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This is the next book in the brilliant and bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid is on its way! Share in the hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite wimpy kid, Greg Heffley, in the highly-anticipated seventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It is also now a box office-busting major motion franchise with the third Wimpy Kid movie releasing in the UK on August 3rd.

Charlie has this little sister Lola. Today they are visiting London on a school trip. Lola says, London is extremely huge and very busy... I can't wait! Join Charlie and Lola as they take in all of London's most famous and best sights. There's plenty to see so tick off all the places they visit on your own extremely good London map and tell everyone about your trip with free London postcards.

You can play and discover with Top Trumps Activity Books! This fact-filled Top Trumps activity book is packed with fascinating info and amazing stats on the world's deadliest predators. Why is the lion such a strong hunter? How does a rattlesnake kill its prey? And who would win in a face-off between a Siberian tiger and a polar bear? Find out what enables these predators to overpower the rest of the animal kingdom... and meet the deadliest killer of them all. With awesome activities plus 20 free Top Trumps cards to create your own fearsome face-offs! You can read more cool Top Trumps titles! Top Trumps: Dinosaurs, Top Trumps: Creatures of the Deep and Top Trumps: Baby Animals are also available from Puffin.

Play and discover with Top Trumps Activity Books! This cute fact-filled Top Trumps activity book is packed with delightful info on the most adorable baby animals. How light is a cuddly lion cub? Why do little kangaroos live in a pouch? And who wins in the mischief stakes — a baby rabbit or a kitten? Find out what makes these baby animals the sweetest in the animal kingdom... and meet the cutest of them all! With awesome activities plus 20 free Top Trumps cards to create your own fun tournament! Read more cool Top Trumps titles! Top Trumps: Dinosaurs, Top Trumps: Creatures of the Deep and Top Trumps: Deadliest Predators are also available from Puffin.

Read all about your favourite Disney Infinity characters and their game skills, learn how to complete the playsets and get the most out of Disney Infinity's amazing Toy Box mode with this awesome Official Guide! With mission hints, power disc profiles, checklists and more, this Official Guide is a must-have for every Disney Infinity fan.

The hilarious and globally bestselling adventures of wimpy kid, Greg Heffley, are now in one very cool Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books boxset. The perfect gift for readers of 8+ from Wimpy Kid fans to all those looking for a new, hilarious and oh-so-readable world of craziness to discover. The best entertainment there is for the holidays! Just don't touch the cheese slice...

Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi river with runaway slave, Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits and the long arm of the law. Through it all the friends stick together — but can Huck and Tom free Jim from slavery once and for all? With an inspirational introduction by Darren Shan, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the twelve wonderful classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008.

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy is back in an exciting, very funny 7th adventure. In The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star, Mildred, notoriously the worst witch at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, makes a wish on a shooting star — and to her great surprise it comes true! But it also spells trouble. Mildred's wish-come-true is a small dog but she has to keep him a secret from her friends, and especially the formidable Miss Hardbroom. It's a disaster waiting to happen... and it does...! The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star launches a stunning new cover look and an appealing squarer format across the whole of the Worst Witch series which includes The Worst Witch; The Worst Witch Strikes Again; A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch; The Worst Witch all at Sea; The Worst Witch Saves the Day and The Worst Witch to the Rescue. Jill Murphy was born in London in 1949. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories, and was already putting books together (literally, with a stapler) by the time she was six. She went on to study at Chelsea, Croydon and Camberwell Schools of Art. Jill worked in a children's home for four years and as a nanny for a year, before becoming a freelance writer and illustrator. The Worst Witch stories, of which this is the seventh, are some of Puffin's most successful titles.

Join the Very Hungry Caterpillar for some Christmas counting fun from 1 to 10 in this delightfully festive board book. It features Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork of 1 Father Christmas, 2 Christmas trees, 3 Christmas puddings, all the way up to 10 presents. Children will love to spot the Very Hungry Caterpillar making an appearance with every number in this perfect Christmas gift!

