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HOP ON POP

A sturdy board-book edition of Dr. Seuss’s Hop on Pop, now available in a larger size

perfect for babies and toddlers!

This abridged version of the classic Beginner Book Hop on Pop introduces the youngest

readers to the wonderful world of Seussian wordplay. See RED and NED and TED and

ED in BED. And giggle as PAT sits on a HAT and a CAT and a BAT . . . and almost on a

cactus! (NO PAT NO, don’t sit on that.) A perfect gift for baby showers, birthdays, and

happy occasions of all kinds, it is also a great way to show Pop some love on Father’s

Day!

ARE YOU MY MOTHER?

A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this hilarious Beginner Book edited by Dr.

Seuss. When a mother bird’s egg starts to jump, she hurries off to make sure she has

something for her little one to eat. But as soon as she’s gone, out pops the baby bird.

He immediately sets off to find his mother, but not knowing what she looks like makes it

a challenge.

The little hatchling is determined to find his mother, even after meeting a kitten, a hen, a

dog, and a Snort. The timeless message of the bond between mother and child make P.

D. Eastman’s Are You My Mother? a must for baby showers, beginning readers, and

Mother’s Day.

Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by

themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meaning.

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By DR SEUSS

By DR SEUSS


SEUSS-ISMS!

The one and only Dr. Seuss dispenses invaluable advice about life in this collection of

his most memorable quotes. Featuring over sixty pages of cherished Seuss art and

quotes from such classics as The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hatches the Egg, Green

Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, and

many more, this humorous and inspiring collection is, indeed, a perfect gift for those

just starting out . . . or those who are already on their way!

FALLING UP

A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this hilarious Beginner Book edited by Dr.

Seuss. When a mother bird’s egg starts to jump, she hurries off to make sure she has

something for her little one to eat. But as soon as she’s gone, out pops the baby bird.

He immediately sets off to find his mother, but not knowing what she looks like makes

it a challenge. The little hatchling is determined to find his mother, even after meeting a

kitten, a hen, a dog, and a Snort.

The timeless message of the bond between mother and child make P. D. Eastman’s

Are You My Mother? a must for baby showers, beginning readers, and Mother’s Day.

Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by

themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meaning.

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By DR SEUSS

By SHEL SILVERSTEIN


PINOCCHIO

The perfect gift for all ages, Pinocchio as you've never seen him before: telling his own

story through the master storyteller and award-winning author of WAR HORSE. "Now -

there's no point in pretending here - I was, and still am deep down, a puppet.

Everyone knows Pinocchio is a puppet. I reckon I must be just about the most famous

puppet the world has ever known. But the truth is I'm not just a puppet, I'm more than just

bits of wood and string. I'm me. So I thought it was about time that I, Pinocchio, told you

my story..." So begins this stunningly beautiful interpretation of the classic story.

Michael Morpurgo channels Pinocchio's words to tell the famous puppet's story in his own

inimitable, cheeky and always funny way. Lavishly illustrated throughout in black-and-white

by the acclaimed Emma Chichester Clark, this is a must-have for all book lovers, and an

utterly charming and surprising adaptation of a much-loved tale.

FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER

An Essential Picture Book Classics this book contains five engaging, warm and very funny

stories about Frog and Toad. A collectable classic picture book that every child should read

and own. Julia Donaldson says "I hugely admire and envy Arnold Lobel; he is my hero".

Once upon a time there were two good friends, a frog and a toad...From writing letters to

going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for

each other - just as best friends should be.

The Frog and Toad stories from Arnold Lobel have been loved by generations. Essential

Picture Book Classics - timeless stories for every child to treasure.

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By MICHAEL MORPURGO

By ARNOLD LOBEL


LOOKING FOR ALASKA

The unmissable first novel from bestselling and award-winning author of THE FAULT IN

OUR STARS.

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words - and tired of his safe, boring and rather

lonely life at home. He leaves for boarding school filled with cautious optimism, to seek

what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps."

Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up,

and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great

Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have

on another. Poignant, funny, heartbreaking, compelling.

PAWS AND WHISKERS

This special anthology features the very best stories about cats and dogs from the world of

children's literature, chosen by bestselling author and Battersea Cats and Dogs Home

patron Jacqueline Wilson.

