Jonny Duddle(Templar) Captain Purplebeard and his crew of scary-looking pirates are hungry for treasure so when a gaunt-looking fiddle player wanders into the inn they are “refreshing” themselves at, singing about a buried treasure on a mysterious desert island, this grabs their attention straight away and they start dreaming about what they might do with such a find. …
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Have You Ever Seen A Sneep?
Tasha Pym (text) & Joel Stewart (illustrations)(Picture Corgi) How is a little boy supposed to enjoy a grand day out when every time he ventures out for something fun to do, he is rudely interrupted by some very mischievous creature? Poor Oscar can’t seem to catch a break! First it’s the Sneep spoiling his rather …
Morris the Mankiest Monster
Giles Andreae (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations)(David Fickling Books) Meet Morris: He feeds off the snotty green bogiesThat lurk up his big hairy noseAnd sometimes he nibbles the poisonous mouldWhich he scrapes off the ends of his toes Revolting isn’t it? This book claims to be the most revolting book of the year, and it’s …
Blood Hunters
Steve Voake(Faber & Faber Children’s Books) In the middle of the Mexican jungle a small scientific team prepares to embark on an exploration of the world’s deepest sinkhole; a naturally-formed underwater shaft, the bottom of which no one has ever reached. What they are about to discover could change the world forever.Three thousand miles away, …