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I'm gonna sit here in my place on the hill behind the house. Waiting. And watching.

Ain't nothing moving down there.

The valley look pretty bare in the snow. Just the house grey and lonely down by the river all frozen. I got to think what I'm gonna do now that everyone gone.

But I got my dog head on.

The dog gonna tell me what to do. The dog gonna help me.

The house look proper empty - don't it dog?

You just sit quiet in these rocks Willo.

Set in the haunting and barren landscape of a new ice age, AFTER THE SNOW is the story of fifteen-year-old Willo, a 'straggler' kid who loses his family in the opening pages. Completely alone, he is immediately flung into an icy journey of survival, adventure, friendship and self-discovery - with only the dog spirit inside his head to guide him. Meanwhile, across Britain, outlawed followers of survivalist John Blovyn are planning an escape to the fabled Islands talked of in a revolutionary book . . .

Room on the Broom Sound Book

Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler

Join the witch and her cat, a dog, a frog and a bird on a NOISY bumpy broomstick ride.

The bestselling story from Children’s Laureate, Julia Donaldson, and illustrator Axel Scheffler – now an interactive gift book with 10 amazing, magical sound effects!

From the creators of THE GRUFFALO, which has sold over three-and-a-half million copies worldwide.

Soldier Dog

Sam Angus

Stanley's dad hasn't been the same since his wife died and his eldest son went off to fight in the war. Now Stanley is either invisible to his dad or the object of one of his rages, and his only friend is his dad's prizewinning greyhound, Rocket. But one day Rocket escapes, and the result is a litter of non-thoroughbred puppies that Da says will all have to be drowned, even Stanley's favourite puppy, Solider. Stanley is so angry with his father that he runs away and enlists in the army to train as a messenger dog handler, and despite being far too young he's soon heading to France with a great Dane called Bones by his side.

As the fighting escalates and Stanley experiences the horrors of war, he comes to realise that the loyalty of his dog is the one thing he can rely on. But his father hasn't given up on him, and extraordinary circumstances will bring them together once more . . .

The Paper Dolls

Julia Donaldson, Rebecca Cobb

A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens.

A stunning, rhythmical story of childhood, loss and the power of imagination from the author of THE GRUFFALO, and new illustrating talent Rebecca Cobb.

My Big Book of Ghosts

Kate Daubney

Have you ever wondered what ghosts get up to on their day off? Now you can find out the answer in this fantastic moving-mechanism book which is packed full of pops, pull-tabs and ghostly surprises. Spot the mouse on every page and watch out because there might even be a shock in store for the ghosts themselves . . .

London For Children

Matteo Pericoli

Enjoy a fascinating, fact-filled journey through London and discover the stories and secrets of one of the largest cities in the world in this vibrant adaptation of Matteo Pericoli’s breathtaking book, LONDON UNFURLED.

Matteo’s astonishing project, to illustrate a continuous 20 mile journey along the north and south banks of the Thames, took him two years to complete. Now the two 37-foot-long pen-and-ink drawings can be enjoyed in vibrant colour, with eye-opening (and eye-watering) facts; from the battles of Roman London and the Princes in the Tower, to the Gunpowder Plot and the great Victorian stink!

Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders! Egyptians

Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Egyptians! It's history, but not as we know it!

Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book including:

- Why the gods looked so strange

- Why tomb raiding is a bad idea

- Why they loved cats, and

- How to make a mummy in eight easy steps

DEBUTANTES

Cora Harrison

It’s 1923 and London is a whirl of jazz, dancing and parties. Violet, Daisy, Poppy and Rose Derrington are desperate to be part of it, but stuck in an enormous crumbling house in the country, with no money and no fashionable dresses, the excitement seems a lifetime away.

Luckily the girls each have a plan for escaping their humdrum country life: Rose wants to be a novelist, Poppy a jazz musician and Daisy a famous film director. Violet, however, has only one ambition: to become the perfect Debutante, so that she can go to London and catch the eye of Prince George, the most eligible bachelor in the country.

But a house as big and old as Beech Grove Manor hides many secrets, and Daisy is about to uncover one so huge it could ruin all their plans- ruin everything - forever.

Showtime for Billie and Coco

Tor Freeman

Step inside Fancy Feathers Talent School, the most exciting school in town! Coco Crocodile is rehearsing her song and Billie the Pig has a dance to perfect - and all in time for the evening show! But the Fox Clowns are in a muddle and Albert the Magician has made his assistant vanish, COMPLETELY! Now everyone needs a costume and time is running out. But you know what they say? The show MUST go on . . .

Full of fun, bursting with characters and packed with comic detail, as well as tutus, tantrums and TALENT!