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When a toddler wanders off in the grocery store, the family dog uses its excellent sense of smell to track down the missing child.

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Originally published by Viking Press in 1955.

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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.

What if a boring lesson about the food chain became a sing-aloud celebration of predators and their prey This book features rhyme and verse on a scientific theme.

(Paperback, Fourth Edition)

(Paperback, Fourth Edition)

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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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Alliterative rhyming tale of a girl who can be very silly but with her best friend, Sam, she discovers she can be something more.

In this compelling collection of words and pictures, 13 poets--including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Walter Dean Myers--respond to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings. Full color.

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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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Frost's well-known poem takes on new life in this first picture-book adaptation, available as a special gift edition. The silent beauty of a snowy night shines through Jeffers's artwork, making this an ideal introduction of poetry to younger readers.

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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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A biography of the author of the beloved "Little House" books describes the Ingalls' life in the woods, their nine moves in a period of three years, the hardships they faced, and Laura's later years as a writer.

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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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Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alices Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

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It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to investigate the crimes and trap the real criminals.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

The shortest of Shakespeare's comedies is the story of identical twin brothers who are raised apart and then mistaken for each other. This edition includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater; dramatic criticism; a comprehensive state and screen history; and an up-to-date listing of recommended readings. (June)

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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.

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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.

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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.