Escape From Pompeii
By: Christina Balit
3.56
Format: None pages,
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 meant death for most of the Roman citizens living in Pompei…
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1. A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
By: Charles Dickens , Michael Slater
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. 'Merry Christmas!...every idiot who goes abo… read more
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"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when the Great Creator was a child himself."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"... Any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness!"-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"The air was filled with phantoms... and... the misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power forever."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
2. The Romans: Gods, Emperors, and Dormice
By: Marcia Williams
3.94
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
With her signature comic-strip style, Marcia Williams takes us behind the scenes of some of ancient… read more
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- history
- childrens
- picture books
- ancient history
- nonfiction
3. The Dark
By: Lemony Snicket , Jon Klassen
4.08
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark is not afraid of Laszlo. Laszlo lives in a house. The da… read more
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"Without the dark, everything would be light, and you would never know if you needed a lightbulb."-Lemony Snicket, The Dark
"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by."-Lemony Snicket, The Dark
"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That's why the dark is always close by. The dark peeks around the corner and waits behind the door, and you can see the dark up in …"-Lemony Snicket, The Dark
4. Bill's New Frock
By: Anne Fine
3.76
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
One morning, almost as if in a dream, Billy wakes up to find that he has turned into a girl! His mo… read more
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- childrens
- school
5. The Iron Man
By: Ted Hughes , Tom Gauld
3.89
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction caused by the Iron Man. A trap is set for him, … read more
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"If you're all so peaceful up there, how did you get such greedy and cruel ideas?" The dragon was silent for a long time after this question. And at last he said: "It just came over me. I don't know w…"-Ted Hughes, The Iron Man
"He picked up a greasy black stove and chewed it like a toffee. There were delicious crumbs of chrome on it. He followed that with a double-decker bedstead and the brass knobs made his eyes crackle wi…"-Ted Hughes, The Iron Man
6. Flood
By: Alvaro F. Vila
3.94
Format: 42 pages, Unknown Binding
A beautiful wordless picture book about the effects of a flood on a family and their home. read more
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7. The Girl of Ink and Stars
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
3.68
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more
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"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars
8. Gingerbread Baby
By: Jan Brett
4.21
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
Remember how the Gingerbread Boy is eaten by the fox? Well, not this Gingerbread Baby in a deliciou… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
9. Black Dog
By: Levi Pinfold
3.75
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one's… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
10. Funnybones
By: Allan Ahlberg , Janet Ahlberg
3.68
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
The classic and beloved Funnybones by children's book superstars Janet and Allan Ahlberg. In this, … read more
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11. Stone Age Boy
By: Satoshi Kitamura
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Step back 15,000 years as a modern boy enters a Stone Age village and learns a few prehistoric tric… read more
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- picture books
- history
- childrens
12. Treason
By: Berlie Doherty
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
Adventure, friendship, treason, and betrayal--a rich and exciting historical novel of the Tudor per… read more
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- childrens
13. Varjak Paw (Varjak Paw #1)
By: Dave McKean , S.F. Said
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mesopotamian Blue cat, Varjak Paw, has never been Outside before; he and his family have always liv… read more
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15. The Island at the End of Everything
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
3.77
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
From the author of the bestselling tale The Girl of Ink & Starscomes a beautiful new adventure abou… read more
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16. Escape From Pompeii
By: Christina Balit
3.56
Format: None pages,
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 meant death for most of the Roman citizens living in Pompei… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
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18. How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)
By: Cressida Cowell
3.52
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as "t… read more
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19. The Egyptian Cinderella
By: Ruth Heller , Shirley Climo
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Climo has woven this ancient tale, a mixture of fact and myth, with clarity and eloquence. The bea… read more
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20. Flotsam
By: David Wiesner
3.96
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything fl… read more
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21. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
22. The Boy at the Back of the Class
By: Onjali Q. Raúf
4.39
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more
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"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class
23. Love as Always, Mum xxx
By: Mae West
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The true story of an abused childhood, of shocking brutality and life as the daughter of notorious … read more
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24. The Passenger
By: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
3.95
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing a… read more
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25. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)
By: Hannah Gold
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more
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26. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
By: Mac Barnett
4.26
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question. … read more
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27. Spaceboy
By: David Walliams
4.13
Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition
Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic ad… read more
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28. Rosenshine's Principles in Action
By: Tom Sherrington
4.28
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
Bridging research and classroom practice, Barack Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction are widely … read more
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- school
29. Can You See Me?
By: Libby Scott
4.28
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more
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"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?
30. King Charles (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 97)
By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
3.91
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
* As featured in The New York Times * From the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-sell… read more
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31. Nen and the Lonely Fisherman
By: Ian Eagleton
4.30
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A modern adaptation of a classic ‘little mermaid’ tale, Nen and the Lonely Fisherman tells the stor… read more
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