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A magical young fiction series from bestselling children’s author Abie Longstaff
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Daisy Donovan O rder from th e promot ions sect ion of th e orde r form
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Daisy Donovan is an English television presenter, actress and writer. Donovan featured in the BBC comedy sitcom, My Family, and since then has hosted a variety of quiz shows, including Daisy Daisy, which she also wrote and produced. She has also appeared in various films, including Wild Child and I Give It A Year. Daisy currently focuses on writing screenplays and narrating audiobooks.
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A Pocket Full of Murder
The Not So Little Princess: Where’s Gilbert?
Boy X
The Magic Potions Shop: The Blizzard Bear
R. J. Anderson
Tony Ross & Wendy Finney
Dan Smith
Abie Longstaff
A magical murder mystery set in a fantastical city, fuelled by spell power.
The Little Princess is not so little anymore! But she can’t quite give up her beloved teddy bear Gilbert...
The new novel from the author of Big Game, now a major movie starring Samuel L. Jackson.
This is the third enchanting instalment in the Magic Potions Shop series.
Isaveth Breck is brave, loyal and zealous in the pursuit of justice; especially after her father is wrongfully arrested. Quiz, the eccentric eye patch-wearing street boy who befriends her, swears he can’t resist a good mystery. Together they set out to solve the magical murder of one of Tarreton’s most influential citizens and save Isaveth’s beloved papa from execution. But with the real murderer protected by the powerful Lord Mayor of Tarreton himself, can she ever prove her papa’s innocence in time?
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The plot’s twists and turns keep readers enjoyably perplexed […] Thoroughly entertaining.
Rosie the Not-so-Little Princess has always loved Gilbert, her royal teddy bear. But she feels she’s a bit too old for him now and decides to stop playing with him. But then Gilbert goes missing and has a very strange adventure indeed. Will Rosie ever get her teddy back?
Kidnapped and drugged, Ash wakes up on a remote tropical island. His mum – a genetic scientist – has been imprisoned and infected with a deadly virus. He sets out to cross the jungle to find out and rescue his mother. Soon he realises he’s quicker and sharper than before. But there’s something else… why are the animals watching him, and how can he use the jungle to his advantage? In 2015 Dan Smith’s novels were shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Award and the Teach Primary New Children’s Fiction Award.
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The Not So Little Princess is still a little bit naughty. GUARDIAN
KIRKUS REVIEWS Narrator: Janine Cooper-Marshall ISBN: 9781510043237
Narrator: Melody Grove
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Deep in the forest there’s a very special tree, and inside its trunk you’ll find The Magic Potions Shop. When the sky goes dark, for no reason at all, Grandpa sends Tibben to the Frozen Tundra to find out why. The snowy plains are home to fierce-sounding magical creatures like Frost Wolves, Shadow Owls and Blizzard Bears! Tibben is nervous, but luckily his best friend Wizz is there to help him. Together, can they bring back the light?
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Praise for the author: Another new series which promises to be a big hit with young readers [. . .] Abie Longstaff is a great writer for young children, who knows just how to capture her readers’ attention and encourage them to enjoy reading. PARENTS IN TOUCH Narrator: Daniel Coonan
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The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair
Cogheart
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car
Crabtree School: The Case of the Missing Cat
Lara Williamson
Peter Bunzl
Ian Fleming
Lauren Pearson
An extraordinary story of courage, dreams and finding your way; from the bestselling author of A Boy Called Hope.
Cogheart is a fantastical adventure set in Victorian England, featuring two friends, murder, mayhem, airships, automata and an overopinionated mechanical fox.
The original and best magical car is back on the road!
The fourth in the Crabtree series – the school that’s too good to leave!
Becket Rumsey is all at sea. His dad has run away with him and his brother Billy in the middle of the night. And they’ve left everything behind, including their almostmum, Pearl. Becket has no idea what’s going on – it’s a mystery. So with the help of Billy and a snail called Brian, Becket sets out on a journey of discovery. It’s not plain sailing, but then what journeys ever are?
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A brave boy with a big imagination sets out on an epic voyage of discovery, helped by a snail called Brian.
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When thirteen-year-old Lily’s inventor father vanishes on a routine Zeppelin flight, Lily’s determined to find out the truth behind his disappearance. But she’s not the only one searching for her father; there are silvereyed men in the shadows who will stop at nothing to find him. With Robert, the local clockmaker’s son, Lily travels to London, where they soon discover that she holds the key to the mystery… a mystery closer to Lily’s heart than she could have ever imagined. Be swept away by airships and flabbergasted by dastardly plots in this extraordinary and wildly imaginative debut, bursting with invention and adventure.
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‘Crackpot’ is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised… except for the Potts themselves. First, the car has a name… Then they find out that she can fly and swim! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car on a mission to stop a criminal gang in its tracks – and she is taking the Potts with her! Jump into the world’s most loved magical car for her first adventure!
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The car is magical. So is the book.
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Lauren Pearson is a children’s book agent at Curtis Brown. This is the fourth book in a great new series about Crabtree School!
