Lovereading.co.uk Top Ten
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Girls are Best Sandi Toksvig Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 13 November 2008. Women gladiators, women in the Bayeaux Tapestry, women inventors, Sandi Toksvig uncovers them all in her light hearted approach to the serious message of this book – women have ...Download free opening extract |
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Kate Summerscale Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 4 December 2008. This reads like a first rate crime novel but is in fact an analysis of real life events. It's so good it won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction ... Download free opening extract |
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Slapstick Roger Mcgough Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 October 2008. The poems of Roger McGough are always a joy to read and accompanied by fantastic illustrations this is a book you will want to open up again and again ... Download free opening extract |
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars Gervase PhinnFeatured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 4 December 2008. A delightful anthology with stories taken from Phinn's books about his teaching in the Dales but also some of his poems from his popular poetry books for kids. We ... Download free opening extract |
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Child 44 Tom Rob Smith March 2008 Debut of the Month.Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2008. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2008.Costa Book Awards 2008 Judges' comment: "This gripping, unputdownable thriller is an exciting new addition to the genre." This is a ... Download free opening extract |
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Past-it Notes Maureen LipmanFeatured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 27 November 2008. This is a collection of some of Maureen Lipman's best writing, taken from previous books along with new stories and anecdotes. Some of the old stories are reworked here ... Download free opening extract |
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The Business Martina Cole Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 13 November 2008. Another gem from the queen of gritty East End crime novels. Set at the end of the 70’s and moving up to the present day following the Dooley family. ...Download free opening extract |
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If You Don't Know Me by Now Sathnam Sanghera Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2008.Costa Book Awards 2008 Judges' comment: "Quietly witty, engrossing and tragicomic - this insight into parallel culture in Britain today is the poignant story of an exceptional family that everyone should read." ...Download free opening extract |
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Ferney James Long April 2008 Book of the Month. I fell in love with this book when it was first published in 1997. It did moderately well but not as well as it should. I think one of the problems was that up ... Download free opening extract |
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Twilight (Twilight Saga Book 1) Stephenie Meyer Deeply seductive and irresistibly compelling, this is an extraordinary love story that will stay with you long after you’ve finished it. It’s the first in the Twilight series and is a captivating sage of vampire romance. ... Download free opening extract |
Lovereading4kids.co.uk Top Ten
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Power Of Five: Necropolis Anthony Horowitz Yet again Anthony Horowitz has come up trumps with an edge-of-the-seat thriller with some brilliantly spun twists that will keep you guessing right up to the very end. The female protagonist is brilliantly portrayed - the first time, we think ... Download free opening extract |
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Before I Die Jenny Downham Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don't read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would ... Download free opening extract |
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A Christmas Carol with A Christmas Tree (illustrated by Robert Ingpen) Charles Dickens This gorgeous and sumptuously illustrated new edition of the completely unabridged A Christmas Carol is an absolute dream of a gift. The illustrations are by the award-winning artist Robert Ingpen who has successfully captured the atmosphere of Victorian London and ... Download free opening extract |
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Yuck's Supercool Snotman Matt And Dave Loved by boys and girls of 5+ but particularly boys. Two horribly disgusting adventures will be found within the covers of this latest Yuck adventure - Yuck's Supercool Snotman and Yuck's Dream machine. Seriously yuckable but utterly spellbinding. ... Download free opening extract |
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil Wiley Miller A wonderful debut from an incredibly talented wordsmith and illustrator. Fans of The Wizard of Oz and James and the Giant Peach will love Basil and his erstwhile adventures. Basil is an ordinary boy living a very ordinary life in a lighthouse, ... Download free opening extract |
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The Birthday Book Michael Morpurgo This is a sumptuous collection of stories and verse compiled by Michael Morpurgo, beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake and published in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children and Arts and to celebrate the Prince of Wales's 60th birthday. It's ... Download free opening extract |
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Revolting Rhymes Roald Dahl Age 6+ A brilliant collection of comic and often gory versions of popular fairy tales. ... Download free opening extract |
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Whitaker's World Of Weird Tracey Turner Attractively produced, this is a neat pocket book stuffed full of extraordinary facts about all kinds of unusual things. Set against a background of strong photographic images, the sections in this book cover many things including Weird Encounters, Weird Behaviour ... Download free opening extract |
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A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel (Quick Text) Charles Dickens This is the full story in quick modern English for a fast-paced read. The original Christmas tale is brought to life in this colourful graphic novel adaptation. It is the second Charles Dickens title from Classical Comics and probably his ... Download free opening extract |
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Santa's Littlest Helper Travels The World Anu Stohner Curl up on those cold starry winter nights and enjoy a magical Christmas story with Santa's littlest helper who saves the day when everyone around him gets ill. It's a Christmas story with a twist and with some stunningly colourful ... Download free opening extract |
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