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Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In Mix, Mix, Mix, Bob Bug is let loose in the kitchen! The Level 1+ More Songbirds books consolidate phonics introduced to beginner readers in Songbirds Level 1+, matching a sound to one letter: for example, 'o' as in 'dog.' The invaluable inside cover notes enable parents/carers and teaching assistants to support children's word recognition and comprehension. Also available: · More Songbirds Level 1+ Pack of 6 · More Songbirds Level 1+ Class Pack of 36 · Level 1+-2 eSongbirds Phonics CD-ROM, featuring e-versions of much-loved Songbirds stories for your interactive whiteboard, with audio activities and animations for consolidation and reinforcement

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Jill's Mansell's MIXED DOUBLES is a deliciously romantic read from the author of RUMOUR HAS IT and THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT for fans of of Lucy Diamond, Cecelia Ahern and Cathy Kelly. Jill's books are loved by reviewers: 'Funny and heartwarming' BellaRules are made to be broken when you're playing mixed doubles...New Year is looming and best friends Liza, Dulcie and Pru are making their resolutions. Liza wants to get married - she's never had any trouble hooking a man. The trouble is, she can never stay interested once she's got him. Dulcie thinks marriage sucks. Her husband, Patrick, may be gorgeous and charming, but the impulsive Dulcie needs more excitement in her life. She wants a divorce. Pru loves her roving husband, and she secretly enjoys the periods when he's making up for his outrageous behaviour. All she wants is to stay married. Liza, Dulcie and Pru have no idea what the New Year has in store - but Fate has some sneaky plans up her sleeve...What readers are saying about Mixed Doubles: 'Another fantastically funny book by Jill Mansell. The love lives of Dulcie, Liza and Pru are beautifully observed' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars'Wonderful characters, wicked humour and a thoroughly entertaining plot make this book an unputdownable read' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars'Fabulous from beginning to end - found it hard to put down. Characters are so well written - you're bound to know someone like them. Read it!' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars

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The fourth full-length poetry collection of Jane Satterfield, winner of the 2016 Autumn House Poetry Contest

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Marney's Mix Up shows the pitfalls of Marney, a grey squirrel who ventures beyond his home to gather nuts in autumn. His pre-conceptions of what it means to be 'squirrel' come into play after several awkward encounters with a red squirrel from the other side of the park. Marney's Mix-Up shines a comedic light on the pre-conceived judgements we all make about 'perceived difference', often leading to misguided prejudice and allows for conversation with young chlidren about racial bias. It does this in a light-hearted and engaging way that will introduce pre-school and early years children to the idea of how we can explore and celebrate similarities and differences, without misjudging or mistreating other people.

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The 354 Johnnyarm from Vagland will shortly be arriving in Wombtown, please brace for impact. Three lasses. One lad. And a bucket load of teen angst. When Olivia, Kim and Alisha all take a fancy to the same local lad, friendships and families are torn apart. Lies are told, secrets are spilled and their lives are about to change forever. Pick N Mix is a coming-of-age story of sisterhood, Sex Ed and sanitary pads. Kat Rose-Martin is a Bradford lass born and bred. She was the first winner of Kay Mellor Fellowship, and has written for stage and TV, including BBC’s Holby City & Sky’s Wolfe. Pick N Mix is her first full-length play. This edition was published to coincide with the UK tour in Leeds and Bradford, in November 2022.

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From the best-selling illustrator of Flip-o-saurus and Flip-o-storic comes another book with charming artwork and die-cut pages for mix-and-match fun - this time with dogs! Mix-a-Mutt lets you create wacky combinations of ten different breeds, including both popular pets like the Labrador Retriever and show dogs like the shaggy Komondor and the wrinkly Shar-Pei. Each flap features a fun fact about the pictured breed, and inside the front cover is a chart showing the relative size of the dogs featured, from the Yorkshire Terrier to the Great Dane.

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Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories and non-fiction texts using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! In this Level 5 Set 2a book focusing on the 'or' phoneme, Dad is sorting the clean laundry. He puts the clothes in separate piles for the three children. Does he get it right? Is Sid helping?

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When twenty-four-year-old Hawk Cummings wakes up by Beaver Lake at sunset, all he remembers is a dream about a spider that spewed venom. Then he realizes that Kennedy--the young woman he broke every vow to have an affair with--is gone. He rushes to her house only to find it empty. No furniture. No pictures. No sign that anyone lived there. Ashamed and confused, Hawk decides not to report anything to the sheriff. Then Hawk realizes that someone else in town knows what happened to his lover. He begins to fear for Kennedy's life--and his own.

