MPH Feb'14 Children titles (highlights)

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CHILDREN

FEB 2014

Highlights

BABY/TODDLERS

97800623115959SPLAT THE CAT: UP IN THE AIR AT THE FAIR (Soft Cover)ROB SCOTTONS$4.90

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9780007553631PETE THE CAT: I LOVE MY WHITE SHOES (Soft Cover)ERIC LITWINS$11.90

9780062115850SPLAT THE CAT: OOPSIE DAISY (Soft Cover)ROB SCOTTONHARPER COLLINSS$6.90

Pete the Cat is off for a walk in

his brand new white shoes,

and he feels like singing. 'I love

my white shoes...' But can he keep the music flowing if his

shoes aren't so white any

more? Pete the Cat is feeling

good in his brand new white shoes, just walking along,

singing his song. 'I love my

white shoes, I love my white

shoes...' Groovy!

Join Splat the Cat in New York

Times bestselling author-artist Rob

Scotton's hilarious springtime adventure! Splat and Seymour

plant a seed and watch it grow in

this edition of the Splat the Cat

picture book series. Fans of Splat

will delight as they learn all about gardening. Complete with a sheet

of fun stickers

Woolly and Tig love going to nursery

- there's so many fun things to do!

But when another little boy accidentally bumps into Tig, her

tummy feels funny and she wants to

go home. Can Woolly show Tig that

if she shares her worries with the

teacher, her funny tummy will go away?

Use your special pen to join in

the fun with Woolly and Tig!

Packed with puzzles, activities

and drawing fun, plus the brilliant

wipe-clean pages mean you can play again and again! Join Tig

and her cuddly toy spider Woolly,

as they explore the feelings that

children have when faced with

new experiences.

Splat the Cat is back in New York

Times bestselling author-

illustrator Rob Scotton's

beginning reader Splat the Cat: Up in the Air at the Fair. In this

My First I Can Read Book, Splat,

Spike, and Plank can't wait to go

to the fair. But when Kitten can't

come, the friends are determined to bring her back the perfect gift.

Beginning readers will delight in

Splat's hilarious attempts to find

the perfect present. Readers won't even know they are

learning as they have fun with

the -air sound.

From a morning cuddle to a bedtime

kiss, follow a mum and her little one

through the day as they find magic in

the simplest of things. Just as Daddy

is My Hero celebrated dads, this is a celebration of mums and the magic

they do every day!

9781409544906THAT’S NOT MY DOLLY(Soft Cover)USBORNES$14.90

I love Mummy and Mummy loves me,

we've been together since I was wee!

Join Woolly as he shows Tig all the wonderful things that Mummy does every

day to make them both feel safe and

happy. But sometimes even Mummy

needs help if she's busy or feeling

worried. Luckily, Woolly can show Tig all the things they can do to help Mummy

and make her smile! Featuring an

exclusive downloadable Woolly song

recorded just for Mummy, plus reading

reward stickers, this is the perfect story for sharing and reading together.

9780857513724WOOLLY AND TIG: I LOVE MUMMY (Soft Cover)BRIAN JAMESONTRANSWORLDS$11.90

9780857513656WOOLLY AND TIG: WOOLY AT NURSERY (Soft Cover)BRIAN JAMESONTRANSWORLDS$11.90

9780857513663WOOLLY AND TIG: MY WIPE– CLEAN ACTIVITY BOOK (Soft Cover)BRIAN JAMESONTRANSWORLDS$7.90

978055269910MY MUMMY IS MAGIC(Soft Cover)DAWN RICHARDSTRANSWORLDS$13.90

Small children can become very

attached to their dollies and this

durable, colourful book about their most cherished friends will

make a wonderful present for

dolly fans. The enduring appeal

of Rachel Wells' illustrations,

combined with imaginative touchy-feely patches and a wide

variety of textures provides

babies and toddlers with

important first sensory

experiences.

YOUNG CHILDREN

9780746096796MONKEYS (FIRST READING L3)(Hard Cover)USBORNES$5.80



9780746085608BABA YABA THE FLYING WITCH(FIRST READING L4)(Hard Cover)S$5.80

9780062221308ICR L1: AMELIA BEDELIA JOINS THE CLUB (Soft Cover)HERMAN PARISHHARPER COLLINSS$5.90

This is a new title in the fantastic

"First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read.

