Nosy Crow A Kid’s Life in Ancient Rome Strathie Chae

A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 6+, developed in consultation with the British Museum! • Tom’s not only lost in time, he’s lost his cat, too! Can you find Tom and his naughty cat, Digby, on every page? Packed with detailed artwork, fascinating ancient Egyptian facts and over 100 other things to find – from a sphinx missing a paw to a child dressed up as a mummy – lose yourself in ancient Egypt with this brilliantly interactive book! • The perfect book for fans of Where’s Wally! • Filled with stylish artwork by award-winning illustrator Fatti Burke

Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. Is there a shark in the local swimming pool? YES! Can playing with the class parachute make you invisible? YES! Are there dinosaur bones buried in the playground? YES! What are 2F going to do about it all? Have a lot of fun! • Laugh-out-loud school-based fun in two-colour stories, perfect for encouraging independent reading! • Three short stories in each book keep just confident readers engaged while lively two-colour illustrations bring these hilarious early readers to life and perfectly bridge the gap between picture books and chapter books • Written by the bestselling, Blue Peter award-winning author Pamela Butchart and illustrated by Becka Moor

Alex and Ruby are back in their FOURTH time-slip adventure, tumbling back into 1947! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean • When siblings Alex and Ruby tumble back through the mirror, they find themselves in the freezing-cold winter of 1947 • Food is scarce in the aftermath of the Second World War and life at Applecott House is hard • As Alex and Ruby discover they must solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom to ever have hopes of returning home, their adventure takes them trekking across the snow and treacherous ice on a perilous treasure hunt • Will they make it home and back to the present day or will they be stuck in 1947? • Full of action and humour and featuring exciting black-and-white illustrations throughout, this is another superb time-slip story which brilliantly brings history to life as part of an adventure

Alex and Ruby are back in their THIRD time-slip adventure, tumbling back into the time of the French Revolution! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean • When Alex and Ruby fall through the mirror in their aunt’s house, they find themselves in a different historical period, each time with a different task to perform before they can return to the present. From Edwardian crime capers to Victorian Christmasses, their time-slip stories are always exciting and beautifully told • When a furious French aristocrat lands in Alex and Ruby’s hallway, they have to hide her in Regency England. Can they stop her causing chaos? Probably not… • Full of action and humour and featuring exciting black-and-white illustrations throughout, this is another superb time-slip story which brilliantly brings history to life as part of an adventure

Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. But he pays a price for this gift – by lengthening the creature’s life, he shortens his own. So Lonny has to be careful, has to stay hidden in the forest. Because if people knew what he could do, Lonny would be left with no life at all… • A brilliant novel from the author of The Middler about family, secrets and a terrible power

You have heard, no doubt, the tale of Master Oliver Twist – that rags-to-riches boy; the parish orphan who became heir to the Brownlow fortune. But what few know is that was a second Twist – a girl, brought into this world moments ahead of her brother • This is the story of Twill Twist – and her journey through the gambling dens and workhouses of London, as she attempts to make a life for herself, rescue her friends, and uncover the mystery of her past – while meeting some familiar faces along the way… • Re-discover the Artful Dodger, Fagin, and Oliver Twist himself, along with a host of fantastic new heroes and villains, in this brilliantly-imagined, rip-roaring sequel to Dickens’ much-loved classic

The Monster in the Lake • By Louie Stowell & Davide Ortu • Part of Series The Dragon In The Library • 7-9 • ?6.99 • FORMAT • Paperback • QUANTITY • The Monster in the Lake quantity • 1 • Add to basket • Buy from other retailers • Kit is a wizard • The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening – exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldn’t be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park. So Kit and her two best friends – along with their local librarian – set off to investigate, and to save the world… again • Brilliantly illustrated throughout by Davide Ortu, The Monster in the Lake is the funny, exciting, action-packed sequel to The Dragon in the Library

A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 6+, developed in consultation with the British Museum • Tom’s not only lost in time, he’s lost his cat, too! Can you find Tom and his naughty cat, Digby, across the pages? Packed with detailed artwork, fascinating renaissance Florence facts and over 100 other things to find – from an apprentice working on a sculpture to a juggler at a carnival ball – lose yourself in Michelangelo’s Italy with this brilliantly interactive book! • The perfect book for fans of Where’s Wally! • Filled with stylish artwork by award-winning illustrator Fatti Burke • Most of the places mentioned in this book still exist in Florence today! Why not follow the story and explore where Tom visits?

A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 6+, developed in consultation with the British Museum! • Tom’s not only lost in time, he’s lost his cat, too! Can you find Tom and his naughty cat, Digby, on every page? Packed with detailed artwork, fascinating facts about Ming Dynasty China and over 100 other things to find – from the emperor in his yellow robes to an acrobat doing a handstand! • The perfect book for fans of Where’s Wally! • Filled with stylish artwork by award-winning illustrator Fatti Burke

Kit, Josh and Alita are heading back to school – and they’re excited to discover that they’re getting a brand new library, which also means getting their own wizard librarian… and a dragon! But when something VERY BAD happens at the new library, it’s up to Kit and her friends to save the world one more time • The third instalment in the funny, exciting, magical, and action-packed Dragon in the Library series, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Davide Ortu

The second in a fantastic series of perfect pony stories about Alice and her spirited young pony, Secret, from Olivia Tuffin, author of the much-loved The Palomino Pony series • Alice is so excited to finally join the pony club with her gorgeous pony, Secret! Things get off to a great start when Alice is invited to super-popular Hannah’s birthday party. But on the night of the party the snow starts to fall and a pony escapes into the night. Alice and Finn must go to the rescue … but will their friendship survive the storm?

"Пехотинцы в беде" - первая книга в веселой серии от Филипа Ардага • Мистер и миссис Грант, которые не отличаются ни чистоплотностью, ни умом, живут со своим приемным, фактически похищенным сыном Санни, в фургоне, запряженном ослами, где-то в то время, которое немного похоже на настоящее, но не совсем сейчас. Санни - мальчик странного вида, у него левое ухо выше правого и такие слипшиеся волосы, которые никогда не распрямляются, даже если втереть в них клей, а потом попрыгать на них. Вместе необычная семья оказывается в откровенно невероятных, но очень забавных приключениях, связанных с изгибающимися перилами, двуствольными дробовиками, обезжиренным йогуртом и, как всегда, пчелиной бородой • Книга на английском языке • The first in the hilarious series from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler