The year’s outstanding debut authors for children: shortlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award announcedĭanger, daring and dead bodies lie at the heart of this thrilling detective story.Celebrate Grandparents Day with 50 great kids books about grandparents.Anxiety & Wellbeing - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health.Jacqueline Wilson - our Guest Editor of the Month.Branford Boase 2023 – what the judges had to say about the shortlist.Read Hour returns for its third year in the UK with Moomin Characters.

In its 20th year, the shortlist for CLiPPA (CLPE Children’s Poetry Award) reflects the wealth of talent in children’s poetry.13 Children's Books Featuring Poverty and Homelessness.30 enticing chapter books for children who are newly independent readers.60 kids books about grief to explain death to children and help them grieve.LGBTQI+ Children's Books celebrating Pride in London and Pride Month this June.Sophie Cameron - our Author of the Month.Best kids books for getting children walking for National Walking Month and Walk to School Week.Shortlist announced for the 2023 Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.Poor condition books are still perfect for a good read, all pages will be intact and none threatening to fall out most probably a reading copy only. Poor: We rarely sell poor condition books, unless the books are in demand and difficult to find in a better condition. Good: A few creases on the spine, perhaps a forward lean, bumping on corners or shelfwear maybe an inscription inside or some shelfwear or a small tear or two on the dustjacket inside clean but page edges might be somewhat yellowed.įair: In overall good condition, might have a severe forward lean to the spine, an inscription, bumping to corners one or two folds on the covers and yellowed pages in exceptional cases these books might contain some library stamps and stickers or have neat sticky tape which was used to fix a short, closed tear. Very Good: Might have some creases on the spine no hard cracks maybe slight forward lean and short inscription inside perhaps very minor bumping on the corners of the book inside clean but the page edges might be slightly yellowed. We are very proud of the condition of the books we sell (please read our testimonials to find out more!)Īs New: Pretty much new but shows small signs of having been read inside it will be clean without any inscriptions or stamps might contain a remainder mark.

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