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Winter Tales by Dawn Casey ill. Zanna Goldhawk
Winter Tales by Dawn Casey ill. Zanna Goldhawk
ACHUKA Book of the Day 12 Feb 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A treasury of stories celebrating the wonders of winter, and the qualities within that warm our hearts through the long cold. Particularly relevant in the week of its selection as Book of the Day, with the UK gripped in an icy blast. The book, […]
Kaleidoscope Of Creatures  – The colours of nature explained by Cath Are ill. Greer Stothers
Kaleidoscope Of Creatures – The colours of nature explained by Cath Are ill. Greer Stothers
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Why are animals so amazingly colourful? Find out in this kaleidoscopic look at the technicolour world of animals. Meet animals of every colour of the rainbow and find out why they are the colours and patterns they are. Discover the reason why some animals are stripy and others are spotty. Why do […]
The Bad Beginning 20th anniversary gift edition – A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket ill. Brett Helquist
The Bad Beginning 20th anniversary gift edition – A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket ill. Brett Helquist
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The Bad Beginning was the first book in the globally bestselling series A Series of Unfortunate Events. This exclusive gold foiled 20th anniversary hardback gift edition commemorates the miserable fact that every child in the world has wanted this brilliantly funny book for twenty years. Related posts: Can You See A Little […]
The Wolf’s Secret by Nicolas Digard & Myriam Dahman ill.Julia Sarda
The Wolf’s Secret by Nicolas Digard & Myriam Dahman ill.Julia Sarda
BookTrust Book of the Day 26 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Enchantaing, lush & mysterious” BookTrust A beautiful and lyrical contemporary fairy tale about difference, trust and the power of friendship to overcome any obstacle, stunningly illustrated in rich autumnal colours by Julia Sarda. Dahman and Digard’s fable about a fearsome wolf secretly desperate for […]
Opening The Box of Delights: A stunning visual celebration of John Masefield’s Christmas classic by Dr Philip W. Errington
Opening The Box of Delights: A stunning visual celebration of John Masefield’s Christmas classic by Dr Philip W. Errington
ACHUKA Book of the Day 23 Dec 2020 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop John Masefield’s fantasy novel The Box of Delights is an enduring Christmas classic. It has a unique place in children’s literature and continues to inspire and engage modern readers with its timeless adventure of ancient magic, good vanquishing evil, and Christmas miracles. For many, […]
Dosh: How to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It by Rashmi Sirdeshpande ill. Adam Hayes
Dosh: How to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It by Rashmi Sirdeshpande ill. Adam Hayes
The Times Best Children’s Books of the Year List, 2020 A fun and accessible financial handbook helping boys and girls build their confidence and develop a positive money mindset. Having some dosh in your pocket can be really exciting. And when it’s used as a force for good, those pennies have the power to change […]
The Art of Ramona Quimby: Sixty-Five Years of Illustrations from Beverly Cleary’s Beloved Books by  Anna Katz
The Art of Ramona Quimby: Sixty-Five Years of Illustrations from Beverly Cleary’s Beloved Books by Anna Katz
ACHUKA Book of the Day 3 Dec 2020 “The true pleasure of this retrospective is that it highlights key moments from the books, in chronological order, and compares the various illustrators’ ways of depicting them. We see the same sequence drawn in different eras (with different fashions and hairstyles); we see varying unscripted reactions on […]
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table ill. Sara Gillingham written by Isabel Thomas
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table ill. Sara Gillingham written by Isabel Thomas
ACHUKA Book of the Day 1 Dec 2020 “This comprehensive, deeply informative educational resource doubles as an arty coffee-table book, the kind science-minded readers and fact-finders love to pore over. Its design motif of bright neon-hued icons against a night-black background had me fantasizing that the illustrator, Sara Gillingham, had included in her palette rubidium, […]
Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body (Hardback) Adam Kay (author), Henry Paker (illustrator)
Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body (Hardback) Adam Kay (author), Henry Paker (illustrator)
ACHUKA Book of the Day 30 Nov 2020 The human body is extraordinary and fascinating and, well … pretty weird. Yours is weird, mine is weird, your maths teacher’s is even weirder. This book is going to tell you what’s actually going on in there, and answer the really important questions, like: Are bogies safe to […]
Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever by Matt Tavares
Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever by Matt Tavares
“Gorgeous illustrations make this one sure to fly off shelves” KIRKUS Now in paperback… Discover the magical story of Dasher, Santa’s very first reindeer, in a Christmas gift-book to treasure year after year. Dasher is a little doe with a wish in her heart. She spends her days with her family under the hot sun […]
The Queen, the Princes and the Mermaid: Hans Christian Andersen’s Most Enchanting Tales ill. Lucie Arnoux (illustrator) tr. Misha Hoekstra
The Queen, the Princes and the Mermaid: Hans Christian Andersen’s Most Enchanting Tales ill. Lucie Arnoux (illustrator) tr. Misha Hoekstra
ACHUKA Book of the Day 26 Nov 2020 A girl journeys across unknown lands to rescue her friend from the clutches of The Snow Queen, who has imprisoned his heart in ice. A sister struggles to break the spell that has turned her ten princely brothers into swans. A mermaid decides to leave her underwater […]
Erin’s Diary: An Official Derry Girls Book by Lisa McGee
