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Being a big sister to a new baby brings big responsibilities.Sona Sharma's house is full of people who joke often and argue sometimes. Relatives come unannounced, the phone rings frequently and friends drop in all the time. Then one day Amma tells Sona she is going to have a baby. Is that good? Sona isn't sure – she has always enjoyed being an only child – and straight away she has a word with her best friend, Elephant. When Sona learns that there will be a baby naming ceremony, she is determine...

I keep thinking I'll see him any moment. It's crazy. I don't even know what he looks like. And it shouldn't matter that I can't find him. I've been fine for 14 years without him. Sorry, this is a stupid email. Hope everything in Sydney is cool. MLKShe was just about to log off when a new message popped into her mailbox. It was from Jackson. It was short and to the point and just what she needed to hear. Hey MLK. It is important. Go for it. Find him. xxxxxxx Love you all ways, JDT.Maeve's safe w...

Kim's grandmother's smile is the inspiration for the jack-o-lantern face she draws on her pumpkin at a fall festival.

Latest news from Cassidy Bond, Star Reporter!So I started this petition to let girls wear trousers at St Jude's, and everybody's talking about it – including Kelly, Year Ten editor of the school magazine. And now she's asked me to be her new star reporter – yay!Even better, I've already sniffed out a *big* exclusive. Because someone's set up a nasty gossip website about people at school – and if I can identify the mystery blogger, it'll be the scoop of the century!

AS SEEN ON BBC's THE GREAT BRITISH MENU.***Winner of Peters Book of the Year 2015 and the Leeds Book Award.***Grace's fun-loving Mum has found a lump. Her north London world of sleepovers, tap dancing and playing the clarinet fall apart when she is sent to live with her grumpy old granddad on his farm in Yorkshire while her mother goes into hospital to get better. Grace misses her mother so much it hurts, and doesn't quite understand what is happening to her. And things go from bad to worse when...

Bob, a big green dinosaur, is asked to join the local baseball team and his hit helps win the first game of the season.

"In a fantasy world of anthropomorphic rabbits, Podkin and his siblings must go on the run when the villainous Gorm invade their home and enslave their clan. Facing pursuit and treachery at every turn, they must find allies and refuge if they are to survive-and fight to reclaim their world from the Gorm scourge"--

Teddy is not looking forward to a visit from Cousin Irv, who comes from Mars and likes to vaporize things.

A board book about why we love the people we love - mostly, just because they are them! It is suitable to be read to very young children, assuring them that they are always loved, no matter what they may do.

Lola is a young Spanish girl in awe of her glamorous older sister. However, she discovers her own talent and duende, or spirit, through secret fandango lessons from her father. The text is infused with the rhythms, movements and sounds of the dance and the humanity of Lola['s family is beautifully portrayed by Micha Archer['s collage-paintings. Spanish language edition of Lola's Fandango.

With the United States on the verge of World War II, eleven-year-old Gusta is sent from New York City to Maine, where she discovers small-town prejudices — and a huge family secret. It’s 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gusta’s life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign-born labor organizer, has had to flee the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother...

When Evie overhears her parents talking about their family tree, she considers whether they mean the holly, the sugar maple, the magnolia, or the oak.