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Written by the brilliant Julia Donaldson and stunningly illustrated by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, The Hospital Dog is a big-hearted tale about a very special, very brave dog. Here is a dog, a Dalmatian called Dot, Is she quite ordinary? NO, SHE'S NOT! After their breakfast and a swim in the sea, Dot and her owner Rose jump on the bus to the hospital. Dot loves visiting the children of Wallaby Ward and they're always pleased to see her too; from a crying baby to a bored teenager - a pat, a stroke and a cuddle with Dot cheers everyone up. But the work of the hospital dog doesn't stop there and when one of her patients is in trouble, it's up to Dot to save the day! A fantastic rhyming story from the creators of the bestselling picture book, The Detective Dog- winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781509868322 • Author: Julia Donaldson • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 24.9 x 27.9 x 0.5 cm

Julia Donaldson celebrates and makes her readers a part of the delightful and imaginative world of picture books in this rhyming tale inspired by the children she has met at hundreds of book signings over the years. I've signed for boys called Romeo and girls called Juliet. I've signed for Roman, Saxon, Dane – Though not for Norman yet. From months of the year, colours, flowers, food and gemstones, Julia has seamlessly grouped together a charming selection of children's names and woven them together in her unmistakable rhyming style. Set in a magical transforming bookshop, Julia Donaldson's Book of Names is a love letter to the world of books and young bookworms – illustrated by the award-winning Nila Aye. With over three hundred names included, readers will love trying to spot their own! And if it isn't included, there is a special dedicated space for them to add it, or even better, for Julia to sign! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529076448 • Author: Julia Donaldson • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 36 • Dimensions: 25.1 x 25.1 x 0.4 cm

A sparkly 4-book Unicornia boxset! Learning to fly at the Unicornia Academy of Magic. Enchanted cakes and candies at the most glittery birthday celebration ever. A magical baking competition full of sugar and surprises. Practising a dance routine on a sparkling rainbow stage. All of it taking place in a land where unicorns are everywhere! For beginning chapter-book readers who adore a certain mythical beast, this delightful boxed set of four paperback stories is guaranteed to make an enchanting gift. Titles in this set: Unicornia: Learning to Fly Unicornia: A Magical Birthday Unicornia: The Cupcake Contest Unicornia: The Dance Show Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529530810 • Author: Ana Punset • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd • Format: Box Set • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 21 x 14.5 x 5.5 cm

The Bowerbird is the irresistible tale of Bert – a small bird with a very big heart, from Number One bestselling Julia Donaldson and Catherine Rayner, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration. Bert the bowerbird has made the most perfect bower nest, complete with a pretty purple flower, and is hoping it will help him to meet the bird of his dreams. But will all his efforts to create a beautiful display be enough to win over Nanette? A stunningly illustrated book with a wonderful rhyming tale for little ones, from the creators of The Go-Away Bird. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529092257 • Author: Julia Donaldson • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 28 x 25.1 x 0.7 cm

This Little Library of Sing-Along Nursery Rhymes is packed with cute characters and colourful illustrations that young children will love to sing-along with. Titles in this set: 1. Five Little Ducks Join the five little ducks on a swimming adventure! Read or sing along with the nursery rhyme and help Mother Duck round up her runaway ducklings. 2. I’m a Little Teapot When the tea is ready, hear me shout! Meet the short and stout little teapot and her friends! Read or sing along with the nursery rhyme and get ready for teatime. 3. Polly, Put the Kettle On We’ll all have tea … Polly and Sukey turn playtime into a tea party so they can play with their toys! Read or sing along with the nursery rhymes and enjoy the tea party. 4. Ten in the Bed There were ten in the bed … All the animals are very sleepy, but there’s no space in the bed! Read or sing along with the nursery rhyme and help the animals get ready for bed. 5. If You’re Happy and You Know It If you’re happy and you know it … Clap your hands, stamp your feet and shout ‘Hooray!’! Read or sing along with the nursery rhyme and celebrate feeling happy. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802635096 • Author: Sweet Cherry Publishing • Publisher: Sweet Cherry Publishing • Format: Box Set • Pages: 50 • Dimensions: 18.7 x 18.4 x 8.6 cm

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! After a bump on the head, Nikki has a dream in which she, her BFF's Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and mean girl MacKenzie are playing the roles of some familiar classic fairy tale characters... with a very special dorky twist! Will Nikki find her happily ever after, or will it be an epic fairy fail for this dorkarella? With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Don’t miss out! I LOVE PARIS, the brand new DORK DIARIES, is out now! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398527621 • Author:  Rachel Renee Russell • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 13 x 19.8 x 1.9 cm

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world abd the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! When Nikki discovers that her arch-nemesis, MacKenzie, has started writing a gossip column for the school newspaper, she's worried that she will share info on Nikki's crush, Brandon to the whole school. To keep an eye on MacKenzie (and bonus: spend time with Brandon!) Nikki joins the newspaper and somehow ends up working as the advice columnist, Miss Know-It-All. At first it's fun to answer all the letters from the kids at school, but when her inbox is suddenly overflowing, Nikki feels in need of some help herself. Fortunately she has BFFs Chloe and Zoey on her side . . . and at her keyboard! With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Don’t miss out! I LOVE PARIS, the brand new DORK DIARIES, is out now! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398527591 • Author:  Rachel Renee Russell • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 13 x 19.8 x 2.1 cm

