Recommended Books
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The Bee Book
₡ 10.000,00Discover more about our fuzzy little insect friends with award-winning author and illustrator Charlotte Milner.
The perfect introduction to bee conservation for little ones. Learn all about the beautiful world of bees and their adventure from flower to flower. You’ll find out just how much they matter, why they are declining, and what we can do to help in this adorable kids’ book.
Bees are brilliant at building, super social creatures and along with other insects, are responsible for a third of every mouthful of food you eat! Children will be fascinated by the beautiful pictures and learn plenty of buzz-worthy fun facts in every chapter, covering types of bees, beehives, beekeeping, how they pollinate plants and make honey.
A beautiful kid’s educational book about bees with a crucial message: not only does it inform and educate about an issue that is a real threat, but it also delivers it in a way that is gripping for all ages.
A dazzling celebration of bees, packaged in a gorgeous hard-backed book made with high-quality paper and spectacular illustrations.
What’s The Buzz About Honey Bees?
Meet the humble honeybee face-to-face – an animal that is considered nature’s hardest worker, in this engaging, educational kids’ book that you can treasure forever.
What do they do all day? Why are bees important? Find out why they need our help and what you can do.
Bees are responsible for so much more than making honey. This book is an essential tool in encouraging the protection of our precious buzzing friends for generations to come.
Learn all about these valuable creatures:
– What happens in the hive
– What pollination is
– Who the queen is
– How honeybees talk to each other
– How we can help them and much, much more!This adorable book is one of three children’s books on conservation by award-winning author Charlotte Milner and includes The Sea Book and The Bat Book for your little ones to enjoy.
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Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country
₡ 15.000,00A first, personal introduction to the Africa continent for young children aged 4+ from Nigerian storyteller Atinuke.
Africa, Amazing Africa is Atinuke’s first introduction to the African continent – an exciting starting point for young children aged 4+. With double-pages to introduce the different regions of Africa (South, East, West, Central and North), each country is then represented on one page with a colourful half-page illustration from artist Mouni Feddag, a paragraph of descriptive text and then one to three facts, geared towards readers aged four and up; imagined as a diving-off point, to give a sense of the variety of the continent and inspire young readers to find out more about the different countries of Africa.
CATEGORY AND OVERALL WINNER OF THE SLA AWARDS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD
“A gorgeous walkthrough of all Africa’s countries, celebrating the history, languages and culture of the continent.” Guardian
“This beautifully produced atlas of Africa is a fantastic book for any home library or classroom.” BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading charity
“A fabulous, eye-catching illustrated introduction to the continent, with fascinating details on every page.” Big Issue
“Lively and celebratory.” The Bookseller
“The illustrations are bright and colourful and the information is really engaging.” Muna Kalati“An exciting starting point for children keen to learn more about the unique countries of this amazing continent.” Candid Cocoa, review
“Encourage children to broaden their minds and learn more about this vast and diverse continent.” Candid Cocoa, 20 Black Children’s Books for Christmas 2020
“Highly recommend this for the home and also school settings from about 5/6 years up.” Kwame’s Bookshelf
“Filled with lots of fun facts… You will learn more and more about this amazing continent!” Sadé of Sadé Magazine for The Cornrow
“[T]he information differs from page to page, ensuring that readers learn an interesting assortment of facts and myths about the people, food, music, languages, sports, culture, history and notable leaders that make Africa amazing.” Author Lebohang Masango for Global Libraries in Literature Initiative
“A brilliant introduction to the variety of life, landscape and languages present in Africa which will encourage readers to find out more.” CLPE, Centre for Literacy
“A glorious guide to the continent… Perfect for Key Stage 1 classrooms.” The Literacy Curriculum
“Utilising a page per country, Atinuke imparts a number of captivating facts, strikingly accompanied by Mouni Feddag’s vivid illustrations[… A] snapshot of the continent and the people who live there which encourages the reader to find out more.” School Library Association“This book provides an overview of the whole continent… Attractive and unique, it is a celebration of culture suitable for all abilities.” ALCS Educational Writers’ Award, judging panel
One of the Best Books of the Year: “This loving tribute is absolutely dazzling… The text is lively and engaging, concisely conveying the astounding richness of history and culture that make the continent of Africa so exciting.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A cheerful, browsable overview… Atinuke’s first foray into nonfiction admirably presents an accessible and engaging narrative” School Library Journal
“Nigerian storyteller Atinuke presents the beautiful diversity and contrasts of a continent of more than a billion people in her first nonfiction work … attractive and informative.” Booklist
“Written in an accessible, conversational style … this title will provide readers much enlightenment about the African continent.” School Library Connection
“There are fascinating pieces of information about each country, accompanied by charming illustrations.” Book Riot
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Catch Your Death
₡ 9.000,00Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars – how would you survive? A mind-blowing thriller from the author of THIS BOOK KILLS, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.
