Childrens Fiction for 9 to 12 years, fantastic selection of stories for girls and boys with a wide range to choose from lovekidsbooks.com. There is a great range of fiction for the older child or young adult.
This title is packed with awesome true stories real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads - and its all about football. Learn the the psychology of team work the maths behind the 90 minute match and the best animal-themed football phrases from around the world.
What made Pele the greatest player of all time? How did Nadia Nadim flee from Afghanistan and end up playing for Manchester United? Who was the Liverpool player who invented the worlds most popular football boot? This collection of fifty biographies brings together the the incredible true stories of the games greatest legends who changed the world of football.
A football-themed puzzle activity book with more than 200 brain-teasers wordsearches riddles maths puzzles and logic games. Follows the success of }The Amazing Quiz Book{ and }The Incredible Joke Book{.
Phoenix is a firebrand and a fire starter. After burning down a dormitory at her prestigious boarding school Phoenix is sent to live with her grandmother the owner of Greystones mansion. But Phoenix struggles to settle in. Will the band accept Phoenix despite her spiky personality? And can Phoenix finally find true friends in the Lost & Found?
Combining elements of fairy tale humour sometimes dark sometimes light sometimes spooky Philip Pullmans Four Tales is the perfect book to curl up with in front of a fire on a cold winters night.
Frank and Bert are the best of friends and they LOVE to play hide and seek. But Bert the bear isnt quite as good at hiding as he thinks he is - and Frank ALWAYS wins! Every. Single. Time. But when its Berts turn to hide and Frank has to decide between winning again OR making his friend happy Frank learns that friendship is always the true winner. This interactive and entertaining story about friendship is guaranteed to get children giggling!
Way out in the furthest part of the known world a tiny stronghold exists all on its own cut off from the rest of human-kin by monsters that lurk beneath the Snow Sea. There a little boy called Ash waits for the return of his parents singing a forbidden lullaby to remind him of them - and doing his best to avoid his very very grumpy yeti guardian Tobu. But life is about to get a whole lot more crazy-adventurous for Ash. When a brave rescue attempt reveals he has amazing magical powers hes whisked aboard the Frostheart a sleigh packed full of daring explorers who could use his help. But can they help him find his family?
From million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel comes a laugh-out-loud and inspiring new adventure for all readers of 8 and up that is ahead of its time - 1001 years ahead to be precise.
With no rugby over the summer sports-mad Eoin Madden and his friends head to Ormondstown GAA club to get involved in hurling and football. Some local bullies spoil things a bit -- but when the ghosts of Brian Hanrahan and Michael Hogan appear its clear there is something more sinister brewing.
This is a funny story which tells the tale of George and his Grandma. When he cant stand her bad habits any longer he decides to cure her nastiness for good. He concocts a very special medicine which is as nasty as she is - with explosive results.
Queen of historical fiction Emma Carroll makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a powerful evocative and spine-tingling story of childhood on the brink of war.
It all began with a necklace made of glistening pink cowrie shells. A long long necklace that had taken Cherry days - weeks - of careful painstaking work. It was nearly complete and Cherry was determined it would be the longest necklace she had ever made; that it would be fit for a giant! But the end of the holidays had arrived. Youve only got today Cherry said her mother. Just today thats all. Cherry didnt mind a day would be enough - she only needed a few more shells. So amidst the taunts of her older brothers she set out to search for them. Then the clouds grew dark and the waves grew large and as the storm blew in Cherry realised to her horror that she was cut off from the shore. From then on events began to take a decidedly dark turn. One from which there was no turning back.
September is a 12-year-old girl somewhat grown and somewhat heartless and she longs for adventure. So when a green wind and a leopard of little breezes invite her to Fairyland - well of course she accepts. When she gets there she finds a land crushed by the iron rule of a villainous marquess - she soon discovers that she alone holds the key to restoring order. As September forges her way through Fairyland with a book-loving dragon and a boy named Saturday by her side she makes many friends and mistakes. But while she loses her shadow her shoe and her way she finds adventure courage a rather special spoon and a lot more besides.