Hachette Childrens

Captain Kangaroo and the Great Balloon Race

HachetteBooks — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Every year, Captain Kangaroo sets the contestants on their way in the great balloon race. All the animals are there the platypus, the wombats, the koalas and the emus are all there. But when the contestants bump into a dust cloud, Captain Kangaroo has to step in to steer them back on course. Which of his emergency aircraft will he choose? And can you find the animals who have stowed away inside each basket?

Captain Kangaroo and the Great Balloon Race

HachetteBooks — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Animals At the Edge

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Meet the world’s rarest and most unusual creatures. Find out how these amazing animals live, and what is being done to promote their lasting survival on our ever-changing planet.

Rocket Ship / The Planet

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Pirate is on the look out for a new ship’s mate – but who will he choose Then he sets off in search treasure!

Talk a Story is a series of wordless books designed to build visual and language skills by encouraging children to describe the stories in their own words.

Bedtime / New School

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All Aboard / Treasure

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Stormy Day / Snowy Day

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L4: Scrap’s Best Stick

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In this story, Scrap finds the biggest stick ever. He thinks it’s brilliant, but Polly and Ash aren’t so sure. Then they find a little chick that needs rescuing. Perhaps Scrap’s stick will come in useful after all!
Carefully graded, fun stories, featuring the well-known characters from Espresso Education, which support the teaching of reading through synthetic phonics.This book of no more than 150 words, focuses on adjacent consonants (CVCC/CCVC words) plus the words said, so, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, do, when, out, what

L4: The Sand Goat

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In this story, Polly and Eddy are at the seaside. They decide to make a goat out of sand… but the goat turns out to be a very naughty goat indeed!
Carefully graded, fun stories, featuring the well-known characters from Espresso Education, which support the teaching of reading through synthetic phonics.This book of no more than 150 words, focuses on adjacent consonants (CVCC/CCVC words) plus the words said, so, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, do, when, out, what

L4: Polly’s Trick Mug

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In this story, Kim and Sal decide to play a trick on Polly. But will the trick work It is Polly’s trick mug, after all!
Carefully graded, fun stories, featuring the well-known characters from Espresso Education, which support the teaching of reading through synthetic phonics.This book of no more than 150 words, focuses on adjacent consonants (CVCC/CCVC words) plus the words said, so, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, do, when, out, what

Swimming and Diving

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

An informative and accessible introduction to learn all about the most popular sports that take place at the summer Olympics, held in a different country every four years.

Gymnastics

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

An informative and accessible introduction to learn all about the most popular sports that take place at the summer Olympics, held in a different country every four years.

Cycling

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

An informative and accessible introduction to learn all about the most popular sports that take place at the summer Olympics, held in a different country every four years.

Combat Sports

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

An informative and accessible introduction to learn all about the most popular sports that take place at the summer Olympics, held in a different country every four years.

Ball Sports

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

An informative and accessible introduction to learn all about the most popular sports that take place at the summer Olympics, held in a different country every four years.

Athletics

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

An informative and accessible introduction to learn all about the most popular sports that take place at the summer Olympics, held in a different country every four years.

Castle of Doom

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

You are a wizard warrior who battles against the forces of darkness. Now you must summon all of your strength to fight a new enemy. Will you defeat the evil at the Castle of Doom Or will you choose another path You are the hero of this book. Only you can decide your own destiny…

Alien Raid

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

You are a commander in the Galaxy Defence Force. You have fought against many aliens, but now a huge invasion fleet has been spotted! Will you destroy the alien invaders Or will you choose another path You are the hero of this book. Only you can decide your own destiny…

How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular Edition

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Pegasus and the New Olympians

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Just as Emily is getting used to life as the Flame of Olympus, news from the human world disrupts the peace … There’s been a Pegasus spotting on Earth. Tornado Warning is as beautiful and mysterious as the mythological winged-stallion, but has been born and bred on Earth. Emily and her friends are determined to find out the truth before Jupiter of Olympus gets involved and fly back to the human world to investigate. Their new mission takes them through the Nevada desert from Area 51 to Las Vegas where they discover a sinister conspiracy. Emily is convinced that they will trace it back to their old enemies – the corrupt governmental agency, the CRU. But what they find is bigger and more dangerous than they ever expected and will pit Olympian against Human in a war of epic proportions. With the fate of two worlds in her hands, Emily must make an impossible choice, otherwise everything she has ever known and loved will be destroyed. Join Emily astride the magnificent winged-stallion, Pegasus, as she embarks on a new flight of adventure through worlds both old and new.

So You Think You Know the Olympics

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

So you think you all about the Olympics Have a go at these:

Which country’s population was granted a day’s holiday when its men’s football team won gold at the 2000 Olympics

At the 2012 games, only two stadiums used for the football events are Premier League grounds. Can you name both

Name one of the three sports that George Eyser, a man with a wooden leg, won at the 1904 Olympics.

Whether you want to test your knowledge or are keen to learn more about the biggest sporting event EVER, here are over 1000 Olympic teasers that cover everything from the history of the games and sports knowledge to weird and wonderful trivia that will put even gold medallists to the test and will make sure that you’re ready for this summer’s olympics!

Ticket to Love

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Erica, Megan, Jen and Serena are on the brink of their adult lives, hoping for fun together before the serious future sets in. So when Jennifer wins a competition and the prize is a long weekend in New York for all four of them, it couldn’t have come at a better time. Erica will finally get to meet her online friend Dan …Serena can’t wait to hit Manhattan’s cultural hotspots…Jen’s going to stalk as many celebs as possible…and shopaholic Megan plans to give her credit card a serious work-out! But things don’t always to run to plan, as each of the four girls discover. The weekend is full of surprises and some unexpected romance…By the time the plane touches back down in London, some big decisions will have been made…A funny, enagaging and glamorous page turner!

Bear Hug

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Twins Tori and Taya Wild disagree about almost everything … except for their love of animals! That’s a good thing, too, since their mother fosters all kinds of wild animals so their house is always full of them! And now their family has set up an ‘animals on film’ business their lives have become even WILDER.

When her father has to find a cast of horses for a TV period drama Taya thinks it’s finally her time to be the STAR. She’s desperate to be the one in front of the camera for once. But she’s in danger of being upstaged by Boris, the tiny Russian circus bear cub her mum is fostering, who could end up stealing the show …

The Sewer Demon

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

At the end of book 17 of the Roman Mysteries, Caroline Lawrence introduced us to Threptus – a young beggar boy. In this fun and fabulous new series, Threptus starts work with his mentor – the soothsayer, Floridius – and together they must solve their first mystery…

Can they rid a rich woman’s house of the demon that haunts it in the dead of night What is the true nature of the demon And is it really a supernatural being

Threptus is a brave, funny and loveable hero and each story is a mini-mystery perfect for readers aged 7 up.

Talina in the Tower

HachetteBooks — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Savage hyena-like creatures threaten Venice – the Ravageurs are on the prowl and seizing men, women and children. On the night of 30 June 1846 Talina’s parents disappear and she and her cat, Drusilla, are forced to go and live with her Guardian and his three savage dogs in his lonely tower in the northernmost edge of the city. Here she discovers that she has the ability to change herself into a cat, but changing herself back into a girl isn’t quite so easy. As a cat she learns about the Ravageurs and how over the centuries they have become semi magical creatures, visible only to children in the human world, and that they are intent on destroying Venice. She is determined to save the city – it’s time for desperate measures – and her adventures are about to begin.