Based upon a Russian folk tale, the

story follows Tasha, who is sent into

the woods to visit the flying witch Baba Yaga by her evil stepmother,

with only a cat, a dog and a magic

doll to help her escape. It provides

clear and compelling text

accompanied by vibrant original illustrations by Sara Rojo. It is

developed in consultation with Alison

Kelly, who is a senior lecturer in

education and an early reading

specialist from RoehamptonUniversity.

Join in the fun! Amelia Bedelia

loves her school. Her whole class gets along—except when it rains.

Then they split into two groups—

the Puddle Jumpers and the Puddle

Stompers. Both clubs ask AmeliaBedelia to join, but she doesn't

want to choose between her

friends. Oh, no! Luckily Amelia

Bedelia finds a solution that makes

a big splash with everyone. The childhood adventures of America's

favorite housekeeper will keep

newly independent readers

laughing, reading, and expanding

their vocabularies!

It's Read to a Pet Day at the library!

There are so many fun things to see

and do! Biscuit plays with story-time puppets, visits with friends, and listens

to recorded books. Before he goes, a

librarian helps him find the activity that

he loves most of all.

Biscuit Loves the Library is a My First I Can Read book, which means it's

perfect for shared reading with a child.

The easy-to-read, joyful tale of

Biscuit—everyone's favorite little yellow

puppy—will help cultivate a love of books and libraries in children who are

learning to read.

It was Boa's birthday. It was

going to be the best one ever.

Or so he hoped. He invited his friends round. They would

all bring him wonderful

presents. Or would they? "A

dream team of writer and

illustrator!" (The Times).

This title is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly,

who is a senior lecturer in

education and an early

reading specialist from

Roehampton University. Children will love finding out

about the different species of

monkey across the world,

including their habitats, diets

and habits. A great value quality hardback with ribbon

marker guaranteed to foster

pride in book ownership.

Pete the Cat is back in New

York Times bestselling author James Dean's beginning

reader Pete the Cat: Too Cool

for School. In this funny My

First I Can Read Book, Pete just can't decide which outfit to

wear to school! He has so

many options to choose from.

Fans of Pete the Cat will enjoy

Pete's creativity in choosing the coolest outfit.

Pete the Cat: Too Cool for

School is a My First I Can

Read book, which means it's

perfect for shared reading with a child.

9780062198730PETE THE CAT: OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM(Hard Cover)JAMES DEANHARPER COLLINSS$13.90

One day, the Little Princess

decides she wants a

boyfriend. After searching everywhere, Donald is

proclaimed as the Royal

Boyfriend. But the Little

Princess soon finds out

boyfriends aren't nearly as fun as she thinks!

9781849397643I WANT A BOYFRIEND!:LITTLE PRINCESS(Soft Cover)TONY ROSSTRANSWORLDS$11.90

9780061935060MY 1ST ICR: BISCUIT LOVES THE LIBRARY (Soft Cover)ALYSSA SATIN CAPPUCILLIHARPER COLLINSS$5.90

9781849397629BOA’S BAD BIRTHDAY(Soft Cover)JEANNE WILLIS TRANSWORLDS$24.90

9780062110756MY 1ST ICR: PETE THE CAT:TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL (Soft Cover)JAMES DEANHARPER COLLINSS$5.90

Join Pete, from New York Times

bestselling author James Dean's Pete the Cat picture-book series,

as he visits a farm in this groovy

version of the classic children's

song "Old MacDonald Had a

Farm." Children will love singing along--e-i-e-i-o!--with Pete the

Cat.

Cover art

to come

YOUNG CHILDREN

9780552568920DOGBIRD: COLOUR FIRSTREADER (Soft Cover)PAUL STEWARDTRANSWORLDS$9.90



9780552568890CHOCOLATE MONSTER: COLOUR FIRST READER(Soft Cover)JAN PAGETRANSWORLDS$9.90

9780552568913SNOW DOG: COLOUR FIRST READER (Soft Cover)MALORIE BLACKMAN TRANSWORLDS$9.90

This title features three brand

new titles in the Usborne "Young

Reading" series, which is aimed at children just beginning to read

to help build confidence and

ability. It has been developed in

consultation with Alison Kelly,

who is a senior lecturer in education and an early reading

specialist from Roehampton

University. It is beautifully

produced hardback with ribbon

marker.

