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The Wonky Donkey picture book has sold over two million copies
worldwide - now with a shiny foil cover, it's the perfect gift! Who
ever heard of a spunky hanky-panky cranky stinky-dinky lanky
honky-tonky winky wonky donkey? This hilarious book will have
children - and adults - braying with laughter! Lyrical,
laugh-out-loud story and beautiful illustrations A special edition
with a bright shiny foiled cover! A fantastic gift for anyone who
loves to laugh THE WONKY DONKEY FAMILY - COLLECT THEM ALL The Wonky
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Join SPUD, the Super Perceptive Undercover Detectives, on their
first fast-paced detective adventure. Getting your first hearing
aids can be nerve-wracking; especially when you have to wear them
to school. When Callie realises her new hearing aids - 'the Slugs'
- give her the unique ability to communicate with Bo the Mynah
bird, some of her worries are lifted. In fact, having a pair of
eyes in the sky might come in handy... The duo team up with
Callie's best friend, Grace, as they set out to catch a local thief
who has been causing trouble all over town. Includes high-speed
chases, a very peckish bird and purple POO! A new mystery series,
illustrated by Louise Forshaw and perfect for reluctant readers.
An action-packed eco-thriller for 11+ readers from award-winning
children's author, Victoria Williamson. On a remote Scottish
island, fourteen-year-old Max's life changes forever when he loses
his hearing in a boating accident. Struggling to make sense of his
new life and finding it hard to adapt in school, he begins to
notice other - even stranger - changes taking place when a new wind
farm appears off the island's coast. With the help of three school
friends with additional support needs, Max discovers that a
sinister scientist, Doctor Ashwood, is using wind turbines to
experiment on the islanders. They must find a way to shut down the
government's secret test before it spins out of control...
Little Big Sister tells the story of Starr, a girl with
dwarfism who lives with her mum and younger sister, Babs. As
the girls get older and Babs overtakes Starr’s height,
Starr understands there is something different about her.
When Starr starts primary school she is at first upset
by being shorter than the other children. But with help
from her mum and teacher, Starr finds the courage to shine. A
fun and gentle story about disability, family and fitting in,
told by a major children’s author and illustrated by
an artist with dwarfism.
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy
bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the
incredible life of Amanda Gorman, America's astounding young poet
and activist. From an early age, Little Amanda read everything she
could get her hands on, from books to cereal boxes. Growing up with
an auditory processing disorder and a speech impediment, Amanda had
to work hard, but ultimately she took great strength from her
experiences. After hearing her teacher read aloud to the class, she
knew that she wanted to become a poet, and nothing would stand in
her way. At the age of 19, she became America's first-ever National
Youth Poet Laureate. And, after performing her inspiring poem 'The
Hill We Climb' at the Presidential Inauguration in January 2021,
she became an icon across the world. This inspiring book features
stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back,
including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a
detailed profile of the incredible young poet and activist's life
so far. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling series of books
and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people,
from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them
achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a
dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children
of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in
simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers.
The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning
readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the
books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games and
other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives
of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next
generation of outstanding people who will change the world with
Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Run away from what they see. Discover who you are. Maudie and
Jake's family is falling to pieces - their mum's been struggling
with her grief since they lost Dad and one night she vanishes. When
Jake is put into care, Maudie can't take it any more. She comes up
with a wild plan to pull their family back together - by kidnapping
Jake. On the run in Cornwall, Jake and Maudie each find something
they hadn't expected - freedom and love. But can they find Mum and
a way to heal together? A powerful and insightful novel about
grief, disability and first love; a story about getting lost and
finding yourself.
Exciting, funny, moving - and featuring joyous and authentic
disabled representation - Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is the
middle-grade debut of 2023. Cosima Unfortunate has spent all her
life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls - a school where any
disabled children, or children deemed different, are sent, whether
their families want it or not. It is there that she meets her
friends - Pearl, Mary and Diya - and they start to practise mini
heists involving the theft of cakes, biscuits and other sweet
goodies. But when Cos finds out that Lord Francis Fitzroy, the
explorer behind the Empire Exhibition, is planning to adopt them,
she and her friends plot the biggest heist of their life. Instead
of fondant fancies, they're going to steal Fitzroy's prized tiara,
containing the legendary Star Diamond of India! But, as they start
preparing for the day, Cosima finds herself drawing ever closer to
discovering the one secret she's always wanted to know - the truth
about her parents...
