George : A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes

George : A Magpie Memoir by Frieda HughesAn Oprah Magazine Book of the Year 2023'A magical, endearing memoir the literary romance of the year' Oprah'This book pulses with a defiant wonder at the living world, as wild and unruly as our feathered hero' Polly Morland, author of A Fortunate WomanThen, just in time, before I swung the spade again, I saw, right by the blade and camouflaged by the leaves on the ground, a magpie chick. It squatted belligerently, peering up at me with miniature

illustrated by Katy Halford: Book Band: Goldo Elvis the Squirrel by Tony Bradman

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*Shortlisted for Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2023*Praise for Heartstopper: 'The queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school

revealing the ways in which this struggle mirrored and reflected a much larger societal issue: that no amount of money seems to be enough for even the wealthiest people

Victory to Defeat is a captivating history of the mismanagement of a war-winning army

Stories include:Two Travellers and the BearThe Hare and the TortoiseThe Boy who cried WolfThe Donkey in the Lion's SkinThe Dog and his ReflectionThe Baboon and the FoxThe Peacock and the CraneThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

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This witty adaptation of Lewis Carroll's enduring children's classic boasts the much-loved Jabberwocky poem amongst its sparkling collection of gems

But in its last true wilderness

and the treasures within them

vivid and urgent' Stacey Halls'Absorbing

Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham