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When sun flares hit the Earth, intense heat, toxic radiation and flooding followed, wiping out much of the human race. Those who survived live in basic communities in the mountains, hunting for food. For Mark and his friends, surviving is difficult, and then an enemy arrives, infecting people with a highly contagious virus. Thousands die, and the virus is spreading. Worse, it's mutating, and people are going crazy. It's up to Mark and his friends to find the enemy — and a cure — before the Flare infects them all. |
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HORRIBLE HISTORIES WITCHES reveals the truth behind pointy hats and black cats, and other idiotic ideas about witchcraft. Full of foul facts, including which magic word was used to zap zits, why people were paid to prick a witch and much, much more. It's everything you need to know about WITCHES — all the gore and more! |
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Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Twentieth Century, including who shocked the world by showing her knickers, how two monkey's and a dog became astronauts and why a posh London restaurant served stewed cat. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling titles are sure. |
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This colourful board book is packed with noisy vehicles from around the town. Pre-school children will love turning the chunky shaped pages and discovering a noisy car, a busy bus, a speeding train, a zooming motorbike and a rumbling lorry. With bright illustrations, simple rhyming text that is perfect for reading aloud, and easy-to-turn pages, this is an ideal first book for toddlers. Part of the BUSY MACHINES series. |
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This colourful board book is packed with noisy emergency vehicles. Pre-school children will love turning the chunky shaped pages and discovering a bright fire engine, a noisy ambulance, a zooming police car, a busy snow plough and a speedy lifeboat, all ready to save the day. With bright illustrations, simple rhyming text that is perfect for reading aloud, and easy-to-turn pages, this is an ideal first book for toddlers. |
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«The bestselling story is now available with a high-quality audio CD. The Highway Rat rides along the highway stealing all the travellers' food. But a crafty duck and her mysterious sister soon put an end to his crooked ways Brilliantly performed by award-winning actress, Imelda Staunton, the CD contains the full story with music, the Highway Rat Listening Game and the brand new «Highway Rat» song, which was written specially for this CD by Julia Donaldson.» |
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Murderous Maths: Geometry is full of facts, tricks and tips to help children discover why shapes are super and measurements are magic! Updated for the relaunch of the primary national curriculum in autumn 2014, children can learn all about tricky triangles, vicious circles, spangled angles and much more with simple explanations and hilarious characters to guide them through. Illustrated by Philip Reeve and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of Murderous Maths. Get ready to be amazed! |
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Featuring a foreword from Countdown's Susie Dent, Easy-Peasy English is a bright, colourful guide which makes grammar, spelling and punctuation fun, covering everything from the parts of speech to the proper way to use speech marks. A perfect at-home companion for children approaching the end of Key Stage Two to ensure that they are fully prepared for secondary school. |
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Fast Facts About the 50 States: Plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. |
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The Horrible Histories Annual 2015 is a must-have for all Horrible Histories fans. Packed with foul facts, gory games, dreadful jokes, quick quizzes and putrid puzzles — it's the annual with rat-itude! Discover all the dreadful details about your favourite eras of history from the Rotten Romans, to the Terrible Tudors and the Gorgeous Georgians to the Woeful World Wars. History has never been so horrible! |
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The three books in the pulse-pounding Maze Runner series! When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade — a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. But the maze is just the beginning ... |
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The first three books in the pulse-pounding Maze Runner series! When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade — a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. But the maze is just the beginning ... |
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«We're going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back.» Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been — and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned...The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy. First published in 1995, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature.» |
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«Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1995, and has now been filmed as «The Golden Compass», the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children alike. The extraordinary story moves between parallel universes. Beginning in Oxford, it takes Lyra and her animal-daemon Pantalaimon on a dangerous rescue mission to the ice kingdoms of the far North, where she begins to learn about the mysterious particles they call Dust — a substance for which a terrible war between different worlds will be fought...»This trilogy is one of the great imaginative works in the English language. And it contains one of the bestillains in all literature». (Terry Jones). Philip Pullman has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the «Guardian» Children's Fiction Award, the Children's Book of the Year — British Book Awards, the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award.» |
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This is the Horrible Geography Flags of the World sticker book, crammed full with Horrible facts and stats about the world around us. It includes stickers of flags of the world. |
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«Without this child, we shall all die.» Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...The first volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy. First published in 1995, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature.» |
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«What is he? A friend, or an enemy?» «He is a murderer.» Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...The second volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy. First published in 1995, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature.» |
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Master the 2014 Curriculum with Scholastic's 100 Lessons. The new National Curriculum has landed ...and Scholastic's acclaimed 100 Lessons series is back to help teachers and pupils. Trusted by teachers for 15 years and selling more than one million copies, 100 Lessons has now been completely rewritten and is fully in line with the 2014 objectives. Now introducing the first 100s workbooks to help children take ownership of their learning. This book provides your child with a whole year of ready to go activities and support on key English topics which will be being taught in school from 2014. * Workbooks for home learning or classroom practice * Linked directly to what your children will be learning in school * A linked website provides additional activities, answers and support for parents. * Developed by teachers to ensure the best possible support for the new 2014 National Curriculum. |
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Master the 2014 Curriculum with Scholastic's 100 Lessons. The new National Curriculum has landed ...and Scholastic's acclaimed 100 Lessons series is back to help teachers and pupils. Trusted by teachers for 15 years and selling more than one million copies, 100 Lessons has now been completely rewritten and is fully in line with the 2014 objectives. Now introducing the first 100s workbooks to help children take ownership of their learning. This book provides your child with a whole year of ready to go activities and support on key English topics which will be being taught in school from 2014. * Workbooks for home learning or classroom practice * Linked directly to what your children will be learning in school * A linked website provides additional activities, answers and support for parents. * Developed by teachers to ensure the best possible support for the new 2014 National Curriculum. |
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Master the 2014 Curriculum with Scholastic's 100 Lessons. The new National Curriculum has landed ...and Scholastic's acclaimed 100 Lessons series is back to help teachers and pupils. Trusted by teachers for 15 years and selling more than one million copies, 100 Lessons has now been completely rewritten and is fully in line with the 2014 objectives. Now introducing the first 100s workbooks to help children take ownership of their learning. This book provides your child with a whole year of ready to go activities and support on key English topics which will be being taught in school from 2014. * Workbooks for home learning or classroom practice * Linked directly to what your children will be learning in school * A linked website provides additional activities, answers and support for parents. * Developed by teachers to ensure the best possible support for the new 2014 National Curriculum. |
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