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A great new collection of poetry, wide-ranging in both form and subject matter. Full of Brian Patten's wonderful wit and moments of beauty as in GERANIUMS IN THE SNOW: Like children snuggling down under a white duvet Slowly the red geraniums Vanish under the snow. Brilliantly complemented by Chris Riddell's illustrations.

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(Board book)

From the time the sun rises until bedtime, two little mice find a variety of things to do, from reading and picking flowers to playing ball and hide-and-seek. On board pages.

(Hardback)

In this enchanting collection, favourite bed-time songs for children 'Rock-a-bye, Baby', 'Bye, Baby Bunting', 'Golden Slumbers' mingle with less familiar lullabies from around the world.

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This action-packed novel set in Pittsburgh during the Great Depression details the life of young Mike and his working-class family. "An involving and informative kid's-eye look at several aspects of city life in the 1930s."--"School Library Journal."

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Bossy Moffie and her quiet twin brother Morgie both enjoy starting school, especially getting gold stars and making new friends.

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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

(Paperback, Education Edition)

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this volume is intended equally for those studying independently, with a personal tutor, or in class. It covers the context of the novel and its author; detailed examination of themes, characters and structure; a close look the novel in the author's own words, and more.

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Reveals how to look inside the writing process for emotions, image, and music, and how to revise writing to make it magical, and features interviews with published poets.

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This is a courtroom drama about children's favourite nursery characters, Bo Peep, Polly Flinders, Old Mother Hubbard, Mary Mary and many more. Three wolves stand accused, but are they really the villains.

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(Paperback, Fourth Edition)

(Hardback, Main)

In celebration of our 90th birthday, five beautiful hardback editions of some of Ted Hughes's most popular nature poems - to collect, savour and look at the world anew!

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Six acclaimed plays by Lillian Hellman span nearly twenty years of the American theater from 1934 to 1951.

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Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! This is the way we stomp our feet. This is the way we like to eat, Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Stomp! Chomp! Big Roars, Here come the dinosaurs! This action rhymes book focusses on dinosaurs, and includes fun rhymes about various things. It is illustrated with dinosaur characters.

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Ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays, retold for children by multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean, and reissued to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

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Contains: The Umbrella Man; Dip in the Pool; The Butler; The Hitchhiker; Mr Botibol; My Lady Love, My Dove; The Way Up to Heaven; Parson's Pleasure; The Sound Machine; The Wish.

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The zoo animals find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.

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Papa Bear makes it clear to his family that he does not believe in celebrating Fathers' Day, then changes his opinion but fears it may be too late for any special treatment.

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A companion to the bestselling "Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back", this volume features 12 unforgettable stories of the living earth as seen from the sky.

(Hardback)

Gillian Avery, historian of children's books and novelist whose first book THE WARDEN'S NEICE has become a modern classic of children's literature, has made a very personal selection of favourite poems. The illustrations are taken from the books of natural history made by Thomas Bewick, the celebrated English wood engraver.

(Hardback)

This text is aimed at children, and tells of what is important about the Sun, the Moon, the wind and the rain, a bee and a bug and a knife and a spoon.

(Paperback, Main)

In the tradition of the great and enduring writers for children, Carol Ann Duffy creates a living and breathing world, imaginatively self-sufficient, yet recognisable as one that hovers at the edges of our dreams and nightmares.

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First published in 1842, Robert Browning's poetic version of the legend about the lost children of Hamelin is sub-titled 'A Child's Story' and was originally intended only for the private enjoyment of Willie Macready, young son of the famous actor.