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“If you go into the woods, Old Crony will get you.” • Secrets, spies or maybe even a monster… What lies in the heart of the wood? Charlie, Dizzy and Johnny are determined to discover the truth, but when night falls without warning they find themselves trapped in a nightmare. Lost in the woods, strange dangers and impossible puzzles lurk in the shadows. As time plays tricks, can Charlie solve this mystery and find a way out of the woods? But what if this night never ends…? • A timeless novel for anyone who’s ever felt lost. From the award-winning author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright and The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day

How do you know you really exist? • It’s Maisie’s birthday and she can’t wait to open her presents. She’s hoping for the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But she wakes to an empty house and outside the front door is nothing but a terrifying, all-consuming blackness • Trapped in an ever-shifting reality, Maisie knows that she will have to use the laws of the universe and the love of her family to survive. And even that might not be enough… • A mind-bending mystery for anyone who’s ever asked questions. From the author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright and The Jamie Drake Equation • Cover illustration by Matt Saunders

Facts meet fiction in this exciting, intricate Victorian detective story! • Jane Pinny has moved to the very grand Lytton House to be a Maid Of All Work. And being a Maid Of All Work means that she has to do… well, ALL the work, obviously! Cleaning, dusting, scrubbing, washing – there’s SO much to do in a Victorian country house. But when a priceless jade necklace belonging to the lady of the house disappears, Jane turns accidental detective (with the help of her best friend, a pigeon called Plump…) – can she solve the mystery of the missing jewels before it’s too late? • Perfect for fans of Horrible Histories, filled with amazing facts and historical trivia, with an exciting story and brilliant illustrations, you won’t be able to put this SECRET DIARY down!

Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to drama and running around and even some fainting! • When a session of extreme dancing leaves Maisie in hospital with a broken leg, things take a turn for the weird! Strange noises in the ward at night, missing cuddly toys and a sandwich trolley that only ever has tuna sandwiches. Could Maisie's leg be cursed? If it is, and it definitely IS, then everything is doomed! • Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham

An extraordinary novel for anyone who’s ever been curious • When Albie’s mum dies, it’s natural he should wonder where she’s gone. His parents are both scientists and they usually have all the answers. Dad mutters something about Albie’s mum being alive and with them in a parallel universe. So Albie finds a box, his mum’s computer and a rotting banana, and sends himself through time and space to find her… • Cover illustration by Matt Saunders

Favourite fairy tales are turned upside down in this laugh-out-loud bedtime story, where everyone wants to be the hero • Everyone knows that the very last story before bed is the best story of all, but what if ALL the fairy tale characters want part of the action?! It’s chaos! Cinderella hijacks the story of The Three Little Pigs, adamant that her story is the best, then Little Red Riding Hood jumps in, insisting that her story is better because it’s full of danger. And then, uh-oh, the Big Bad Wolf turns up too! But then disaster strikes – the reader is still awake and needs a story! With some much-needed teamwork, the characters make up a story together and one with enough funniness, romance, danger AND cake (obviously) to keep everyone happy

Алан наслаждается идеальным, казалось бы, деньком, но тут выясняется, что его слон пропал! К счастью, Эди – сыщица, а её специальность – поиск слонов. Так что она точно знает, с чего начать. Вместе они обойдут лавки с вкусностями, осмотрят кости динозавров и даже поднимутся в небо на вагончике фуникулёра… но так и не найдут слоника! Удастся ли его отыскать? И не найдёт ли Алан новых друзей по ходу расследования? • «Пропал слон!» - очаровательная и весёлая книга с картинками для детей, которую написал и проиллюстрировал Гед Адамсон • Книга на английском языке • A charming, funny adventure about missing elephants and finding friends • It’s the perfect kind of day until Alan’s elephant goes missing! Lucky for him, Edie’s an Elephant Detective and she knows exactly where to look

The sixth in a series of perfect pony books full of action and adventure! • Georgia and her palomino, Lily, have come a long way together but now, in their final adventure, they face their biggest challenge yet. Georgia and Lily have been selected for dressage training camp at Rosefolly Equestrian Centre, the best equestrian centre in the country, where they will compete for a place on the British Pony Squad. Georgia can’t wait to show off Lily’s abilities at Rosefolly, and she’s so happy to be training alongside friendly Jodie and her beautiful but skittish pony, Jackson. But it looks like stuck-up Serena wants to make an enemy of both of them. She’s desperate to win a place on the squad, and she won’t let anyone stand in her way…

The doggy duo is back, and this time there’s pastry pandemonium in Paris! • In this rhyming, picture book adventure, Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam have made it to the magical streets of Paris, baking a spectacular gingerbread Eiffel Tower for a VERY important art exhibition at “Galerie Bonbon”. But a sneaky fox has made off across the Seine with the precious masterpiece. Will Shifty and Sam EVER catch the dastardly Cunningham Sly and dish up their tasty tower in time? • Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam is a hugely successful, action-packed series about two baker-dogs who used to be robbers, but now solve mysteries and sniff out crimes! • Tracey Corderoy is a multi-award-winning author and has written over 70 books for children including collaborations with Rosalind Beardshaw and Sarah Massini

Friends come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes the best friends are the most unlikely of all • When a lonely little boy receives an invitation to play written on a paper boat, it seems that he has found the best friend he’s been longing for – at last! But Bear isn’t quite the playmate the boy had imagined. If only he knew how to play games properly! • Then, when Bear starts to build a treehouse, the boy is intrigued and a magical summer begins. As autumn passes and the first winter snowflakes start to fall, the boy is left alone, and only then does he truly realise what he has lost . . . Until at last spring comes again and the friends are joyfully reunited with a very special hug! • This tender story with heart-warming illustrations exquisitely captures the change of seasons and explores themes of friendship and belonging

“I was special. I was a hero. I lost the best friend I ever had.” • Eleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roam • Her brother Jed is an eldest, revered and special. A hero. Her younger brother is Trig – everyone loves Trig. But Maggie’s just a middler; invisible and left behind. Then, one hot September day, she meets Una, a hungry wanderer girl in need of help, and everything Maggie has ever known gets turned on its head • Narrated expertly and often hilariously by Maggie, we experience the trials and frustrations of being the forgotten middle child, the child with no voice, even in her own family • This gripping story of forbidden friendship, loyalty and betrayal is perfect for fans of Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff, Frances Hardinge and Margaret Atwood

If bedtime is a battle, then this hilarious, inventive picture book from international bestseller, Nicola O’Byrne, is exactly what you need • Rabbit has had a very good idea. He does NOT want to go to bed and so he puts The Dark in the biscuit tin so that he won’t have to. Now he can stay up all night long! But The Dark gently reminds Rabbit of all the reasons why the dark and night are needed. What about all the nocturnal animals? And surely you can’t have a yummy breakfast of toast and honey and fresh orange juice unless you’ve been to bed? But the very BEST thing about nighttime has to be a bedtime story, doesn’t it? Rabbit is finally persuaded and lets The Dark out of the biscuit tin . . . the moment the story starts, Rabbit falls fast asleep