Ten of Shakespeare's best-known

tales retold in a lively, easy-to-read

style with enchanting illustrations by Elena Temporin. Brings to life

Shakespeare's world of magic and

mystery, romance and revenge,

witches, fairies and ghosts for a

new generation of young readers. Includes outlines of all 28 of

Shakespeare's other plays, along

with key characters and quotations.

'I wish you'd get rid of that

nasty little creature!' Shredder the class gerbil is

in big trouble. His tiny teeth

have shredded all the

children's money and now

Mr Blister, the grumpy head teacher, wants to get rid of

him. Can Dino, the bravest

boy in the class, save his

furry friend? Colour First Readers are perfect for new

readers and include notes be

reading specialist Prue

Goodwin, honorary fellow of

the University of Reading.

9780746080269HOUSE OF SHADOWS (YOUNG READING L2)(Hard Cover)USBORNES$5.80

In 1492 Christopher Colombus set sail

across the Atlantic, on a voyage into

the unknown. He was looking for a quicker route to the Indies. What he

found was a whole New World...Ages

7-11.

9780746063286CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (YOUNG READING 3)(Soft Cover)USBORNES$5.80

9780746085400STORIES OF DOGS:YOUNG READING 1(Hard Cover)USBORNES$5.80

9781409566908STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE (Soft Cover)JOANA NADINUSBORNES$28.90

9780552568982SHREDDER: COLOUR FIRST READER (Soft Cover)JONATHAN KEBBETRANSWORLDS$9.90

Intended for children whose reading

ability is beginning to grow, this title

helps build confidence and ability. It is part of the "Usborne Young

Reading Series Two". .

"It's going to be woof-onderful!"

There is nothing Nicky wants

more in the world than a dog to

play with. But Mum and Dad don't want a dog. Then

Granddad has an idea - he and

Nicky can make a dog: a snow-

dome dog. Even better, he has

some special clay, found at the end of a rainbow, so that the

dog will be extra-special. Maybe

even magic...Colour First

Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes be

reading specialist Prue

Goodwin, honorary fellow of the

University of Reading.

Woof! Woof! Woof! When Alice

chose a budgie for a pet, Mum

and Dad thought it was the

perfect pet - until they try to teach it to talk. For Dogbird will

only bark. But its bark is to

prove very useful indeed when

Grandma becomes the target of

burglars...Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and

include notes be reading

specialist Prue Goodwin,

honorary fellow of the University of Reading.

Lucy is always losing things.

She loses her glasses, library

books and swimming

towels...And every time she does, Mum loses her temper.

Lucy knows that things can't just

vanish into thin air. The she

discovers a strange little

monster under her bed. He has taken all her things and won't

give them back. But he might

just swap them for...Chocolate!

These Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and

include notes be reading

specialist Prue Goodwin,

honorary fellow of the University

of Reading.

YOUNG CHILDREN

9781409565130SDD ICE SKATER(Soft Cover)USBORNES$14.90



9780746097854POPSTARS: STICKER DOLLY DRESSING ( Soft Cover)LUCY BOWMANUSBORNES$14.90

Girls everywhere will love dressing

and accessorising these sassy

popstars in this colourful and

glamorous addition to the hit "Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. Help the

popstars dress for a variety of

different occasions during their

sellout tour such as photo shoots,

getting aboard their private jet and walking down the red carpets for the

music awards using the colourful

and trendy items of clothing on the

stickers. This book includes over

400 stickers to chose from to help the characters look their best.

The dolls are ready for their show-

stopping outfits, and this time

you're in charge from head to toe -

colours, styles, patterns and accessories are all up to you! It is a

perfect pastime for young

fashionistas. It includes over 350

stickers to create the dolls' outfits,

including 150 blank stickers ready to customize. It also includes hints

and tips on patterns and colour

combinations to use, as well as

ideas for creating your own fashion

sketchbook and mood boards.