"Intelligent, politically bold, and beautiful to browse [...] Every
bookshelf needs a copy." - Disability Arts Online In this stylishly
illustrated biography anthology, meet 34 artists, thinkers,
athletes and activists with disabilities, from past and present.
From Frida Kahlo to Stephen Hawking, find out how these iconic
figures have overcome obstacles, owned their differences and paved
the way for others by making their bodies and minds work for them.
These short biographies tell the stories of people who have faced
unique challenges which have not stopped them from becoming
trailblazers, innovators, advocates and makers. Each person is a
leading figure in their field, be it sport, science, maths, art,
breakdance or the world of pop. Challenge your preconceptions of
disability and mental health with the eye-opening stories of these
remarkable people: Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Kirchoff, Henri
Matisse, Eliza Suggs, Helen Keller, Frida Kahlo, John Nash, Stephen
Hawking, Temple Grandin, Stevie Wonder, Nabil Shaban, Terry Fox,
Peter Dinklage, Wanda Diaz Merced, Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Dr Victor
Pineda, Farida Bedwei, Stella Young, Lady Gaga, Arunima Sinha,
Naoki Higashida, Isabella Spingmuhl Tejada, Aaron Philip, Catalina
Devandas Aguilar, Redouan Ait Chitt, Jonas Jacobsson, Trischa Zorn,
Ade Adepitan, and Dynamo. As seen on ITV's Good Morning Britain:
"This book is there to help us all, to encourage us to talk about
how we're all different [...] It's a really, really lovely book,
beautifully illustrated as well."- Presenters Ben Shephard &
Ranvir Singh
This reassuring picture book explains what autism is in simple
terms, helping children with siblings or classmates with autism
understand what everyday life feels like from a child with autism's
perspective. The superb A First Look At series consists of a number
of reassuring picturebooks that give advice and promote interaction
between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of
personal, social and emotional issues. Notes for parents and
teachers at the back of the book provide valuable advice for how to
share this book with your child or class. Suitable for Key Stage 1
(ages 5-7), occasional prompts throughout the text give a chance to
discuss the issue being raised. Written by trained psychotherapist,
journalist and parent, and illustrated by an experienced children's
book artist, this is a part of an acclaimed and successful,
long-running series of picture-book non-fiction books for Early
Years. Books in the series give advice and promote interaction
between children, parents and teachers on a wide variety of
personal, social and emotional issues. They are excellent tools for
teachers to use during classroom discussions.
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy
bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true
story of Helen Keller. Little Helen was curious and eager to learn
about the world. After contracting an illness during childhood, she
became deaf and blind at the age of one and was unable to talk.
Helen and her family found ways to connect with each other, such as
hand-signing. But when Anne Sullivan, a teacher, came into her
life, Helen discovered more ways to communicate with the wider
world, learning finger-spelling and how to talk. This saw her
become the first deaf-blind person to earn a university degree, and
led her to tour the world advocating for the rights of disabled
people. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky
illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical
timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of this
amazing woman's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling
series of books and educational games that explore the lives of
outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and
activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began
life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers
inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats.
The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading
aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present
expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you
to collect a selection of the books by theme. Matching games and
other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives
of these role models accessible to children . Inspire the next
generation of outstanding people who will change the world with
Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Before Stinkville, Alice didn't think albinism-or the blindness
that goes with it-was a big deal. Sure, she uses a magnifier to
read books. And a cane keeps her from bruising her hips on tables.
Putting on sunscreen and always wearing a hat are just part of
life. But life has always been like this for Alice. Until
Stinkville. For the first time in her life, Alice feels
different-like she's at a disadvantage. Back in her old
neighborhood in Seattle, everyone knew Alice, and Alice knew her
way around. In Stinkville, Alice finds herself floundering-she
can't even get to the library on her own. But when her parents
start looking into schools for the blind, Alice takes a stand.
