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My Big Mouth

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Dom’s face wrinkled up, ‘Who does? Who ...

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How the Stars Came to Be

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Quill Soup

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The Boy at the Back of the Class

When Ahmet arrives in their class, a group of children are ...

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The King Who Banned the Dark

When a little boy grows up to be king, he decides to use his ...

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The Wild Robot

A robot is accidentally activated, having been washed up on ...

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Lob

Lucy and Grandpa Will share a secret – they are the only ...

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King of the Sky

This second collaboration between author Nicola Davies and ...

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Arthur and the Golden Rope

Arthur Brownstone often ventures from the small Icelandic ...

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The Lion and the Unicorn and other Hairy Tales

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The Tin Forest

A tale of transformation. An old man lives in a grey and ...

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The Lost Happy Endings

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