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Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey
د.إ45.00A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen’s classic story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout.
Catherine Morland loves nothing more than reading a romantic novel, but as one of ten children she doesn’t have much time for reading or for romance.
When she is seventeen, her wealthy neighbours invite her to spend the winter season with them in Bath – to experience balls, the theatre and other social delights for the first time.
Catherine makes friends with the passionate Isabella, and dances with a handsome man called Henry, and it seems that all her dreams are coming true. But real life doesn’t always play out like a novel, and Catherine will have to overcome many obstacles before she can find her happy ending …
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Jane Austen’s Emma
د.إ45.00A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen’s classic story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout.
Emma Woodhouse is pretty, clever and rich, and sees no reason why she would ever need to get married.
But she loves matchmaking for her neighbours, despite the advice of her friend Mr Knightley, who warns her against meddling. Her latest success – the wedding of her governess – makes her certain that she can find the right match for anyone.
Can Emma’s lucky streak continue? Or will best laid plan
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Shadowhall Academy: Ghost Story Society
د.إ45.00Welcome back to Shadowhall Academy, where ghost stories come true . A brilliantly spooky series from the author of Aveline Jones . It’s the perfect night for a ghost story, don’t you think? As if Shadowhall Academy wasn’t creepy enough, Lilian and her friends have started a Ghost Story Society. It’s all harmless fun, until one girl warns of a sinister book hidden somewhere in the school that can bring your darkest secrets to life.So when Lilian finds a mysterious book that seems like the one from the story, her friends warn her not to mess with dark magic. But she’s never been one to resist an adventure. And when she writes her deepest secrets in the book, she unleashes a danger far worse than she could ever imagine… Praise for Shadowhall Academy: “Genuinely chilling… Kids are going to absolutely love it Jennifer Killick, author of Dread Wood “Boarding school and spookiness – Malory Towers gone rogue!” Lesley Parr, author of When the War Came Home.
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The Bewitching of Aveline Jones
د.إ45.00Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones!
Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the ancient structure as the Witch Stones, and Aveline cannot wait to learn more about them.
Then Aveline meets Hazel. Impossibly cool, mysterious yet friendly, Aveline soon falls under Hazel’s spell. In fact, Hazel is quite unlike anyone Aveline has ever met before, but she can’t work out why. Will Aveline discover the truth about Hazel, before it’s too late?
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Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls
د.إ45.00Bienvenue à Shadowhall Academy, une école hantée par les esprits… Une nouvelle collection délicieusement effrayante de l’auteur d’Aveline Jones.
J’ai entendu un tapement tout près de ma tête, comme s’il y avait quelqu’un dans le mur qui essayait
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The Vanishing of Aveline Jones
د.إ45.00Aveline is determined to discover the truth behind her uncle’s mysterious disappearance when she travels to his home with Mum and Aunt Lilian. After years of hoping Aveline’s uncle would return, they have finally decided to sell his house – but Aveline and Harold have other plans.
Sneaking into her uncle’s study, Aveline discovers he had been researching possible supernatural activity around an ancient burial mound – and linked this with the unexplained disappearances of other local villagers. Dark, magical forces are at work, and they’ll do anything to remain hidden, as Aveline and Harold soon learn…
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones
د.إ45.00Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it once belonged to Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to
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Welcome to Nowhere
د.إ45.00“A compassionate, heart-wrenching work that helps readers understand the profound losses people suffer during wartime. ” Kirkus Reviews
From award-winning and beloved children’s author Elizabeth Laird comes a stunning new e
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Song of the Dolphin Boy
د.إ45.00From award-winning and beloved children’s author Elizabeth Laird comes a stunning edition of Song of the Dolphin Boy, with a cover illustration by Shonagh Rae. This moving adventure about the impact of plastic pollution on our seas is a
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The Fastest Boy in the World
د.إ45.00From award-winning and beloved children’s author Elizabeth Laird comes a stunning edition of The Fastest Boy in the World, with a cover illustration by Zeamanuel Abera. This must-read book is a modern classic, and was shortlisted for the CL
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Busy Trucks
د.إ45.00Push, pull and slide the tabs to help the Busy Trucks with their important jobs! Collect the recycling, dump the rubble and tow the broken-down car to the garage.
Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text, lots to spot and talk about, and wonderful illustrations by Yi-hsuan Wu. Busy Trucks has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer’s Good Toy Guide.
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Babies Laugh All Day Long
د.إ45.00“Babies who laugh more, learn more.” – Dr. Caspar Addyman
Get little ones giggling with Babies Laugh All Day Long – a joyful board book with a soft squeaker button, perfect for little hands to press!
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Babies Laugh at Tickles
د.إ45.00“Babies who laugh more learn more.” – Dr. Caspar Addyman.
Play along together and get little ones giggling with Babies Laugh at Tickles, a joyful board book with a giant sound button and an interactive tickle game.
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Bedtime Rhymes
د.إ45.00Watch the cow jump over the moon, rock the baby’s cradle and gaze at all the twinkly stars in the night sky before bed in Bedtime Rhymes.
Toddlers will love using the chunky push, pull and slide mechanisms to bring these classic playtime rhymes to life. Scan the QR code to sing along together too! With bright, bold illustrations from Joel and Ashley Selby, this is the perfect gift for little ones.
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The Penguin Who Lost His Way
د.إ45.00Hoppy the emperor penguin loves swimming in the sea with his friends. But one day Hoppy swims too far, and loses his way . . . ending up on a strange beach, all alone and far from home.
How will poor Hoppy get back to his family?
Inspired by the incredible true story of a lost little penguin, and the vets who saved his life, The Penguin Who Lost His Way is perfect for young animal lovers. From John Hay, and bestselling illustrator Garry Parsons.