From the same stable as Thunderball et al: same excitement, same wonderful imagination. The car really lives.
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Narrator: Rachael Beresford ISBN: 9781510044562
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Lottie is the greatest spy at Crabtree School. If anyone wants to know anything, Lottie will know the answer. But when the school cat, Lady Lovelypaws, goes missing, Lottie is totally clueless. There’s no trace! Will she be able to solve the greatest mystery Crabtree School has ever seen!
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Narrator: Daisy Donovan Duration: 1.5hrs
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Witch Switch
Pip Street: The Big Brother Bother
The Secrets of Billie Bright
Desolation
Sibéal Pounder
Jo Simmons
Susie Day
Derek Landy
The second glitzy adventure in the Witch Wars series; perfect for fans of The Worst Witch and Eva Ibbotson’s hilarious Which Witch?
Welcome to Pip Street!
Family, friendships and fun, diverse, real-life situations; for girls growing up in a real, modern world…
Book two in the mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from bestselling author, Derek Landy, creator of the international sensation, Skulduggery Pleasant.
Tiga Whicabim is settling in to the witchy world of Ritzy City. Peggy is Top Witch, and Tiga is enjoying life at the Brews’ house with Fluffanora. But when Fran the Fabulous Fairy visits Linden House and finds Peggy has gone, leaving evil Felicity Bat in charge - the girls realise something is very wrong. When witches all across town start to disappear, Tiga and Fluffanora set out to investigate and discover an unsolved mystery that might just be the key to it all.
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Silly spells, delectable dresses, magical mishaps and ridiculous riddles, this is a witch story like no other – and it’s a blast!
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Pip Street is the very ordinary place where extraordinary things happen. Bobby Cobbler is worried. His good friend Richard Keiths’ mobility scooter has broken and without the money to fix it, he might have to leave Pip Street! Can brilliant Bobby and fizzy Imelda find a way for him to stay?
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Utterly charming and delightful.
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Narrator: Richard Dillane Duration: 1hr
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Praise for Susie Day: Effortlessly diverse and extremely addictive. BOOKTRUST
Sweet and funny. SUNDAY EXPRESS
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ISBN: 9781510044609
Billie Bright’s family is pretty big, especially for one that’s got somebody missing. There’s Billie who is eleven and then there are her three big brothers and her Dad. Life is loud but Billie likes it, even without her mum there anymore. But with a new school comes having to make new friends, and at home it feels like all her brothers are keeping secrets. When she decides to do a project on her mum, she ends up finding out all kinds of things she doesn’t expect to...
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Reeling from their bloody encounter in NYC, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell – five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master. Amber and Milo’s only hope lies within Desolation Hill – a small town with a big secret. Until, on one night every year, it spills over onto the streets and all hell breaks loose. And that night is coming...
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Landy [has the] ability to craft an engaging story from start to finish. INIS Narrator: tbc Duration: 18hrs
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Knights of the Borrowed Dark
Ballet Stars: Sparkling Solo
The Magic Potions Shop: The Lightning Pup
Dave Rudden
Jane Lawes
Abie Longstaff
The first book in a new series about an orphan boy who discovers he is part of a secret army that protects the world from a race of shadowy monsters.
The third in the Ballet Stars series from much-loved children’s author, Jane Lawes.
Deep in the forest there’s a very special tree and inside its trunk you’ll find The Magic Potions Shop...
It’s the summer term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true. Tash is hugely excited about the end of year performance – she can’t wait to dance on a real stage for the first time, and she’s desperate to win the solo role of her dreams. But her friend Dani is struggling with stage fright. Can Tash help her to shine onstage?
In the fourth magical adventure in this fantastical fiction series from the creators of the Fairytale Hairdresser, Tibben the Potions Master’s apprentice follows a lightning pup to the Golden Palace, where inside, Prince Oro is in desperate need of his bravery and help...
Denizen Hardwick doesn’t believe in magic – until he’s ambushed by a monster created from shadows and sees it destroyed by sunlight. Now Denizen is about to discover that there’s a world beyond the one he knows. A world of living darkness where an unseen enemy awaits. Fortunately for humanity, between us and the shadows stand the Knights of the Borrowed Dark. Unfortunately for Denizen, he’s one of them...
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Like the Percy Jackson series, Hunger Games, or the Shiver Trilogy, Knights of the Borrowed Dark is dark, compelling, and builds an addictive universe of characters .
Jane Lawes began ballet and tap dancing classes when she was three. She now works in publishing by day, and as an author by night and at weekends.
JEFFREY CRANOR, bestselling co-author of Welcome to Night Vale Narrator: Dave Rudden Duration: 8.5hrs
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The Magic Faraway Tree meets Worst Witch – a magical young fiction series, perfect for first readers.
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Abie Longstaff is a great writer for young children, who knows just how to capture her readers’ attention and encourage them to enjoy reading. PARENTS IN TOUCH
Narrator: Melody Grove Duration: 3.75hrs
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