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41) Me and my fear
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
When a young refugee girl has to travel to a new country and start at a new school, she is accompanied by her Fear who tells her to be alone and afraid, growing bigger and bigger every day with questions like 'how can you hope to make new friends if you don't understand their language?' But this little girl is stronger than her Fear.
42) Bubble trouble
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Rueben and Felix are best friends, and what they like doing best is blowing bubbles - the bigger, the better! It all starts to go wrong when Rueben challenges Felix to a bubble-blowing competition. When they sabotage each other's bubble machines, the results are disastrous. It's time to stop fighting against each other and pull together!
44) Leave me alone
Author
Publisher
Hodder Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A young boy struggles to stand up to his bully until his friends show him that eight loud voices are stronger than one! Brilliantly told by award-winning author Kes Gray, a difficult subject is treated with a wonderfully light touch.
45) Mummy's home!
Author
Publisher
Picture Corgi
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Written by Lieutenant Colonel Christopher MacGregor and based on his own experiences of going away from home, this comforting, wise book helps to explain why parents sometimes have to go away and shows ways to help children cope.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2011
Description
In the town of Hamelin, the rich and greedy live like kings and queens while the poor and sick scavenge rubbish tips for scraps. A lame orphan boy tells the classic tale of how a plague of rats take over the town and how a fantastic piper offers to rid Hamelin of its rats for a single gold coin.
47) Up and down mum
Author
Publisher
Child's Play (International) Ltd
Pub. Date
2019
Description
For children who grow up in the care of a parent who has bipolar disorder, life can be filled with anxiety and uncertainty. This story helps us to understand the causes of bipolar disorder and how we can learn to live with someone who has it.
48) My dads
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2010
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Description
I have two fathers. I call them Dad & Pa. Dad is tall & wears suits. Pa is bald & wears boots. Dad's into gadgets & Pa's into plants; one paints on easels, the other on walls. In this celebration of blended families, a young girl explains why her dad & stepdad, though completely different, both love her very much.
50) The Ice Princess
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Description
It's a dream come true for Lettice when she is asked to take part in a Winter Festival for the crowning of the Ice Princess. But it seems that the ceremony will be ruined when the Princess's tiara is lost in the snow. Is there anything Lettice can do to help?
51) The Scallywags
Author
Publisher
Hodder Children's
Pub. Date
2007
Description
The Scallywags are a bunch of rather messy and noisy wolves who find it rather hard to behave properly. But as they soon discover, if it means losing your friends, then just maybe it's time to practise those manners.
52) Foxy
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's
Pub. Date
2012
Description
It's the night before the first day of school and Emily is worried that she doesn't have all the things she needs. Luckily Foxy comes to the rescue and offers to help (he can produce just about anything from his amazing tail). Life is full of surprises when Foxy is around, but sometimes his magic doesn't work quite as planned.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Ruby lives in the city and Grampa lives in the country. They write to each other and share the events in their lives. Ruby tells about the flights of stairs in their apartment block and the sights of the city. Grampa tells Ruby about the naughty magpies that live in his old oak tree.
55) Sticky ends
Author
Publisher
Andersen
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Have you heard the tale of Felicity Finch who was prone to pinch? Or the one about Vince the Mince, the vegetarian dog who took his sprouts far too seriously? This collection offers a grisly mix of cautionary verses, in which assorted characters meet the stickiest of ends!
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club volume 1
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
This graphic novel adapted by Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, is now available in full color! Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club. Whatever comes up, you can count on them to save the day.
58) Wild Child
Author
Description
Meet Wild Child! She's spirited and curious, fearless and free. She lives alone in a mystical, prehistoric world, the last child in a dramatic landscape where anything could happen. Follow her through her day as she explores her world from the foot of the mountain to the heart of the wood.
59) About a bear
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A bear can be happy, a bear can be sad. A bear can be bored, and a bear can be glad! Life is never dull for this bear - there are butterflies to chase, trees to climb and streams to splash in, and it's even more fun when friends join in.
60) Apes-a-go-go!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
'Bogo! Pogo! Apes-a-go-go!' Watch out, the Great Apes have come to town, and that only means one thing - complete chaos! This is a dynamic, slapstick picture book debut for Roman Milisic and A. Richard Allen.