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Bailey, Susanna Raven Winter Farshore 2022, pp248, [pounds sterling]7.99 9781405299961 Family. Animals. Healing The scene and characters are set out in an opening paragraph that seamlessly draws the reader in. [...]

Ryan, Donald 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt Michael O'Mara Books Ltd 2021, pp272, [pounds sterling]8.99 9781789293517 Egypt. Nile. Daily Life For most, Ancient Egypt is associated with pyramids and glamorous [...]

Keen, Teddy Journey to the Last River Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2021, ppl28, [pounds sterling]14.99 9780711254473 Adventure. Jungle. Ecology Journey to the Last River is a diary kept by two [...]

Long, David Ancient World Magnified Illustrated by Andy Rowland Wide Eyed Editions 2021, pp45, [pounds sterling]16.99 9780711249707 Civilizations. Ancient Worlds. Occupations This book is an illustrated introduction to sixteen different [...]

Cali, Davide Mr Tiger Illustrated by Miguel Tanco Tate Publishing 2021, pp40, [pounds sterling]11.99 9784849767477 Macho. Shyness. Aggression Mr Tiger is a professional wrestler. His specialities in the ring are [...]

Hunt, Tristram (ed.) The Lives of the Objects: Collecting Design V&A, 2019, pp256, [pounds sterling]30 978 1 85177 972 7 The subtitle of this book--'collecting design'--does not do it justice. [...]

Charlton, Darren Wranglestone Stripes, 2020, pp384, [pounds sterling]7.99 978 1 78895 121 0 We are told on the flyleaf of this book that the author, Darren Charlton, has 'lifetime obsessions [...]

UNHCR Forced to Flee: Refugee Children Drawing on their Experiences Franlin Watts/UNHCR, 2019, pp80, [pounds sterling]12.99 978 1 4451 6628 5 This is a book which I recommend for a [...]

Walsh, Aoife Lost for Words Andersen, 2019, pp272, [pounds sterling]6.99 978 1 78344 834 0 The plot of Lost for Words will appeal to any librarian; a group of young [...]

Farrell, Mary Cronk Standing Up Against Hate Abrams, 2019, pp208, [pounds sterling]14.99 978 1 4197 3160 0, The armed forces in the USA are often seen as models of successful [...]

Khan, Rehan A Tudor Turk (The Chronicles of Will Ryde and Awa Maryam Al-Jameel) Hope Road, 2019, pp304, [pounds sterling]8.99 978 1 90844 697 8 This book, one of a [...]

Newland, Sonya Extraordinary Skyscrapers (Fact Finders: Exceptional Engineering) Raintree, 2019, pp32, [pounds sterling]12.99 978 1 4747 7549 6 Extraordinary Skyscrapersprovides an introduction to most of the ten tallest buildings in [...]

Brooks, Susie Impressionism (Inside Art Movements) Wayland, 2018, pp48, [pounds sterling]13.99 978 1 5263 0495 7 This is an excellent introduction to Impressionism and the artists who introduced it. The [...]

Helmer, Grace Kahlo's Koalas: The Great Artists Counting Book LOM ART, 2018, pp32, [pounds sterling]7.99 978 1 910552 88 9 Kahlo's Koalasi s a novel kind of counting book. Each [...]

Yakovleva, Yulia Translated by Ruth Ahmedzai KempThe Raven's ChildrenPuffin, 2018, pp256, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 241 33077 7If there is indeed a renewed admiration for Stalin in Putin's macho [...]

Kaye, HadynEmmeline (First Names)Illustrated by Michael Cotton-RussellDavid Fickling Books, 2018, pp144, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 910989 61 6The centenary of granting (some) women the vote has seen a number [...]

Rauf, OnjaliThe Boy at the Back of the ClassOrion, 2018, pp256, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 5101 0501 0This is a delightful, feel-good book about a non-English speaking boy who [...]

Manning, Mick and Granstrom, Brita The Story of Paintings Franklin Watts, 2017, pp88, 14.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 4451 5004 8 Subtitled A History of Art for Children, in effect [...]

Nilsson, Frida Translated by Peter Graves The Ice Sea Pirates Illustrated by Dave Barrow Gecko Press, 2018, pp400, 7.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 776571 46 8 Frida Nilsson is a [...]

Reuter, Bjarne Translated by Sian Mackie Elise and the Second-Hand Dog Illustrated by Kirsten Raagaard Wacky Bee, 2018, pp180, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 9956972 8 7 Bjarne Reuter is [...]

Hayes, Rosemary Forgotten Footprints Troika Books, 2017, pp272, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 909991 49 1 Forgotten Footprints is based on a historic event. The Zuytdorp, a Dutch East Indiaman, [...]

Prins, Marcel and Steenhuis, Peter Henk Hidden Scholastic, 2015, pp288, 7.99[pounds sterling] 978 1 407149 04 2 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Marcel Prins's mother was one of many Dutch children of Jewish [...]

Durston, Syd Growing Up in Wartime Somerset: A Portrait in Watercolour The History Press, 2011, pp96, 14.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 7524 6172 4 This is a most interesting book. [...]