This is a beautiful gift book featuring original artwork from Raymond Briggs' The Snowman. A boy built a Snowman and the Snowman came to life... This pull-out pop-up book is the perfect gift for fans of The Snowman, young and old and features the beautiful artwork from Raymond Briggs' classic picture book. Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists. Born in Wimbledon in 1934, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and went on to produce a treasure trove of work. He has created characters that are now icons for generations of children, including Fungus the Bogeyman, Father Christmas and, of course, the beloved Snowman. His original Mother Goose was published in 1966, it won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award in 1967 and is now back in print over 40 years later. Raymond lives in Sussex. Look out for Raymond Briggs' original classic, The Snowman as well as the new picture book The Snowman and the Snowdog!

An amazing activity book featuring the Snowman and the Snowdog! One winter's night a little boy is taken on a breathtaking, magical adventure when the Snowman and Snowdog he has made come to life and fly with him over the rooftops and across the sea to the North Pole. Join the Snowman, the Snowdog and Billy on their magical adventure... This activity book is full of fun things to do with plenty of pictures to colour, dot-to-dots and drawings to finish. Decorate your pictures with lots and lots of stickers!

The Matrix meets Oliver Twist, WARP: The Reluctant Assassin is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl. It all began with the FBI and WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme). Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future — until now... Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master... Albert Garrick, the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with... Chevie Savano, the FBI's youngest and most impulsive special agent. As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley and Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive and stop Garrick from returning to his own time — armed with knowledge and power that could change the world forever. Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour. (Sunday Times). Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast. (Publishers Weekly). Eoin Colfer is the megaselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Airman and The Legend of... books. His brilliant new series WARP is out now. Eoin lives with his family in Ireland.

Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human. But when you're the son of a Greek God, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a Goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster. Oh and guess what. The Oracle has predicted that not all of us will survive...

Peanuts: Merry Christmas, Snoopy! is a brand new picture book featuring Charles Schulz's world-famously loveable characters, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang. It's Christmas-time, and Charlie Brown has no money and even less inspiration. So when he spies Snoopy making an amazing gift for Woodstock out of odds and ends, he tries to do the same. Although it doesn't really work out too well, with a little extra help from Snoopy, the friends' Christmas ends up filled with dancing, laughter... and Christmas lights. This really is the perfect heart-warmingly funny Christmas gift.

Goodnight Santa is a fabulously festive bedtime story from Michelle Robinson and Nick East. It's Christmas Eve, and time to go to sleep. But while children all over the world snuggle up and close their eyes Santa is getting everything ready for his busiest night of the year. With a lyrical rhyme and adorable illustrations, this festive book is the perfect bedtime story. Michelle Robinson has always wanted to be an author like her hero Roald Dahl, but all they had in common was the same birthday and a love of chocolate. Now at last, Michelle is a real author too. She lives in Frome, Somerset with her husband, son and daughter. Nick East has been working as a museum designer for the past 16 years but has always been a storyteller, whether as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters, or as a designer displaying a collection of ancient artifacts. Nick lives near York with his wife and two children and, when he isn't drawing, he is out riding bikes and spending time with his family. Look out for the other Goodnight books: Goodnight Digger, Goodnight Tractor, Goodnight Princess, Goodnight Pirate.

Angelina's Christmas is a brilliantly festive story starring everyone's favourite mouse, Angelina! In this fabulously festive story, Angelina and her cousin Henry visit lonely old Mr Bell, the retired village postman. They invite him to Angelina's Christmas show to cheer him up and he appears dressed as Father Christmas, with a sackful of presents for everyone! A brand new Angelina Ballerina story is also available — Big City Ballet — which includes an amazing pop-up stage! Katharine Holabird attended Bennington College in Vermont, USA, and spent three years as a journalist in Italy. She has been writing the Angelina books since 1983. She lived in London with her family for a long time, but is now back in the US, and lives outside New York. Helen Craig is one of the UK's most successful children's illustrators. She became an apprentice photographer aged sixteen and went on to set up her own studio. Helen has illustrated over sixty children's books. She lives in Cambridge.

