Books

When Father Christmas receives a letter from a little boy in Australia wishing for a white Christmas he knows just who to ask. The little boy's white Christmas will be more exciting than he could have ever imagined thanks to the Mr. Men! Another great 'Mr. Men Christmas story', complete with snowy kangaroos, an ice-skating Mr. Bump and a snowball fight with Father Christmas!

The Mr Men are having a wonderful time at this year’s Winter Wonderland fair. Everyone except for Mr Tickle, who can’t seem to tickle anybody. Not the carol singers, or the toffee apple seller, or even Mr Dizzy on the Ferris wheel! No fun at all! Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrations introduce children to all the exciting occasions that people celebrate including birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, sporting events

Love is in the air! Geronimo has met the mouse of his dreams but he just can't play it cool. He needs to do something amazing, something incredible to catch her attention! What better way than by searching for the Eighth Wonder of the World: the mysterious Valley of the Cheeselets?

Osage County, Oklahoma, in the 1920s was where the richest people per capita in the world were to be found. The reason? Oil. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage Indians had untold wealth. Then, one by one, they began to be killed off.

زي النهاردة من سنة صدرت أول حدوته ليا، كنت حابب أعرفكم فيها بيا لكني أكتشفت إني عَرفتكم علي الوقاد! بعدها نزلت الحدوتة التانية عشان تعرفوا حجم معاناتي مع كساب لكن بردو لقيتني بقحمكم في العالم بتاعه! معرفش هل هم أستغلوني عشان يخترقوا حياتكم عن طريقي؟! ولا أنا اللي حبيت مكنش لوحدي فدخلتكم في الدايرة معايا! طيب المرة دي هم بعيد عن اللعبه بنسبه كبيرة جدًا.. عيشوا التجربة دي كمان وهنشوف مين المذنب في النهاية هم ولا أبطال النقش الملعون ولا أنا ولا إنتم!!!!

A thrilling story of adventure, friendship and survival in the Amazon, The Explorer is an unmissable, Costa Award-winning modern classic from internationally bestselling author Katherine RundellFrom his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.As the plane…

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari - as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named - is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of…

On a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather's house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother's goat, the clanking of her cooking pots. And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, its mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee.When the sun…

The hotly anticipated third book in the bestselling Bone Season series – a ground-breaking, dystopian fantasy of extraordinary imaginationFollowing a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population.But, having turned her back on Jaxon Hall and with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging.Little does Paige know…