Children reading books

Half term
book reading...

Trying to keep the children entertained in the school holidays can be very stressful. So Waterstone’s at The Trafford Centre have done all the leg work to bring you four recommended new released books which should keep the kids quiet for an hour or two.


 

Small Knight and George by Ronda Armitage
For young children £5.99

Small Knight and George by Ronda ArmitageSmall knight doesn't want to fight a dragon, he wants to stay at home and play kick-a-ball with his friends. He doesn't even know what a dragon looks like. But it's what big brave knights do, so he sets out on his quest. As he travels the land on his trusty steed, he sees the havoc a dragon can wreak! But what happens when he finally comes face to face with one?

 

 

My Brother's Famous Bottom Goes Camping by Jeremy Strong
Age 7+ £4.99

My Brother's Famous Bottom Goes Camping by Jeremy StrongNicholas' dad has had an idea - always a cue for disaster! This time he's planning to take the whole family camping. Sounds great, but Tomato is taking her pet carrot (don't ask) and Cheese is smuggling his pet hen into the camping van, while Granny and Lancelot are planning on bringing the goat ...How much chaos can one family cause! ‘Every bit as silly and delightful as all the rest’.

 

 

 

 

 

Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle
Age 9+ £9.99

Toby Alone by Timothee de FombelleToby Lolness is just one and a half millimetres tall, and he's the most wanted person in his world, the great oak Tree. When Toby's father makes a ground-breaking discovery, tapping into the very heart of the Tree's energy, he also realises that exploiting it could do permanent damage to their world. Refusing to reveal the secret of his invention to an enraged community, the family is exiled. But one man is determined to get hold of the forbidden knowledge...and his plan is to destroy the Tree. Now Toby's parents have been imprisoned. Only Toby has managed to escape, but for how long?

 

 

 

Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper
Older children £8.99

Newes from the Dead by Mary HooperIn 1650 Anne Green, a young servant girl, gave birth prematurely to an illegitimate child. Sadly the baby died and poor Anne was falsely accused of infanticide. In front of a large crowd she was hanged and then carried to the College of Physicians to be dissected for medical science. But as Anne's corpse lay on the table and the doctors assembled, a strange rattle was heard in her throat. Could she still be alive?

 

 

 

 

 

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