Includes a brand new story by Jacqueline herself, Leonie's Pet Cat, as well as extracts from

treasured classics such as The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith and

Gobbolino the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams, and from modern favourite writers

such as Anne Fine and Patrick Ness. The book also features personal new pieces from

many authors about their own treasured pets, with contributions from Michael Morpurgo,

Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman and more.

This is a collection to enjoy and share for many years. For every copy sold, a significant

donation will be made to Battersea Cats and Dogs Home.

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By JOHN GREEN

By JACQUELINE WILSON


SECRETS AND DREAMS

The latest novel from bestselling author Jean Ure - perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and

Cathy Cassidy When Zoe's dream of going to boarding school becomes a reality, she can't

wait for her life there to begin - but sometimes things don't turn out the way we expect, and

when one of Zoe's new friends reveals a secret too big to share with the others in the group,

Zoe finds herself caught in the middle. Will she be able to keep the Daisies together?

Staying loyal while 'fitting in' has never seemed

ONE AND ONLY IVAN

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and

unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power

of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated

novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself.

Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has

grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead,

Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets

Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new

eyes.

In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends

humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, art, and hope. This paperback

edition includes an author's note highlighting the differences between the fictional story and true

events, a version of the author's Newbery Medal acceptance speech, Ivan's "signature," discussion

questions, and more.

The One and Only Ivan is a strong Common Core title that features these important strands and

standards: first-person narrative; author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery); story

elements (plot, character development, perspective).

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By JEAN URE

By KATHERINE APPLEGATE


P.S. BE ELEVEN

In this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel and sequel to the New York Times bestseller

and Newbery Honor Book One Crazy Summer, the Gaither sisters return to Brooklyn and

find that changes large and small have come to their home. This extraordinary novel earned

five starred reviews, with Publishers Weekly calling it "historical fiction that's as full of heart

as it is of heartbreak" and The Horn Book considering it "funny, wise, poignant, and thought-

provoking."

After spending the summer in Oakland, California, with their mother and the Black Panthers,

Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern arrive home with a newfound streak of independence. The

sisters aren't the only ones who have changed. Now Pa has a girlfriend. Uncle Darnell

returns from Vietnam a different man. But Big Ma still expects Delphine to keep her sisters

in line. That's much harder now that Vonetta and Fern refuse to be bossed around. Besides

her sisters, Delphine's got plenty of other things to worry about—like starting sixth grade,

being the tallest girl in her class, and dreading the upcoming school dance. The one person

she confides in is her mother, Cecile. Through letters, Delphine pours her heart out and

receives some constant advice: to be eleven while she can.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

TAPE

TAPE is an outstanding debut. Told with crackling prose, shimmering with humour and

deeply moving, it will haunt anyone who reads it...Record a voice and it lasts forever...In

1993, Ryan records a diary on an old tape. He talks about his mother's death, about his

dreams, about his love for a new girl at school who doesn't even know he exists.

In 2013, Ameliah moves in with her grandmother after her parents die. There, she finds a

tape in the spare room. A tape with a boy's voice on it - a voice she can't quite hear, but

which seems to be speaking to her. Ryan and Ameliah are connected by more than just a

tape. This is their story.

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By RITA WILLIAMS GARCIA

By STEVE CAMDEN


ARMAGEDDON OUTTA HERE (FROM THE WORLD OF SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT)

One AMAZING new novella. Three GRIPPING new stories. In the ULTIMATE story

collection. We all know that doors are for people with no imagination so smash the glass,

climb through the window and enter the awesome world of Skulduggery Pleasant with this

ultimate story collection.

For the first time, every Skulduggery Pleasant short story - plus The End of the World, the

World Book Day novelette - is collected into one magnificent volume. But that's not all...

Written specially for this collection, there is an entirely new novella that will drag you into a

nail-biting American horror story, Skulduggery-style, and three brand-spanking-new stories

spanning the last 150 years.

Join Gordon Edgley as he parties like it's 1985, watch Valkyrie Cain face a vampire in a fight

to the death, and see the Dead Men as you've never seen them before. And then read the

exclusive chapter from the final book... Introduced by Derek, these are the hidden stories of

the skeleton who saves the world... and the girl who's destined to destroy it.

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By DEREK LANDY

ANASTASIA KRUPNIK

Welcome to Anastasia's world in the first book of the Anastasia series!

