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My Dad’s a Birdman
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Assassin! by Tony Bradman Published by Barrington Stoke |
Tom’s Dragon Trouble by Tony Bradman Published by Usborne |
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Molly Moon, Micky Minus and the Mind Machine by
Georgia Byng Published by Macmillan |
Black Bart’s Treasure by Phil Carradice Published by Pont |
Zack Black and the Magic Dads
by Annie Dalton Published by Barrington Stoke |
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Zack doesn’t need a dad, but his
mum thinks he does. The Magic Dad website seems like the perfect way to make
her happy…But it’s not that easy. With each new Magic dad, things go from bad
to worse to crazy! Can Zack find a new dad – or is he looking in all the wrong
places? |
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Dick
Turpin Legends and Lies |
Dragonslade |
The Boy in the Biscuit Tin by Heather Dyer Published by Chicken House |
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Ivan the Terrible by Anne Fine Published by Egmont |
Finbar Sails to Wales by Marnie Francis Published by Pont |
The Kick Off by Dan Freedman Published by Scholastic |
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Jamie's heart seemed to be beating all through his
body. Everything depended on him. He had to score. Jamie Johnson's desperate to
become his school's star football player (and in his dreams, a top professional
too). He's got so much to prove, and not just on the pitch - so why aren't his
mum, teachers and best mate on his side? The pressure's on, but has Jamie got
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Harry, Rabbit in the Run by Adam Frost Published by Macmillan |
Animal Investigators,
Mission 1: Red Eye |
Cecily’s Portrait by Adele Geras Published by Usborne |
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The Ship Between the Worlds by Julia Golding Published by OUP |
Jack
Bolt and the Highwaymen’s Hideout |
The
Tygrine Cat |
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The Dragon Detective Agency: The Case of the Missing Cats
by G. P. Jones Published by Bloomsbury |
The Prince who thought he was a Rooster
by Ann Jungman Published by Frances Lincoln |
The
Thing with Finn |
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Troll
Trouble Trolls go Home! |
Charlie and the Cat
Flap |
Born to Run |
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Andie’s Moon |
The Thousand Nights and
One Night |
Rogue’s Gold |
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Urgum and the Seat of
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The Truth Sayer by Sally Prue Published by OUP |
Ottoline and the Yellow
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Oswald and the End of
the World |
Beware! Killer Tomatoes
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Deadline |
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Mary Ann and Miss
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Toby Tucker Keeping
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Lizzie
and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them,
and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's
daft - and make them nice hot dumplings. But today there's something unusual
going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and studying the birds to
see how they fly?
Owen
knows what that means. The Romans will burn his village, kill his family, or
make them slaves. Can his tribe fight against the power of the Roman army? Should they just give up now? Or can Owen save his tribe - by murdering the
Roman leader, the Emperor Hadrian?
Lady
Eleanor hates dragons - they're so messy! - so Tom has to keep his pet one
hidden away, but the little dragon turns out to be an unlikely saviour when the
King comes to stay.
Molly
Moon is on a mission to bring her long-lost twin brother, Micky, home. But
before she can rescue him she has to find him, and he could be anywhere! Luckily
Molly's time-travel talents and world-stopping skills help her in her search
...until a baby-faced villain with a precocious plan to have the world's biggest
brain gets in her way! 
Everyone
wants to see Dick Turpin hang. As they wait to watch him die, five people in the
crowd tell their stories. But is Turpin a hero, or a monster – or something
else?
Everybody
at the Dragonsdale stables is preparing for the Island Championship, except
Cara. She dreams of flying her favourite dragon Sky, but has been forbidden to
ride. But when arch-enemy Hortense takes Sky to spite her, Cara decides she must
save him…
When
Ibby is sent to stay with her aunt, she discovers her two troublesome boy
cousins, Francis and Alex, playing with an old box of magic tricks they found in
the attic. Ibby is sure that magic isn't real - until she sees Francis sitting
at the bottom of the biscuit tin, magically miniaturized by Alex. After
that, nothing is what it seems. 
It's
Ivan's first day at his new school, and Boris is told to look after him, and
translate for him, because Ivan can only speak Russian. After all, St Edmund's
is a civilized school. Only problem is, Ivan isn't civilized. So when Ivan
starts greeting people as 'lowly shivering worms', and asking for words in
English like 'crush' and 'mutilate', Boris realises that he's going to have his
work cut out for him. And that's just the start of the day...
Leprechauns
may be harmless little creatures but they're also very fond of making mischief -
as brother and sister Jake and Beth on holiday from America soon find out. When
their family visits a farm in Ireland they meet Finbar, a fun loving leprechaun. He decides to tag along as they continue their holiday. They sail to Wales and
visit all the famous sights the children's mother had told them of. But, in Finbar's company, wherever they go, chaos follows, as the mischevious leprechaun
plays a series of tricks on the unfortunate people they meet...
Harry
the rabbit's day reaches unexpected heights when he finds himself in a bird nest
half way up a mountain thanks to a hungry hawk who fancies rabbit for his tea.
Ever the optimist - Harry's soon making furry friends, including Shane the
Brainy bunny, and together they escape. But Shane's brilliant ideas
don't always go to plan ...