Lets you find the sticker of each item

and add it to the page, then search for a certain number of those items

within the busy picture. This title

includes scenes such as a busy fruit

farm, harvest time, a ranch and a

buzzing honey farm.

Barbie can’t wait to interview movie

stars at a film festival in Italy. It’s

her dream job! Find out what

happens when she hits the pink carpet in this fabulous story!

Ice dancing has taken the country by storm with the success of TV

shows such as Dancing on Ice.

Now Sticker Dolly Dressing fans

can get in on the action by

dressing the dolls in a range of incredible outfits. Includes all

kinds of ice skating, from figure

skating to speed skating. With

over 300 stickers, including plenty

of spangly leotards and dresses with fringes and sparkles galore.

Part of the bestselling series.

Over 30 giant pages to colour plus 45 stickers!

9780552568937SPACE RACE: COLOUR FIRST READER (Soft Cover)MALORIE BLACKMAN TRANSWORLDS$9.90

Join Barbie and her sisters as

they set off for a day of fun to

celebrate Chelsea’s birthday!

From opening gifts and choosing the perfect outfit to a birthday

picnic in the park, the girls have a

totally fabulous day!

9781472337726BARBIE: A FABULOUS DAY!3D (Soft Cover)PARRAGONS$7.90

97814095775771001 THINGS TO SPOT ONTHE FARM STICKER BOOK(Soft Cover)GILLIAN DOHERTY USBORNES$10.90

9781472349170DISNEY PRINCESS GIANT COLOURING PAD (Soft Cover)PARRAGONS$8.90

Five...four...three...two...one.

Lift-off! What can Lizzie do when

big-headed Jake challenges her

to a race in space? She's got to beat him. But Jake has a super-

duper, deluxe new spaceship

that runs on special fuel...You

can zoom to Pluto and back with

this super space story from award-winning author, Malorie

Blackman.

9781472337733BARBIE: ON THE PINK CARPET- CHARM BOOK(Hard Cover)PARRAGONS$10.90

9781409565147SDD FASHION DESIGNER SPRING COLLECTION(Soft Cover)FIONA WATTUSBORNES$14.90

YOUNG CHILDREN

9781409550013STICKER PICTURE ATLAS OF THE WORLD (Soft Cover)USBORNES$15.90



9781472332363DINO SUPERSAURUS 2000 STICKERS (Soft Cover)PARRAGONS$8.90

9781409522935PIRATES STICKER BOOK (Soft Cover)FIONA WATTUSBORNES$14.90

Great value 2000 sticker format with

quality content. Inventive mix of

scenes, comic strips, mazes and

puzzles.

A new sticker book full of fun,

nautical scenes to fill. The

action-packed pictures include

below the deck of a pirate ship,

a ship on a stormy sea and inside the pirate captain's cabin.

With full colour illustrations by

Paul Nicholls, it continues the

success of the "Sticker Book" series. Ages: 3+.

Lots of pages to colour, decorate

your creations using the fantastic

stickers and pull out the pages and

use as posters!

Padded book full of fun activities, character profiles, fill-in content

and colouring pages.

An interactive journey around the world, on which children can

place stickers of landmarks,

animals and people in the right

places, learning more about the

world as they go. Fresh, modern illustrations make this a lively and

inviting first atlas.

With over 350 stickers with

which to dress the famour

explorers and warriors,

including Marco Polo, Captain

Scott, Hannibal's army, Japanese samurai and many

more. A fun way to find out

about some of the most

famous and intrepid figures in history. Part of a bestselling

series.

9781409567639STICKER DOLLY DRESSING ACTIVITY PACK(Soft Cover)USBORNES$29.90

Little explorers will adore dressing

Dora and Boots for different fun

adventures. Two large card character dolls can be dressed by

pressing out clothes from the

pages and pressing the tabs

around the figure. Card stands

allow for the characters to stay upright. Simple mechanisms for

little hands make this dressing up

adventure easy for children to

complete themselves. There are 19

outfits for different role-play adventures and two large scenes

for interactive play.

