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The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workout for Teens by Paula Nagel (Paperback)
An accessible, engaging how-to guide for building a personalised mental health ‘workout’. Includes tried and tested therapeutic techniques, simple strategies and healthy thinking habits teenagers can use to boost their mental health fitness and emotional wellbeing.
This easy-to-understand, engaging guide arms teens with healthy thinking habits and coping strategies for staying on top of their mental health. Using tried and tested therapeutic techniques, readers are given the tools to build their own personalised mental health ‘workout’ to boost their emotional resilience and wellbeing.Informed by the experiences of teens themselves, this friendly guide gives practical tips and strategies on how to overcome everyday stresses and ditch negative thinking ‘frenemies’ before they develop into more serious issues. Teens will be better equipped to recognise negative thoughts and emotions, monitor their mood and behaviour, and flex their positive thinking muscles in order to combat the mental health blips we all face sometimes.
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1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time (Paperback)
There are tens of thousands of baby names out there—and books that dutifully list them. And then there is 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time—a curated, considered, opinionated, and richly informative guide that winnows down the world of baby names to help moms and dads make smart choices, sidestep the trendiness trap, and avoid the ranks of parents (more than 54%) who later regret the name they chose.
A guide for parents who know that the perfect name lasts a lifetime—it suits not just a cuddly newborn but grows with a child from babyhood through adulthood. 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time makes a strong case for each name selected and features the name’s definition, history, variations and nicknames, and its “meaning” in the larger cultural sense. Includes a primer on the basic rules of baby naming including sounds, rhythm, ethnic traditions, and effective use of a middle name.
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Three by Giselle Willcox (paperback)
In her humorous collection of columns, writer Giselle Willcox offers readers a wonderful collation of the chronology of three years of a celebrated back-pack column with a South African favorite, living and loving. Set against the backdrop of modern South African life, Giselle, with the sassy combination of wit and wisdom, faces motherhood one god-awful day at a time, touching from everything from nappies to no sleep, from parties to potty-training in a way that is both entertaining and endearing. Three offers moms all over the country convincing consolation-that if they are in fact insane, they are not alone. Giselle is right there with them. -
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (Hardcover) by Dav Pilkey
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Night Monkey Day Monkey: Magnet Book (Board book) Julia Donaldson (Board Book)
A new magnet book edition of Julia Donaldson’s bestselling picture book! Comes with 10 chunky magnet characters, 4 magnetic scenes to play with and a mini book edition of the original story. Night Monkey and Day Monkey don’t think they have much in common. But when they spend time in the other’s world, they learn a lot, and they also learn to be the best of friends. Julia Donaldson’s beloved rhyming picture book story is now available in this fun magnet book format, perfect for little hands and helping children develop fine motor skills. Children can read the story and enjoy playing with the chunky magnets and magnetic scenes over and over again.
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Katie In London Paperback – by James Mayhew (paperback)
Come on a magical tour with Katie and discover London’s most famous sights!
When Katie and her brother Jack visit London with Grandma, something very unexpected happens . . . One of the Trafalgar Square lions comes to life and takes them on a wonderful tour of all the best sights! Including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Big Ben and the London Eye.
‘London comes to life in this magical adventure’ – Independent
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The Witcher the last wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (paperback)
Introducing Geralt the Witcher – revered and hated – who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show.
Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.
Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.
But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.
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My Christmas Treasury by Armadillo Books (Paperback)
Condition: As new
These carefully chosen stories and carols are a real Christmas feast!
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The Twelve Days of Christmas by Frederic Austen Illustrated by Andrea Petrlik (Paperback)
Condition: Good
A stunning picture book to enjoy with your little one to count the 12 Days of Christmas!
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Disney Pixar Finding Nemo: The Graphic Novel (Hardback)
Condition: As new
From the Academy Award-winning creators of Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., it’s time to dive into Finding Nemo – a hilarious adventure where you’ll meet colourful characters that take you into the breathtaking underwater world of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken to a dentist’s office aquarium. It’s up to Marlin, his worrisome father, and Dory, a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, to make the epic journey to bring Nemo home.
