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The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone. Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind. But her parents have decided she's just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories. And her headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up. Now it's time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241558317 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.5 cm

A fantastic story about bravery, kindness, friendship and perseverance - perfect for children starting school! Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He's also the most accident-prone, flying into trees and even setting his own wing on fire. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help him with his toughest test: capturing a princess?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781407170763 • Author:  Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler • Publisher:  Scholastic • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  32 • Dimensions:  28.1 x 25.1 x 0.5 cm

Somehow trouble always comes naturally to Paddington. What other bear could catch a fish in his hat, or cause havoc in the Browns’ kitchen just by trying to be helpful? For more than sixty years, Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780006753445 • Author: Michael Bond • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 144 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.1 cm

Join Ash and friends for another action-packed Pokémon adventure for the ultimate Pokémon face-off! The latest adventure with Ash and Pikachu! Can you read them all? Titles in this collection: • Ash's Big Challenge • Pokemon Peril • The Orange League • Scyther vs Charizard • Race to Danger • Snow Time! • Power Up Psyduck • The Winner's Cup • The Pokemon School • Adventures on Treasure Island • Old Friends New Battles • The Catxorita Challenge • A New Beginning • Over 70 Puzzles to Solve • Mini Mazes This is the perfect gift for Pokemon fans old and new. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008644079 • Author: Pokémon • Publisher: Orchard Books Ltd • Format: Box Set

Bluey and Bingo love their mum, and she loves them! They do all sorts of fun (and not as fun) things together, like scooter rides, dancing and reading bedtime stories. Discover all of Chilli's special mum skills in this touching and humorous book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241692226 • Author: Bluey • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 18.6 x 18.6 x 1.7cm

Never fear Superworm is here – and he’s wiggling to the rescue!  Super-long and super-strong, Superworm is always on hand to help animals and insects in need. But what will happen when Superworm is captured by the wicked Wizard Lizard and Crow? Luckily, Superworm’s friends have a cunning plan... This story about friendship, bravery and teamwork will leave a smile on your face!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781407170725 • Author:  Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler  • Publisher:  Alison Green Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  32  • Dimensions:  22.4 x 25.3 x 0.5 cm

This 25th birthday edition of The Gruffalo has a shiny gold foil cover and includes fun bonus material - a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler fans! Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's The Gruffalo is an undisputed modern classic and has become a bestselling phenomenon around the world. This award-winning rhyming story of a mouse and a monster has found its way into the hearts and bedtimes of an entire generation of children over the past twenty-five years, and will undoubtedly continue to enchant children for years and years to come. The Gruffalo 25th Anniversary Edition features the classic story with a stunning foil cover as well as a letter from the author, early sketches from the illustrator, fun Gruffalo things to make and do and the lyrics to The Gruffalo Song to celebrate the anniversary year.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781035028399 • Author:  Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler • Publisher:  Pan Macmillan • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  32 • Dimensions:  15.4 x 2 x 19.2 cm

Space adventures, togetherness and love are at the heart of this delightful story! The red Smeds never mix with the blue Smoos…so what happens when young Smed and Smoo fall in love? With fabulous rhymes and gorgeous illustrations, this picture book is literally out of this world!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781407196657 • Author:  Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler • Publisher:  Scholastic • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  32 • Dimensions:  29.1 x 1.1 x 25.3 cm

Join Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po and Jodi on an exciting adventure through the Minecraft world. The Woodsword Middle School crew have discovered magical headsets that actually transport them into Minecraft. At first it’s exciting, but then they realise this is more than just a game… This chunky slipcase contains all six books from the Woodsword Chronicles series, so readers can follow the journey from beginning to end.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008491277 • Author:  Nick Eliopulos • Publisher:  Farshore • Format:  Book Collection • Pages:  864 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 6.9 x 19.8 cm

THE BRAND-NEW, HILARIOUS DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOK! In Hot Mess, book 19 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is in for a particularly awkward summer with his whole family. The pressure is building for Greg Heffley, who discovers that when you mix heaps of family, a tiny beach house, and sweltering heat, it’s a recipe for disaster. Speaking of recipes - the secret ingredients behind Gramma’s famous meatballs have been closely guarded for years. Can Greg unpack all of his family’s mysteries before their vacation is over? Or will he just stir the pot? This sidesplittingly relatable summer story is the funniest Wimpy Kid book yet! WHAT'S IN DIARY OF A WIMPY KID? 50% words, 50% cartoons, 100% hilarious! Stories that all readers can't wait to get their hands on Laughter guaranteed! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241583166 • Author: Jeff Kinney • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 224 • Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.5 x 2.2cm

