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A riding holiday in America should be the perfect holiday for two of the Sandy Lane Stables regulars. But when the girls arrive at Whitetops Horse Farm, the family seem preoccupied and haven’t prepared for their arrival…

Illustrated Classics Huckleberry Finn and Other Stories

This collection of fairy tales is perfect for reading aloud with children at bedime. They are beautifully illustrated by Lorena Alvarez. The stories included are: Cinderella, Goldilocks, Jack & the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, The Princess & the Pea.

Fairy Stories for Little Children

Here are eight forgotten fairy tales, with heroines who are not quiet and passive, but adventurous, intelligent and daring. Stories include a sleeping prince rescued by a princess, sisters who fight a goblin to rescue a bear, and a young girl who outwits a giant to save her family. A collection of feminist fairytales, forgotten over history, for the modern reader. Perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Way Past Winter. Featuring gorgeous illustrations in a beautiful hardback edition, this is a perfect Christmas gift.

Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls

Usborne Little Board Books Collection

Hansel and Gretel

Reduced versions of Number Puzzles, Brain Puzzles, Picture Puzzles & Memory Puzzles.

Monster Activity Pack

Usborne

Advent Calendar Book Collection

Thats Not My ROBOT CAR PLANE Boxset

This scribble-in activity book explores the fascinating world of architecture, with activities to encourage children to think, draw and design like an architect. It's full of ideas to develop, buildings to design, and paper models to build and test. Supports STEAM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths), and is part of the STEAM series of Scribble books, which so far includes Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Inventions. All activities are designed to help children think creatively and logically, like an architect. Includes internet links to download the templates for the projects in the book (so you don't have to cut up the book), and links to websites to find out more about architecture.

Architecture Scribble Book

Following the success of 10 Ten-Minute Stories, this book provides further bite-sized reading opportunities, based on the research that reading or being read to for ten minutes every day will significantly improve children’s reading skills. This short story collection supports this – each story taking about ten minutes to read. Ideal for sharing with younger children; as children learn to read on their own they can tackle these simple stories on their own.

10 More Ten-Minute Stories

A collection of stories with diverse, empowering, enchanting characters. Discover the mysterious selkies of the Scottish seas and the haunting Philippine tale of the curse of Sirena. Meet the merman from China whose tears turn to pearls and Hans Christian Anderson's brave little mermaid, pursuing her dream. These nine stories, beautifully illustrated and full of wonder, will whisk you from the bottom of the Arabian sea to rivers, deep in the Trinidadian rainforest.

Illustrated Stories of Mermaids

This book contains 50 absorbing and creative activities ranging from drawing and painting to more advanced projects such as Easter crowns, decorated eggs and an Easter garland.

50 Easter Things to Make and Do

- Collectible hardback editions with bookmarks for children who are gaining confidence in reading on their own.

Alice in Wonderland

History Beginners Bxs

Various

A treasury of short stories, carefully selected because they make speedy bedtime reads. Each of these ten traditional tales each take just ten minutes to read aloud. For sharing with younger children; as children learn to read on their own they can tackle these simple stories on their own. Studies have shown that reading for just ten minutes a day can massively improve children's literacy; this collection of stories will inspire children to do that and more. Ten stories from the Usborne Reading Programme - each retold for young readers and fully illustrated - are bound together in a beautiful gift edition which children will be proud to own and read. Part of a collectible series of illustrated story collections from Usborne, including 'Illustrated Stories for Bedtime' and 'Five-minute Bedtime Stories'.

10 Ten-Minute Stories

How could plastic-eating bacteria help reduce waste? Can a river be given human rights? Could we generate all the power we need from the sun and the wind? How do woolly sweaters help penguins in peril? Would building a giant sunshade in space stop the world from overheating? Find the answers to these questions and more in this bold, graphic and exciting book, full of big, small and unexpected ways to save the planet. Covers a wide range of topics from everyday ways individuals can help save the planet, to massive international missions and ambitious plans for the future. With bold artwork, and clear text in 100 bite-sized topics, perfect for dipping in and out of, and sharing with family and friends. A new addition to the bestselling series - other titles include Space, Science, the Human Body, History and Food. Includes links to websites to discover more about the dangers facing our planet and how to help protect it.

100 Things to Know about Saving the Planet

JAMES MACLAINE

Put your tactics to the test with a variety of classic 'pencil and paper' games and new ones, too. Then, take a line for a walk, turn pencil shavings into pictures and discover simple but effective shading techniques. Join dots and fill in squares to reveal surprising scenes, then complete posters and signs using your own imagination and words. You'll also find shape puzzles, codes to crack, patterns activities and a mini golf course you can play with just a pencil.

Pencil and Paper Activity Book

Emily Bone

This activity book is a brilliantly detailed, fun and interactive way to learn about different habitats, animals and plants. Take quizzes about woodland creatures, colour beautiful butterflies and beetles, spot sea creatures washed up on a seashore, do a maze to help beaver pups find their way back home, identify garden bugs, and lots, lots more. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

Nature Activity Book

Andy Prentice

Sarah Hull

Rachel Firth

Here are traditional tales from every corner of the globe, all featuring bold and clever heroines who battle dragons, fight sea serpents or save their village from monstrous thieves. This is a sequel to the best-selling title Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls. Diverse range of characters. Lively retellings for a modern audience. Featuring gorgeous illustrations in a beautiful hardback edition.

Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World

An illustrated collection of myths from all over the world, all retold specially for young readers and beautifully illustrated. The Myths included are: The Children of Lir (Celtic), The Fox Maiden (Japanese), The Origin of the Winds (Inuit/Alaskan), Anansi and the Box of Stories (Ghana/Ashanti), The Cowherd and the Princess (Chinese), The Wall of Asgard (Norse), How the Seasons Came to Be (Greek), Thunder and Lightning (Nigerian), Finn MacCool (Irish/Gaelic), The Fish of Maui (Maori), The Missing Goddess (Egyptian), Fire of the Jaguar (South American/Kayapoo), The Greedy Frog (Tiddalik - Aboriginal), The Race of the Animals (Chinese Zodiac), The Demon and the Goddess (Indian), Ishtar and the Land of the Dead (Mesopotamian/Babylonian), The Sun and the Moon (Korean), The Water Spirit's Gift (Native American).

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