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2026
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An enchanting short verse novel about discovering and saving an urban fox.'Skilfully exploring themes of friendship, nature and the complex emotions of a family break-up, this poignant story is highly recommended.' BookTrust'Explores the tricky territory of early adolescence, loss and grief with an immensely readable light touch'. Nicola DaviesDad has moved out and Ani is struggling to accept his absence. Her mysterious neighbour, ...
Mr Mahli's Shed
And a Ghost Named Dylan
2014
EN
Everbody likes Mr Mahli, especially his neighbours,nine-year-old Tomos and Alys. When he goes on holiday they look after his garden on Cwmdonkin Drive in Swansea for him. But they are not allowed in his mysteriously empty shed. But the friends soon find out the ordinary-looking shed is far from empty - it is home to an odd, slightly grumpy ghost called Dylan. Dylan soon persuades the children to take him to school with them for a change of scenery - at first he behaves, but then things sta...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Directed by Neville Jason
Unabridged
2 hours 19 min
2000
EN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream must be one of the most enduringly popular of Shakespeare’s plays, and it is not difficult to see why: the work blends several kinds of comedy with a powerful atmosphere of magic and mystery and a satisfying set of contrasts between city and country, reason and imagination, love and infatuation.
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2013
EN
Accessible
Louis doesn't think much of it when his mum and dad ask him for tips on how to be cool. In fact, he thinks it's pretty funny watching them bump fists and use words like 'safe', 'sick' and 'wicked'. Until Dad turns up outside Louis's new school dressed like a rapper, that is . . .Suddenly they're trying to friend Louis and all his classmates on Facebook, and wearing baseball caps backwards - IN PUBLIC. Louis and his best friend Maddy are horrified. Mum and Dad have taken things too ...
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- Princess Poppy Fiction
2010
EN
Accessible
A brand-new story in the best-selling Princess Poppy series with gorgeous coloured pages!Poppy is very excited because she is hosting her first ever sleepover. Honey, Sweetpea, Mimosa and Abigail are all coming to stay and there are lots of treats in store, including beauty treatments, dance routines, midnight feasts and a nature walk in Wildspice Woods the next morning.Much to the girls excitement, heavy snow falls during the night and when they wake up, e...
2011
EN
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Moving to a new area and a new school, Louis is horrified to discover his parents changing into ultra-competitive parents, wanting him and his younger brother to get straight As at school and join all sorts of after-school clubs and activities like the other kids in the area. Suddenly Louis's life is no longer his own - until he meets Maddy, who claims to have trained her parents to ignore her- But does Louis really want to be ignored? A truly contemporary tale with characters kids will re...
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- Ella at Eden
2020
EN
Eden College is putting on 'Enchantment the Musical!' Ella and her friends are very excited, and throw themselves into auditioning and rehearsing.But then things start to go wrong. Could the problems be linked to stories of an old curse on the theatre? Ella knows she needs to investigate to save the show before it’s too late!Join Ella in the third book of this fantabulous series!
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- Clementine Rose
2013
EN
It's time for Clemmie to go on her first school excursion!Clementine Rose and her classmates are all abuzz. They're off on a springtime excursion to a local farm. When Aunt Violet comes along to help out, no-one is sure just how helpful she’ll really be. Things get a little out of control when Aunt Violet and Mrs Bottomley go missing and Joshua is cornered by Ramon the feisty ram. Will Clementine and her friends escape from Ramon and find the missing ladies too?
Our Australian Girl: Poppy at Summerhill (Book 2)
Poppy at Summerhill (Book 2)
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- Our Australian Girl: Poppy
2011
EN
It's 1864 . . .and Poppy, disguised as a boy, has escaped from Bird Creek Mission to find her brother, Gus. Life on the road is hard, but Poppy is given shelter at the Summerhill Homestead. There she meets a new friend, Noni – but will Noni discover that Poppy is not who she says she is? And will Poppy find Gus before they lose each other forever?Follow Poppy on her adventure in the second of four exciting stories about a Gold Rush girl who dreams of a better life.
2010
EN
It’s 1967. The world is rocking, and Neil is growing up fast.I have this annoying problem that gives me a lot of trouble: a conscience.Neil Bridges attends a Catholic boys’ school in which teachers rule with iron fists and thick leather straps. Some crumble under the pressure but Neil toughs it out, just as his Vietnam-bound older brother has done before him. He has to be a man, after all. But at sixteen, how can he be sure of himself when he’s not...
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- The Grade Six Survival Guide
2020
EN
Jesse is in his final year of primary school and should be living it up as one of the 'Kings', but he can't even get his Prep buddy to follow school rules. A hilarious story of being undervalued and over everything for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire.It's the first day of school and I've already got three problems:Mrs Leeman is my classroom teacher. She's so ancient she taught my dad.I m...
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- Violet Investigates
2014
EN
Meet Violet Remy-Robinson, an amateur Sherlock Holmes in the making...When a new family move in next door, Violet is sure there's something strange about them. Then her eccentric, but lovely neighbour, Dee Dee Derota, has a precious jewel stolen. Could the new family be to blame? Violet is on the case to uncover the truth…With a beautiful hardback package complete with two colour illustrations throughout by emerging talent, Becka Moore, everyone is bound to fall in love with ...