When three girls are stranded at the grand Bramble Estate in the middle of a snowstorm, they stumble into a murder plot. Someone has poisoned wealthy Emily Vanforte in the middle of a family dinner – which means Devi, Lizzie and Jayne are trapped in the house with a killer and a mystery to solve. With knives under floorboards, vanishing guns and secret passages in the walls, no one is safe and everyone is a suspect. But in a house of liars and corruption, will the girls save themselves…or learn to fit in?
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The Vulpine
₡ 9.000,00Enter a darkly dystopian world full of eerie folklore, in which illness and difference have been prohibited. But from deep beneath the earth, a rebellion is rising… Perfect for fans of Never Let Me Go and The Luminaries. Ora has always been fascinated by chilling fairy stories of the Vulpine – the mythical, fox-like monsters who live below ground, emerging at night to snatch ‘imperfect’ babies and children. Because Ora knows that disability and illness have no place in her world. To succeed is to be genetically ‘perfect’, just like her best friend Casta and his family. Then, one day, Casta’s baby sister disappears. And Ora’s mother reveals a long-buried secret: Ora herself has a genetic illness that affects her lungs… And she’s about to be found out. Desperate for answers and sanctuary, Ora decides to do the unthinkable and seek out the fabled Vulpine. And below the earth, she discovers a hidden world that turns everything she has been taught upside-down… A unique and powerful story about stepping into your power and creating a better world, with a brilliant cast of disabled heroes, from an author whose own experiences of chronic illness inform Ora’s. A chilling dystopian world filled with eerie science fiction and a sweet, slow-burn romance. Perfect for fans of Never Let Me Go, A Handmaid’s Tale, The Hunger Games and The Luminaries.
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The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day
₡ 8.000,00A mind-bending mystery for anyone who’s ever asked questions from the award-winning Christopher Edge.
“A writer of genuine originality” – Guardian
It’s Maisie’s birthday and she can’t wait to open her presents. She’s hoping for the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But instead she wakes to an empty house and outside the front door there is nothing but a terrifying, all-consuming blackness…
Trapped in an ever-shifting reality, Maisie knows that she will have to use the laws of the universe and the love of her family to survive. And even that might not be enough…
How do you know you really exist? It’s time to find out what’s real!
“Give this man his own place on the periodic table!” – The Times
Check out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge:
- Black Hole Cinema Club
- Escape Room
- Twelve Minutes to Midnight
- The Jamie Drake Equation
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Greatest Animal Stories
₡ 15.000,00Award-winning children’s writer and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo has collected his greatest animal stories from all around the world and put them in one place . . . Here! From brave mice to hungry wolves, and mischievous spiders to ingenious cats, this is a timeless collection to treasure forever. Beautifully illustrated throughout, a menagerie will come to life before your eyes.There are lots of stories to choose from, including Puss in Boots, The Ugly Duckling, and Peter and the Wolf, so whether you’re looking for a quick read or a longer story to lose yourself in, something to read alone or a tale to share, there’s a great animal story within for everyone to find. This beautifully-illustrated, sumptuous gift edition is perfectfor young readers to treasure.
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