9781472348159DORA: DRESS-UP ADVENTURES (Soft Cover)NICKELODEONPARRAGONS$7.90

9781472349187MARVEL GIANT COLOURINGPAD (Soft Cover)PARRAGONS$8.90

9781472342027SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS:BOOKS OF SILLY STUFF (Soft Cover)NICKELODEONPARRAGONS$6.90

9781409566595SD EXPLORERS AND WARRIORS(Soft Cover)USBORNES$22.00

No short description for Sticker

Dolly Dressing Activity Pack

Cover art to

come

YOUNG CHILDREN

9780440870531JOEY PIGZA LOSER CONTROL(Soft Cover)JACK GANTOSTRANSWPRLDS$11.90

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9780440870548WHAT WOULD JOEY PIGZA DO? (Soft Cover)JACK GANTOSTRANSWORLDS$11.90

9780440870555I AM NOT JOEY PIGZA(Soft Cover)JACK GANTOSTRANSWORLDS$11.90

'Joey Pigza, you need a life!' Grandma wants Joey to find a

friend, stop running around after

his Nutty parents, and start

looking after himself. But Joey's

got other plans - he's going to beMr Helpful. Can Joey the secret

superhero succeed in his

mission to keep everybody

Smiling?

Everything changes for Joey

when his crazy, long-lost dad

returns home after a lucky

lottery win. Now they're rich,

Carter Pigza truly believes that his family can start a whole new

life and that means embarking

on a brand new career running

a busy diner - and changing

their family name from Pigza to Heinz. Can Joey handle

becoming Freddy?

WHAM! T-Rex and his evil crew have stolen all the colours from

New Dino City. Pull out your

pencils, pens or crayons and help

the Supersaurs save the day!

After months of nagging, Joey

Pigza is finally allowed to spend the summer holidays with his

dad. But he soon finds out why

Mom was so worried. If people

think Joey has problems, they should meet his dad! Joey's dad

insists he can cope without

medication and that Joey can

too.

The third in this gorgeous series that

all girls 7+ will love! When a new girl

starts at school, Phoebe, Daisy and

Erika compete to be her friend.

Phoebe, Daisy and Erika are very

excited -- a new girl is joining their

class! But when Shazia starts school, the three girls compete to be her

friend. Shazia comes from Pakistan

and everything is new for her. She is

eager to fit in and when her

adventurous plans go wrong, the three old friends have to work

together to help their new friend.

9781472355096DINO SUPERSAURUS SCRIBBLASAURUS BOOK(Soft Cover)PARRAGONS$6.90

Great value format with 7 giant

scenes and over 50 reusable

stickers. Cover mounted with

stretchy Dino Supersaur

character.

9781472336378DINO SUPERSAURUSSTICKERSAURUS BOOK(Soft Cover)PARRAGONS$7.90

978147236330DINO SUPERSAURUS SUPERPOWER COLOURNGBOOK (Soft Cover)PARRAGONS$6.90

9781783440047NEW FRIEND OLD FRIEND(Soft Cover)TRANSWORLDJULIA JARMANTRANSWORLDS$9.90

PRE-TEENS

97814095338615SC SECRETS AND SURPRISE(Soft Cover)USBORNES$14.90

Combining the perennially popular themes of angels

and boarding school, this

title is suitable fans of

Rainbow Magic and Princess Poppy.

A cool, sketchy, creative

alternative to doodle books.

Cover mounted with two

character erasers with moveable body parts.

Cover art to

come

YOUNG CHILDREN



Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and

battle history's mightiest warriors.

The ninth book in an action-

packed, time-travelling series -

perfect for fans of Beast Quest. Join Tom and Aztec girl, Zuma,

as they travel through time,

battling the mightiest warriors of

the past!

9780007550074COWBOY SHOWDOWN: TIME HUNTER #7 (Soft Cover)CHRIS BLAKEHARPER COLLINSS$9.90



The eighth book in an action-





the past!