Step into Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world this Christmas with the BRAND NEW ADVENTURE in the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 57 million copies in print worldwide! Nikki finds out that her crush Brandon volunteers at a local animal shelter. He's such a sweet guy – of course he wants to help those adorable puppies! Then Brandon tells her that the shelter is in danger of closing, and Nikki knows she can't let that happen. So Nikki and her friends Chloe and Zoey enter an ice skating competition to help raise money for the shelter, but skating is harder than Nikki imagined, and of course MacKenzie is stirring trouble too. Can Nikki transform from dork to ice princess in time to save the day? With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Don’t miss out! I LOVE PARIS, the brand new DORK DIARIES, is out now! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398527584 • Author:  Rachel Renee Russell • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 13 x 19.8 x 2.17 cm

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! OMG, Nikki Maxwell is getting her own TV show! Nikki and her friends were spotted at their school talent show, and now a reality TV crew is following her as she heads for pop stardom. SQUEEE! But having cameras wherever she goes isn't always fun, especially when it's making things awkward with Brandon and MacKenzie keeps trying to steal the limelight... Is TV star one step too far for Queen of the Dorks? With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Don’t miss out! I LOVE PARIS, the brand new DORK DIARIES, is out now! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398527614 • Author:  Rachel Renee Russell • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 13 x 19.8 x 2.1 cm

Narnia . . . where a dragon awakens . . . where stars walk the earth . . . where anything can happen. Experience The Chronicles of Narnia in its entirety in time for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third movie in the motion picture epic. This movie tie-in box contains the rack editions of all seven of C. S. Lewis's classic stories: •    The Magician's Nephew •    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe •    The Horse and His Boy •    Prince Caspian •    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader •    The Silver Chair •    The Last Battle The box features stills from the movie, and each book inside has cover art by Cliff Nielson and the original black-and-white interior illustrations by Pauline Baynes. The journey begins long before the Dawn Treader sets sail and ends long after its voyage, so don't miss out on any part of this definitive fantasy series of our time! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008789459 • Author: C S Lewis • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Box Set

Filled with wintry whimsy, from ice-skating unicorns to snow castles, northern lights and other fantastical delights. A mess-free way to keep children busy in the holidays. Simply tuck the waterproof back flap under each page as it's painted, to stop water from seeping through to the rest of the book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781801319157 • Author: Abigail Wheatley • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 25.1 x 21.6 cm

Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes! Then one day an amazing idea rushes into his head. With the help of a magical spell, some cabbage leaves and one hundred and forty tortoises, can shy Mr Hoppy win Mrs Silver's heart? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241568651 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 80 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.9 x 0.5 cm

I bet you think you know this story. You don't. The real one's much more gory. From Cinderella and Goldilocks to Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, wicked beasts, brazen crooks and a ghastly giant star in these hilarious nursery rhymes with BITE! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241568743 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 80 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 0.5 cm

A collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Crocky-Wock the crocodile to Stingaling the scorpion. Described in verse with all Dahl's usual gusto and illustrated in a suitably wicked style by Quentin Blake. Was that CROCKY-WOCK galumphing up the stairs? Is STINGALING hiding in your bed? And what foul fate has PIGGY planned for Farmer Bland? WARNING! This book contains wickedly funny verse, prickly surprises and the most despicable creatures you could ever hope (not) to meet. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241568729 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 80 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.6 cm

Danny has the most marvellous and exciting father anyone ever had. He can repair any car or machine that people bring to him, loves going on adventures with Danny and tells him incredible stories around the stove in the cozy caravan they call home. The land around them belongs to Mr Hazell, a rich bully who NOBODY likes, not one-little bit. So, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give Mr Hazell the greatest shock of his life. But can they pull off this level of mischief-making without getting caught...? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241558515 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm

MEET BILLY. A kid with a dream. He wants to turn an old wooden house into an incredible sweetshop full of treats! AND MEET THE LADDERLESS WINDOW-CLEANING COMPANY: Monkey, Pelican (Pelly) and Giraffe (who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe?!). They have just landed a big break cleaning all six hundred and seventy-seven windows of the mansion owned by the richest man in all of England! All they need now is a little help from Billy. Can these unlikely new friends make Billy's wildest dreams come true and take him on an adventure he'll never forget . . .? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241558508 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 20 x 12.9 x 1 cm

Every Saturday morning the Gregg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it's made her so angry she's PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL. And very strange things have begun to happen . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241568675 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 80 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 0.6 cm

Join Spidey, Spin and Ghost-Spider as they deal with trouble at the beach! This set includes an amazing Team Spidey story, three felt-tip pens and a spectacular Spidey squishy for you to colour. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836504313 • Author: Marvel • Publisher: Igloo Books Ltd • Format: Box Set

The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch. He's the greediest croc in the whole river, and he wants to eat something juicy and delicious. But what can the greedy grumptious brute guzzle up? Beware! He's looking for someone to feast upon... someone who looks a lot like YOU! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241568644 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 0.4 cm

Inspired by Roald Dahl's spine-tingling story The Witches, we present the ultimate guide to witch-spotting, stuffed with fun activities, stories, jokes and more! Witches are hiding everywhere in plain sight and want to rid the world of smelly children like YOU! 'For all you know, a witch might be living next door to you right now . . .' It's tricky to spot them because they look so ORDINARY. They have ORDINARY jobs, live in ORDINARY houses and wear ORDINARY clothes. That's what makes them so hard to catch . . . This book is the ultimate guide to bringing down witch-kind, packed with activities, extracts from the original story, games and bonus material. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241461792 • Author: Roald Dahl • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 160 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.2 cm