Uncle Trev and His Whistling Bull

Jack Lasenby

It's the 1930s. Our storyteller is crook in bed, trying to get over a long sickness and wanting to go back to school, when Uncle Trev arrives to let Mum go out and do the shopping. Uncle Trev tells one story after another about the animals out on his farm and about his neighbour Gotta Henry. He also goe...

The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier

'If you meet Ruth or Edek or Bronia, you must tell them I'm going to Switzerland to find their mother. Tell them to follow as soon as they can.' Having lost their parents in the chaos of war, Ruth, Edek and Bronia are left alone to fend for themselves and hide from the Nazis amid the rubble and ruins o...

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award-nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers! Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Kather...

Lost Masterpieces

DK

A compelling illustrated account of history's most important lost works of artDiscover the extraordinary stories behind the world's missing works of art.New, small-format impulse-buy books make the perfect self-purchase or gift. Travel back in time to discover works of art that have vanished from the re...