Ostrich Boys

'It's not really kidnapping, is it? He'd have to be alive for it to be proper kidnapping.' Kenny, Sim and Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey of friendship. Stealing the urn containing the ashes of their best friend Ross, they set out from Cleethorpes on the east coast to travel the 261 miles to the tiny hamlet of Ross in Dumfries and Galloway. After a depressing and dispiritin…

Wish Girl

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781595146878

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 LOF w

ZIPPO THE SUPER HIPPO

Zippo doesn't want to be an ordinary hippo. He wants to be super! Being good at swimming and splashing in mud aren't really superpowers, though. Perhaps he can fly like his friend Roxi. But who's ever heard of a flying hippopotamus? Especially one with such a big bottom . . . From award-winning author Kes Gray and exciting new illustrating talent Nikki Dyson. This fantastically funny supe…

Apple

This board book, featuring Nikki McClure’s signature papercuts, follows the journey of a bright red apple—the only splash of color in the otherwise black-and-white illustrations—as it travels from tree to harvest to snack to compost and, finally, to sprout. In the opening spread, a ripe, red apple falls from a tree, and a man gathers it to take home. His daughter takes the apple to school…

A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird)

Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions. Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promi…

Lifegame

When Fella and his best friend Grebe manage to escape from the sinister island on which they grew up, they just want to start afresh. But Fella took something with him - the diary, hidden all his life, that was brought with him to Orphanage 206. When they discover what it contains, he and Grebe can't stop searching for more clues about where he came from.

Goodnight, Boy

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781786072108

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

F SHE g

Ode to Childhood : Poetry collection to celebrate the child

This is a celebration of children, of childhood and, in many ways, of being a parent. It covers some of the best poetry ever written about the charms, beauty, and love of children. British poets such as William Blake, Christina Rossetti, Milton, and Wordsworth rub shoulders with the best American poets, such as Walt Whitman and Longfellow. The poems range from the pain of losing a child to the …

Daisy and the Trouble with Life

You absolutely can't go anywhere at all when you're grounded, so Daisy has plenty of time to think about what she's done. If only her pocket money hadn't run out and if someone hadn't dropped a strawberry candy on the pavement and if strawberry candy wasn't Daisy's absolute favorite, things could have turned out differently. Who knew that it had invisible red germs that are so totally teensy an…

Come On Everybody, Time to Play!

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781406340952

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

GRA