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Which new book will YOU discover today?

David Walliams

Enid Blyton

Danny Wallace

JACQUELINE WILSON WHERE’S WALLY? David Almond

Michael Grant

Francesca Simon

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by Francesca Simon The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island

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Hamish and the World stoppers

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The Butterfly Club

by Jacqueline Wilson

Grandpa’s Great Escap e

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Please note, the extracts featured in this sampler have been taken from a range of books aimed at children and young people aged 6-13, therefore only selected subject matter is suitable for younger children. Not for resale. Download only, none of the content may be copied, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold or distributed without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. There are no cash alternatives.

WORLD BOOK DAY IS A CELEBRATION! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books, bookshops and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of READING. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.

This is the 20th year there’s been a WORLD BOOK DAY, and on 2nd March 2017 children and young people of all ages will come together to appreciate reading.

Very loudly and very happily. The main aim of WORLD BOOK DAY in the UK and Ireland is to encourage you to explore the wonderful world of books and bookshops and the many amazing places reading can take you, by providing you with the opportunity to have a book of your own. That’s why we have sent schools (including nurseries and secondary schools who have specially registered to participate), packs of book tokens and lots of ideas of how to get involved in WORLD BOOK DAY.

So, happy birthday to us, and happy reading to you all...

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brilliant gift from my local Bookseller, Walker Books and Martin Handford This book has been specially written and published to celebrate 20 years of World Book Day. For further information, visit www.worldbookday.com.

World Book Day in the UK and Ireland is made possible by generous sponsorship from National Book Tokens, participating publishers, authors, illustrators and booksellers.

Booksellers who accept the £1* World Book Day Book Token bear the full cost of redeeming it.

World Book Day, World Book Night and Quick Reads are annual initiatives designed to encourage everyone in the UK and Ireland – whatever your age – to read more and discover the joy of books and reading for pleasure.

World Book Night is a celebration of books and reading for adults and teens on 23 April, which sees book gifting and celebrations in thousands of communities around the country: www.worldbooknight.org Quick Reads provides brilliant short new books by bestselling authors to engage adults in reading: www.quickreads.org.uk *€1.50 in Ireland

First published 1989 by Walker Books Ltd, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ • This edition published 2017 • 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 • © 1987–2017 Martin Handford • The right of Martin Handford to be identified as author/ illustrator of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. • This book has been typeset in Wallyfont and Caslon Antique. • Printed in China • All rights reserved. • British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. • ISBN 978-1-4063-7675-3 • www.walker.co.uk

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This story first published 2003 and 2015 as ‘Snow White and the Eight Dwarfs’ in Princess Mirror-Belle by Macmillan Children’s Books This edition published 2017 by Macmillan Children’s Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan 20 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RR Associated companies throughout the world www.panmacmillan.com ISBN 978-1-5098-4086-1 Text copyright © Julia Donaldson 2003 Illustrations copyright © Lydia Monks 2003, 2015 Little Legends: The Spell Thief extract text and illustrations copyright © Tom Percival 2015 Characters and ‘Little Legends’ world copyright © Tom Percival and Me Studios Ltd 2015 The right of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Pan Macmillan does not have any control over, or any responsibility for, any author or third-party websites referred to in or on this book.

135798642 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YY This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

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Celebrate stories. Love reading.

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