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      Slide and See Animals
      
      Slide and See Books
      
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      An engaging board book for very young children, with sliding panels to reveal images hiding below. Babies will love moving the sliders to make a bush baby...
      
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      First Questions & Answers: Why do we need worms?
      
      First Questions and Answers
      
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      Worms are so much more than wiggly minibeasts. This bold, bright and brilliant book delves underground, discovering what worms do all day (and night),...
      
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      Get That Monster Out Of Here!
      
      Peculiar Pop-Ups
      
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      £12.99
      
      You'd better not open the flaps, because the monsters might get out! There's a hilarious beastie waiting to jump out from behind each flap in this irresistible...
      
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      Spotter's Cards Flags of the World
      
      Spotter's Cards
      
      Age: 7+
      
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      56 double-sided cards show the flag of every independent country in the world. Each flag is accompanied by country data, from capital cities to currencies....
      
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      Royal Blood
      
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      PRAISE FOR ROYAL BLOOD: "Royal Blood is The Princess Diaries meets What A Girl Wants meets Gossip Girl." CULTUREFLY "An...
      
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      Where Sleeping Girls Lie
      
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      AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. Where Sleeping Girls Lie is a haunting and compulsive new Dark Academia mystery of secrets, lies...
      
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      Twinkly Twinkly Christmas Tree
      
      Usborne Twinkly Books
      
      Age: 6+ months
      
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      Children - and adults - will love the twinkly lights that light up as you turn the pages and follow the story in this book. Mouse has no Christmas lights,...
      
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      Sticker Dolly Dressing Dolls
      
      Sticker Dolly Dressing
      
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      Discover the magical world of Sticker Dolly Dressing!Dress the dolls and choose accessories for a variety of occasions. Join the dolls...
      
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      24 Hours in the Stone Age
      
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      Join a young cave-dweller for a day, as she goes hunting, makes her own stone tools and creates amazing cave art. Learn all about the...
      
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      First Questions and Answers: What is a Virus?
      
      First Questions and Answers
      
      Age: 4+
      
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      Our lives have been taken over by a tiny virus we can't even see. But what IS a virus? How do viruses spread? Why should everyone keep washing their hands?...
      
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      That's not my Christmas fairy...
      
      THAT'S NOT MY®
      
      Age: 3+ months
      
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      Enjoy Christmas with five colourful fairies in this delightful title in the well-loved That's not my... series. Babies and toddlers will love exploring...
      
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      Early Years Wipe-Clean Ready for Writing
      
      Usborne Early Years Wipe-clean
      
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      Perfect preparation for starting school, this fun book helps children develop pen control and practise essential pre-writing and writing skills taught...
      
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      Write Your Own Story Book
      
      Write Your Own
      
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      A fantastic write-in book that helps children learn to write their own stories. Includes lots of different writing activities including a fictional...
      
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      The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre
      
      The Bastien Bonlivre Adventures
      
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      The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap. Bastien wasn't sure which, but with no other choice, he stepped inside...and hoped he'd make it...
      
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      Lift-the-Flap Looking After Our Planet
      
      Lift-the-flap
      
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      £10.99
      
      A bright, impactful book, explaining simply and effectively what's going wrong with our planet and what we can all do to help - from reducing greenhouse...
      
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      Unhurry Book
      
      Unhurry
      
      Age: 8+
      
      £8.99
      
      Now breathe.and relax. This write-in activity book is all about taking a little time to breathe, focus and be calm, with the help of some friendly sloths....
      
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      100 Paper Dragons to Fold and Fly
      
      Fold and Fly
      
      Age: 6+
      
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      100 decorated tear-out sheets to fold into dragon-themed paper gliders, including fearsome fire-breathers, many-headed monsters, scaly sea serpents, a...
      
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      Peep Inside a Fairy Tale The Snow Queen
      
      Peep Inside a Fairy Tale
      
      Age: 3+
      
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      Peep through the pages of this classic story to follow Gerda on her magical journey to rescue her friend Kay from the evil Snow Queen. With delicate cutaway...
      
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      Maths Scribble Book
      
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      Scribble your way through this jam-packed activity book, from inventing your own currency to designing symmetrical shapes and creating maths magic tricks....
      
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      'Twas the Night before Christmas
      
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      Age: 2+
      
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      'Twas the Night Before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.' The traditional and much-loved Christmas...
      
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      Forgotten Fairy Tales: The Sleeping Prince
      
      Young Reading Series 1
      
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      A brave princess goes on an epic quest. Surviving the terrible dangers of a forest that no man is brave enough to enter she reaches an enchanted castle...
      
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The Fights That Make Us

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Proud of Me

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