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Series
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When a mix-up at the auction leads to a surprise win, the Farmer brings his prize animals - a trio of llamas - home to the farm. Shaun is thrilled, but are the new residents a baaad influence? Based on a one-off, half-hour TV episode, this junior novel includes full-colour stills from the special.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Fans of CBBC?s Shaun the Sheep will adore the 2nd novel in the Tales from Mossy Bottom Farm series, which is based on characters from the top-rated TV show by Aardman (the creators of Wallace and Gromit). There are black-and-white illustrations throughout and some comic strips. AAARRROOOooo! What?s that howl? Is it Shaun the Sheep playing one of his pranks? The Farmer practising his trombone? Or is it a ? beast? Can Shaun and Bitzer come up with a...
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Bolinda/Walker audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Why does Bitzer the sheepdog suddenly have a mustache? What could turn Shaun the Sheep bright pink? A series of pranks punctuated by a paranoid truce pits Shaun and Bitzer against each other in an increasingly hilarious battle of wits. Of course, it?s all fun and games until someone gets hurt - namely Shaun, who has fallen to the bottom of a hole and hurt his leg. Or has he? What will Bitzer do when he finds out Shaun is faking? Who will get the last...
4) Burn
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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?On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron Gas Station for the dragon he?d hired to help on the farm.? This dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye. Sarah can?t help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn?t have a soul but is seemingly intent on keeping her safe from the brutal attentions of Deputy Sheriff Emmett Kelby. Kazimir knows something she doesn?t....
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Fans of CBBC?s Shaun the Sheep will adore the 1st novel in the Tales from Mossy Bottom Farm series, which is based on characters from the top-rated TV show by Aardman (the creators of Wallace and Gromit). There are black-and-white illustrations throughout and some comic strips. It?s talent-show time on Mossy Bottom Farm, and all the sheep are flocking together in the hope of beating their rivals, the chickens. Who will be crowned the Flock Factor...
6) Beck
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Language
English
Description
Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America. Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African sailor in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging. Enduring abuse...
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Series
Who Let the Gods Out? volume 1
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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A shooting star crashes to Earth and changes Elliot's life forever. The star is Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. When the pair accidentally unleash the wicked death daemon Thanatos, they turn to the old Olympian gods for help. But after centuries of cushy retirement on Earth, are Zeus and his crew up to the task?
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Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Tilly is going to stay with her gran and great-gran in Wales. She's got a big school project about the Second World War to do and Gran, who was evacuated herself during the war, has promised to help. Travelling on the train for the first time alone, Tilly falls asleep and wakes up to discover she's travelled all the way back to World War II. She's being evacuated to Wales with her two younger brothers. Stern Mr Edwards offers to give them a home on...
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English
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The unforgettable story of a little girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilbur. It tells how Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, with a wonderfully clever plan - a plan so original that no one else could possibly have thought of it!
10) Margot & me
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Bonnier audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
How can you hate someone in the present and love them in the past? Fliss's mum needs peace and quiet to recuperate from a long illness, so they both move to the countryside to live with Margot, Fliss's stern and bullying grandmother. Life on the farm is tough and life at school is even tougher, so when Fliss unearths Margot's wartime diary, she sees an opportunity to get her own back. But Fliss soon discovers Margot's life during the evacuation was...
12) Saving maya
Author
Publisher
Matador
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of two dogs who are destined to become sisters. An uplifting tale, based on a true-life story, not only introduces young readers to pet rescue and adoption, but also educates children about the cruel reality of today?s puppy trade, where dogs are confined in farms to produce puppies. Readers first meet Willow, a much-loved family pet living a happy normal life with Patsy. One day, Patsy decides to get Willow a sister but, she soon...
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Series
Jasmine Green volume 8
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Jasmine and Tom are excited to find a little barn owl in the woods near Jasmine's farm. But the owl is injured and starving. Will Jasmine and Tom be able to save him? And will Star every be strong enough to live in the wild again?.
14) Llama drama
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It?s a HUGE surprise when Farmer Palmer chooses Lewie the llama to guard his new lambs. It?s the most important job on the farm and everyone thought he?d pick the biggest strongest, loudest llama. Lewie is the best at singing and dancing but is he a match for a cunning coyote?.
15) Cowgirl
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Growing up on the embattled Mawr Estate in South Wales, all Gemma sees are burglaries, muggings, sadness and boredom. With a dad in prison and a mum who has given up hope, she, like everyone around her, is holding on to memories of the times when happiness wasn't so hard to find. When her search for the scene of a perfect childhood day takes her up into the surrounding hills, Gemma is forced into a meeting with the legendary Cowgirl. Everyone at school...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
All three stories are illustrated by the hugely talented and award-winning, Michael Foreman. ? THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS It's 1943, and Lily lives on a farm, in the idyllic seaside village of Slapton. Apart from her father being away, and the 'townie' evacuees at school, her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until one day, Lily and her family, along with 3000 other villagers, are told to move out of their homes - lock, stock and barrel....
17) Flamingo boy
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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There, a young autistic boy lives on his parents? farm among the salt flats, and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn?t understand: but he does know how to heal animals. He loves routine, and music too: and every week he goes to market with his mother, to ride his special horse on the town carousel. But then the Germans come, with their guns, and take the town. A soldier shoots a flamingo from the sky, and it falls to earth...
18) The Ice dragon
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Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Lavish illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating and heartwarming story of a young girl and her dragon. From ancient times, the ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember. Adara could not...
20) Fantastic Mr Fox
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English
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Boggis, Bunce and Bean are just about the nastiest three farmers you could ever wish to meet. They hate Mr Fox and are determined to get him, and plan to catch him by whatever means necessary.
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