To Anastasia, being ten is very confusing. She has an awful teacher who doesn't like her

non-rhyming poetry. Washburn Cummings, a "very" interesting boy, doesn't even know

she's alive. And her parents insist that she visit her grandmother, who can't even remember

Anastasia's name. On top of that, they're going to have a baby--at their age! To get back at

them, she just might have to do something terrible.

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By LOIS LOWRY


I AM THE MESSENGER

From the author of The Book Thief comes this darkly funny and ultimately uplifting thriller

which proves that anyone can be extraordinary.

Ed Kennedy is just your less-than-average Joe who is hopelessly in love with his best

friend, Audrey.

But after he single-handedly manages to catch a bank robber, he receives a playing card in

the mail: the Ace of Diamonds.

This is the first message. Four more will follow. But before this particular card game can

end, Ed will be changed forever...Will Audrey love the man he has become?

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By MARKUS ZUSAK

In the second book in the Anstasia series, moves to the suburbs! Anastasia is positive her

family's move is the going to ruin her young life. How can she deal with matching furniture,

split-level homes, or mothers whose biggest worry is dirty laundry? But her new home offers

many surprises, not to mention a cute boy right down the street. Maybe the surburbs won't

be so bad afterall.

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By LOIS LOWRY

ANASTASIA AGAIN!


WYRMEWEALD: THE BONE TRAIL

An entire herd of greywyrmes, slaughtered for their flameoil. Others trapped, then viciously

herded through the mountains. And more and more settlers heading up to the high country,

the bones of those who don’t make it littering the way, stark and white, picked clean by

carrionwyrmes – the bone trail . . .

Trouble is brewing on the weald. A great whitewyrme and his kin send out a call to arms,

and the wyrmes begin to gather in their ancient galleries. To defend their land against the

relentless march of the kith, with their wagons and settlements and taste for killing.

Payback is coming. Wyrme against kith. Kith against kin. Even wyrme against wyrme. And

seasoned traveller Micah, with his friends Eli and Cara, is heading right into the thick of it . .

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FORBIDDEN LIBRARY

Late one night Alice Creighton hears her father having an argument with a fairy – a snarling,

bald beast with warts and needle-like teeth.

The next day her father disappears, never to return. And Alice is sent to live with Master

Geryon, an uncle she never even knew existed.

Geryon has a dark, mysterious library which is strictly off-limits to Alice. But after meeting a

talking cat who is willing to sneak her in, Alice opens a book and suddenly finds herself

inside it – and the only way out is by conquering the dangerous creatures within . . .

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By CHRIS RIDDELL

By DJANGO WEXLER


ZERO HOUR: DEPARTMENT 19 #4

Department 19 still stands against the darkness. But for how much longer? Book 4 in the

epic series from bestselling author, Will HIll.

When Jamie Carpenter's mother is kidnapped by strange creatures, he finds himself

dragged into Department 19, the government's most secret agency.

Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and

to kill the vampires who want him dead. But unfortunately for everyone, something much

older is stirring, something even Department 19 can't stand up against…

FIREFIGHT: RECKONERS #2

Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, coauthor of

Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn Trilogy,

presents the second book in the Reckoners series: Firefight, the sequel to the #1 bestseller

Steelheart.

Newcago is free.

They told David it was impossible, that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet

Steelheart--invincible, immortal, unconquerable--is dead. And he died by David's hand.

Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life simpler. Instead, it only made David realize he

has questions. Big ones. And no one in Newcago can give him answers.

Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan, has possibilities, though.

Ruled by the mysterious High Epic Regalia, Babylon Restored is flooded and miserable, but David is

sure it's the path that will lead him to what he needs to find. Entering a city oppressed by a High

Epic despot is risky, but David's willing to take the gamble. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in

David's heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with

another Epic--Firefight. And now he will go on a quest darker and even more dangerous than the

fight against Steelheart to find her, and to get his answers.

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By WILL HILL

By BRANDON SANDERSON


RAGS & BONES: NEW TWISTS ON TIMELESS TALES

"The best writers of our generation retell classic tales." From Sir Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie

Queene" to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright

twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic

stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in

modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked.

They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation

of readers. Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction,

dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking

as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while

celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.

