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Never Show A T-Rex A Book! (Rashmi Sirdeshpande)
A glorious love letter to books, this freewheeling story poses the question of exactly what a dinosaur would do if confronted with some literature. Told with heaps of energy and feelgood charm, Never Show a T-Rex a Book will foster a love of books in all of its young readers.
What would happen if you showed a T-Rex a book?
Well, she wouldn't know what to do with it . . . would she?
A madcap, super silly adventure story rooted in the transformative power of books, created by incredible new picture-book duo Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Diane Ewen
Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow (Benjamin Dean)
Packed with heart and humour, Dean’s soaring debut follows young Archie Albright and his best friends on a determined quest to understand his parents’ separation following a revelation from his father.
- Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Younger Readers Prize 2022
- Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for February 2021
- Exclusive Edition - contains exclusive author Q&A
- A Standard Edition is available here
My name's Archie Albright, and I know two things for certain:
1. My mum and dad kind of hate each other, and they're not doing a great job of pretending that they don't anymore.
2. They're both keeping a secret from me, but I can't figure out what.
Things aren't going great for Archie Albright. His dad's acting weird, his mum too, and he all he wants is for everything to go back to normal, to three months before when his parents were happy and still lived together. When Archie sees a colourful, crumpled flyer fall out of Dad's pocket, he thinks he may have found the answer. Only problem? The answer might just lie at the end of the rainbow, an adventure away.
Together with his best friends, Bell and Seb, Archie sets off on a heartwarming and unforgettable journey to try and fix his family, even if he has to break a few rules to do it...
The rainbow-filled, joyous debut from a hugely exciting new talent. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Lisa Thompson, Stewart Foster and Onjali Rauf's bestselling The Boy at the Back of the Class.
