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This is a funny story which tells the tale of George and his Grandma. When he can't stand her bad habits any longer, he decides to cure her nastiness for good. He concocts a very special medicine which is as nasty as she is - with explosive results.
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City Library - Junior Fiction
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Mr Wonka might be a genius with chocolate, but Charlie and his family don't trust his flying skills one bit. Especially when the thing he's flying is a glass elevator and it is zooming out of control into the stratosphere.
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City Library - Reading Group Stock
CHILDRENS READING GROUP COLLECTION
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CHILDRENS READING GROUP COLLECTION
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Cruddas Park Library - Junior Fiction
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Newburn Library - Junior Fiction
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What else could a giraffe with an extending neck, a pelican with an expanding beak and an athletic little monkey be but the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company? When the trio are invited to try and clean all 677 windows belonging to His Grace The Duke of Hampshire, it is no wonder they have the most incredible fun.
44) The witches
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But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of YOU disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters, and then what . . . ?.
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City Library - Junior Fiction
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City Library - Reading Group Stock
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10 available
High Heaton Library - Junior Fiction
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47) Zombierella
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City Library - Junior Fiction
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City Library - Reading Group Stock
CHILDREN'S READING GROUP COLLECTION
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CHILDREN'S READING GROUP COLLECTION
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Originally conceived by its author as an entertaining story for Alice Liddell, the daughter of an Oxford dean, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' the fantastic tale of the young Alice's encounters with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts, has captured the imaginations of young and old throughout the world since it was first published in 1865. In addition to the vivid and unforgettable characters, it is the book's...
50) Mr Majeika
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City Library - Read Alone
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CHILDRENS READING GROUP COLLECTION
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'I really am quite useless as a wizard', says Mr Majeika. But Class Three thinks Mr Majeika is an excellent wizard, particularly when his spells go wrong.
51) Alone
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The trip of a lifetime - that's what it was supposed to be, paid for with money Gran left thirteen-year old Sam in her will, but when the small plane taking Sam and his Dad back to the airport crashes in the jungle, Sam is left alone and terrified. As time passes with no sign of rescue, Sam grows weaker and has to dig deep to find levels of resolve and resourcefulness he never knew he had in order to survive. Desperate and close to giving up, Sam's...
52) The field guide
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It all starts when Jared Grace finds their great uncle's book, 'Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastic World Around You' and the Grace kids realise that they are not alone in their new house. Now the kids want to tell their story but the faeries will do everything they can to stop them.
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City Stack - Adult Fiction
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FICTION STACK
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West End Library - Classics
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Newburn Library - Junior Fiction
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'Pride and Prejudice' is one of the best loved and most intimately known of Jane Austen's novels. Her sense of comedy and satire makes this an enduring classic of English literature.
54) Too Small Tola
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East End Library - Junior Fiction
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City Library - Junior Fiction
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City Library - Reading Group Stock
CHILDREN'S READING GROUP COLLECTION
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CHILDREN'S READING GROUP COLLECTION
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Blakelaw Library - Junior Fiction
JF
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JF
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Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy - but Stan's destiny leads him - via a hook-a-duck stall - to Pancho Pirelli, the blue-caped madman who swims with piranhas. And as Stan delves into the waters, he finally discovers who he really can be.
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CHILDRENS READING GROUP COLLECTION
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Danny thinks the world of his father, but imagine his surprise when he finds out he's been breaking the law! Even grown-ups bend the rules sometimes, but Danny knows his father is still good, kind and clever and full of exciting ideas.
57) Esio trot
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CHILDRENS READING GROUP
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City Library - Library Shelves
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Mr Hoppy is in love with Mrs Silver. But she only has eyes for Alfie, her pet tortoise. How can Mr Hoppy ever compete with such a rival? He comes up with a plan to win his lady's love, but will he succeed? What's to become of Alfie?
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City Library - Reading Group Stock
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CHILDREN'S READING GROUP COLLECTION
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City Library - Reading Group Stock
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Kenton Library - Junior Fiction
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City Stack - Library Shelves
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JUNIOR FICTION STACK
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City Stack - Library Shelves
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Junior Fiction Stack
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and their family, that geniality brings its own reward.
59) The BFG
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City Library - Reading Group Stock
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Giants are known for eating children. So when Sophie is snatched from her bed by the BFG, she fears for her life. But luckily he is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. They become good friends and cook up a plan to rid the world of bad giants.
60) The magic finger
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CHLIDRENS READING GROUP
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Blakelaw Library - Junior Fiction
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Illustrated by Quentin Blake, this classic Dahl story is about an unusual little girl who has a magic finger. When things go wrong, she inflicts punishment by flashing her magic finger. The results include her teacher growing whiskers and a tail.