4 Children’s Books for Boys
73831 HANNA-BARBERA GUIDE TO LIFE...: Cool Tips for Top Cats!
by Carolyn Madden
Pearls of wisdom from our favourite cartoon creations here are The Flintstones’ Guide to Love and Top Ten Marital No-Nos, Yogi and Food by Booboo Bear, Matters of the Heart with Dick Dastardly, Hong Kong
Phooey’s Guide to Personal Training, Dastardly Words to Inspire, a 60 second interview with The Hooded Claw, Penelope Pitstop’s Guide to Using Your Talents, and a 60 second interview with Officer Dibble. Colour. 94pp. £9.99 NOW £2.50
73829 WACKY RACES HANDBOOK by Cali Hughes
Peter Perfect, Life According to Mutley, Dastardly Road Race Tactics, Rufus Ruffcutt and Sawtooth, the Arkansas Chugga-Bug, Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear, the Bullet Proof Bomb, Penelope Pitstop, Professor Pat Pending and the Creepy Coupé are all drawn and recollected in dastardly colour. A Hanna-Barbera handbook. 85pp. £9.99 NOW £2.50
73830 HOW TO BE
DASTARDLY by Cali Hughes Dick Dastardly has taken time out from catching pigeons and sabotaging race tracks with Muttley to nurture your villainous mindset. Enjoy the Corrupt Quiz, the line drawings of Anti-Yankee Doodle Flying Formations and Flying Machines, and in Wonderful Words the ACME Catchphrase Generator
and be presented with the Order of the Knights of Naughtiness certificate. 94pp, colour. £9.99 NOW £2.50
74117 HANNA-BARBERA: Set of Three Buy all three dastardly titles and save even more. £29.97 NOW £5
73406 MICHAEL FOREMAN’S TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
The story is here related in full and is embellished with over 50 of Foreman’s marvellous watercolours, many in full- and double-page spread. From the spectral Blind Pew feeling his way through the fog outside the Admiral Benbow to Jim Hawkins cast adrift in a coracle on mountainous seas or gunning down an climbing attacker from atop the mast with two flintlocks while the screaming gulls wheel around him. Jacket design is ‘water splattered’. 226pp, 9½”×12". £14.99 NOW £7.50
74175 CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW HANDBOOK by Jason Heller
Featuring terrific colour stills, original artwork and line drawings of sailor essentials. How to bury treasure, break a curse, how to fight a tavern full of angry men, how to stay alive when your ship sinks, how to cope with mermaids, top ten pirate superstitions like keeping cats, the legend of the Fountain of Youth, creating deaths, how to escape from being tied up, how to loot, how to disguise your gender and how to look like a real pirate with the many faces of the Jolly Roger to hand. Plus piratical lingo. 176pp. £14.99 NOW £5
74398 MR TOPSY-TURVY: The Round Way Wrong
by Roger Hargreaves SALE FOR HOUSE - Mr Topsy- Turvy is looking for a new home but everything is back to front! Even his meals seem messy affairs as he didn’t pour out the cornflakes, oh no, he poured the milk into the
packet! Will he find a new home? Big bold colourful drawings in this collectable series. 8" x 9" softback. £5.99 NOW £2
74397 MR SMALL: A Big Day Out by Roger Hargreaves
Being Mr Small can be very difficult indeed! But when an unhappy Mr Small makes a little wish to grow and grow, unexpected things begin to happen when he meets Mr Uppity, Mr Strong, Mr Noisy and his other Mr Men friends. Big bold colourful softback in this ever popular series. 8" x 9". £5.99 NOW £2
74396 MR GREEDY IS HELPFULLY HEAVY by Roger Hargreaves
There aren’t many advantages to being Mr Greedy - he breaks things all the time and when he gets into the bath the water jumps out! Having trouble fitting everything in your suitcase? Then call Mr Greedy, the expert suitcase squasher! Big colourful softback, 8" x 9". £5.99 NOW £2
74395 LITTLE MISS STUBBORN: The Wrong Advice by Roger Hargreaves
Little Miss Stubborn does not like to listen to others, but when she talks to Little Miss Sunshine, will she see a change in her fortunes? She took Little Miss Scatter- Brain’s advice on directions to the beach, always opened umbrellas indoors and walks under ladders, but what trouble she brings upon herself being so stubborn! Big boldly coloured softback 8" x 9". £5.99 NOW £2
74588 MR MEN AND LITTLE MISS: Set of Four by Roger Hargreaves
Buy all four big bold colourful softbacks in this ever popular series and save more. Each measures 8" x 9".
