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Alison Jay's beautiful wordless picture book shows what happens when a bee flies in through the window of a grey city apartment. The growing friendship between the bee and the girl brings about a transformation of the city. The nature tips at the back underline the importance of the bumble bee in our natural world and show young readers how they can help to safeguard its future. Nominated for the Kate Greenaway prize 2017, this is a picture book to explore over and over again. Signed bookplates available when ordering from this site - please specify at checkout if you'd like one in your book. HARDBACK EDITION currently unavailable ‘Every time you look at this book, you will find something new to enjoy and explore in the illustrations.’ - North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award ‘There isn’t a single word in this book but every picture speaks volumes…tells you all you need to know about the life cycle of the bee and why they are so important…we can’t recommend this book highly enough’ - @thebookbag A little girl who lives in a town, befriends a bee which takes her on a magical journey of discovery and to an action that each and every child can take, to aid in conservation of the mighty bumble bee.’ - The Woodland Wife Alison Jay’s Bee & Me beautifully – and wordlessly – introduces concepts of conservation when a child encounters a bee on her apartment windowsill.’ - North and South, Australia Download classroom notes for this title A three-week course with lesson plans and activities has been produced for reception classes by Rising Stars - available to browse and buy here: https://www.risingstars-uk.com/subjects/english-language/read-in-to-writing/reception-and-key-stage-1/bee-and-me Watch Alison's animation of the story here: And World Book Day have enhanced the animation and added some prompts here Buy from other sites: Bookshop.org LoveReading4Kids Amazon

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If you love someone, read to them! Madeline Finn has a brand new puppy and lots of responsibilities. She has to walk Star, and feed him, and make sure he has a safe place to sleep. But, she learns, the most important thing is love. So when Madeline Finn visits and animal shelter, she has lots of questions about the dogs who live there. Do they get to play outside? Do they get to sleep under blankets? Does anyone read to them? Does anyone tell them they love them? Madeline Finn is determined to help the shelter dogs. But can she find a way to make each one of them feel special? With the help of some friends and a few good books, she just may discover that even small people can make a big difference. A beautiful picture book about caring for animals (and sharing the love of reading) from the author of Madeline Finn and the Library Dog. Lisa Papp was inspired to write these books by her local library's 'Read to Dogs' programme and many of the dogs she has illustrated once lived on the streets or in shelters. Signed bookplate and bookmarks available 32pp paperback; 286 x 248mm; suitable for ages 4 - 7 years Also available to buy from these sites: Amazon Bookshop.org Waterstones ISBN 9781910646885

Madeline Finn and the Rescue Dog

A moving story of family, love and loss, from one of Australia's greatest storytellers. Nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024. Fifteen year-old twins Alex and Emily are coping in very different ways with the news that their father has a terminal illness. Alex is constructing an ever-more elaborate treehouse in the tree loved by the lorikeets in their reforested clifftop garden; Emily puts her grief onto the page in a writing assignment for school. But when Alex breaks the unwritten nature-friendly family code by secretly adopting a kitten, their grief threatens to divide the teens for ever. Paul Jennings, described by Australian Book Review as 'Arguably Australia's greatest living children's author', tackles some strong themes with the deft touch of the master storyteller in this full-length teen novel. This is a beautiful story told in a very unique way. I want to tell you its secrets, but I won’t, because discovering them is part of this literary journey and I don’t want to spoil it for you. But I will say this isn’t a typical start to end book. It won’t be exactly what you expect... I am forever changed after reading it, and you will be too. And isn’t that what we hope for when we open a book? – KidsBookReview blog Read an extract here Teacher's Notes may be downloaded here 192pp; 208 x 128mm; 9781910646878

