for the new day, until things start to go a bit wrong. His brother’s being a tease, his breakfast isn’t his usual favourite and NOTHING is going right. His STOMPS and ROARS start rising inside him, until they EXPLODE!

But a tricky start doesn’t have to mean a stompy finish. Can Stompysurus find a new way of looking at things and turn his day around?

The perfect story to help children learn to overcome feelings of anger and annoyance when it seems like everything is going wrong. From the author of the bestselling The Lion Inside. A Read for Empathy Collection Choice, chosen by EmpathyLab.

Check out the other books in the DinoFeelings series:
The Worrysaurus
The Hugasaurus

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Having a pet dragon is very fun!

He can sit, roll over, and play… He can candle a birthday cake, lit a campfire, or so many other cool things…

But what if your dragon is afraid of change?

What if he doesn’t like his new teacher and her teaching style and refuses to go to school?

What if he’s sad because his favorite pool is closed, and he’s afraid to try the newer, bigger pool because of the unknowns?

What if he hates to say goodbye to his old soccer team, and doesn’t want to join a new one?

What if he’d have a hard time whenever something changes, or when things no longer how they used to be?

What should you do?

You teach him how to deal with change!

You teach him that everything changes. Change happens, and life keeps changing. Instead of avoiding change, he needs to learn to adapt, anticipate, and enjoy the new experience when the change comes his way!

But How???

Get this book and learn how!

Fun, cute, and entertaining with beautiful illustrations, this is a must have book for children, parents and teachers to teach kids the proper way to think, and deal with changes and transitions in life!

GET THIS BOOK NOW AND ENJOY!

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Welcome to the Island of Struay, home of one of the best-loved characters in children’s books and as seen on TV – Katie Morag McColl!

Everyone is excited about the new ballet and tap classes. Everyone, that is, except Katie Morag! But the two grandmothers have decided – she will go to ballet and she will wear a frilly skirt! What is Katie Morag going to do?

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Number One bestseller Giraffes Can’t Dance from author Giles Andreae has been delighting children for over 20 years. Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can’t dance . . . or can they?

A funny, touching and triumphant picture book story about a giraffe who finds his own tune and confidence too, with joyful illustrations from Guy Parker Rees and a foiled cover.

… wonderfully funny. – Independent

A fantastically funny and wonderfully colourful romp of a picture book. All toddlers should grow up reading this or hearing their parents read it aloud to them. – Daily Telegraph

A joyful read about an outsider who finds acceptance on his own terms…. there’s also a simple moral about tolerance and daring to be different. – Junior

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Winner of the 1982 Guardian Award for children’s fiction, The Village by the Sea is a survival story by the novelist Anita Desai.

Set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay, Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything. Although the book paints a picture of extreme poverty, it demonstrates the strength of the family even in the most extreme circumstances and offers a powerful picture of another culture.

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A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan.

“Laugh-out-loud stuff” Ray D’Arcy

It’s the most important day of the year for King Fabian as he is hosting all the neighbouring rulers. Everything simply must go perfectly.

King Fabian wakes up, stretches, and…

farts.

His wife’s fury is so huge that he panics and blames the butler, who is carted off to the dungeons. Leaving behind a big problem: Fabian isn’t really the brains behind the crown: it is the butler… how will dithery Fabian manage to pull off this high-pressure event alone? His small and smelly fart looks like it will kick off a crisis…

Frank – a kitchen boy with a big imagination – is drafted in as an emergency butler. As the banquet descends into a food fight and processions catapult out of control, Frank finds himself in an all-out farty farce. Can he save the day?

• Wildly funny and endlessly surprising, this is delightfully imaginative, surreal storytelling with a message that small events can trigger big change, and children can be heroes!
• Packed with pictures by Stephen Mangan’s sister Anita Mangan.
• Escape the Rooms is one of the most loved and bestselling children’s debuts of 2021.

Stephen and Anita Mangan are comic dynamite.

Praise for Stephen and Anita’s books:

Escape the Rooms:

“A brilliant, clever, kind of genius book” Graham Norton, Virgin Radio

‘Richly imagined and deeply heartfelt’ Hadley Freeman, Guardian

‘Manages to feel both classic and modern at the same time’ Good Housekeeping

‘A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the imagination’ Edith Bowman

The Fart That Changed the World

“A sure-fire way for kids to entertain themselves. What’s more, it’s also excellent for reading aloud” LoveReading4Kids

“A high-energy, brilliantly imaginative and laugh-out-loud tale that is guaranteed to blow away young readers” Lancashire Evening Post

The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge

“After the runaway success of joint debut novel, Escape the Rooms, and the hilarious The Fart That Changed the World, the dynamic duo return with an all-action, marvellously manic and laugh-out-loud tale with a message that any child can be a hero” Lancashire Evening Post

“hilarious … A right royal romp” First News

ABOUT THE MANGANS

Stephen Mangan is an author, script-writer and actor with huge range across TV, radio, film and theatre. From classic comedy such as Green Wing,Episodes and I’m Alan Partridge and acclaimed drama such as The Split, Stephen also presentsPortrait and Landscape Artist of the Year and regularly appears on stage, most recently as a highly praised Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Stephen also voiced the title role in Postman Pat: The Movie. He has been a member of the judging panels for the Costa Book of the Year prize and The Laugh-Out-Loud Awards (The Lollies). His children’s books are the bestselling Escape the Rooms and The Fart that Changed the World.

Stephen on writing for children (interview on ITV’s Lorraine):
“Every page has to grip them, make them laugh, be interesting because they can drop it. There are screens everywhere that they can pick up. That’s part of the reason why I started writing books because I had such fun as a kid reading books. I always had my head in a book. I wanted to write books that were unputdownable for children, that were full of adventure and crazy big characters and made them laugh.”

Anita Mangan is a celebrated graphic designer and illustrator who has designed over 60 books including for Leon Restaurants, Gizzi Erskine and Fearne Cotton. She illustrated the best-selling Be a Unicorn series. Her first children’s book was the bestselling Escape the Rooms.

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Let the magic of J.K. Rowling’s classic series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Issued to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, these irresistible House Editions celebrate the noble character of the four Hogwarts houses. Featuring gorgeous house-themed cover art and interior line illustrations by Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold, each book will also have vibrant sprayed edges in the house livery. Entertaining bonus features exclusive to each house accompany the novel. All seven books in the series will be issued in these highly collectable House Editions.

A must-have for anyone who has ever imagined sitting under the Sorting Hat in the Great Hall at Hogwarts waiting to hear the words, ‘Better be RAVENCLAW!’

You’ll always find a home at Hogwarts!

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Little Stork’s New Home is a beautifully illustrated book that sensitively explains the full process of modern day adoption. A young stork is unable to care for her hatchling and the hatchling is eventually moved from her nest, to a foster family and finally to an adopted family. This story is an allegory to the entire adoption process and provides a good starting point to help children understand their adoption journey.

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