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A girl climbs up into a tree house and discovers a surprise.

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One of the funniest books you'll read this year, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine. Welcome to the Shop of Impossible Ice Creams! Step inside to discover a delicious world of magical adventure, from bestselling author Shane Hegarty. Second in a comic, heart-warming illustrated series, for 7+ readers.Limpet and his mum run an ice-cream shop, full of her favourite flavours: spaghetti ice cream, anyone? Terrific tomato and parsnip ice cream? But his mum's off for the weekend, leaving Limpet and his dad in charge. What could possibly go wrong? When Limpet finds himself in a giant cucumber costume, defending a fairy fort against a mysterious robber, he knows that things can't possibly get any worse ... Can he catch the thief, save the ice cream shop and avoid the dastardly stink eye of Mr A Pigeon? Illustrated throughout with fabulous black and white illustrations by Jeff Crowther and written by the bestselling author of Boot, this story will make you fall in love with reading.

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A laugh-out-loud, brilliantly wacky, highly illustrated adventure for readers of 8+ from an award-winning comedy writer - a perfect longer read for fans of Pamela Butchart and Grimwood. Someone or something in the village of Knobbly Bottom is eating up EVERYTHING! When a chocolate cake goes missing, nine-year-old Maggie McKay gets the blame. But when entire vegetable plots are devoured overnight, huge bite marks are found in garden furniture and even her friend Fred's grandad's disgusting courgettes are gobbled up, she kicks off an investigation! However, when the ravenous local pigs start turning green and doubling in size, Maggie and Fred wonder whether they might have bitten off more than they can chew... How can they fend off the rise of the ZOMBIE PIGS? Genuinely laugh-out-loud jokes and puns on every page to delight kids and grown-ups alike, with an instantly relatable cast of family and friends. Hilarious black-and-white artwork and dynamic design throughout, ideal even for readers who lack confidence. A fiercely determined girl hero and a cast of brilliant monster-battling characters! Priase for the first Knobbly Bottom book, Attack of the Vampire Sheep: "So funny... I LOVE IT!" Alex Milway, bestselling author of Hotel Flamingo 'Garlic baguettes and girl power - what's not to love! Absolutely bonkers and so much fun!' Ellie Taylor, comedian, actor, author, presenter "Packed with puns and plenty of garlic; even the most reluctant readers will laugh at this one." Irish Independent 'Monstrously brilliant fun. We love Knobbly Bottom!' Matt Coyne, comedian and bestselling author of Man vs Baby

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In this information book, children will discover the different types of instruments and sounds that make up a variety of music groups. A simple quiz and glossary can be found at the back of the book. Be in a Band is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 6-7 years

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The choir are singing sweetly when Jack and the rest of the class decide to join in. They each take a different instrument and start playing very noisily, until Miss Hicks begs them to stop! Crash, Bag, Boom! is part of the Rocket Phonics range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics builds a firm foundation in word reading through fresh and fully decodable phonics books for Pink A to Orange band.Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5 years

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One of the funniest books you'll read this year, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine.Welcome to the Shop of Impossible Ice Creams! Step inside to discover a delicious world of magical adventure, from bestselling author Shane Hegarty. First in a comic, heart-warming illustrated series, for 7+ readers.Limpet's mum is opening an ice-cream shop, full of her favourite new flavours: mushroom and tuna ice cream, anyone? Roast parsnip and gravy? Limpet's not sure about this. He likes a nice, safe life. His favourite ice-cream flavour is vanilla.But when wicked Mr Fluffy arrives with his Mega Emporium of Amazing and Spectacular Ice Creams, Limpet knows he's got to fight back. And there are magic ingredients on his doorstep which can solve all his worries, if only he can get the recipe just right ... Illustrated throughout with fabulous black and white illustrations by Jeff Crowther and written by the bestselling author of Boot, this story will make you fall in love with reading.

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Follow Flip, the red-eyed tree frog, as he makes a daring escape from a sneaky snake.

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In this fun, animal story, Lion is looking for a crown - he wants everyone to know he is the king. The animals try many different things, but nothing seems to work... until Lion has a sneezing fit!Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.Independent Reading: Orange stories are perfect for children aged 5+ who are reading at book band 6 (Orange) in classroom reading lessons.

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"So funny... I LOVE IT!" Alex Milway, bestselling author of Hotel Flamingo A laugh-out-loud, brilliantly wacky, highly illustrated children's debut for readers of 8+ from an award-winning comedy writer - a perfect longer read for fans of Pamela Butchart and Grimwood, illustrated by Jeff Crowther. Maggie McKay is NOT happy that her mum has decided to move to Knobbly Bottom (the most BORING village ever invented). Knobbly Bottom has got NO soft play centres, NO toy shops and NO horse that her mum had (sort of) promised her. There are just fields, church fetes, and a bunch of boring old sheep! But Maggie soon discovers that Knobbly Bottom is also full of SECRETS. The sheep are growing FANGS, their eyes are turning RED, and they're planning to take over the world... When Mum thinks she's just making up another silly story, it's up to Maggie, her little sister Lily and their new friend Fred - with the help of a strange old lady called Nan Helsing and some stinky garlic bread - to save Knobbly Bottom from the ATTACK OF THE VAMPIRE SHEEP! Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024 Genuinely laugh-out-loud jokes and puns on every page to delight kids and grown-ups alike, with an instantly relatable cast of family and friends Hilarious black-and-white artwork and dynamic design throughout, ideal even for readers who lack confidence A fiercely determined girl hero and a cast of brilliant monster-battling characters! More Praise for Attack of the Vampire Sheep'Garlic baguettes and girl power - what's not to love! Absolutely bonkers and so much fun!' - Ellie Taylor, comedian, actor, author, presenter "Packed with puns and plenty of garlic; even the most reluctant readers will laugh at this one." - Irish Independent 'Monstrously brilliant fun. We love Knobbly Bottom!' Matt Coyne, comedian and bestselling author of Man vs Baby

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A girl makes a picture and is surprised by a friendly bee.

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Lily uses a map to search for her cat, Jaz. This is an Engage Literacy title in the Yellow colour band, and is perfect for both guided and independent reading. It connects with the non-fiction text pair, How We Use Maps.

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I can read, write, paint, and play at school. Connects to the non-fiction text pair People at School.

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One of the funniest books you'll read this year, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine.Welcome to the Shop of Impossible Ice Creams! Step inside to discover a delicious world of magical adventure, from bestselling author Shane Hegarty. Third in a comic, heart-warming illustrated series, for 7+ readers.It's the Festival of Pirates in Splottpool, and Limpet is looking after his evil little sister, Eve, whilst his mum helps out with the festival. Mrs Cricket has also asked the kids to mind the fairy garden in the middle of the roundabout while she goes away for a week - to avoid all the piratey chaos. Trouble is brewing as they discover Mr Fluffy's super-healthy sister has opened a smoothie palace, whose healthy fruit smoothies seem to have amazingly magical effects on the customers.But not all is as it seems with the super healthy smoothies and it's up to Limpet to save the day, the shop - and even his evil little sister - if he must.Illustrated throughout with fabulous black and white illustrations by Jeff Crowther and written by the bestselling author of Boot, this story will make you fall in love with reading.

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