Children's Books

  • Archie

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    Domenica More Gordon
    Hardback

    Archie leads a quiet life with his faithful pet - until one day, he gets a sewing machine and discovers a remarkable talent for tailoring. Word spreads, the phone starts ringing, and soon every dog in the park wants to wear his co-ordinating canine couture.

  • Harvey Angell

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    Diana Hendry
    Paperback

    There's a mysterious, magical new lodger at gloomy 131 Ballantyre Road: Harvey Angell, whose bright beaming, thousand-watt smile can somehow cheer the most miserable people - even cross, penny-pinching Aunt Agatha!

  • Harvey Angell And The Ghost Child

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    Diana Hendry
    Paperback

    Since the arrival of Harvey Angell at 131 Ballantyre Road, life is a little bit brighter for orphan Henry - even mean old Aunt Agatha isn't quite so miserable these days. Still, when she agrees to take everyone on holiday, Henry can't believe his luck. For the first time ever, he's about to see the sea.

  • Harvey Angell Beats Time

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    Diana Hendry
    Paperback

    When Henry finds a strange baby hidden among the flowers in Aunt Agatha's garden, it looks like another adventure is in store - especially when little Sweetheart sprouts antennae! But when a host of ghostly women begin to haunt 131 Ballantyre Road, Henry and his new friend Rosie know this is a job for the magical Harvey Angell.

  • Life According To -- Alice B. Lovely

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    Karen McCombie
    Paperback

    Edie is sick of being treated like a kid, she doesn't need a babysitter! And then along comes the strange, the shy, the captivating Alice B. Lovely. Suddenly Edie shakes off her cynicism, Stan gets giddy and giggly and even Mum and Dad relax once Alice is around, spinning her tales and coming up with left-field babysitting fun.

  • Ping!

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    Chae Strathie
    Paperback

    When a strange little creature called Ping arrives one day at Evie's house, the two quickly become friends. Ping loves going to the playground and to Evie's school and Evie loves having a best friend that she can share everything with.

  • The Rhyming Rabbit

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    Julia Donaldson
    Pbk. + CD

    Poor old Rhyming Rabbit is feeling lonely and left out. None of his fellow rabbits appreciate his carefully thought-out poems. And as for the other woodland animals? They just tell him to be quiet. Then one starry night he meets someone who shares his enthusiasm for poetry.

  • A Taillear Of Gloucester

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    Beatrix Potter
    Hardback

    'The Tailor of Gloucester' was a true story of a tailor who left unsewn pieces of coat in his shop and found that the garment had been mysteriously finished for him in the night. It turned out that the real tailor's assistants were his apprentices, but in Beatrix's version, the secret helpers are little mice.

  • Zog

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    Julia Donaldson
    Pbk. + CD

    Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He's also the most accident-prone. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help him with his toughest test - capturing a princess?

  • Hide And Seek

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    Catherine MacPhail
    Paperback

    Nicola wants to scare the new girl, Destiny, so she and her gang stay overnight in the school. Destiny doesn't realise that all the stories about the school being haunted are made up. Or are they?

  • The New Girl

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    Mary Hooper
    Paperback

    Kirsty and her best friend Bethan fall out and new girl Carly starts to follow her around, copying her and even hanging round her boyfriend.

  • Olivia's Enchanted Summer

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    Lyn Gardner
    Paperback

    Olivia and her friends are going to be spending August in Edinburgh, home to the world-famous Fringe Festival. They can't wait to get there, to stay in the beautiful city and soak up the festival atmosphere. But the run doesn't go smoothly. There's a thief in their midst who's determined to steal the show.

  • Red, White & Black

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    Matt Cartney
    Paperback

    For 67 years, the wreckage of an aeroplane has lain scattered on a remote Norwegian mountainside. But when Danny and his uncle, Angus, discover that secret wartime documents are rumoured to have been in the plane, they decide to investigate, and set in motion a chain of events that could spell disaster for thousands.

  • Running From The Rainbow

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    Karen McCombie
    Paperback

    Rosie Roberts has a secret. So when she moves to a new school, she's desperate not to draw too much attention to herself. But things aren't so easy when your mum is the popular new teacher everyone is talking about.

  • Sgeulachd Thomais Piseag

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    Beatrix Potter
    Hardback

    This is a Gaelic translation of 'The Tale of Tom Kitten'. Potter shows Tom and his sisters living in a farmhouse and getting into mischeif amongst the flowers of the beautiful cottage.

  • Three's A Crowd

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    Jo Cotterill
    Paperback

    Molly's been asked on two dates with two very different boys, but she can't make up her mind who she likes best. Luckily, her best friend Ben is on hand to help her decide.

  • Wee MacNessie

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    Pauline Mackay
    Paperback

    A story about Wee MacNessie who lives in Loch Ness.