She's going to show them-and herself-that blindness is just a part
of who she is, not all that she can be. To prove it, Alice enters
the Stinkville Success Stories essay contest. No one, not even her
new friend Kerica, believes she can scout out her new town's
stories and write the essay by herself. The funny thing is, as
Alice confronts her own blindness, everyone else seems to see her
for the first time. This is a stirring small-town story that
explores many different issues-albinism, blindness, depression,
dyslexia, growing old, and more-with a light touch and lots of
heart. Beth Vrabel's characters are complicated and messy, but they
come together in a story about the strength of community and
friendship. This paperback edition includes a Q&A with the
author and a sneak peek at the upcoming The Blind Guide to Normal.
Taylor Before and After tells the story of middle schooler Taylor
Harper through journal entries alternating between two timelines:
before and after a drunk driving accident, in which Taylor Harper
was a passenger - and her brother was the driver. Before, Taylor
was finally becoming popular, navigating the pressures of friends,
frenemies, and a cut-throat initiation challenge by the coolest
girl in school. After, she finds herself ostracised, bullied, and
facing the glaring silence of things unsaid at school (and at
home).
Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade readers by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.
David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact, he'll have to do better: he's going to compete in the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world's greatest pizza-eating contest, and he has to win it, because he borrowed his mom's credit card and accidentally spent $2,000 on it. So he really needs that prize money. Like, yesterday. As if training to be a competitive eater weren't enough, he's also got to keep an eye on his little brother, Mal (who, if the family believed in labels, would be labeled autistic, but they don't, so they just label him Mal). And don't even get started on the new weirdness going on between his two best friends, Cyn and HeyMan. Master talent Pete Hautman has cooked up a rich narrative shot through with equal parts humor and tenderness, and the result is a middle-grade novel too delicious to put down.
This nonfiction self-help book for young readers with disordered
eating and body image problems delivers real talk about eating
disorders and body image, tools and information for recovery, and
suggestions for dealing with the media messages that contribute so
much to disordered eating. You Are Enough answers questions like: *
What are eating disorders? * What types of treatment are available
for eating disorders? * What is anxiety? * How can you relax? *
What is cognitive reframing? * Why are measurements like BMI flawed
and arbitrary? * What is impostor syndrome? * How do our role
models affect us? . . . just to name a few. Many eating disorder
books are written in a way that leaves many people out of the
eating disorder conversation, and this book is written with a
special eye on inclusivity.
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The Hospital Dog
(Paperback)
Julia Donaldson; Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
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Written by the brilliant Julia Donaldson and stunningly illustrated by
the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, The Hospital Dog is a big-hearted tale
about a very special, very brave dog.
Here is a dog, a Dalmatian called Dot,
Is she quite ordinary? NO, SHE’S NOT!
After their breakfast and a swim in the sea, Dot and her owner Rose
jump on the bus to the hospital. Dot loves visiting the children of
Wallaby Ward and they’re always pleased to see her too; from a crying
baby to a bored teenager – a pat, a stroke and a cuddle with Dot cheers
everyone up. But the work of the hospital dog doesn’t stop there and
when one of her patients is in trouble, it’s up to Dot to save the day!
A fantastic rhyming story from the creators of the bestselling picture
book, The Detective Dog – winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award.
_______________ The first book in the New York Times bestselling
Cursebreakers series: a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of
Beauty and the Beast. _______________ 'Everything you'd want in a
retelling of a classic fairy tale' - Jodi Picoult 'Absolutely
spellbinding' - Stephanie Garber _______________ Fall in love,
break the curse. Break the curse, save the kingdom. Prince Rhen,
the heir to Emberfall, is cursed. Forced to repeat the autumn of
his eighteenth year over and over, he can only be freed by love.
But at the end of each autumn he is transformed into a beast
hell-bent on destruction, and after so many failed attempts, his
kingdom and its people are barely holding on. Harper's life has
never been easy, but she's learned to be tough enough to survive.
She won't let anything hold her back, not her cerebral palsy or her
mother's deteriorating health. But when she is sucked into Rhen's
world, nothing is as it seems. Powerful forces are standing against
Emberfalll ... and it will take more than a broken curse to save it
from utter ruin. The thrilling Cursebreakers series continues in A
Heart So Fierce and Broken and A Vow So Bold and Deadly.
_______________ For more fantasy romance, don't miss Brigid
Kemmerer's heart-stopping Defy the Night series.
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