£23.96 NOW £6
74217 UPSIDE DOWN JOKE WORLD: Mr
Potato Head by Steve Charney Mr and Mrs Potato Head invite you to their wacky, upside down world where they have chosen their favourite jokes, brainteasers and riddles with us. Mr Potato Head: Why is the sky so high? Colleen Cauliflower: So birds don’t hit their heads. Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide. Cartoons, 96pp paperback, ages 3+. $4.95 NOW £1.75
74212 STORYTIME STICKERS: Choo Choo Trains
by Lynn Plourde Chugga chugga choo! All aboard the train. Here are steam locos, monorails, cable cars, trolleys and trams galore and over 100 colour stickers on this fast track to fun. Very large softback. £4.99 NOW £2.25
72838 3-D CHILLERS: Zombies: Includes 3-D Glasses by Deborah Kespert
Here are tales of re-animated corpses, zombie-like creatures, Icelandic Draugrs and Arabian ghouls, voodoo terror and what to collect in your zombie survival kit! Pop on the 3-D glasses to make these colour pictures come into focus, come to life, and scare you to bits! Suit ages 6-9. Large softback. £3.99 NOW £1
72837 3-D CHILLERS: Vampires: Includes 3-D Glasses by Deborah Kespert
Slip on the 3-D glasses with bat and castle colour design and learn about the Manananggal, female vampires from the Philippines, blood-sucking creatures from ancient mythology like the Hindu goddess Kali, the frightening Asambosam from the forests of Africa, Dracula, Lord of Darkness, useful tools to keep in your vampire hunter kit. Ages 6 to adult. Large softback. £3.99 NOW £1
74343 ONE BOY’S WAR by Lynn Huggins-Cooper and Ian Benfold Haywood
It is 1914, and 16 year old Sydney is bursting to get a crack at the Kaiser. He soon finds himself in a Front Line trench where reality, and the rats, begin to bite. Told through his optimistic letters home and his own journal, Sydney was a real
young man born in County Durham but who died in a muddy field in Belgium. Here is the disillusionment, degradation, scaremongering, bully-beef for tea with raw onions, spies, illness, marching, all told in letters to his dear Ma. Graphic colour artwork. £11.99 NOW £4.75
73813 CAPTAIN SCOTT: A Ladybird Adventure from
History by L. du Garde Peach A facsimile edition of the 1963 Ladybird Book which tells the story of Captain Scott’s journey to the South Pole. The difficult march to the South Pole until 1911. Then two different parties set out at the same time, one led by a Norwegian named Amundsen, and other from Cardiff led by an Englishman,
Captain Scott, in a little ship called the ‘Terra Nova’, an old Scottish whaler. Coloured maps, 52pp, beautiful artwork by John Kenney. £4.99 NOW £1.50
74202 PROFESSOR GARGOYLE: Tales from
Lovecraft Middle School Volume One by Charles Gilman
Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons - Lovecraft Middle School is creepy fun! Rats are leaping from lockers, students are disappearing and the school library is a labyrinth of secret corridors. And the science teacher is acting very, very peculiarly. Can he uncover the secrets of the school before it is too late? Line artwork, 176pp in volume one of this very collectable series with an extraordinary 3D effect artwork on the book cover of a devilish nature! US first edition. £10.99 NOW £5
74206 THE SLITHER SISTERS: Tales from
Lovecraft Middle School Volume Two by Charles Gilman
US first edition in this very collectable series with 3D cover showing the young girls with Medusa-like hair and snake eyes. Sarah and Sylvia Price resemble ordinary Middle School students, but actually they are hideous monsters in disguise. Even worse, they are campaigning for student council with a secret plan for abducting the entire 7th grade! This second novel begins right where Professor Gargoyle ended. 176pp. £10.99 NOW £5
74436 WITCH & WIZARD: The Fire by James Patterson and Jill Denbowski Whit and Wisty Allgood have sacrificed everything to lead the Resistance against the merciless totalitarian regime that governs their world. Its supreme leader, The One Who Is The One has banned everything they hold dear - books, music, art and imagination - but the growing strength of the siblings’ magic hasn’t been enough to stop The One’s evil rampage. Now he has executed the only family they have left. Wisty knows that the time has finally come for her to face The One before he can become truly all-powerful. The stunning third instalment of this epic series. 328pp. £9.99 NOW £3.50
73833 TIMMY TIME POCKET LIBRARY: Six Mini Books by Aardman
Timmy the Artist, Timmy’s Hiccup Cure, Timmy Steals the Show, Timmy Wants the Beret, Snapshot Timmy and Timmy Plays Football are the titles of these six eight page board books to share. In bold colour and from the Shaun the Sheep creators, watch little Timmy the sheep and friends in their adventures. Suit ages 2+. £4.99 NOW £1.50