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Miri and Molly were not always sisters, but thanks to the time-travelling magic of their family’s home, they are now twins, and about to start settling down to a normal life when the house unleashes another challenge that sends them back into the past. And this time around they’ve got twice as much to lose … Brimming with lovable characters and spine-tingling magic, this book will bring new readers to Annie Barrows’ highly acclaimed, wonderfully popular world of twin-inspired magic.

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Which sea creature is your favourite? Children will love spinning the wheel to create their very own ocean friends! This chunky board book features a built-in wheel containing different touch-and-feel panels for little hands to explore – perfect for developing hand-eye coordination. With five touch-and-feel options to mix-and-match, this book will give hours of fun to any little one! Also available: Don’t Mix Up My Dinosaur, Don't Mix Up My Puppy, Don't Mix Up My Farm

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Which farm animal is your favourite? Children will love spinning the wheel to create their very own farm friends! This chunky board book features a built-in wheel containing different touch-and-feel panels for little hands to explore – perfect for developing hand-eye coordination. With five touch-and-feel options to mix-and-match, this book will give hours of fun to any little one! Also available: Don’t Mix Up My Dinosaur, Don't Mix Up My Puppy, Don't Mix Up My Shark

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Let the Sunny Bunnies Inspire Creativity! These are seriously silly Sunny Bunnies! Kids mix and match colorful parts of the Sunny Bunnies (heads, bodies, and feet) to create eye-catching versions of the Bunnies in hundreds of hilarious combinations of costumes and props. This entertaining board book is split into three sections that can be flipped to produce unique Sunny Bunnies with wacky tongue-twisting descriptions. Little ones will have a blast flipping the sections for hours of giddy fun and creative play.

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Turn the pages to match the colours in this beautiful, bright baby book.Turn the pages of the book within a book to match the colours in this stylish, interactive board book. Bright illustrations and simple words introduce children to colours and everyday objects, and the mix-and-match game makes learning fun. A perfect first book to share with your baby.

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Which dinosaur is your favourite? Children will love spinning the wheel to create their very own dinosaur friends! This chunky board book features a built-in wheel containing different touch-and-feel panels for little hands to explore – perfect for developing hand-eye coordination. With five touch-and-feel options to mix-and-match, this book will give hours of fun to any little one! Coming soon: Don’t Mix Up My Puppy

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Match the animals to their homes in this beautiful, bright baby book.Turn the pages of the book within a book to match the animals to their home in this stylish, interactive board book. Bright colours and simple words introduce children to animals from all over the world and their habitats and the mix-and-match game makes learning fun. A perfect first book to share with your baby.

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Hit play on a collection of short comics that embody the BOOM! Box aesthetic, an eclectic mix of jubilant tales from off the beaten track. From the beginning, BOOM! Box has had one mission in mind - to bring original, unconventional characters and stories to life in the most gleeful way possible. The BOOM! Box Mix Tape is an eclectic mix of comics that showcases beloved characters from established BOOM! Box series as well as original tales from up-and-coming writers and artists. Features work from critically acclaimed creators John Allison, Ryan North, James Tynion IV, Ngozi Ukazu, and many more, along with new stories from BOOM! Box favorites Lumberjanes, Giant Days, Cyanide & Happiness, Goldie Vance, and The Backstagers!

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Which puppy is your favourite? Children will love spinning the wheel to create their very own furry friends! This chunky board book features a built-in wheel containing different touch-and-feel panels for little hands to explore – perfect for developing hand-eye coordination. With five touch-and-feel options to mix-and-match, this book will give hours of fun to any little one!

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When Marney the headstrong squirrel spots the BIGGEST pumpkin in the bushes across the park, he doesn't want to waste his time working with the other squirrels to gather nuts and acorns. He doesn't even listen to Riley the hedgehog, who tries to warn him that things may not be as they seem.

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In this stunning memoir, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, tells the story of his musical coming of age, and how rock music, the first love of his life, led him to his second, a girl named Renee. Rob and Renee's life together - they wed after graduate school, both became music journalists, and were married only five years when Renee died suddenly on Mother's Day, 1997 - is shared through the window of the mix tapes they obsessively compiled. There are mixes to court each other, mixes for road trips, mixes for doing the dishes, mixes for sleeping - and, eventually, mixes to mourn Rob's greatest loss. The tunes were among the great musical output of the early 1990s - Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, REM, Weezer - as well as classics by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin and more. Mixing the skilful, tragic punch of Dave Eggers and the romantic honesty of Nick Hornby, LOVE IS A MIX TAPE is a story of lost love and the kick-you-in-the-gut energy of great pop music.

