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  Winter Wishes

  Various Various

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  Cosy up this winter with a collection of heart-warming animal stories from some of your favourite authors!
  Enter a winter wonderland as a penguin chick looks forward to his first Penguin Parade, a seal pup shares his dream of singing with a new friend and a rescue-centre puppy hopes to find a home in time for Christmas.
  Featuring stories from Holly Webb, Michael Broad, Caroline Juskus, Penny Dolan, Elizabeth Baguley, Malachy Doyle, Caroline Pitcher, Guy Bass, Karen Wallace and Narinder Dhami.

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  The Sisters Grimm: The Problem...

  Michael Buckley

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  The fairy-tale detectives must fight magic with magic to rescue their parents in the third book of the New York Times–bestselling children’s series. 
   
    
   
  For Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, the latest in a long line of fairy-tale detectives, there is one mystery they want to solve above all others: Who kidnapped their parents? When Sabrina finds the secret hideaway of the Scarlet Hand, the sinister group of Everafters who are holding her parents captive, she finally has a chance to rescue their mom and dad.  
   
  But to do it, she must defeat the most famous fairy-tale character in the world. With the help of her little sister (who is a lot tougher than Sabrina realizes) and a long-lost relative, Sabrina finds a powerful weapon…but discovers that magic comes at a high price. 
   
    
   
  Reissued with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for old fans to revisit the Grimm family’s adventures and for new readers to discover the magic of the series.

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  Nonsense Verse

  Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll

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  Nonsense Verse.  Each of us has giggled uncontrollably as a child or adult at some silly nothing, some play on words, some nonsense that, for a moment at least, makes the world seem genuinely funny if a little mad.  In this volume of Nonsense verse you’ll find many favourites to take you back to the time and place where most things are a little upside down or back to front including favourites from Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll and quite a few others to giggle along with.

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  Winter Holiday

  Arthur Ransome

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  New friends, a blizzard, a frozen lake, and a case of the mumps make one grand wintertime adventure for a group of children in this classic series. The Ds (Dick and Dorothea) meet the Swallows and Amazons during the winter beside the lake and they all become great friends: joining together in ice skating, learning semaphore signals, refashioning an igloo, and building an ice sled. But a misunderstanding leads to disaster as Dick and Dorothea head off across the frozen lake to a spot they have named the “North Pole.” And, Nancy, the Amazon leader, meanwhile is stuck at home with mumps . . . Friendship and resourcefulness, dangers and rescues: Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series has stood the test of time. More than just great stories, each one celebrates independence and initiative with a colorful, large cast of characters. Winter Holiday (originally published in 1933) is the fourth title in the Swallows and Amazons series, books for children or grownups, anyone captivated by a world of adventure, exploration, and imagination.“The story is the best kind of adventure story . . . Every step is possible, and everyone is transmuted into romance by deliberate purpose. Nothing that the children do is beyond the reach of a group provided that winter, a frozen lake, and mumps connive to perfect adventure.” —Observer (UK)

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  Fish Finelli - Ghosts Don't Wear...

  E. S. Farber

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  A boy and his friends hurry to find the heir to a haunted house before it’s torn down in this exciting adventure. Whooping Hollow bully, Bryce Billings, dares Fish Finelli and his friends to enter the one-legged whaler’s long-abandoned haunted house on the night of a full moon. As they prepare for entry, they discover that if an heir to the house doesn’t come forward by the end of the week, Bryce’s dad will tear it down to build a resort. Determined not to let this historic (if ghost-infested!) house be destroyed, Fish and his friends decode a secret message, explore a hidden tunnel, and tail a newcomer to town to determine if there really is an heir. They’re racing against the clock, but will they be fast enough to ensure Bryce and his dad don't get their way?

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  Beyond District 12 - The Stars...

  Mick O'Shea

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  Already dubbed "the new Twilight," and based on the best-selling series of young adult books, The Hunger Games is set to be one of the most exciting films of 2012. Beyond District 12: The Stars of The Hunger Games provides an exclusive look at the up-and-coming young actors behind the three main roles of Katniss, Gale, and Peeta. The book features detailed biographies outlining Liam Hemsworth's, Jennifer Lawrence's, and Josh Hutcherson's early lives, their first forays into acting, and how they landed the most sought-after roles in Hollywood. Packed with behind-the-scenes gossip from the film's set and details of the trio's on- and off-screen antics, Beyond District 12 is an essential guide to the movie phenomenon.

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