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74361 DISNEY PRINCESS CINDERELLA: Book and CD by Disney Enterprises and Parragon
Once upon a time, in a tiny kingdom, there was a gentle and lovely girl named Cinderella. She lived with her cruel stepmother and two ugly stepsisters. They were jealous of Cinderella’s goodness and beauty and made her work night
and day. The mice and the birds were Cinderella’s only friends... The classic tale has been retold and recorded onto a CD so that young readers can read along. Colourful Disney artwork, 8" x 10". £5.99 NOW £2.50
73238 PRINCESS POPPY POCKETMONEY
BOOK AND CD by Janey Louise Jones A brilliant Princess Poppy story with music and sound effects running time one hour 17 minutes and read by Theresa Gallagher on the accompanying CD. With silver star spangles on the front cover. You will find Poppy’s house, Honeysuckle Cottage, Grandpa’s house and office, Cornsilk Castle, Beehive Beauty Salon, Bumblebees Teashop, Riverside Stables and all the other places familiar from the story. Will her money-making ideas be successful? 120pp, paperback. Suit ages 7+. £6.99 NOW £2.25
74411 I WANT A CAT by Tony Ross
Jessy wants a cat more than anything, but her parents won’t let her have one. They try showering her with toy cats instead, but that’s not good enough for her. So she comes up with a plan to convince her parents to buy her a cat. Will her scheme work? See Jessy in her cat suit playing tricks on her parents
in this fun read for youngsters aged three and up. Tony Ross illus in colour. 9" x 10". £7.99 NOW £2.50
73407 MICHAEL FOREMAN’S THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
by L. Frank Baum
For the past 113 years, children and adults alike have delighted in his enchanted and enchanting story of a Kansas farm girl called Dorothy who - with her little dog Toto - is swept away by a cyclone to the magical world of Oz. On the way, she is
joined by a fantastical cast of characters - the cowardly Lion, the silly Scarecrow, the kindly Tin Woodman and, of course, the devious Wicked Witch of the West. Baum wrote a musical version, which was a stage hit in 1902 and, in 1939, MGM’s classic film immortalized his name. With Michael Foreman’s whimsical watercolours. 160 pages 30.5cm x 14cm. £14.99 NOW £5
73834 WORLD OF HAPPY POCKET LIBRARY:
Six Mini Books by Giles Andreae Big fun for little fingers aged 2+ here are six miniature books, each eight colourful board pages entitled Friends, Fun, Happiness, Life, Love and You and Me… Because life is FUN! Beautiful colour cartoon illus by the famous Purple Ronnie artist. £4.99 NOW £1.50
73990 RED TED AND THE LOST THINGS by Michael Rosen and Joel Stewart When a teddy bear is accidently left on the seat of a train, he uses his ingenuity, and some new friends, to search for the little girl who lost him. The children’s Poet Laureate certainly knows how to speak to little ones aged three and up who will delight in the story of friendship and the atmospheric artwork. 40 pages in large softback. $8.99 NOW £3
72924 SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD THE SAILOR retold by John Yeoman
and illustrated by Quentin Blake Most people have heard of Sinbad the Sailor but really, he was not a sailor, just a merchant and an unstoppable traveller. Stories about him first appeared in the Middle Eastern tales called The Arabian Nights. In these amazing tales of danger, shipwreck, heroism, fabulous treasures and terrifying monsters there is always an element of the truth. Our favourite is the men who flew. 119 pages 31cm x 24.5cm, amusing watercolours. £12.99 NOW £3.50
73903 CAT IN THE HAT ACTIVITY PLACEMATS by Dr Seuss
The zany original Dr Seuss illustrations featuring all the Things, goldfish, children and crackpot machines illustrate every page of this giant sized 36 page tear-off sheet book full of colouring fun, puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dots, word searches and more. Printed with 100% soy-based ink and safe for children to enjoy ages three and up. Tear off a few and pack for journeys! ONLY £5
73432 MY FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES retold and illustrated by Tony Ross Some of the seven tales, such as Beauty, who fell in love with a hideous Beast because she found out what a lovely character he had, and the wicked Rumpelstiltskin, who stole the queen’s baby, promising to give it back if she guessed his name, will be well-known to readers. Others - like Hedley Kow the fairy trickster, and Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, may be less familiar but are just as captivating. 93 pages 29cm x 25cm. £12.99 NOW £5.50
73029 STICK MAN CD
by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Imelda Staunton once again brings to life this popular children’s story. Will Stick Man ever get back to the