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'Echo is a compulsive page turner mixing supernatural survival horror and pulp adventure' Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts'Hallucinatory, eerie and terrifying' Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street'Echo is a haunting contribution to the literature of folk horror' Ramsey Campbell'The most frightening opening scene ever written' The GuardianIt's One Thing to Lose Your LifeIt's Another to Lose Your Soul Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick's own injuries are as extensive as they are horrifying. His face wrapped in bandages and unable to speak, Nick claims amnesia - but he remembers everything. He remembers how he and Augustin were mysteriously drawn to the Maudit, a remote and scarcely documented peak in the Swiss Alps. He remembers an ominous sense that they were not alone. He remembers something waiting for them . . . Sam Avery wants to be glad that Nick is alive and coming home, but the accident has stirred up memories that Sam thought were long buried. Soon he realizes that it isn't just the trauma of the accident that haunts Nick. Something has awakened inside of him, something that endangers the lives of everyone around him . . .'This is totally, brilliantly original'Stephen King, on HEX 'Creepy and girpping and original' George R. R. Martin on HEX 'Reminiscent of vintage Stephen King' John Connolly on HEX 'The next genre superstar' Paul Cornell

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Meadow and Marley are on a mission to understand their heritage! When this duo head on a trip to the market, they discover there is so much to learn from delicious food and curious passers-by. This inspirational, action-packed adventure enables little ones, and their parents, to cultivate pride in their unique mixed-heritage backgrounds!

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'Echo is a compulsive page turner mixing supernatural survival horror and pulp adventure' Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts'Hallucinatory, eerie and terrifying' Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street'Echo is a haunting contribution to the literature of folk horror' Ramsey Campbell'The most frightening opening scene ever written' The Guardian It's One Thing to Lose Your LifeIt's Another to Lose Your SoulWhen climber Nick Grevers is brought down from the mountains after a terrible accident he has lost his looks, his hopes and his climbing companion. His account of what happened on the forbidden peak of the Maudit is garbled, almost hallucinogenic. Soon it becomes apparent more than his shattered body has returned: those that treat his disfigured face begin experiencing extraordinary and disturbing psychic events that suggest that Nick has unleashed some ancient and primal menace on his ill-fated expedition.Nick's partner Sam Avery has a terrible choice to make. He fell in love with Nick's youth, vitality and beauty. Now these are gone and all that is left is a haunted mummy-worse, a glimpse beneath the bandages can literally send a person insane.Sam must decide: either to flee to America, or to take Nick on a journey back to the mountains, the very source of the curse, the little Alpine Village of Grimnetz, its soul-possesed Birds of Death and it legends of human sacrifice and, ultimately, its haunted mountain, the Maudit. Dutch writer Thomas Olde Heuvelt is a Hugo Award Winner and has been hailed as the future of speculative fiction in Europe. His work combines a unique blend of popular culture and fairy-tale myth that is utterly unique. Echo follows his sensational debut English language novel, HEX.

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The New York Times bestselling book, a brilliant companion to the mega-selling classic Press Here, is now gently compressed into a toddler-friendly board book. With the graphic intensity of Eric Carle, the whimsy of Leo Lionni, the humor of The Day the Crayons Quit, but a vision all his own, Hervé Tullet invites readers to MIX IT UP in a dazzling adventure of color and tones, filled with magic and wonder. This New York Times bestselling book from the creator of Press Here is now available in an ever-so-toddler-friendly board book edition. Follow the artist's simple instructions, and suddenly colors appear . . . mix . . . splatter . . . and vanish in a vivid world powered only by the reader's imagination. The result is not only enchantment and giggles, but a real and deeper understanding of colors brought by a true master of his craft. Just as in Press Here, Hervé Tullet sets readers on an extraordinary journey of color, motion, and interactivity without ever relying on the bells and whistles of technology, but rather by working within the confines of the flat surface of an unassuming printed page. Hervé once again displays his unique genius and vision, creating a work that is a glorious and richly satisfying companion to Press Here. Mix It Up! is the perfect gift book for parents and their little ones to cherish and read again and again, as well as an invaluable teaching tool for pre-K classrooms. • AWARD-WINNING BOOK: Mix It Up! was a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year, a PBS Parents Best Picture Book, an ACL Distinguished Book, and selected as a Best Book of the Year by Chicago Public Library. • AN INNOVATIVE, INTERACTIVE WAY TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT COLOR: Each delightful page turn mixes colors and teaches kids basic color theory. • AN EDUCATIONAL GIFT: The gorgeous graphic visuals make this book an irresistible choice for gift-giving, while the educational concept is an appealing bonus. • STIMULATES THE IMAGINATION: Celebrates the magic of imagination of three simple colors transforming into an entire rainbow of possibilities. A tour-de-force of imagination that mixes the whimsical minimalism of Duck! Rabbit! with the graphic intensity of Eric Carle. Perfect for: • The millions of child and adult fans of Hervé Tullet and Press Here in both its hard cover and board book incarnations • Fans of Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Leo Lionni's magical Little Blue and Little Yellow, other books about color • Anyone looking to demonstrate the power of a physical book or looking for books to open the imagination • Pre-schools, nurseries, kindergartens, art programs

