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Butternut is a young rabbit who loves storytelling, is prone to adventures, yet troubled by dark fears that she refers to as her "brambles." Despite her mother's advice to stick to her own kind, when Butternut befriends an exuberant young robin named Piper, the two companions soon find themselves growing ever more ready to help creatures in trouble. Reminiscent of the beloved classics WATERSHIP DOWN and RABBIT HILL, but utterly unique in its vision,...
22) Crime & Bave
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Nul jardin n'est à l'abri du crime...Le district du Grand Jardin grouille de criminels et de prédateursqui menacent les honnêtes gastropodes. Chaque officier de policegarde un oeil sur les trappes à bière et l'autre tourné vers le ciel,duquel la mort peut plonger à tout moment, sous les semelles desgéants qui dominent le territoire.Examinant un corps desséché, le meilleur limier du SPGJ soupçonneun meurtre. Malgré la piste de bave évaporée,...
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Did You Know?
• The authors of literary classics Watership Down, The Water Babies, Madame Doubtfire and the Little White Horse all lived and wrote in Hampshire, using real places as their inspiration.
• Hampshire's inhabitants include Men of the Trees, Verderers, Green Men and Old Green Bowlers.
• Hampshire is a county of pioneer journeys: & the first flight in a piloted heavier-than-air machine, and the starting point of both the first...
25) Neversink
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IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
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Barry Wolverton's masterful middle-grade debut, Neversink, is an epic tale of some very un-epic birds, a fast-paced and funny story of survival, friendship, and fish, in the vein of Watership Down and Kathi Appelt's The Underneath. Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have...
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An eighth title in the popular Bridesmaids series aimed at 6 - 8-year-old girls, but not excluding the boys!
Buffy is always playing tricks on her friends and trying to make them jump. She has a wicked streak in her. She's been asked to be a bridemaid at a wedding where the bride and groom have an equally weird sense of humour - they dress in gothic style, so Buffy has to too! However, for a girl who loves scaring other people Buffy is easily scared...
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A fifth title in the popular Bridesmaids series, aimed at 6 – 8 year old girls [but not including the boys, of course!] Jess is a talented young athlete. When her athletics teacher asks her to be a bridesmaid at their wedding, she jumps at the chance! But this is a wedding with a difference – the bride and groom are to run in a marathon and Jess has to run part of the way with them! But when a traffic jam threatens to stop her getting to the reception,...
28) War Bunny
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Winner - 2022 International Book Awards - Fantasy
"A rebel rabbit turns the world of predators and prey on its head in this debut fantasy. An entertaining, imaginative post-apocalyptic scenario with special appeal for animal lovers." -Kirkus Reviews
"Great for fans of Richard Adams's Watership Down." -BookLife by Publishers Weekly
"Animal Farm for a new generation." -IndieReader
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BUNNY FIGHTS BACK?
In a...
29) Duncton Wood
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The epic first instalment of the multi-million bestseller The Duncton Chronicles.
The moles of Duncton Wood live in the shadow of Mandrake, a cruel tyrant corrupted by absolute power. A solitary young mole, Bracken, is leads the fight to free them. Only by putting his trust in the ancient Stone, a forgotten symbol of a great spiritual past, can he find the strength to challenge Mandrake's darkness.
When Bracken falls in love with Rebecca, Mandrake's...
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La colina de Watership (Watership Down), una de las novelas más amadas de nuestros tiempos, es un viaje épico y un emocionante relato de aventuras, valentía y supervivencia.Quinto presentía peligro. Algo terrible iba a suceder en la madriguera: estaba seguro. Tenían que marcharse de inmediato. Así se inicia un largo y arriesgado periplo de supervivencia para una pequeña pandilla de conejos.A medida que los conejos van esquivando el peligro...
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For Jerry, nothing ever turns out the way he wants it to.Join Jerry the Squirrel in this fun set of short stories as his inventions lead him on hilarious adventures that captivate both children and adults alike!Jerry the Squirrel can also be heard on Chat and Spin Radio on Thursdays at 7pm (UK time)."I've never read anything quite like it before. The tongue-in-cheek humor and squirrel protagonists in a slightly off kilter fantasy world is like a delightful...
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To be sure, some brothers and sisters have relationships that are easy. But oh, some relationships can be fraught. Confusing, too: How can two people share the same parents and turn out to be entirely different?
Marie Brenner's brother, Carl-yin to her yang, red state to her blue state-lived in Texas and in the apple country of Washington state, cultivating his orchards, polishing his guns, and (no doubt causing their grandfather Isidor to turn in...
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An amazing guide to some of the most beloved, original, inspiring, hysterical, heart-warming, compelling, rude and downright scary books that have enchanted children the world over. In 100 Children's Books That Inspired Our World, author Colin Salter surveys an exceptional collection of truly groundbreaking children's books—from Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer to the graphic novels of Dr. Seuss. All the classic children's authors are represented with one...
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Fans of the children's literature classic, Watership Down, will be glad that animals have a voice again.
Extinction, habitat destruction, deforestation... How would you feel if your home was, flattened to make space for others?
Countless wild animals, great and small, experience this every day.
This is their story.
Dakota the Deer, Flint the Fox, Bentley the Bat and other animals live in a forest, co-existing in an uneasy truce with some nearby humans....
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La colina de Watership (Watership Down) es una de las novelas más queridas de nuestro tiempo. Es la crónica de un viaje épico, una conmovedora historia de aventuras, valor y supervivencia.Quinto podía percibir la sensación de peligro. Estaba seguro de que iba a ocurrir algo terrible a todos los habitantes de la madriguera. Tenían que salir de allí inmediatamente. Así comienza el largo y azaroso viaje de supervivencia de un pequeño grupo de...
36) Summerday
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"More animals are flocking to the prey-animal rebellion, and they may be small in stature, but they're mighty in spirit." - Kirkus Reviews"I would give it a whole bucket full of stars if I could" - Readers' Favorite, 5 StarsWHO WILL WIN THE BATTLE FOR THE MILLION ACRE WOOD?Dive into Summerday to continue the adventure begun in the award-winning post-apocalyptic fantasy, War Bunny. In the first book, set 400 years in the future when humans are extinct...
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The first book in the critically acclaimed, bestselling Finding Lost series brings you an analysis of seasons 1 and 2 in one volume.
If you're feeling as lost as the castaways on the show, Finding Lost is the crucial companion guide to help you unravel the mysteries of the island. This is the only book that offers an episode-by-episode guide to the first two seasons of Lost, following the developments of the characters, the plots, and the various...
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Hodder Children's Books
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2017.
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From the author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, comes an enchanting picture book about the adventures of a mischievous homemade dragon. Illustrated by Alex T. Smith, creator of Claude, the bestselling beret-clad canine hero. Whatever you've lost, Egg Box Dragon will find it. He's retrieved missing footballs, glasses and watches aplenty. He's so expert at cracking mysteries that the Queen herself requests his services. Will Egg Box Dragon find the...
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Zest Books
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2015.
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"This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps--all inspired by literary classics--offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and prejudice, Invisible man, Lord of the flies, A wrinkle in time, Watership Down, The handmaid's tale, and more. Sure to reignite a love for old favorites and spark fresh interest...
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New York Review Books
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[2023]
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"My Stupid Intentions is the autobiography of a beech marten named Archy. Born into poverty, maimed by an accident, he is sold into servitude by his mother and taught to read and write by Solomon -- a pawnbroking fox whose knowledge derives from a Bible that fell on his head while he was busy feeding on a hanged man. As Archy's life is transformed by his discovery of the written word and his grappling with the entity called God, he longs more and...