Children’s Fiction

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From the award-winning and bestselling author of Shatter Me comes All This Twisted Glory the highly anticipated third novel in the Persian inspired mythology This Woven Kingdom series

Full of explosive magic searing romance and heartbreaking betrayal These Infinite Threads is the breathtaking sequel to the instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller This Woven Kingdom

The perfect first introduction to everyones favourite engine - Thomas! Meet Sodors number 1 engine and read about his jobs his adventures and his friends.

When Liv lands an all-expenses-paid opportunity to study aboard the luxury cruise ship The Eos for a semester she cant believe her luck. Especially since it will offer her the chance to spend time with Will her ex-best friend whos barely spoken to her since the night their relationship changed forever. But as soon as she steps on board Liv realises just how out of her depth she is. With Will with the rest of the Seamester students - including the brittle and beautiful Constantine who may be hiding his own ties to the Eos - and most of all with the Sirens three glamorous and mysterious influencers who seem to have the run of the ship.

In the city of Alante the descendants of the Greek gods live alongside mortals. Io is the youngest of three sisters descended from the Fates. She is able to see threads: shimmering silver lines connecting every person. When a new relationship is formed a new thread appears. When a persons life-thread is cut its their time to die. Io uses her gifts as a private investigator trying to make ends meet in a world which treats other-born people like her with suspicion and prejudice. Then Io is witness to a murder - but this is no ordinary murder. Io can clearly see that the killers life-thread has already been severed. This woman should be long dead. More complicated still there is another witness: Edei a member of the Rossi mob the gangsters who rule Alante. And what Io can see immediately although Edei cannot is that there is a bright silver fate-thread connecting them.

In every generation on the island of Fennbirn a set of triplets is born: three queens all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic.

Illustrated in a sophisticated muted palette this is a classic quest story with a modern twist from two Irish Childrens Laureates. After his fathers death Prince Lir is tricked into embarking on a perilous quest to rescue a maiden from a dragon. The studious young prince is no warrior but he uses his brains to make himself indispensable to the grumpy dragon. However neither prince nor dragon have bargained on the dark magic which manipulates them both and it may be left to maiden herself to save them all.

Strangers storms and whispers of legendary sea people. Eloise Williams skilfully interweaves nature and myth in her stunning Barrington Stoke debut.

In Tides see Auster a young member of the Roth crime family meet deckhand Paj for the first time in a tale of first love and heartache that precedes the pairs first appearance in Fable. In Drift follow Willa and Koy as they make a new start on a remote island and seek to extend their reach across the Narrows revisiting the characters since leaving the Marigold in Namesake.

A strange tattoo triggers a surprising turn of events in this tense contemporary drama from master teen writer Bernard Ashley.

Bestselling author/illustrator Chris Riddell welcomes you back to the mysterious world of the Guardians of Magic and brand new dangers in Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians the second title in his stunning adventure series featuring the mysterious flying cloud horses.

Third in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series that celebrates all that is best in life: books adventure friendship - and cake.

Maras dad needs to be constantly on the move for his line of work but Mara has no idea what he actually does. That is until she uncovers a collection of notes addressed to the Tider an individual responsible for harvesting lost time from people whose lives were cut short...

Twins Scarlett and Tom are studying the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons at school and they have a homework project to do. When Toms struggling for inspiration Grandad comes to the rescue with his time machine. Tom is catapulted onto a Viking long ship and its not long before hes being told oral tales fitted out with armour and weapons and is getting ready to attack a Saxon village. But uh oh his sister Scarlett has landed in a Saxon village in a pile of pig poo to be exact. Things seems to be getting better when she befriends the young Alfred the Great but watch out Scarlett theres a Viking ship on its way.

When Suhana Mia and Ayaan are transported back to 1911 theyre excited to meet some amazing people fighting for womens rights! But will they be able to get back to the present without changing the course of history?

Exciting funny heartwarming and mind-bendingly clever Time Travelling with a Tortoise is the extraordinary adventure-packed sequel to Ross Welfords beloved bestselling debut Time Travelling with a Hamster.

A brand new collection of short stories from the incredible Sir Terry Pratchett. Imagination is an amazing thing. It can take you to the top of the highest mountain or down to the bottom of the deepest depths of the sea. This where it took Doggins on his Awfully Big Adventure: a quest full of magic and flying machines. It took three young inventors to the moon (where they may or may not have left a bottle of lemonade) and a caveman on a trip to the dentist. You can join them on these adventures and many more in this collection of stories.

Shenanigans abound when Timmy Failure finds himself on a road trip with none other than notorious criminal Molly Moskins. Travelling halfway across the country to help your mothers boyfriend settle into his new job would be inconvenient for any detective let alone the founder president and CEO of Total Failure Inc. the worlds greatest detective agency. So when Timmy receives some unexpected news theres only one thing for it - he must go on the run. After all Timmy has a case to solve and nothing can stand in his way.

Timmy is in Key West Florida ostensibly for the honeymoon of his mother and Doorman Dave - if they even got married which Timmy doubts. Unfortunately for Timmy crime doesnt take a holiday. And because Total has fled to Cuba Timmy must rely on a new partner for help: Doorman Daves nephew Emilio. Meanwhile a surprise newcomer shows up in Timmys life and as if things couldnt get more hectic Timmys pants have been stolen by a six-toed cat.

Meet Timmy Failure founder of the best detective agency in town - Total Failure Inc. Timmy may only be 11 but with the help of his polar bear Total he already has plans for world domination. Plans that will make his mother rich and unpaid bills a thing of the past. And plans that will defeat Corrina Corrina The One Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered. But shes not going away.

Timmy Failure is the founder president and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town probably the country perhaps the world. And hes about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe and win the $500 prize which will set him up for life. But someone is clearly trying to cheat!

His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods are throwing him curve balls: for starters hes on a trial period in school and to keep his place he has to get good grades and really behave. The fabled Miracle report will be the key to his success.

Though I Timmy Failure have solved many notorious crimes and now wish to enjoy my retirement my fans have begged me to turn my memoirs into a movie an ode to my greatness. I am however beset by enemies the worst of whom is Tom John John the buffoonish movie director.Whats more my father is in town working at a bar which is obviously just a cover for our father-son crime-fighting partnership. And my dim-witted polar bear business partner Total wants to be reunited with his family. I should have known it would end like this. I expected more.

The true cost of the tin that goes into our electronic devices is revealed in this striking and gripping story from the bestselling author of Young Bond.

Halloween has nearly arrived but a young witch is in a pickle. She has cast a spell and shrunk herself by mistake! When a gust of wind blows her out to sea her best friend a little ghost goes with her. They find themselves landing on Rubbish Island where the Tindims havent met witches or ghosts before and the witch and ghost didnt know the Tindims even existed. But Skittle Brew Pinch and the gang are soon helping their spooky new friends get back to the right size and home in time for their Halloween parade. And the Tindims give us their tips on how to celebrate Halloween the right way.

Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her.

To Kill a Kingdom P/B

&Shoot all the Bluejays you want if you can hit &em but remember it&s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.

To Wee or Not to Wee! contains four hilarious retellings of Shakespeares plays by the Blue Peter Award-winning duo Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.