Category Archives: Accessories
Stories from Moominvalley
Stories From Moominvalley is a beautiful collection of three classic Moomin stories, based on Tove Jansson`s original works.Join Moomintroll, his charming family and his eclectic band of friends on a series of adventures in a picturesque land where anything can happen: a father can be washed away in a flood, electric Hattifatteners can appear on
The Darkest Dark
A pull-out Glow-in-the-Dark poster! is included with this new picture book of The Darkest Dark by astronaut Chris Hadfield, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.โ€While I was growing up, the Moon helped light the path to my dreams. But it was on a hot July night that my dreamy thoughts became real.
The Harpy
`Brilliant . . . A deeply unsettling, excellent read` – Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under `A potent contemporary fable . . . riveting` – Guardian`Genuinely thrilling . . . one long beautiful scream` – Evie WyldLucy lives with her husband Jake and their two boys. Her life is devoted to her children, her days
The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley
A stunning and classic picture book, with a special textured cover, The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley is the perfect gift for Moomin fans of all ages.In Moominvalley everyone is welcome. So when Too-ticky arrives with an unusually invisible guest, Ninny, the Moomins endeavor to make their guest feel at home, armed with remedies to gently
My First Touch and Find Christmas
It`s time to celebrate Christmas! Lift the giant flaps to reveal the pictures and touch lots of exciting textures. Feel a reindeer`s fluffy coat, a crunchy snowman and Santa`s bushy beard! Bright and friendly illustrations by Mr. Iwi bring the festive scenes to life, and with something to spot or count on every page, each
In The City
Join Lucy and Oscar as they set off on a big adventure in this perfect first introduction to busy city life. What amazing things will you spot?The city wakes up and the streets begin to buzz with hustle and bustle. Bright lights flash, vehicles whizz past and bridges reach across the river carrying traffic to
Everybody Needs Beauty: In Search of the Nature Cure
`Beautifully written, intimate and intellectually fascinating` Nathan Filer`This book represents, genuinely, a moment of ground-breaking importance for how we think about nature, access and wellbeing in late capitalism` Dr Alice Tarbuck `Impeccably researched . . . A call to us all to find a place within the simplicity and complexity of nature` Lara Maiklem, bestselling
There`s No Such Thing as an Easy Job
`Surreal and unsettling` OBSERVER CULTURAL HIGHLIGHT`Wise, comical and exceptionally relatable` ZEBA TALKHANI `Quietly hilarious and deeply attuned to the uncanny rhythms and deadpan absurdity of the daily grind` SHARLENE TEOA woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that requires no reading, no writing – and ideally, very little thinking.She is sent to
Bone China: The perfect book club read
A Daphne Du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast, from the award-winning author of The Silent Companions.`Du Maurier-tastic` GUARDIAN`Deliciously sinister` HEAT `A clever, creepy read` SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft`s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot
`It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it` PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW`My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect … Essential reading` ELIZABETH GILBERTAll too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic
Rumble, Rumble, Dinosaur
Rumble, rumble, dinosaur!Wake up dinos near and farJoin the fun with a whole host of different dinosaurs throughout the course of one exciting day in the jungle … from the friendly brontosaurus to swooping pterodactyls, the gigantic stegosaurus, and of course the FEARSOME T. Rex. Add to that a text to read aloud to the
Market Garden Major & Mrs Holt`s Battle Map
An accompaniment to the best-selling guide to the area, now sold separately.
Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present`A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means` Yuval Noah Harari`One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down` Susan CainThe work we
Harry Potter – Hogwarts: A Movie Scrapbook
Every year, students clamber aboard the Hogwarts Express at platform nine and three-quarters and make their way to Hogwarts for the start of another school year. In the atmospheric castle and its vast grounds, they learn how to brew potions and cast spells, how to tend magical creatures and defend themselves from dark magic.This magical
Bear`s Scare
Bear likes to keep his house clean and tidy. In fact, the only thing Bear loves more than cleaning is taking care of his small stuffed friend, Henry.Then Bear sees a sticky spiderweb … and where there`s a web, a spider can`t be far behind! But when Bear and Henry go looking for their messy
Fox 8
An enchanting and darkly comic fable of human greed and nature, from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, exquisitely illustrated by Chelsea CardinalFox 8 has always been curious, and a bit of a daydreamer. And, by hiding outside houses at dusk and listening to children`s bedtime stories, he has learned to
A God in Every Stone
By the winner of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018Shortlisted for the Baileys Women`s Prize for FictionSummer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about brotherhood and
Salt and Saffron
By the acclaimed winner of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018The Dard-e-Dils are characterised by their prominent clavicles and love of stories. Aliya may not have inherited her family`s patrician looks, but she is prey to their legends that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. There is a sting to most of these
