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Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Charles Dickens is the creator of some of English literatures most memorable characters. Meet them all between the pages of this book, which retells, in lively comic strip style, five of Dickens' most popular stories: 'Oliver Twist', 'Great Expectations', 'A Tale of Two Cities', 'David Copperfield' and 'A Christmas Carol'.
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
Sophie has been sent south by boat to stay with her uncle in a strange new land: Pangaea. A continent lost in time, where dinosaurs still roam the vast plains, and pirates battle for hidden troves of glittering treasure. And where the treasures are great come the most cut-throat pirates of all.
7) The Minpins
Author
Description
Large format, full colour edition of the story about miniature folk who live in a mysterious forest
10) Diary of a worm
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's
Pub. Date
2012
Description
This is the diary of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not much different from you and me. Except that he eats his homework and his head looks a lot like his rear end.
11) The copper tree
Author
Publisher
Strauss House Productions
Pub. Date
2012
Description
When Olivia's teacher, Miss Evans, dies, the children at her school are encouraged to think of everything that reminds them of her. This book is about love and legacy and will help children understand that while sadness is an inevitable part of grief, death is not necessarily the end for what is left behind can be everlasting.
Author
Series
Tales of Fayt volume 1
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
The town of Port Fayt is home to all sorts of strange folk: elves, trolls, fairies and more besides! 'The Demon's Watch,' an elite crew of law-keepers, preserve order here. Tabs is the newest recruit, determined to be taken seriously as a member of the Watch. And she might just have a chance to prove herself when Port Fayt serves up a new mystery: someone's kidnapped a baby, and only the Watch can solve the case.
16) Instructions
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Description
This book invites the reader on a lyrical journey peopled by a cast of mythical characters, with a set of instructions that is both intriguing and reassuring. The advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever.
17) Animal antics
Author
Publisher
Red Robin
Pub. Date
2012
Description
When the World Sports Week committee can find no reasons in the rules not to allow the animal kingdom to compete in the competition, chaos ensues! Join in the mayhem and hang out with the baboons, wrestle with bears, sail with skate, sprint with cheetahs and swim with sharks in this story of animal antics.
18) 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.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Seven-year-old Iggy Wilder loves dogs. In fact, he loves them so much he'd quite like to be one. So when Iggy's grandpa dies and his dog, Fred, is sent away, Iggy is desperate to get his four-pawed pal back. Packed with doggy facts and canine companionship, this is the heart-warming story of a boy's search for his lost friend.