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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

A D Swanston

A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

A J Pollard

A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

A L Berridge

Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

A L Gaylin

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

A S Webb

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. A. Gill

A. A. Milne

A. Anatoli

A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

A. B. Poranek

A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

A. Igoni Barrett

The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

A. J. A. Symons

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Hot Wheels

Can you find the coolest cars on the course? 
 
Try and spot the Muscle Speeder™ with its supercharged engine, the ferocious jaws of the Shark Bite™ and the Bone Shaker™ with its fiery skull. This colourful Hot Wheels™ search-and-find book is packed with over 140 things to find as you race towards the finish line, with extra pit stop puzzles on each racetrack. 
 
Ready, get set . . . GO! 
 
Raced through the Search and Find? Try: Hot Wheels™: Sticker Book for more epic thrill seeking!

Hot Wheels: The Big Race

Search and Find

Piñata Smashlings

Enter the Piñataverse and search for your favourite Piñata Smashlings characters! 
 
Find wise Piñatas, scheming Meañatas, bitter Bashlings and there's LOTS of adorable, cheeky Smashlings for you to spot. Search the magical Rainbow River and the dark and dingy Swamplands in this jam-packed search-and-find activity book. 
 
With over 140 things to spot, this book is perfect for keeping the biggest Piñata Smashlings fans busy. 
 
Don't miss these other Piñata Smashlings books: 
Piñata Smashlings: Smashlings Collector's Guide 
Piñata Smashlings: The Official 2025 Annual 
Piñata Smashlings: Super Stickers

Piñata Smashlings Where’s that Smashling?: A Search-and-Find Book

An all new Piñata Smashlings activity book with over 400 SUPER stickers! 
 
This bumper book is packed with 400 stickers of Piñatas, Meañatas, Bashlings and LOTS of adorable, cheeky Smashlings as well as lots of activities to keep fans of the Piñataverse busy for hours! 
 
Get stuck in! 
 
Don’t miss these other Piñata Smashlings books: 
Piñata Smashlings: Smashlings Collector’s Guide 
Piñata Smashlings: The Official 2025 Annual 
Piñata Smashlings: Where’s that Smashling? A Search-and-Find Book

Piñata Smashlings: Super Stickers

Ladybird

This colourful activity book, featuring six friendly animal students in Ladybird Class, helps children practice phonics. 
 
Perfect for fun at-home learning, this activity book will help build your child's confidence with reading and writing two-letter and three-letter sounds. Children will practise writing words in different contexts and learn about phonics, syllables and common tricky words, while gradually building on what they have already learned. 
 
This book includes lots of fun writing games and activities, as well as helpful parent notes and activity answers to support learning and give children a sense of achievement. 
 
A perfect follow-on title to First Words: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-Clean Activity Book 3-5 years.

Phonics Practice: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book (5-7 years)

Ideal for home learning (KS1)

Addition and Subtraction: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn about grammar! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, First Grammar has been developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to read and write. Through introducing tenses, adjectives and synonyms in an age-appropriate way, this book helps budding young writers to develop their skills. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, First Grammar is perfect for encouraging children to develop their writing skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
First Punctuation: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years 
Phonics Practice: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

First Grammar: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they discover multiplication! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practice new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, First Multiplication is developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to multiply and divide. From multiplying and dividing in 2s, 5s and 10s to using number sentences in different contexts, this is the perfect introduction to multiplication for your little one. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, First Multiplication is perfect for encouraging children to use their early maths skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years. 
Addition and Subtraction: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years.

First Multiplication: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn about punctuation! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, First Punctuation has been developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to read and write. From introducing the full stop to learning about capital letters, this book helps budding young writers to develop their skills. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, First Punctuation is perfect for encouraging children to develop their writing skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
First Spelling: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years 
First Grammar: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

First Punctuation: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn to spell! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they develop new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, First Spelling has been written and developed by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to spell lots of different words. From learning about plurals to understanding silent letters, this is the perfect book for budding young writers. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, First Spelling is perfect for encouraging children to use their writing skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Handwriting Practice: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years 
Addition and Subtraction: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

First Spelling: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they practise their handwriting! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they develop new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Handwriting Practice has been written and developed by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to write lower-case and capital letters. From practising forming letters to creating sentences, this book is perfect for budding young writers. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Handwriting Practice is perfect for encouraging children to use their writing skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years 
First Spelling: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Handwriting Practice: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn problem-solving skills! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practice new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Maths Problem-Solving is developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to start solving maths problems. From introducing measurements and sequences to numerical patterns, this is the perfect introduction to problem-solving skills for your little one. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Maths Problem-Solving is perfect for encouraging children to use their early maths skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Addition and Subtraction: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years. 
First Multiplication: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years.

Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn to use mental maths! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Mental Maths is developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to use mental maths. From using number sequences to estimating and discovering patterns, this is the perfect introduction to mental arithmetic skills for your little one. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Mental Maths is perfect for encouraging children to use their early mental arithmetic skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years. 
First Multiplication: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years.

Mental Maths: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn to tell the time! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Tell the Time has been developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to tell the time. From reading analogue clock faces to learning about seasons and calendars, this is the ideal introduction to time for your little one. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Tell the Time is perfect for encouraging children to use their time-telling skills. 
 
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Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years 
Addition and Subtraction: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Tell the Time: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Carolyn Suzuki

This stylish gift book introduces young readers to twenty-six fresh fruits, vibrant vegetables and powerful plants to encourage and inspire healthy eating. Content includes: 
 
 Avocado: The Aztecs used these rich, creamy fruits as a symbol of love. 
 Bean: There are around 40,000 different types of these edible seeds. 
 Carrot: Carrots contain beta-carotene, a chemical that can improve your eyesight. 
 Durian: This strong-smelling fruit is highly prized throughout South East Asia. 
 Elderberry: These tart berries grow in clusters and are harvested in the autumn. 
 
 Filled with fun facts and engaging artwork from Carolyn Suzuki, this book is the perfect introduction to plant-based foods for all ages.

A is for Avocado: An Alphabet Book of Plant Power

Ian Whybrow

When Harry finds a bucketful of dinosaurs in the attic, they soon become inseparable. But when the dinosaurs get lost, how will Harry get them back? 
 
Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series. For over thirty five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills. Now, for the first time, each title is also available as an ebook with synched audio. 
 
Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading. 
 
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. 
 
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs is a Level 3 Read it yourself title, suitable for children who are developing reading confidence and stamina, and are eager to start reading longer stories with a wider vocabulary.

Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs - Read it yourself with Ladybird

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The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

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The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

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Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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A Frank Grasby Mystery

A Guide For the Curious

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A Mitchum Thriller

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A Murder Most Unladylike Collection

A Murder Most Unladylike Mini Mystery

A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

A Nigel Strangeways Mystery

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