Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas..."A bold and beautifully-built adventure, The House With Chicken Legs is enticing, a little bit dangerous, and thrumming with possibilities." Kiran Millwood Hargrave ... |
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This entertaining book is packed with holiday-themed puzzles including wordsearches, spot the difference and simple logic games. With nearly 200 puzzles, there is plenty to keep children happy on holidays, rainy days - or any day. All the answers are on separate pages at the back of the book. ... |
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With 100 flaps to lift. ... The book contains: What does your brain do? How do muscles work? What are your lungs for? Why do you need bones? From bones to blood and brains to brawn, there`s much to explore inside your body. lift the flaps to find out how all these parts join together to make one amazing person and you. Illustrated by Kate Leake. Designed by Helen Lee. ... |
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Discover the gripping sequel to Namina Forna's New York Times bestselling YA fantasy, The Gilded Ones. Set in an ancient West African-inspired world, this series is perfect for fans of Children of blood and bone and Black Panther. It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera, and discovered who she really is... But war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera - a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts ... |
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Outcasts by blood. Warriors by choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed..."The Gilded Ones redefines sisterhood and is sure to leave readers both inspired and ... |
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It looked like love. It felt like love. But this isn't a love story. Amelie fell hard for Reese. And she thought he loved her too. But she's starting to realise that real love isn't supposed to hurt like this. So now she's retracing their story, revisiting all the places he made her cry. Because if she works out what went wrong, perhaps she can finally learn to get over him."A powerful, vital gut-punch." Laura Bates ... |
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The bestselling author of "The House with Chichen Legs". Illustrated by Kathrin Honesta. ... "They call me Yanka the Bear. Not because of where I was found - only a few people know about that. They call me Yanka the Bear because I am so big and strong." Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, Yanka has always wondered about where she is from. She tries to ignore the strange whispers and looks from the villagers, wishing she was as strong on the inside as she is on the outside. But, when she has to flee her house, looking for answers about who she really is, a journey far beyond one that she ever ... |
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Don't be afraid to take up space. ... I'm going to tell you the word that ruins my entire life: Big, beacause my name is Jemina Small, but I am exactly the opposite. Jemima Small is funny and smart. She knows a lot of things. Like the fact that she's made of 206 bones, over 600 muscles and trillions of cells. What she doesn't know is how that can be true and yet she can still sometimes feel like nothing... Or how being made to join the school's "special" healthy lifestyle group - aka Fat Club - could feel any less special. But Jemima also knows that the biggest stars in the universe are the ... |
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With over 80 flaps to lift. ... Lift the flaps to discover some of the amazing animals and plants that live in jungles. Look behind leaves, dive under water and peer inside hollow trees to see what's hiding in the shadows. ... |
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What would you give for the chance to live again? ... Who am I? What am I? When am I? Laura can't remember who she is. But the rest of the world knows. Because Laura is famous - a dying girl who was frozen until she could be cured. A real-life Sleeping Beauty. But what happens when you wake up one day and the world has moved on forty years? Could you build a new life - while solving the mystery of what happened to the old one? A darkly twisted thriller plunging a pre-tech girl into a futuristic world. ... |
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Illustrator: Colin King. This book is a special of "Usborne miniature editions" series. ... Did you know that a pin head as hot as the sun would kill you from 150 km. (100 miles) away? Or that more people speak Mandarin than any other language in the world? This miniature edition of the best-selling "The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia" is fascinating, fun and packed with amazing facts. It covers a vast scope of information - from the Earth, its plants and animals, to its people and their discoveries. What makes rainbow? Why do people wear clothes? Now do birds fly? Don't panic - the answers ... |
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Интерактивен, забавен и интересен начин за децата да учат английски като първи или втори чужд език. От британското издателство Usborne създават книжката Listen and Learn First English Words така, че да бъде полезен помощник в ученето по английски за деца над 2-годишна възраст. Е, едва ли има по-полезно и ефективно обучение от това, което провокира интереса на децата. Но едва ли вече има и нещо по-интересно за тях от технологичните и модерни продукти, които изобилстват в днешния свят. Ето защо книжката осигурява интерактивен, забавен и интересен начин за учене на английски език. Listen and Learn First English Words ... |
