Year 1

Best New Books for Girls - NEW

A collection designed for all types of girls. Ash is a magical retelling of Cinderella. Younger readers will love the diary format, hilarious story and illustrative style of My Totally Secret Diary: Reality TV Nightmare. If I Stay is a compelling story and in the same vein as The Lovely Bones – it will stay with the reader. Sally Gardner transports the reader to the middle of the French Revolution in The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade.

Product code: 390S10

now £112.00

Best New Fantasy - NEW

A fantastic collection of imaginary worlds for lovers of books that transport the reader deep into their imagination. R.J. Anderson follows up the bestselling Knife with an equally brilliant blend of myth and magic in Rebel. Edwin Spencer is a hilarious story about a great young hero transported to a parallel universe and asked to save it. Debut author Jeremy de Quaidt has created a compelling world of shadows in The Toymaker which has had rave reviews in The School Librarian and Books for Keeps.

Product code: 386S10

now £82.00

Best New Historical Writing -NEW

These acclaimed writers bring moments in history to life. From Daughter of Fire & Ice, a tale of voyage and adventure in 9th century Norway to 13th century France in Mary Hoffman’s Troubadour; the reader gets transported to a different time in history as well as in the world. Bali Rai’s City of Ghosts is set in 1919 India in the lead up to the Amritsar Massacre. Katy Moran’s Spirit Hunter is set on the Silk Road and others focus on the realm of King Arthur, The Dark Ages, World Wars, Tudor and Victorian times.

Product code: 384S10

now £89.00

Best New Picture Books for Year 1

This collection offers the very best picture books available today, some of them award-winners, and some we simply just love. They will provide you with a rich and stimulating treasure-trove, suitable for both boys and girls. One of our favourites is Denver by David McKee, a story that has vibrant illustrations and conveys a gentle yet compelling message about being materialistic. Another musthave is The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster by David Conway which is fantastic fun as Little Miss Muffet decides the grass is greener in other nursery rhymes.

Product code: 802S10

now £122.00

Best New Picture Books of 2009 - Year 1 (20 Book Collection)

Award-winners,and books we just love

Product code: 802

now £102.00

Best New Science Fiction -NEW

These authors are experts at conjuring parallel worlds that are so searingly believable. With time travelling, science disasters and alien environments. Patrick Ness has delivered an electrifying finale to the multi award winning Chaos Walking trilogy with Monsters of Men; Ian Beck’s Pastworld is a time travelling adventure back to Jack the Ripper’s London and standing beside them is science fiction’s greatest writer Douglas Adams.

Product code: 387S10

now £59.00