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Historopedia by John and Fatti Burke Take a trip through time with the team behind
Irelandopedia, in a dazzling new adventure through Ireland’s history, full of detailed illustrations and fabulous facts. Meet courageous Celts, rampaging Vikings and rebellious republicans. Discover wars and disasters; learn about artists, mythical figures, TV characters, Irish scientists and explorers. Find out how we lived, what we ate, what we wore and even what school was like!
Midnight Creatures: A Pop-Up Shadow
Search by Helen Friel Switch off the lights, turn on your torch and take a wonderful shadow adventure with five beautifully crafted pop-up scenes full of creatures to find, from the fork-marked lemur in the jungle to the giant squid at the bottom of the ocean. Spot the hidden creatures when they appear as shadows on your wall! A beautiful and unique pop-up shadow search adventure game from talented paper artist Helen Friel.
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DORLING KINDERSLEY
Noisy Fire Engine Peekaboo! & Noisy Toys
Peekaboo! The Noisy Peekaboo series encourages learning and play, as young readers lift big flaps and set off five amazing, light-activated sounds. Wooh! Whoo! Hear a siren, fire-alarm, engine, helicopter, and more in this colourful book with clear photographs and noisy fun. Five inviting, double-page spreads each have an intriguing flap that will have little ones joining in, finding the peekaboo surprise, and making the funny noise.
O’BRIEN PRESS The Moon Spun Around: W.B. Yeats for
Children A lyrical treasury of W.B. Yeats’s most magical works will take children of all ages on an imaginative journey through his poetry, folktales and childhood writing. Mysterious and beautiful illustrations spin out from Yeats’s haunting and enchanted words and rhythms, bringing the spirit and beauty of his writing to a whole new young audience! A mystical and magical tone that pervades the collection will enthral younger readers.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes Make your own owl ice cream, scrambled snake and roasted fox, and of course . . . Gruffalo crumble! With twenty-four recipes specially designed for adults to use with children, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and hints and tips on what to do next, this Gruffalo cookbook is a great way to introduce Gruffalo fans to cooking and baking. Based on the bestselling picture book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Winter Magic Edited by Abi Elphinstone A beautiful and classic anthology of frosty, magical short stories from acclaimed children’s writers such as Michelle Magorian, Berlie Doherty, Lauren St John, Geraldine McCaughrean, Piers Torday and Katherine Woodfine. Dreamsnatcher’s Abi Elphinstone heads up this gorgeous collection of wintery stories, featuring snow queens, frost fairs, snow dragons and pied pipers . . . An unmissable, enchanting treat of a collection!
EGMONT
POOLBEG PRESS
DORLING KINDERSLEY
Insect Emporium by Susie Brooks & Dawn
Cooper Discover a beautiful collection of creepy-crawlies with delicate illustrations, imaginative design, and engaging facts. Hidden amongst the foliage, admire the grasshoppers, bees, caterpillars, moths, butterflies, fireflies and glow-worms in this enchanting secret world. With a sumptuous gold foil finish and limited edition print inside each copy, this captivating book for children is one to cherish for many years to come.
The Ghosts of Magnificent Children by
Caroline Busher In a time when magic and ghosts exist, four Magnificent Children – Theo, Ginny, and thought-reading twins Archie and Millie Luxbridge - are captured by a spellbinding circus. 100 years later the children’s ghosts appear on an island off the Irish coast where a boy called Rua befriends them. Rua discovers that a terrible fate awaits them and, in a desperate race against time, he struggles to learn how they may be saved. Suitable for age 10+.
365 Things to do With LEGO ™ Bricks Aimed at children age 6 plus, this unique book has a countdown timer and activity selector, letting you choose an activity at random and race against the clock! Featuring imaginative play and building ideas, that take just a few minutes to inspirational activities to keep you occupied for hours. Build your own LEGO pet; challenge friends to make the tallest LEGO tower against the clock; and learn to make a stop-motion LEGO movie.
O’BRIEN PRESS
Magical Celtic Tales by Una Leavy Long ago, the Celts lived all over continental Europe and storytelling has always been at the heart of these Celtic societies. Tales of fairy folk, giants, dragons and magical creatures, have been passed from generation to generation. Tales from all Celtic lands, including Brittany, The Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales, meet here. Skilfully retold by author and poet Una Leavy and brought to life by Fergal O’Connor’s lively illustrations.
WALKER BOOKS
Goodnight Everyone by Chris Haughton The sun is going down and everyone is getting sleepy. Well…almost everyone. There’s still one Little Bear, who is very wide-awake. From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George! and Shh! We Have a Plan, comes the ultimate bedtime book. A series of exquisitely coloured cut pages of increasing size introduce woodland families - with sublime, starry night time scenes and an infectious “Good night” refrain!
BLOOMSBURY
The Anti-Boredom Christmas Book by Andy
Seed Christmas is everyone’s favourite time of year. But it can also get a bit boring from time to time. Say goodbye to boredom with this fantastically festive boredom buster book! Find out how to say snow in 16 different languages; discover who banned Christmas carols; act out your own wacky routine of the Twelve Days of Christmas and more. Bursting full of laugh-out-loud facts, games, quizzes and funny artwork for hours of fun.
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