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A goat has pointy horns and a cow has a spotty coat. But what would happen if you mixed them together with a rooster's feathery tail? You'd get a GOTER! CockadoodleMOO! Lift the panels to mix, match and make wonderfully wacky farmyard animals with Sophie Corrigan's brilliantly crazy creature creations! Mix together a duck, a donkey and a rooster and create a DONTER! Or match up a sheep, a pig and a cow and create a SIW. Will it say BAA or OINK? What funny farmyard animals will YOU find? Each panel is the perfect size for small hands - hours of toddler animal fun guaranteed.

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'Echo is a compulsive page turner mixing supernatural survival horror and pulp adventure' Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts'Hallucinatory, eerie and terrifying' Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street'Echo is a haunting contribution to the literature of folk horror' Ramsey Campbell'The most frightening opening scene ever written' The Guardian It's One Thing to Lose Your LifeIt's Another to Lose Your SoulWhen climber Nick Grevers is brought down from the mountains after a terrible accident he has lost his looks, his hopes and his climbing companion. His account of what happened on the forbidden peak of the Maudit is garbled, almost hallucinogenic. Soon it becomes apparent more than his shattered body has returned: those that treat his disfigured face begin experiencing extraordinary and disturbing psychic events that suggest that Nick has unleashed some ancient and primal menace on his ill-fated expedition.Nick's partner Sam Avery has a terrible choice to make. He fell in love with Nick's youth, vitality and beauty. Now these are gone and all that is left is a haunted mummy-worse, a glimpse beneath the bandages can literally send a person insane.Sam must decide: either to flee to America, or to take Nick on a journey back to the mountains, the very source of the curse, the little Alpine Village of Grimnetz, its soul-possesed Birds of Death and it legends of human sacrifice and, ultimately, its haunted mountain, the Maudit. Dutch writer Thomas Olde Heuvelt is a Hugo Award Winner and has been hailed as the future of speculative fiction in Europe. His work combines a unique blend of popular culture and fairy-tale myth that is utterly unique. Echo follows his sensational debut English language novel, HEX.

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"what is probably the most hilarious spell book ever published... Guaranteed to keep youngsters amused" - BookTrust A split page book where children turn the 1/2 pages to make up hilarious combinations of things that don't normally go together. Would you like to turn your nosy brother into an inflatable rabbit? Or transform your bossy babysitter into a giant doughnut? If so, then this is the book for you. Enter Nick Sharratt's world of magical mix-ups in this gorgeous new edition of the much-loved book. Create countless combinations of rib-tickling spells with this crazy book of mixed-up magic. pages are split in half and on a spiral binding so children can easily turn the pages to create the super funny spells bright colour illustrations hilarious wordplay Children will love poring over these fun-filled pages, and creating their very own mix-ups. Nick Sharratt is one of the UK’s favourite and most acclaimed illustrators. His much-loved titles include the hugely popular Ketchup On Your Cornflakes and the Christmas version, Ketchup on Your Reindeer, The Cat and the King and the You Choose series. He is also the illustrator of the bestselling novels by Jacqueline Wilson and has won every major award for his illustration. Nick has even been presented with a gold Blue Peter badge!

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Two weddings, three hotel reservations gone awry…and one weekend in Cornwall they’ll never forget! When the similarities between Ella Swift and Callum Smith’s last names lead to a hotel room mix-up, they find themselves sharing a cramped cottage in Porthkara rather than the private luxury hotel suites they expected. Each in town for a different wedding – and carrying more baggage than just the suitcases in their hands – the reluctant roommates are forced to share a shelter from the storm surge that sweeps in off the Atlantic. But as the rain crashes down there’s a shift in more than just the atmosphere, and by the time the sun rises on a new day, Ella and Callum’s futures have already been forever changed… Readers can’t get enough of The Hotel Room Mix-Up: ‘Really enjoyed this adorable story set in England… Highly recommend if you need a little escape into a sweet meet cute!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow! This book was incredible… what an absolute treat! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A brilliant, cosy read with some fun hiccups in between and that slow-burning spark of a budding relationship.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The ending made me smile. This book is just perfection.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This was an excellent ready by Kathy Jay. You will want to continue reading to find out what happens next!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I love a good wedding themed novel… I think this would make a great book club pick or could possibly be turned into a cute movie.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Turn the pages to match the farm animals and their noises in this beautiful, bright baby book.Turn the pages of the brilliant book within a book to match the animals and their noises in this stylish, interactive board book. Bright colours and simple words introduce children to farm animals and their noises and the mix-and-match game makes learning fun. A perfect first book to share with your baby.