Taken from the notebooks of the enigmatic and ultra-cautious dangerologist Docter Noel Zone, Danger Is Everywhere is a brilliantly funny handbook for avoiding danger of all kinds. Does it warn you about what to do if a shark comes up out of the loo while you are sitting on it? Yes it does. And how to find out if your granny is a robot? That too. And what to do if a volcano erupts underneath your house? After you've made sure it's not a neighbour's barbecue, this book will let you know exactly how to deal with it.

This is the second title in this number one, bestselling spin-off series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan. This crazy messed up world of gods and monsters is Percy Jackson's reality, which pretty much sucks for him. Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, God of the Sea, has woken from a very deep sleep and come face to face with two snake-haired ladies who refuse to die. But they're the least of his problems. Because Percy finds himself at a camp for half-bloods, which doesn't ring any bells for him. There's just one name he remembers from his past. Annabeth. Only one thing is certain — Percy's questing days aren't over. He and fellow demigods Frank and Hazel must face the most important quest of all: the Prophecy of Seven. If they fail, it's not just their camp at risk. Percy's old life, the gods, and the entire world might be destroyed...

The next scrumptious story in Cathy Cassidy's Chocolate Box Girls series, following Cherry Crush and Marshmallow Skye . Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson. Summer has always dreamed of dancing, and when a place at ballet school comes up, she wants it so badly it hurts. Middle school ends and the holidays begin, but unlike her sisters, Summer has no time for lazy days and sunny beach parties. The audition becomes her obsession, and things start spiralling out of control... The more Summer tries to find perfection, the more lost she becomes. Will she realise — with the help of the boy who wants more than friendship — that dreams come in all shapes and sizes? Third must-have title in this gorgeous series from one of the UK's best-loved girls' authors, Cathy Cassidy. Each sister has a different story to tell, which one will be your favourite? Cathy Cassidy was voted Queen of Teen in 2010 — beating Jacqueline Wilson and Louise Rennison to the throne. Praise for Cathy's books: Touching, tender and unforgettable. Cathy Cassidy wrote her first picture book for her little brother when she was eight or nine and has been writing fabulous stories ever since. The Chocolate Box Girls is a sumptuous series starring sassy sisters, super-cool boys and one of Cathy's biggest loves — chocolate. Cathy lives in Scotland with her family.

The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow is the final thrilling instalment in award-winning author and Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles trilogy. Is their inherited magic enough to battle against the most powerful mythical forces that Egypt's gods have to throw at them? Carter and Sadie Kane, descendants of the magical House of Life, are in pretty big trouble. Despite their bravest efforts, Apophis, the giant snake of Chaos, is still threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Now the Kanes must do something no magician has ever managed — defeat Apophis himself. No pressure there then. Battling against the forces of Chaos, their only hope is an ancient spell — but the magic has been lost for a millennia. Will they find the serpent's shadow, or will they be led to their deaths in the depths of the Underworld? Praise for The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow: Storytelling that will get readers hooked. Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical. Rick Riordan is the award-winning writer of the Percy Jackson series, The Kane Chronicles and the Heroes of Olympus series. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006, and made into a blockbuster film starring Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman in 2010. The series has gone on to become a chart-topping success.

'A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero' — David Walliams Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. The well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. Every night, when the world is sleeping, big gruesome giants guzzle up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. And there's only one giant who can stop them — the BFG. He's the kindest giant there is and, with his friend Sophie in his top pocket, he sets out to rid the world of the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and all their rotsome friends forever... Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after a monumental bash on the head, sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.

A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero — David Walliams Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father a boy could wish for. Life is happy and peaceful in their gipsy caravan, until one day Danny discovers his dad has been breaking the law. What's more, soon Danny has to join his father as they attempt to pull off a daring and devilish plot against their horrible, greedy neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell. Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after a monumental bash on the head , sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.

A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero — David Walliams Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. The hugely popular story of James and his journey to New York with the strangest group of insect friends. Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after a monumental bash on the head, sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.

'A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero' — David Walliams Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. The story of a little girl with magical powers. When someone makes her angry she zaps a punishment on them with her magic flashing finger! This edition has a great new cover, with illustrations by Quentin Blake, and some new facts about Roald Dahl and his world. Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in 1990, and total sales are over 100 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.