Erin’s Diary: An Official Derry Girls Book by Lisa McGee
The first official tie-in for the TV comedy series. In the manner of the very best TV comedy books, Erin’s Diary is a hilarious ‘in world’ publication that extends the laugh-out-loud humour of Derry Girls onto the page. With Erin’s inner take on everything that has happened so far, this book will both dive deeper […]
The Empty Stocking by Richard Curtis ill. Rebecca Cobb
The Empty Stocking by Richard Curtis ill. Rebecca Cobb
In this fantastically funny and heartwarming story by Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually, it’s Christmas Eve and there’s one very important question on everyone’s mind – have YOU been good this year? For twins Sam and Charlie this is a big worry. Charlie has been especially naughty and […]
Counting Creatures by Julia Donaldson ill. Sharon King-Chai
Counting Creatures by Julia Donaldson ill. Sharon King-Chai
A stunning counting book full of gorgeous baby animals, with amazing flaps to lift and holes to peep through.  From a leopard with her cubs to a frog and its tadpoles, young readers will delight in counting each creature’s babies and seeing where they live. With rhyming text and a surprise search-and-find game, this is […]
Northern Lights: the Illustrated Edition – His Dark Materials 1 by Philip Pullman ill. Chris Wormell
Northern Lights: the Illustrated Edition – His Dark Materials 1 by Philip Pullman ill. Chris Wormell
ACHUKA Book of the Day 10 Nov 2020 A stunning full-colour illustrated gift hardback to celebrate the 25th anniversary of NORTHERN LIGHTS, with breathtaking art throughout by Chris Wormell, who also illustrated the covers for The Book of Dust (2017) and The Secret Commonwealth (2019). First published in 1995,  this first book in the His […]
History of Rock: For Big Fans and Little Punks by Rita Nabais ill. Joana Raimundo
History of Rock: For Big Fans and Little Punks by Rita Nabais ill. Joana Raimundo
An accessible illustrated history of rock music aimed at older children and young teenagers. The author is a Portuguese music researcher with a Master´s degree in English and American Culture.  Waterstones Amazon Related posts: Lift The Flap Engineering by Rose Hall & Alex Frith ill. Lee Cosgrove When We Became Humans by Michael Bright ill, […]
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World – Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli ed. Pam Gruber
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World – Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli ed. Pam Gruber
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is the third book in the New York Times bestselling series for children. Packed with 100 all-new bedtime stories about the lives of incredible female figures from the past and the present, this volume recognizes women who left their birth countries for […]
Serpentine: A short story from the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman ill. Tom Duxbury
Serpentine: A short story from the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman ill. Tom Duxbury
A standalone 80-page novella. Lyra Silvertongue and her daemon Pantalaimon have left the events of His Dark Materials behind. Here in this snapshot of their forever-changed lives, they return to the North to revisit an old friend where we will learn that things are not exactly as they seem. The perfect gift for fans of […]
Reynard The Fox by Anne Louise Avery
Reynard The Fox by Anne Louise Avery
ACHUKA Book of the Day 30 Oct 2020 We cannot recommend this book highly enough… A book made for shuttered winter reading. Buy three copies – one for yourself, one to give to an adult friend, and one to an older child or teen hungry to have their vocabulary broadened. Those who follow our Twitter […]
Doorkins the Cathedral Cat by Lisa Gutwein ill. Rowan Ambrose
Doorkins the Cathedral Cat by Lisa Gutwein ill. Rowan Ambrose
Much loved Southwark Cathedral cat Doorkins Magnificat laid to rest Following the real-life exploits of Doorkins, Southwark Cathedral’s self-proclaimed ‘Magnificat’, this charming picture book gives a complete tour of the Cathedral and is sure to raise a smile on the face of any cathedral attendee, or fan of cats. Waterstones Amazon Related posts: All Aboard […]
Dogger’s Christmas by Shirley Hughes
Dogger’s Christmas by Shirley Hughes
ACHUKA Book of the Day 27 Oct 2020 Times Children’s Book of the Week 24 Oct 2020 “Rather like watching an excellent adaptation of a much-loved novel, the nostalgia wraps around you.” Alex O’Connell, The Times Over 40 years after Dogger was published, comes this magical follow-up: Dogger’s Christmas. At the end of last year […]
Aesop’s Fables ill. Agnes Miller Parker tr. V.S. Vernon Jones and others
Aesop’s Fables ill. Agnes Miller Parker tr. V.S. Vernon Jones and others
This beautifully illustrated edition contains some of the best-loved fables, including the Boy who Cried Wolf, the Lion and the Mouse, the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg, the Hare and the Tortoise, and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse alongside many of the lesser-known tales. These timeless stories are illustrated with thirty-seven woodcuts […]
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ill. Chris Riddell
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ill. Chris Riddell
ACHUKA Book of the Day 20 Oct 2020 A new illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from Chris Riddell? You bet it’s an ACHUKA Book of the Day! Who better to introduce you to the book than Chris Riddel himself: Waterstones Amazon   Related posts: Greatest Magical Stories chosen by Michael Morpurgu Can You See A Little […]
Draw With Rob by Rob Biddulph
Draw With Rob by Rob Biddulph
Winner Of Sainsbury’s Book Award 2020 For Best Activity Book New Draw With Bob At Christmas now available too! Draw With Rob is now an incredible activity book for every family to share, so join Rob and learn to draw your favourite characters – from Penguin Blue to a very Hot Dog, and many more! […]
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