Best books for 5-8 years old
The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List - The Christmasaurus
The Christmasaurus is back! Get ready for the magical NEW festive adventure from bestselling author, Tom Fletcher!
You know about the Naughty and Nice List, right? Santa’s top-secret tracker that he ALWAYS checks twice? Well, this year, the Christmasaurus is on a mission to track down children who have found themselves on the Naughty List to help them put wrongs to rights, naughty to nice!
This is a story about mischievous kids learning the error of their ways, but it’s also about sharing the true spirit of Christmas and realising that sometimes things aren’t quite as they first appear…
The Pug Who Wanted to be an Elf
Have yourself a Peggy little Christmas! The world's favourite pug is back with a funny and festive story. Peggy and her family have won a dream winter holiday to Lapland! But sadly, Dad's work means that he can't go with them. Chloe is sad because their trip won't be as special if her whole family isn't together for Christmas. Peggy knows there's only one person who can help them - Santa Claus! Can she find a way to to become an elf and work some Christmas magic?
The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence
The Breakfast Club Adventures is the first fiction book by England International footballer, child food-poverty campaigner and #1 bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE, inspired by Marcus's own experiences growing up! Written with Alex Falase-Koya, it is the third title in the Marcus Rashford Book Club and is packed with tons of illustration throughout and is the perfect book for children aged 8-11.
There's something fishy going on at school...
When twelve-year-old Marcus kicks his favourite football over the school fence, he knows he's never getting it back. Nothing that goes over that wall ever comes back. But the next morning during Breakfast Club Marcus gets a mysterious note inviting him to join the Breakfast Club Investigators, and he is soon pulled into an exciting adventure with his new mates to solve the mystery and get his football back!
Packed full of friendship, adventure, community and fun, you won't want to miss The Breakfast Club Adventures, Marcus Rashford's first fiction book for children.
Il était une fois la chouette de Noël
Il était une fois à Noël une petite chouette qui vivait toute seule au milieu d'une forêt profonde, sombre et brumeuse. Un matin particulièrement glacial, un nouveau bruit retentit dans la forêt. Mais qu'est-ce que c'était? La chouette se retrouva brusquement transportée dans un nouvel endroit très lumineux et très bruyant. Mais où était-elle? Ecrite sous la forme d'un conte, cette histoire touchante met en scène le voyage d'une chouette, rempli de surprises et de rebondissements. Un voyage qui met l'accent sur l'importance de se sentir bien chez soi. Inspiré d'une histoire vraie, cet album raconte l'histoire de la chouette Rocky, trouvée dans le sapin du Rockfeller Center à New York, sauvée par une association et relâchée dans une forêt voisine. Ce bel album tien sa force de ses illustrations douces et féériques et d'un grand format tout en hauteur.
Best books for 9-12 years old
The Very Merry Murder Club
A wintery middle grade mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting children's authors!
Sleuthing through the snow, on a merry mysterious day, in disguise we go, investigating all the way...
This gorgeous Christmas gift of a collection brings together thirteen of the bestselling, award-winning and exciting debut authors: Abiola Bello, Annabelle Sami, Benjamin Dean, E.L. Norry, Elle McNicoll, Dominique Valente, Joanna Williams, Maisie Chan, Nizrana Farook, Patrice Lawrence, Roopa Farooki, Serena Patel and Sharna Jackson. Join them as part of the Very Merry Murder Club as they lead you on a snow-covered wintery journey of Christmassy crimes, festive foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries!
Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. With stunning illustrations by Harry Woodgate.
A Boy Called Christmas
Life was going to change for Nikolas, in ways he could never have imagined. Things were going to happen to him. Good things. Bad things. Impossible things.
Father Christmas was not always an old, jolly man with a white beard, he was once just a little boy.
A fond, funny and magical tale from award-winning writer Matt Haig that tells the story of how one little boy from Finland came to become Father Christmas.
Little Nikolas’s life was not easy. Rarely receiving any kind of gift at Christmas, he certainly believed in happiness…yet he didn’t experience very much of it. Until one day, something magical happened.
Join Nikolas on a life-changing adventure, full of fantastic characters and beautiful moments, and watch how one little boy came to be the very symbol of Christmas itself. Full to bursting with festive wonder, this story will warm the heart of readers young and old. The ideal companion to The Girl Who Saved Christmas.
The Girl Who Saved Christmas
Without hope there would be no magic.
Once upon a time, Father Christmas didn’t come to visit children every year. In fact, it nearly came to pass that there was no Christmas as we know it.Father Christmas had a lot to deal with; there were troubled elves, reindeers that kept falling from the sky, and more than a few angry trolls for him to contend with. The reason? There was not enough magic in the world. Magic is born of hope – and if the children of the world couldn’t see any magic, then why would they hope for it?
It is Christmas Eve and all is not well. Amelia Wishart is trapped in Mr Creeper's workhouse and Christmas is in jeopardy. Magic is fading. If Christmas is to happen, Father Christmas knows he must find her.
With the help of some elves, eight reindeer, the Queen and a man called Charles Dickens, the search for Amelia - and the secret of Christmas - begins ...This is the gloriously heart-warming story of how one little girl came to the rescue and helped save Christmas.
Les Royaumes de Feu - Spectral : Les Royaumes de Feu - Légendes
Fils d'une Aile de Nuit et d'un Aile de Glace, éclos à la clarté des trois pleines lunes, dragon télépathe, voyant et doté de pouvoirs extrêmement rares, Spectral sait depuis toujours qu'un destin exceptionnel l'attend. La jeune Clairevue le sait aussi. Elle l'a vu dans les nombreux futurs qui défilent sans cesse devant ses yeux. Et si elle ne peut s'empêcher de trembler face à certaines de ses visions, tant qu'elle restera auprès de celui qu'elle aime pour le guider, tout ira pour le mieux. C'est du moins ce qu'elle espère...
(Thank you: Waterstones and Fnac)
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