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Books! Books! Books!: Explore Inside the Greatest Library on Earth (HB) by Mick Manning
Category: Children's Educational
A handmade gospel hidden in a saint's coffin; a HUGE atlas that takes six people to lift it; a tiny prayer book carried by a queen to her execution; the original handwritten manuscript of Alice in Wonderland; books so rare and valuable they are kept in a bomb-proof store-room. The British Library is an ...Show more
Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life by Mick Manning
Category: Children's
The extraordinary life and genius of Charles Dickens is brought alive for primary-age children by the author-illustrator team behind the bestselling What Mr Darwin Saw. This beautifully and entertainingly illustrated 48 page picture book vividly dramatises his life, beginning with his birth in Portsmout ...Show more
Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life by Mick Manning
Category: Picture Books
Inspired by Charles Dickens' own words, Mick and Brita bring this extraordinary genius to life, revealing Dickens' childhood working in a London boot polish factory and charting his meteoric rise to fame as a young novelist. Follow him as he climbs a volcano, goes on tour to the US, presides at a family ...Show more
Charlie's War: Remembering World War One by Mick Manning
Category: Children's History | Series: One Shot
Mick Manning's grandfather joined the army in 1914 and served right through World War One. Fighting in the artillery on the front line in Egypt, Palestine and France, Charlie lived to tell his tale. Here Mick and Brita tell us about Charlie's War, illustrating his story with stunning artwork, period sc ...Show more
Cock-A-Doodle-Hooooooo! by Mick Manning
Category: Graphic Novels
One stormy night, a lost and lonely owl walks into a farmyard looking for a place to sleep. After a restful night in the henhouse, Owl wakes to discover that the hens want him to leave. They're looking for a rooster, not an owl! How will Owl convince his new friends that he should stay? With action-pack ...Show more
Cock-A-Doodle-Hooooooo by Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom
Category: Children's
One stormy night, a lost and lonely owl walks into a farmyard looking for a place to rest. He sleeps in the hen house, but next morning the hens don't want him to stay. They need a cockerel, not an owl! Will he ever convince the hens that he can be their perfect cockerel?
Dino-Dinners by Mick Manning (Illustrator); Brita Granström (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Educational
It's dino-dinnertime but who eats what, and who eats who? How do we know what dinosaurs ate? Who hunted as a team? Who ate with their head in the treetops, and who ate absolutely anything they could find? Discover exactly what is on the menu, as you are invited to attend this dinner party with a differe ...Show more
Drama School by Mick Manning
Category: Children's
Your very own drama course in a book! Have you always wanted to perform in a play, to direct your own movie, or to create dazzling special effects? Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom show you how to do all this and more, in this fun and informative book from their School Series.
How Will I Grow? by Mick Manning
Category: Fiction
How Will I Grow? is an introduction to the way our bodies change from a baby to a fully grown adult. Using a question and answer format, it explores the different aspects of growth, including how our bones grow longer and what they need to be stronger.
I Feel Sick! by Mick Manning
Category: Fiction | Series: Wonderwise Readers S.
Imaginative non-fiction stories for the beginner reader.