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Seed by Caryl Lewis - digital packs

A funny and big-hearted story about the power of hope and imagination when you believe in the impossible.

For readers aged 8-12 years, Seed is the English-language children’s debut from Welsh award-winner Caryl Lewis.

_Marty doesn't have much. Unlike his mum, who has billions of things:… read more

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Brain Power by Dr Ranj - digital pack and author video

To celebrate Mental Health Week in May, Hachette Children’s Group would like to offer resource packs to help open up discussions with kids aged 7+ about their brains in conjunction with Brain Power, the new empowering and inclusive toolkit from the nation’s favourite doctor, Dr Ranj.

_Brain… read more

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The Usborne Unworry Pack

The Usborne Unworry Pack is a collection of fun, mindful activities to help children and adults UNWORRY. It’s full of things to calm you down and distract you, and places where you can put your worries, instead of letting them hang around in your head.

We would love to see how you share the… read more

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Grimwood - digital packs

Laugh your head off with this wildly funny adventure!

Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons, the scariest street cat in the Big City. They flee for Grimwood, expecting to find refuge in the peaceful countryside. Instead, they are met with thieving eagles, dramatic… read more

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Nature Trail by Benjamin Zephaniah and Nila Aye - digital activities

At the bottom of my garden, there's a hedgehog and a frog,

And a lot of creepy-crawlies living underneath a log…

A joyful celebration of nature and the wonder of the world around us, written as a rhyming poem by award-winning poet Benjamin Zephaniah and illustrated by Nila… read more

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Marv and the Dino Attack - digital resources

Illustrated by Paula Bowles and written by debut author Alex Falase-Koya.

Marv is an ordinary boy who loves spending time with Grandpa and reading comics with his best friend Joe. But everything changes when he discovers a mysterious superhero suit hidden in the attic… To his amazement,… read more

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Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good – digital pack and book trailer

Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good – digital pack (9+)

Packed with doodles and cartoons, this is the wry, witty and very funny diary of Norse god Loki and the trials of being trapped on Earth as a weedy eleven-year-old boy.

After one prank too many, trickster god Loki is banished to… read more

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Otherlands by Thomas Halliday - digital pack

Discover the past as you’ve never seen it before in Otherlands

Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time. Travelling back in time to the dawn of complex life, and across all seven continents, award-winning young palaeobiologist Thomas Halliday gives us a mesmerizing up… read more

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The Tower at the End of Time by Amy Sparkes - book trailer

Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvellous, magical House, and are free to travel the worlds once more! Their first stop: The Wizarding Hopscotch Championships.

There's only one problem: the House is nervous about travelling – and gets the hiccups! Bouncing from world to… read more

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Rabbit and Bear - discussion notes and teaching resources

Rabbit and Bear: A Bad King is a Sad Thing by Julian Gough and Jim Field

The next book in the bestselling series for newly independent readers with these laugh-out-loud tales of friendship, adventure and a little bit of poo!

Icebear has arrived in Rabbit and Bear's valley, and he wants to… read more

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