Start the search for Wally in the original eye-boggling classic activity book! The original book which kick-started the worldwide Wally phenomenon! Search for Wally and his friends as they hike round the world - on the beach, at the train station, at sea... They're fiendishly hidden in every intricately-detailed scene - and there are lots of other things to look for too. Hours of fun and games await. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781406305890 • Author:  Martin Handford  • Publisher:  Walker Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  32 • Dimensions: 31.7 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm

Welcome to the world of Peppa Pig, where Peppa, George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig enjoy another adventure with loud snorts of laughter.  Children will love getting to know their favourite Peppa Pig characters in this engaging storybook! Use the figurines to bring the book scenes to life or to create new adventures for Peppa, George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig. Included: • 10 x Plastic Figurines  • 1 x Playmat • 1 x 10 Page Book  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9782764351444 • Author:  Peppa Pig • Publisher:  Phidal Publishing Inc. • Format:  Board Book • Pages:  10 • Dimensions:  19.3 x 4.11 x 25.4 cm

Make your appointment if you dare… Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it... Product Information: • ISBN: 9780007453580 • Author: David Walliams • Publisher: Harper Collins • Format: Paperback • Pages: 440 • Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3.5cm

A timeless classic about Sophie and her extraordinary teatime guest, a story that is enjoyed and beloved by generations of children! Now an award-winning animation. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger! This warm and funny picture book story is perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves time and again.  The magic begins at teatime!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780007215997 • Author:  Judith Kerr • Publisher:  Harper Collins Children’s Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  32 • Dimensions:  28 x 0.4 x 22 cm

A hideous, vindictive, spiteful married couple known as the Twits live together in a brick house without windows. Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man who always has bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is scheming and sly and always thinking of the next horrible trick to play on her husband. The Twits are so ghastly and evil that they even keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family captive in their garden. But not for much longer! The monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits so that they can escape and put a stop to the frightful pair once and for all!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241578186 • Author:  Roald Dahl  • Publisher:  Puffin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  144 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 1.8 x 19.6 cm

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the BRAND NEW ADVENTURE in the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 57 million copies in print worldwide! Lately, Nikki’s little sister has been a TOTAL BRAT! But while Brianna is busy raiding her closet and taping a HIDEOUS drawing of Nikki on her bedroom door, Nikki has more important things to think out. It’s the end of summer and she has only 72 hours to completely reinvent herself before starting at Westchester Prep… SQUEEEEEEE!! Nikki is determined to be the COOLEST, CUTEST, SMARTEST, MOST INTRIGUING girl at school. But when disaster strikes and Brianna gets hold of Nikki’s most cherished items… her phone AND her diary, her world is turned upside down. Will an unexpected emergency ruin Nikki’s fabulous start to the new school year or, worse, ruin her relationship with wacky BFFs, Chloe and Zoey, and cute crush Brandon? With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398541184 • Author: Rachel Renee Russell • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Hardback • Pages: 272 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2cm

Lucy wakes up one morning to discover something very strange indeed. All the grown-ups in her town have disappeared. All the other kids in Whiffington are so excited! No more grown-ups means no more school! No more bedtime! No more rules! But Lucy wants her mum back - and nothing is going to stop her. So - along with her friends Norman and Ella - Lucy sets off on an unbelievable adventure into a topsy-turvy, back-to-front and inside-out new world . . . The world underneath her bed. The world of . . . The Creakers! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780141388847 • Author: Tom Fletcher, Shane Devries • Publisher: Puffin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.3 cm

America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky… before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth’s dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret? Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780008588816 • Author: David Walliams  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 14.1 x 4.2 x 22.2cm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle's world-famous simple, hopeful story has become the most read children's book in Britain. Its vivid collage illustrations are iconic, and it is a must have picture book for children. The bright and bold paperback makes it the ideal bedtime book for toddlers, with its die-cut pages and finger-sized holes, children can play and read along. Product Information:• ISBN: 9780140569322• Author: Eric Carle• Publisher: Penguin• Format: Paperback• Pages: 32• Dimensions: 21 x 29.5 x 0.5cm

Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going 'old school' just too hard for a kid like Greg? Product Information:• ISBN: 9780141377094• Age: 9 to 12 Years• Author: Jeff Kinney• Publisher: Penguin• Format: Paperback• Pages: 240• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.5cm