74183 HEAD TWISTERS by Helene Hovanec For children of all ages who love word searches, criss- crosses, mazes, crosswords and puzzles based on silly riddles to make you giggle and smile. Break this code: VIBS CP ZNT DBKK UXN. Answer the question What do you get if you cross a wolf and a rooster? Fun US import, 96pp in paperback. £4.99 NOW £1.50
73413 MY AMAZING YEAR: My Record of the Year by Heather Morris
This book belongs to... stick your own photo here and use the book’s headings and spaces to write a diary entry, a poem, a list, a message, a description of something, stick in interesting cuttings or pictures, do your own drawings, include your own photos, sporting achievements, best and
worst moments and much more. When you have completed the book at the end of the year, keep it in a safe place until 2050 when you can show it to your own grandchildren! Colour illus. 64 page large softback. £4.99 NOW £2
74324 BEST FRIENDS
FOREVER JOURNAL by Sue Mongredien Fill in pages for best parties and sleepovers, quizzes for getting to know your pals, oodles of pages for oodles of doodles, A-Z addresses and birthday databank, your top ten lists of everything, fab beauty and health tips so you can keep a check on how many chocolate bars, packets of crisps, ice creams and
burgers you eat each week and how many portions of fruit and vegetables each day. Spiral bound casing, colour illus.
£4.99 NOW £2.25
71326 PETER RABBIT WRITING SET by Beatrix Potter and Robert Frederick Each sheet measures just over 6" wide by 8" tall and is decorated with two Beatrix Potter bunnies running across a meadow full of flowers and butterflies. The paper itself is of good quality, ten sheets of writing paper with ten large white envelopes of the same size. ONLY £3
72155 COMPLETE ALICE SLIPCASE by Lewis Carroll, illustrated
by Helen Oxenbury A delightful box set measuring 21.6 x 15.6 x 13.4cms. Pull the pale blue
satin tie and open the little doors in the front of the slipcase to discover a library of 22 volumes including Who Stole the Tarts?, The Lobster Quadrille, Pig and Pepper, Advice from a Caterpillar, Down the Rabbit- Hole, Alice’s Evidence, Queen Alice, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee and The Garden of Live Flowers among them. The award winning classic words of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass in 22 wee volumes each of approximately 20 pages brought to a new generation by virtue of Helen Oxenbury’s brightly animated illustrations, in colour and gorgeous line art. Alice is modernised in a little blue mini dress, white plimsolls and her long flowing blonde hair. £99 NOW £28
family tree? A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire! Join him on his amazing adventures in this classic story from the creators of The Gruffalo. Five tracks on audio CD running time 37 minutes with the entire story alongside music, song and instrumental version. £5.99 NOW £2.75
72962 ARTEMIS FOWL by Eoin Colfer 12 year old Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century. In this, the story of his first encounter with the Fairy People, you will find out how the criminal mastermind hatched a plot to restore his family’s fortune, and how he discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous fairies, and mind- blowing technology. And you will learn how, by kidnapping Captain Holly Short of the Lower Element Police, Artemis Fowl almost triggered a cross-species war. Paperback, 280pp. £6.99 NOW £2
72320 MOBY-DICK: A Pop-Up Book by Sam Ita
Herman Melville’s epic saga Moby Dick is brought vividly to life in this abridged three dimensional graphic novel adaptation, the first of its kind, by a celebrated paper engineer. Trace Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest for the white whale in comic book-style panels, speech balloons and spectacular colour illustrations that rise dramatically off the page. Open the doors, lift the flaps and open pockets, pull tabs to make the scenes move and swirl the disc to see how the concentric circles seize the lone boat. Ages six to adult pop-up collector. $24.95 NOW £7
72168 CHARLIE AND LOLA MY COMPLETELY BEST STORY COLLECTON: Five Stories
and CD by Lauren Child Charlie has his little sister Lola. She is small and very funny. Based on the popular TV series and here presented in a lovely slipcase from Puffin Books are ‘Snow Is My Favourite and My Best’, ‘I’ve Won, No I’ve Won, No I’ve Won’, ‘Whoops! But It Wasn’t Me’, ‘My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out’ and ‘We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog’. Marv says ‘Definitely no taking him off the lead.’ The irresistibly comic duo take us on an adventure with a rocket, playing games, in the snow and more and the CD features the original voice recordings, music and sounds from the BBC TV show. Colour illus. £34.95 NOW £8
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