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The Lorikeet Tree

A heart-stopping collaboration between two award-winning Australian authors, bringing the mythology of the past into a dystopian future. Runner-up (Honour Book) Children’s Book Council Australia Book of the Year 2023 Shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards and Western Australia Premier’s Prize 2023 Buy on this site or here. Teacher's notes available to download here. Read an extract here and read BellisdoesBooks Q and A with the authors here The first dual-voice teen novel from acclaimed authors Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble. The Raven's Song alternates between the stories of Phoenix, who lives in a near-future world impacted by climate change and a devastating pandemic; and Shelby, one hundred years in the future in a post-pandemic, post-pollution, post-city world where each community is exactly three hundred and fifty people sustainably subsisting on seven hundred hectares. In Phoenix's contemporary urban world, climate change and pollution have distorted weather systems and infected children are being cryogenically frozen to give the government enough time to find a cure that will save them. This is only supposed to take a few years, at most: meanwhile each child has a box put together for them with all their favourite things, so their families can talk and read to them, and so they can have them close by when they wake up. Among the infected children is Phoenix – his box contains a seed journal as well as a collection of letters to no one. In Shelby's future world, she finds the forgotten children in an abandoned city when she ventures out from her rural egg farm. The batteries are degenerating, and the children will die unless she wakes them. But when Phoenix is awoken, danger returns. The children will have to work together to locate a cure, and find a way to a better future. Watch Bren and Zana read from the book, talk about their remote collaboration – and set you a collaborative writing exercise, on our Youtube video https://youtu.be/iEX-xdlASnY Press: download the press release here or contact liz@lizscottpr.co.uk for further information Format: HB; jacketed; 198 x 128mm; 288pp; £12.99; ISBN: 9781910646816 Paperback: £7.99; ISBN 9781910646854 Age range: 9/10 - 13/14 years

The Raven's Song

Hardback with jacket

The Times Book of the Week; Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week Nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medals 2023 A family mix-up means Louie has to tag along with his engineer father and his team as they head for a routine job in the farthest flung and most neglected province of the Federation. A massive earthquake, with ensuing tsunami, devastates the entire isolated coastal region, laying bare the other-worldly manner in which the silent and strange Endlanders deal with life, death and the hinterlands of memory and loss. Their curious and unsettling ways raise ghosts for Louie, who has recently lost his own brother. This modern fable – part ghost-story, part coming-of-age novel and part astute social and family observation – explores the ways in which grief can affect not only individuals, but communities at large. Former Children's Laureate Anne Fine has written over seventy books for children and has twice won the Carnegie Medal. She began to write to entertain herself when she was unable to get to the library in a snowstorm, and she hasn't stopped since. Her writing very often tackles serious social issues but can also be laugh-out-loud funny and her range is demonstrated by the successes of Madame Doubtfire and Goggle Eyes. Read an extract here or watch Anne introducing the book in our video Read Anne's blog for BookTrust here Download our press release here Download the Discussion Guide here Hardback with jacket; ISBN: 9781910646779 Paperback edition ISBN 9781910646823 Suitable for ages 10 - 14yrs and upwards.

Aftershocks, by Anne Fine

Hardcover

How far would you go to get back home? 'Deeply empathetic, Boy Everywhere is essential reading. Once started, it is not easy to put down; once finished, it's not easy to forget' - North Somerset Teacher's Award 13 Year-old Sami loves his friends, football, PlayStation and iPad. But a bombing in a shopping mall changes his life. Sami and his family flee their comfortable home in Damascus to make the perilous and painful journey towards a new life in the UK. Leaving everything behind, Sami discovers a world he'd never encountered – harsh, dangerous, but also at times unexpectedly kind and hopeful. Winner, Little Rebels Award, Nominated for the Carnegie Medal and Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award, amongst others. Read an extract here UK teacher's resource prepared by Manchester Metropolitan University / Manchester Children's Book Festival available to download here. National Literacy Trust Teacher Guide here and Pupil Sheet here Audio edition from Bolinda Audio. Available to buy on these sites or from your local indie via Litalist Waterstones Foyles Hive Bookshop.org BookwagonUK Blackwells Amazon WHSmith Books etc Add it to Goodreads here 288pp; PB; ISBN 9781910646649; eBook widely available (9781910646656) Buy from Amazon UK here

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