Ellis
is an expert tracker and Meriel can read the minds of animals - together they
make a formidable team, investigating animal mysteries with a touch of the
paranormal.
Cecily
longs to learn the new art of photography and is determined that her widowed
father will come to love it too, especially when she realises that her new
friend and photographer, Rosalind, would be a perfect match for him. Will her
dreams of uniting them ever come true?
David
Jones loves ships, particularly ships in bottles. His latest, the Golden Needle,
is a fine pirate vessel. So when David wakes up to find himself being
press-ganged on board, he assumes it's a dream. The only thing is, he isn't
asleep. The Golden Needle is crewed by a motley assortment of fiendish pirates,
led by the once-terrifying Captain Fisher. The only thing they have in common is
the desire to atone for past misdeeds, and a lot of gold thread.....
When
a gang of highwaymen break into Jack Bolt’s bedroom, they are in for a surprise
– this is the 21st century! Luckily for them, Jack agrees to keep their secret
if he can see their world, where he quickly gets caught up in a breathtaking and
dangerous adventure.
Lost
and alone, Mati seeks acceptance from a community of street cats at Cressida
Lock. But Mati is no ordinary cat...and the mysterious assassin on his trail
knows it. Mati looks different, with his golden eyes, large ears and russet
coat. He also acts differently - he anticipates danger with bristling whiskers;
hears voices from the feline spirit realm that he cannot understand. To defeat
his enemies, Mati must unlock the secret of his true identity....
When
Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly asking him to help her find her missing cat,
he thinks that the case will be very tedious. However, soon he and the intrepid
Holly are engaged in a life or death struggle in which the missing cats play
only a small part. 
A
Golem...a Prince who thinks he's a Rooster? Find them all in this collection of
traditional Jewish stories - lovingly treasured, retold and carried through
countries as far apart as Poland, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia, Morocco, Russia
and Germany.
Five
Reasons why you should read this book.
After
a nasty incident with a goat, the Troll family are forced to leave there native
Norway and make a new home somewhere else. Unfortunately they choose the quiet
suburb of Biddlesden. Faced with the prospect of 'Baked Bean' for dinner, and
the awful spectre of 'The Shower', things are going to get ugly (and possibly
hairy and smelly, too). But worst of all, they are moved next door to the Priddle family. Big mistake.
Charlie
and Henry are planning the best sleepover ever. They've made an agreement: No
Itching Powder, No Dead Flies and No Super Soakers to be squirted at the ceiling
in order to make surprise indoor rain. But the sleepover doesn't go quite how
Charlie plans...
Joy
and heartbreak combine in this bittersweet tale of a champion greyhound's
journey through life -- and from owner to owner! "The sack wasn't just drifting
gently along like everything else, it was turning of its own accord.
There was definitely something inside it, struggling against the side of the
plastic bag, kicking at it, squeaking and squealing in terror.....
Andie
dreams of becoming an artist. Her best paintings are inspired by the moon and so
she's fascinated by news of the first moon landing. But will it be the same
magical place once man has set foot on it, and will her paintings win the
attention they deserve?
Welcome
to an ancient world of enchantment and adventure where animals talk, genies
grant wishes and sorcerers and sultans rub shoulders with men.
When
boy actor Ben Button's fellow players are accused of stealing the priceless
Lodovico plate, he sets out to save them from the shadow of the hangman's noose. Who really stole the plate, what secret does it hide and how can Ben reveal the
truth?
Urgum’s
back! In an adventure packed with yet more bizarre creatures, barbarians in
bridal gowns, evil villainous budgies…and some legendary underwear. You’ll laugh
till you fall over!
Nian
is 'discovered' as a boy with special powers, and whisked away to be an
apprentice in the House of Truth. He immediately resolves to escape - but
there's only one way he can think of to get out, and that's to learn to fly. Unfortunately his powers are rather hard to control, and the process involves a
certain amount of banging his head on the ceiling... Then he finds a place where
the boundaries between the worlds are thin, and he stumbles into our world.....
This
work introduces Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of
Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr Munroe. No puzzle is ever too tricky for
the two of them to solve ... 
Omens,
signs and portents - surely it's not the end of the world? Or is it...Mercurio
the Magnificent? Mercurio the Rubbish, more like - and his name isn't even
Mercurio. Oswald's dad is a fake fortune teller and when he predicts utter
disaster, Oswald doesn't believe a word of it. But on the mysterious island of Idlegreen, there's definitely something strange going on - and a new star in the
sky is coming closer every day...
Jack's
in trouble, big trouble. Not only is he in hospital with a leg in traction
(boring) but he knows the police are coming for him: because of an accident - a
tomato-related accident - involving a supermarket pyramid and an old-age
pensioner.... 
20:30
Barney hears something no-one wants him to hear.
Mary
Ann's greatest wish is to become an opera singer and she's thrilled when she
gets the chance to see child prodigy Mozart perform with his sister in Chelsea. But when her father loses his fortune, she fears her singing dreams may be
shattered.
Toby
Tucker is an orphan who has been fostered by the kind Don and Evie.
His sole possession is a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message:
Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you
come from. 'When, not where?' thinks Toby. 'That can't be right.'
Yet when he manages to put together a name, the most incredible magic
happens.......