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If you’ve got a little bookworm at home then you will probably always be on the lookout for new books. Nosy Crow has a great selection, released in September 2024. You’ll find a mix of books in this post.
Bizzy Bear at the zoo (age 2-5)
Join Bizzy Bear at the zoo in this chunky new board book with sliding counters.
Bizzy Bear is helping look after the animals today. He’s got lots to do and he needs your help! Let’s feed the elephants, clean the croco
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Bizzy Bear in space (age 2-5)
Join Bizzy Bear as he zooms into space in this chunky new board book with sliding counters.
Bizzy Bear is an astronaut today. He’s zooming in his rocket off on a space adventure and he needs your help! Board the spaceship, fly into space, grab a snack in zero gravity and meet the aliens on a nearby planet with four easy-to-use moving counters.
Learn space vocabulary with simple first words and helpful text prompts to encourage talking. Then push Bizzy Bear along 4 different tracks with a moving counter on every spread, plus an extra one on the cover! The perfect book for children who love space and love being in control of the story!
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Guess Who? Boo to You (age 2-5)
Meet Ghost and his spooky friends in this split-page picture book with mirror ending!
Knock, knock! Guess who? Children will love joining in this Halloween adventure as these friendly characters deliver Halloween treats to one another. Knock on the door and open it to reveal who has been booed!
This not-so-spooky picture book is the perfect introduction to Halloween for little ones, with friendly characters, surprises under every door and a delightful mirror ending. This spooktacular story has been beautifully illustrated by Grasya Oliyko – a Ukrainian illustrator, currently living in Bratislava with her young daughter and two cats.
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Old MacPumpkin Had a Farm (age 2-5)
A sweet and spooky Halloween twist on a favourite rhyme, with a fold-out trick-or-treat party ending.
Old MacPumpkin had a farm. Eek! Ahh! Eek! Ahh! Ohhh! And on that farm she had . . . a cat, a bat, a spider, a skeleton, a witch, a ghost and a MONSTER! Old MacPumpkin is too busy taking care of the farm animals to notice, until – Knock! Knock! Who’s that at the door . . . ?
With a playful text from Katrina Charman, winner of the Booktrust Story Time Prize 2021, and quirky illustrations from award-winning Georgie Birkett, this is the perfect Halloween picture book!
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Let me tell you a joke (age 5-7)
50 side-splitting jokes with hilariously funny pictures that will leave you (and your friends) roaring with laughter!
Good News
Shops now sell joke books for dogs.
Bad News
Dogs can’t read.
From Northern Irish stand-up comedian Sean Hegarty, and brilliantly illustrated in colour, by award-winning Jim Field, the illustrator of Oi Frog! and The Lion Inside, this riotously funny first joke book is the perfect gift for budding comedians to read alone or share with friends.
With free Stories Aloud audio including advice from Sean on how to deliver the perfect joke
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Talk Like an Egyptian (age 7-10)
Create your own secret messages with 125 hieroglyphic stencils!
In this fun and fascinating activity book from the British Museum, budding Egyptologists can learn all about life in ancient Egypt – from mummies, pets and Tutankhamun’s tomb, to the spells, nicknames and funny messages that have been discovered – before using the sturdy card stencils and dictionary to create secret messages.
Learn to write your name in hieroglyphs, measure your height in Egyptian hands and even write a spooky spell!
- Dazzling gold-foil cover
- Beautiful colour illustrations on every page by award-winning Nina Chakrabarti
- Created with world-leading hieroglyphics experts from the British Museum
- High-quality, sustainable paper and sturdy card stencils make this an eco-friendly format
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Unicorn Academy: The Magical Guide (age 5-8)
The official guide to the smash hit Netflix kids series, available now to stream globally!
This full-colour guide to the world of Unicorn Academy includes fact files, behind-the-scenes information about the characters and the island, as well as animated stills and character art from the show itself!
An essential item for anyone and everyone who loves the show!
Ride towards your destiny and discover more magical adventures at Unicorn Academy:
- Unicorn Academy: Sophia’s Invitation (Book 1, Fiction 7+ Chapter Book)
- Unicorn Academy: Under the Fairy Moon (Book 2, Fiction 7+ Chapter Book)
- Unicorn Academy: Sticker Activity Book
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Anne of Green Gables illustrated edition(age 5-8)
Join Anne with an ‘e’ as she moves to Green Gables in this timeless adventure that has enchanted generations of children.
