You're Not So Scary, Sid!

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A cleverly designed hand puppet book – the hole in the middle has Sid’s big mouth hanging out of it. Perfect for young readers to stick their hands in and pretend to be Sid roaring or eating.

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A World Away

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Tudor England saw the brutal colonisation of the American Indians by Sir Walter Raleigh.

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The Wizard's Warning

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Prince Florian, formerly known as Prince Pom Pom, is in trouble again; his father is losing his hair, which means he can no longer be king.

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The Witch's Children Go to School

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When the witch’s three children go to school there is bound to be trouble. New, timid Gemma is turned into a furniture-eating ogre.

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Waste and Recycling

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At the risk of creating more waste paper to recycle, one must applaud Watts for producing an up-to-date title on this most topical of subjects.

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War and Change: Ireland 1918-1924

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The notion that the past never leaves us is confirmed by these two titles in a new primary school history series from Evans.

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Traitor!

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In the second of the ‘Elizabethan Mysteries’ Ben’s company, Lord Bonner’s Men, are invited to play at the Rose Theatre and then to perform a new play in front of Elizabeth I on the 26th Decemb

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Toby Alone

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Known in its original French as Tobie Lolness, de Fombelle’s novel has already enjoyed wide acclaim and won various awards.

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Three's a Crowd

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McKenzie’s much-praised award winner Girl, Missing was concerned with a kidnapped child.

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The Squirrel Wife

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One stormy night, a young swineherd exploited by his cruel brother enters a menacing forest to save the life of one of the elven green folk who live there.

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