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Daniel and the Lions by Katherine Sully Illustrated by Simona Sanfilippo (Paperback)
Condition: Good
Will daniel survive a night with the lions? Read the story of Daniel who disobeyed the king and ended up in the lion’s den!
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I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Paperback)
Condition: Very good
In his bestselling debut picture book, the multiple award-winning Jon Klassen, illustrator of This Is Not My Hat and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, tells the story of a bear who’s hat has gone. And he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no (some more elaborately than others). But just as he begins to lose hope, lying flat on his back in despair, a deer comes by and asks a rather obvious question that suddenly sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search with a vengeance…
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The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Ferdinand von Schirach (Paperback)
Condition: Very good
A smart, chilling tale of truth, deception and the reach of the law, The Girl Who Wasn’t There is the latest crime thriller from the acclaimed author of The Collini Case, a Waterstones Book Club pick.
Sebastian von Eschburg, scion of a wealthy, self-destructive family, survived his disastrous childhood to become a celebrated if controversial artist. He casts a provocative shadow over the Berlin scene; his disturbing photographs and installations show that truth and reality are two distinct things. When Sebastian is accused of murdering a young woman and the police investigation takes a sinister turn, seasoned lawyer Konrad Biegler agrees to represent him – and hopes to help himself in the process. But Biegler soon learns that nothing about the case, or the suspect, is what it appears.
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The Au Pair by Emma Rous (Paperback)
Condition: Very good
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Seraphine Mayes and her brother Danny are the first set of twins to be born at Summerbourne House. But on the day they were born their mother threw herself to her death, their au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of a stolen baby. Now twenty-five, and mourning the recent death of her father, Seraphine uncovers a family photograph taken on the day the twins were born featuring both parents posing with just one baby . Seraphine soon becomes fixated with the notion that she and Danny might not be twins after all, that she wasn’t the baby born that day and that there was more to her mother’s death than she has ever been told…
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The Wife’s Tale by Lori Lansens (Paperback)
Condition: Good
From the bestselling author of The Girls. On the eve of her wedding anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband to come home, listening for his car along the dark, icy roads. As the night draws on, and he fails to appear, Mary reflects on the true nature of their marriage.
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Little Deaths by Emma Flint (Paperback)
Condition: Very good
It’s the summer of 1965, and the streets of Queens, New York shimmer in a heatwave. One July morning, Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open and her two young children missing. After a desperate search, the police make a horrifying discovery. It’s every mother’s worst nightmare. But Ruth Malone is not like other mothers …Noting Ruth’s perfectly made-up face and provocative clothing, the empty liquor bottles and love letters that litter her apartment, the detectives leap to convenient conclusions, fuelled by neighbourhood gossip and speculation.
A phenomenal achievement. Little Deaths is one of those so-very-rare accomplishments: a lightning fast, heart-pounding, psychologically resonant crime novel that effortlessly transcends genre. If you believed that literary fiction can’t be a one-sitting read, think again — Jefferey Deaver
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The Fourth Assassin by Matt Rees (Paperback)
Condition: Very good
This is the fourth Omar Yussef mystery from CWA John Creasey Dagger winner Matt Rees. When Omar Yussef travels to New York for a UN conference, he is eager to see his youngest son, Ala. But the discovery of a decapitated corpse in his son’s empty apartment catapults him into a police enquiry full of contradictions. In his desperation to clear Ala’s name, Omar’s investigations place him at the heart of a deadly international conspiracy.
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Pokemon I Choose You adapted by Tracey West (Paperback)
Condition: Well read
Ash hopes to be the best Pokémon player in the world, but his sidekick Pikachu keeps undermining his efforts.
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Let’s Cook by Pamela Gwyther Photography by Mark Wood (Hardback)
Condition: Very good
This colourful cook book is filled with lots of mouth-watering, easy-to-follow recipes that are perfect for every young cook. Children will love making yummy foods such as fruit smoothies and pizzas, and tasty treats such as chocolate crispie cakes and delicious trifle.
- Over eighteen mouth-watering recipes
- Step-by-step photographs
- Wipe-clean pages