Bingham, Hettie Banksy Breaks the Rules (Unofficial) Wayland, 2016, pp48, 7.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 7502 9976 3 Any school library book dealing with the street artist Banksy has to [...]

Daykin, Chloe Fish Boy Illustrated by Richard Jones Faber & Faber, 2017, pp304, 9.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 571 32822 2 Billy is a boy from a close-knit family. He [...]

Zaczek, Iain Vincent van Gogh (In the Picture With) Wayland, 2016, pp32, 8.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 5263 0005 8 This book is one of a series which aims to [...]

Throp, Claire The Split History of the Wars of the Roses (A Perspectives flip book) Raintree, 2016, pp64, 14.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 4747 2668 9 This book is a [...]

Philip, Simon and Hindley, Kate You Must Bring a Hat Simon & Schuster, 2016, pp32, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 4711 1732 9 This is a delightful picture-book with a [...]

Piercey, Rachel and Wright, Emma Falling Out of the Sky: Poems about Myths and Monsters Emma Press, 2015, pp56, 8.50[pounds sterling] 978 1 91013 918 9 This is a collection [...]

Gray, Leon Horrible Jobs of the Industrial Revolution (History's Most Horrible Jobs) Raintree, 2016, pp48, 13.99[pounds sterling] 978 1 4747 1562 1 Horrible Histories have shown how children's innate ghoulishness [...]

I am 83 and of course I get cross when I find that there are things that I can't manage nowadays. But I suspect that Janice Turner is wrong about [...]

Dunlop, Eileen Supernatural Scotland National Museums Scotland, 2011, pp40, 5.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 905267 36 1 This book is one of the 'Scotties' series, published by the National Museums [...]

Shirley, Jan Harry Bone-Thief Ragged Bears, 2011, pp119, 7.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 85714 449 9 Harry's father is a carpenter working for the Prior at Canterbury in the summer [...]

Adams, Simon The Iraq War Watts, 2011, pp46, 12.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 7496 8228 6 This is contemporary history with a vengeance. The Iraq War was hugely controversial when [...]

Lloyd, Steffan A Miracle for David: Patron Saint of Wales Illustrated by Brett Breckon Pont, 2011, pp30, 5.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 84851 165 1 A Miracle for David tells [...]

Thompson, Kate Wanted! Bodley Head, 2010, pp121, 7.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 370 32990 1 This book is by the four-times winner of the Children's Books of Ireland Bisto Book [...]

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley The School For Scandal Marlowe, Christopher Doctor Faustus Stage on Screen, DVD etc., 154/129 mins, 14.95 [pounds sterling] inc (check the website for multi-disk teaching and library [...]

Hume, Robert Thomas Crapper: Lavatory Legend Illustrated by Cheryl Ives Stone Publishing, 2010, pp125, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 0 954990 93 0 It appears that the Crapper family were originally [...]

Casale, Alexia House of Windows Faber, 2015, pp374, 7.99£ 978 0571 32153 7 Nick claims he is a hard worker. Other people say he is a mathematical genius. Either way, [...]

Hile, Lori Shang Dynasty China (Daily Life in Ancient Civilisations) Raintree, 2015, pp48, 13.99[pounds sterling] 978 1 406 29848 2 I knew nothing about the Shang dynasty before beginning this [...]

Guillain, Charlotte What is Literary Non-Fiction? (Connect With Text) Raintree, 2015, pp32, 12.99[pounds sterling] 978 1 406 29683 9 The publishers have made a strong entry for any competition for [...]

Various In Their Shoes: Fairy Tales and Folktales Illustrated by Lucie Arnoux Pushkin, 2015, pp121, 6.99£ 978 1 78269 101 3 This is a collection of fairy and folk tales [...]

Hamilton, Peter, F. The Secret Throne (Queen of Dreams) Illustrated by Rohan Eason Macmillan, 2015, pp280, 6.99[pounds sterling] 978 1 4472 8865 7 The Secret Throne owes a great deal [...]

McKay, Hilary Binny in Secret Hodder, 2015, pp272, 10.99 £ 978 1 444 91340 8 Binny has a college-going, flute-playing elder sister Clem, and a six year-old nightmare of a [...]

Stephen Bush's observations on lessons from German history (First Thoughts, 17 July) could be extended further. Germany defaulted twice in the 20th century because of self-produced calamities. After the first [...]

McGough, Roger and Rosen, Michael You Tell Me Illustrated by Korky Paul Frances Lincoln, 2015, pp96, 6.99[pounds sterling] 978 1 84780 444 0 The blurb lists these poems as dealing [...]

Avery, Tom Not As We Know It Illustrated by Kate Grove Andersen, 2015, pp240, 6.99[pounds sterling] 978 1 78344 226 3 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is a sea-grey book, printed on [...]

Mackenzie, Emily Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar Bloomsbury, 2014, pp32, 6.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 4088 4313 0 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ralfy Rabbit is obsessed with books. When he isn't reading [...]

Emmett, Jonathan and Cabban, Vanesa A Spot of Bother Walker, 2015, pp32, 11.99 [pounds sterling] 978 1 4063 4799 9 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Spot of Bother is another of the [...]