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The bestselling Cupcake Diaries series is now available in graphic novel format! In this adaptation of the second book, new girl Mia tries to find her place at the Cupcake Club’s school.When Mia arrives at her new school, her goal is to be open to and friendly with everyone, but everyone at Park Street School fits into a clique. When the Popular Girls Club takes an interest in Mia’s awesome fashion style and wants to recruit her, Mia must decide between them and her great new Cupcake Club friends. It’s like choosing between her divorced mom and dad and her old house and new house. Is it always going to be Mia in the middle, or can she mix it up? Fun, bright, full-color graphic panels tell the story with the same humor and heart as the original novel.

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Thirty million Americans are gluten-intolerant or have a gluten sensitivity, eliminating it from their diets because gluten—a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley—has been implicated in health issues ranging from respiratory problems and abdominal discomfort to anemia, anxiety, and infertility. The food industry has bullishly taken notice. Gluten-free baking products, including cake mixes from Betty Crocker, King Arthur, Whole Foods, and others, have increased sevenfold on grocery shelves in recent years, and the number of other gluten-free products has grown as well—832 were introduced in 2008 alone. And gluten-free options are on the menu of national restaurants like Boston Market, Chili’s, Ruby Tuesday, Outback Steakhouse, and others. Now comes even sweeter news for people looking to cut gluten from their diets: Anne Byrn shows how to transform gluten-free cake mixes into 76 rich, decadent, easy-to-make, impossible-to-resist desserts. Performing the magic that’s made her a bestselling baking author with over 33 million copies of her books in print, she doctors mixes with additions like almond extract, fresh berries, cocoa powder, grated coconut, cinnamon, lime zest, and more—naturally, all gluten-free ingredients—and voilà: Tres Leches Cake with Whipped Cream and Summer Berries, Almond Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Chocolate Cupcakes with Milk Chocolate Ganache, Caramel Melted Ice Cream Cake, Warm Tarte Tatin Apple Cake, plus brownies, bars, muffins, and cookies. Dessert is back on the menu.

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Meet best friends Alex and Lulu. Everyone says how different they are, but they always have fun together. Alex loves doing noisy exciting things, whereas Lulu likes observing and painting. To win the school art competition Lulu needs to find the dazzling colours she has imagined. Can Alex mix up a spectacular solution?

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Libby loves science! In this STEM-themed Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby and her friend Rosa learn about mixing and measuring to bake a delicious treat for a puppy party. A great choice for aspiring scientists, emerging readers, and fans of Andrea Beaty’s Ada Twist, Scientist. Includes activities, a glossary, and a cupcake recipe. Libby loves science—and experimenting! In this Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby hosts a puppy party for her friends and their dogs. With the help of her friend Rosa and little brother, Libby decorates, stuffs goody bags and bakes delicious cupcakes. But when they realize they’ve forgotten an important ingredient, they use science to solve the problem—just in the nick of time. The Loves Science books introduce readers to girls who love science, as well as basic concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math. This Level 3 I Can Read! focuses on basic chemistry and friendship. A great pick for newly independent readers and an ideal companion to Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull.

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An irresistible bind-up edition of two infectiously entertaining adventure mysteries, Spaghetti Tangle and Teacher Trouble, from the bestselling author of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith, and with amazing illustrations by Kate Hindley throughout. Spaghetti Tangle John and Nicky would give anything in the world for a bowl of chips or a piece of chocolate cake, but they live with their strange aunty and she won’t let them eat anything that’s not raw! One day they sneek out and slurp down a plate piled high with spaghetti. Now they want more ... Lucky for them, there’s a competition to visit the spaghetti factory and eat as much as you like. What will aunty say? Teacher Trouble It’s Jenny’s first day at a new school and she looks very grown-up – her mum has made sure of it. But when she arrives at the school, she looks so smart that the rest of her class think she is their new teacher! Soon Jenny finds herself in all sorts of tricky situations. How long will it be before Jenny is found out? And what will happen then?

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