This beloved childhood classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery is now available in a stunning gift book edition with exquisite new art.
When the spirited and imaginative Anne moves to live in Green Gables – a beautiful farmhouse, set among the summer flowers of Prince Edward Island – she quickly realises there has been a terrible mistake. Her new family – gentle Matthew and his stern sister Marilla – were expecting someone quite different! But will Anne succeed in enchanting Matthew and Marilla with her cheer and imagination?
The relatable mishaps and adventure of Anne are brought to life for a new generation in this enchanting abridgement by bestselling author, Katherine Woodfine, accompanied by Isabelle Follath’s engaging and witty artwork.
Discover more beautiful gift books in the Nosy Crow Classics range including The Wind in the Willows, The Secret Garden, Heidi, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Peter Pan.
With sumptuous details including cloth binding, foil cover, full colour illustrations throughout, textured paper jacket, ribbon marker and head and tail bands.
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Kevin the Vampire: A Fanged and Fearsome Fiend (age 7-9)
The time has come for Kevin’s Gloaming. This is a test every almost nearly eleven-year-old must pass to show they have all the necessary skills to be a vampire. Kevin will have to show he can transform into a bat, mind-speak and melt into the darkness. Which would be fine, except he hasn’t quite mastered the melt yet… If Kevin doesn’t pass, he’ll be cast out forever. Is there anyone who can help him?
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The Horse Who Danced (age 9-12)
Family, fame, glory and betrayal: Join Iona and Jinks on a wild ride that will grip you to the final page.
Iona dreams of glory for her beautiful pony, Jinks, so when local dressage star Jessica offers to coach her, Iona is swept off her feet. But each of Jinks’ successes brings injury or accident to her family’s stables. Can they all be coincidences? Or is Iona’s dream becoming a nightmare?
As pressure mounts, Iona must fight to save her family’s home and to prove that, no matter who stands in their way, Jinks is born for stardom.
Breathtaking adventure for 9+ readers from the much-loved author of The Horse Who Came Home, The Palomino Pony and A Pony Called Secret series.
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Maisie vs Antarctica (age 8-12)
Maisie thinks her dad is the most boring person in the world. For fun he likes to do origami (but only basic triangles) or jigsaw puzzles of a cloudless sky (yep, every piece is blue). He writes cool-sounding books like How To Wrestle A Crocodileand How To Defuse A Bomb, but he’s never actually done any of the awesome things he writes about. But Maisie has to admit weird things happen around Dad. Unexplainable things…
When childcare falls through and Dad has to take Maisie to Antarctica to research his next book, How To Survive In Antarctica, Maisie realises there is definitely something unusual about Dad – not only can he speak languages she never knew he could, he manages to crash-land a plane and somehow save her from being eaten by a leopard seal! What is going on? How is any of this possible? Can her dad teleport? Is he a superhero or something else entirely?
Maisie is determined to find out the truth about who her dad is. What she doesn’t realise is that she’ll discover some things about herself and what it really means to be a hero along the way. One thing is for sure – it’s going to be the adventure of a lifetime!
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Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull
Mallory Vayle would list her interests as being normal, books about ponies and very definitely NOT talking to dead people. But when her parents’ carriage takes a leap off Gibbett Bridge – an accident for which there appears to be no explanation – she is taken in by a strange aunt the family disowned years ago and brought to her new, and very spooky, home.
The ghosts of her parents also take up residence in the house but are cruelly snatched away by the shadow of Hellysh Spatzl, the grimmest, wickedest necromancer in all of history. To get them back, Mallory will have to learn how to use the talents she hates and raise the old hag from the dead. Her teacher? A talking skull called Maggoty, who wants some favours in return for his help – not just a gorgeous blond wig and some sparkly earrings, but for Mallory to break the curse that has left his spirit locked inside his own skull for 500 years.
Mallory will have to lean into who she is and what she can do and make a pack with the evil Hellysh Spatzl to get her parents back while at the same time putting on a sensational Halloween spectacular at only five shillings a head for an amazed audience at Nightmare Castle. And learn to love her chatty sidekick and his glorious wig…
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