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Let’s Go Home, Baby Tiger
د.إ45.00Help the baby animals find their way home in this fun new sliding counter series!
Meet tiger, parrot, elephant and crocodile – four adorable baby animals who are lost in the jungle! With easy-to-use moving parts and four unique tracks to develop hand-eye coordination and concentration, babies and toddlers will enjoy taking the baby animals home in this robust, satisfying board book.
Scan the Stories Aloud QR code on the back cover to read along with the story!
Other titles in the series include: Let’s Go Home, Baby Rabbit
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Every Little Hippo Can
د.إ45.00From the creators of the internationally bestselling Giraffes Can’t Dance comes an empowering story about a little hippo who discovers that success often requires a little patience, and simply TRYING can bring its own unexpected rewards . . .
“It’s not that you CAN’T DO IT . . .
. . . You just can’t do it YET.”Horace the hippo and his sister Hope love going to the lake every day with their granny. But the long walk has become a little too long for Granny. So Horace and Hope make a plan to bring the lake to her instead. But little Horace can’t carry as much water as his sister, and he always comes back with an empty bucket. Can Granny help him to see that, with every little splash and spill, an even more wonderful gift is growing?
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The Really Evil Weevil
د.إ45.00Steve le charançon essaie de se faire remarquer en jouant à ses congénères des tours pendables qui se retournent contre lui.
Ignoré par les autres insectes, Steve le charançon échafaude un plan pour se faire remarquer : s’il leur joue des tours vr
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Does a Bear Poo in the Woods?
د.إ45.00When a shy bear feels the urge to go, there’s only one thing on his mind: finding a private place where he can poo in peace. But a whole host of woodland animals – who have no qualms about pooing wherever they please – just won’t leave him alone.
Providing an answer to the age-old question, Does a Bear Poo in the Woods? is a funny, laugh-along picture book, brought to life by Jonny Leighton’s hilarious rhyming text and Mike Byrne’s firmly tongue-in-cheek illustrations.
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Which Bum’s Mum’s?
د.إ45.00A hilarious tale of Ziggy the zebra’s journey through the savannah, and the different animal bums he encounters on his quest.
When a young zebra accidentally causes a huge stampede, he finds himself lost and alone. But he knows he’ll find home again if he just looks out for his mum’s distinctive, zig-zag striped bum. Along the way, he’ll encounter big ones, small ones, spotty ones, tall ones, hairy bums, smelly bums, scaly ones and old ones, belonging to huge hippos, very tall giraffes, lazy lions and many more animals besides.
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This Is the Ship That Jack Built
د.إ45.00All aboard the ship that Jack built for a rollicking picture book adventure.
This is the gull that flew from the hull
And nabbed the crab that sneakily grabbed
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Sheldon’s New Shell
د.إ45.00Set to an upbeat seaside rhythm by Lily Murray and brought to life by Sam Caldwell’s vibrant artwork, Sheldon’s New Shell is a fun, rhyming picture book that combines a gentle story with real-life ecological issues that affect animals around the world.
Sheldon the hermit crab needs a new home, so it’s time for him to scour the beach and look for the perfect shell. However, the only thing he can find is rubbish! There are plastic bottles and tin cans littered everywhere. It’s a good job he has his fellow beach-side animal friends to help, as well as one little girl who is determined to clean up his environment for good.
Plastic bottles and other rubbish are huge threats to marine life. Sheldon’s New Shell is published in partnership with the successful environmental charity, Surfers Against Sewage, which is dedicated to the protection of our oceans.
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All About the Gruffalo
د.إ45.00Meet the Gruffalo and all your favourite characters from the deep dark wood in this fun book shaped like the Gruffalo himself! Based on the bestselling classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
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Winnie-the-Pooh and Me
د.إ45.00Winnie-the-Pooh and Me is a charming rhyming Winnie-the-Pooh adventure, featuring the best-loved characters from the Hundred Acre Wood.
Someone has come along to join Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin on their adventure, b
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I am Hattie the Hare
د.إ45.00In I Am Hattie the Hare, take a trip through wide-open lands to learn about these beautiful and fascinating creatures.
We didn’t always live here, once we had a sunny home,
We came here with centurions, all the way from -
Predators
د.إ45.00Celebrate 25 years of Priddy Books! Inspiring a love of learning in over 200 million babies, toddlers and young children.
Filled with bitesized facts about different types of predators, from big cats and wild dogs, to deadly r
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Mega Machines
د.إ45.00Celebrate 25 years of Priddy Books! Inspiring a love of learning in over 200 million babies, toddlers, and young children.
Children will love joining the Priddy Explorers to discover fascinating facts about mega machines in th
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Monkey Puzzle
د.إ45.00Join in the fun and help little Monkey find his mum with this special twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the bestselling classic Monkey Puzzle, with a shiny gold foil cover. Featuring the much-loved original story plus additional
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Look What I Found by the River
د.إ45.00Discover a world of wonder on a riverside walk, with this beautiful picture book from the National Trust.
We’re going for a walk outside,
exploring by the riverside.
Look what I found!
Two seed heads on stalks, like tiny drumsticks. -
Puppy, Puppy, PEEKABOO
د.إ45.00In Puppy, Puppy, PEEKABOO, babies’ favourite game is brought to life with easy grab-and-pull mechanisms and a shiny mirror.
Open the pages to reveal the happy puppy, the shy bunny and many more adorable pets! With stunning illustrations by Grace Habib, punchy colours to engage babies’ senses, and soft learning about emotions, this is a perfect gift for babies aged 6 months or over.