Today's most acclaimed authors use their own unique styles to rebuild the twelve timeless stories: - Sir Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" - Saladin Ahmed W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw" - Kelley Armstrong Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla" - Holly Black "Sleeping Beauty" - Neil Gaiman The Brothers Grimm's "Rumpelstiltskin" - Kami Garcia Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" - Melissa Marr Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King"

- Garth Nix Henry James's "The Jolly Corner"

ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who

saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the "natural wonders" of their

state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries. But as Violet's world grows,

Finch's begins to shrink.

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By MELISSA MARR

By JENNIFER NIVEN

- Tim Pratt E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" - Carrie Ryan Horace Walpole's "The Castle of Otranto" - Margaret Stohl William Seabrook's "The Caged White Werewolf of the Saraban" - Gene Wolfe Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birth-Mark" - Rick Yancey And six illustrations by Charles Vess


MAXIMUM RIDE FOREVER

THE NINTH AND ULTIMATE MAXIMUM RIDE STORY IS HERE!

Legions of Max fans won't be disappointed by this encore episode in the beloved series about

the incredible adventures of a teenage girl who can fly. As Maximum Ride boldly navigates a

post-apocalyptic world, she and her broken flock are roaming the earth, searching for

answers to what happened.

All will be revealed in this last spectacular "ride"- a brand-new grand finale featuring all of the

nonstop action, twists and turns that readers can rely on in a blockbuster Patterson page

turner!

THE NEW PATROL

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

Liam Scott is back in Afghanistan, this time with 4 Rifles. No longer the new guy, it's his

chance to prove himself and take the lead. But the warzone has changed dramatically, and

so have the rules.

Working alongside the Afghan National Army, Liam and his new patrol face daily attacks

from Taliban insurgents. But the real threat seems to be coming from within his unit.

It looks like there's a traitor in their midst.

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NEW ENEMY

This is a deadly game of hide and seek. Liam Scott has joined Recce Platoon, and it looks

like he will be heading for Somalia. His mission is to gather intelligence from behind enemy

lines, carrying out top-secret surveillance and dead-letter drops. But he's new to the game

and there's a lot to learn. Soon Liam is monitoring a den of Al Shabaab militants and hunting

a key terrorist target. Can Recce Platoon find their man and get out undiscovered?If the

militants find them first, it's game over ...

LOVE HURTS

Malorie Blackman brings together the best teen writers of today in a stunningly romantic

collection about love against the odds.

Featuring short stories and extracts about modern star-crossed lovers from stars such as

Gayle Forman, Markus Zusak and Patrick Ness, and with a brand-new story from Malorie

Blackman herself, Love Hurts looks at every kind of relationship, from first kiss to final

heartbreak.

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By ANDY MCNAB

By MALORIE BLACKMAN


ENDERS

The riveting conclusion to the sci-fi thriller STARTERS!

Someone is after Starters like Callie and Michael—teens with chips in their brains. They

want to experiment on anyone left over from Prime Destinations—Starters who can be

controlled and manipulated. With the body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent

herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do

things she doesn't want to do. Like hurt someone she loves. Having the chip removed

could save her life—but it could also silence the voice in her head that might belong to her

father. Callie has flashes of her ex-renter Helena's memories, too . . . and the Old Man is

back, filling her with fear. Who is real and who is masquerading in a teen body?

No one is ever who they appear to be, not even the Old Man. Determined to find out who

he really is and grasping at the hope of a normal life for herself and her younger brother,

Callie is ready to fight for the truth. Even if it kills her.

“Adrenaline-fueled . . . Fans of Starters will gobble this up.”—Booklist

“Delightfully disturbing.”—Kirkus Reviews

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By LISSA PRICE

AC: DEATH OF ARCHIE: A LIFE CELEBRATED

History is in the making in this epic finale to the acclaimed series LIFE WITH ARCHIE, as

America's most beloved character makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a friend. The

unthinkable happens: Archie Andrews dies!

One year later, the residents of the most welcoming town in America, where the chocolate

malts are always delicious and the neighbors are always smiling, gather together one last

time for the closing ceremony of this groundbreaking series and a celebration of a Life with

Archie.

Features an extensive, exclusive retrospective celebration of Archie and his importance in

pop culture.

Do not miss this game-changing tale of love, friendship and true heroism. 9781627389822

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