9780007549962SAMURAI ASSASSIN: TIME HUNTERS #8 (Soft Cover)CHRIS BLAKES$9.90

9780007549986OUTBACK OUTLAW: TIME HUNTERS #9 (Soft Cover)CHRIS BLAKEHARPER COLLINSS$9.90


battle history's mightiest

warriors. The seventh book in

an action-packed, time-

travelling series - perfect for fans of Beast Quest. Join Tom

and Aztec girl, Zuma, as they

travel through time, battling

the mightiest warriors of the past!



The tenth book in an action-





the past!

97800075500005STONE AGE RAMPAGE: TIMEHUNTER #10 (Soft Cover)CHRIS BLAKEHARPER COLLINSS$9.90

More power," demands the king. But

Melric the magician thinks that the

king has quite enough power already.

A sinister visitor called Sondrak

boasts that he can easily grant the king's wish. But when Melric

discovers that Sondrak is an evil

sorcerer and up to no good, a

dramatic battle follows.

9780062198419MY WEIRDER SCHOOL #10; MR JACK IS A MANIAC(Soft Cover)DAN GUTMANHARPER COLLINSS$5.90

Can rocks have snot? Why do

doughnuts have holes in the

middle? Could a human child ever

be raised by animals? What have

hyenas got to laugh about? And why is it impossible to belch after

blast-off? This title deals with these

questions.

978184915514WHY SPACEMEN CAN’T BURP(Soft Cover)MITCHELL SYMONSTRANSWORLDS$11.90

9781783440368MERLIC AND THE SORCERER(Soft Cover)DAVID MCKEETRANSWORLDS$13.90

With more than 6.5 million

books sold, the My Weird

School series really gets kids reading! For A.J. and the gang

at Ella Mentry School,

weirdness and fun are all part

of the routine. In this tenth book in the outrageously funny My

Weirder School series,

Principal Klutz thinks the kids at

Ella Mentry School need to

learn some self-defense moves. But the guy he hired—

Mr. Jack—thinks he's an action

hero!

The brand new and final novel from the magical and whimsical

pen of 'the Godmother of

Fantasy', Diana Wynne Jones;

co-authored with her sister Ursula

Jones.

9780007549207ISLAND OF CHALDEA(Soft Cover)DIANA WYNNE JONESHARPER COLLINSS$18.90

YOUNG CHILDREN



Jeremy Duncan and his friends Hector

and Pierce embark on the ultimate

teenage rite of passage—a rockin’

ROAD TRIP!—in Jerry Scott and Jim

Borgman’s Zits: Shredded, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed illustrated

teen novel Zits: Chillax, which comic

god Stan Lee calls a “comedic

masterpiece.” Based on the hit comic strip Zits and featuring over 300

sidesplitting illustrations, Shredded

follows high school sophomore Jeremy

Duncan and his band, Goat Cheese

Pizza, on an epic road adventure to record their first album. It’s too bad that

the only studio they can afford is all the

way in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, but if

they can just pump enough french-fry

grease into their newly veggie-powered van, they actually might make it there!

978055268111DOLL BONES(Soft Cover)HOLLY BLACKTRANSWORLDS$11.90

After almost poisoning his

whole class with arsenic gas,

going on the run from a

psychotic science teacher and

nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back

to normal for Itchingham Lofte

- at least, as normal as it can

be when you have a round-the-clock detail of government

security guards watching your

every move.

9780552565516ITCH ROCKS: ITCH #2(Soft Cover)SIMON MAYOTRANSWOLDS$13.90

9780062228536ZITS: SHREDDED(Soft Cover)JERRY SCOTTHARPER COLLINSS$13.90

My name is Eleanor

Kerchner. You can call me

the Queen. I died in 1895.

Now it's time to play. This is

a chilling ghost story by thebestselling author of The

Spiderwick Chronicles, Holly

Black.

TEENS

Jess Tennant has now been living

in Port Sentinel for three months,

and is just beginning to relax and

think of it as home after the

murderous events of the summer. But in the small hours of a dark

night, a teenage boy is left for dead

by the side of the road. Seb

Dawson has a serious head injury and may not survive - and Jess

decides to find out who beat him

up, and why?

9780552566049BET YOUR LIFE(Soft Cover)JANE CASEY TRANSWORLDS$13.90

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