Kain's Christmas Picks - Children's Picture Book

The Most Loved Bear by Sarah McBratney

A small bear goes on a big adventure when he is left behind on a train one day in the charming tale of The Most-Loved Bear.

Growly Bear and Mary Rose do everything together. Until, one day, Growly Bear gets left behind.

He’s sure that Mary Rose will come back for him. But as the days turn to weeks and the weeks turn to months, Growly Bear’s fur gets worn, his eye comes loose and his growl starts to fade. Then, a child picks him up!

But it isn’t the child he was expecting....

The Most Loved Bear is available in hardback for £11.99.

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Kain's Christmas Picks - Children's Non-Fiction

The Atlas of Heroes by Sandra Lawrence & Stuart Hill

Cultures all over the world have great heroes and heroines whose exploits have made them the stuff of legend. In this wondrously illustrated atlas, explore some of the great figures of mythology and their incredible exploits. From Heracles of Greece, to Maui of the Pacific, to the Empress Jingu of Japan, The Atlas of Heroes and Heroines is full of fascinating stories of bravery and cunning.

The Atlas of Heroes is available in hardback for £14.99.

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Kain's Christmas Picks - Adult Non-Fiction

The Astronaut Selection Test Book by Tim Peake

The puzzle book of 2018, as featured in the Times, Daily Telegraph, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Breakfast, and a Guardian Book of the Year pick. Have YOU got what it takes to be an astronaut? This book will help readers of all ages find out. Featuring 100 real astronaut tests and exercises from the European Space Agency's rigorous selection process, ranging from easy to fiendishly hard, The Astronaut Selection Test Book goes where no puzzle book has gone before.

Including puzzles and tests on: visual perception and logic, mental arithmetic and concentration, psychological readiness, teamwork and leadership, survival, physical and medical skills,  foreign languages (every astronaut has to know Russian!) and much more, this richly illustrated book draws on Tim Peake's first-hand experience of applying to be an astronaut in 2008, when he and five others were chosen - out of over 8,000 applications! 

We've all dreamed of being an astronaut, though of the estimated 100 billion people who have ever lived, only 557 people have travelled to space. But with this unprecedented look into real astronaut selection, you might just find out your dreams can become reality... HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM SOLVER...

Tim Peake and the ESA will receive no royalties from this book; instead, they will be donated to the Prince's Trust charity. 

You'll learn plenty about space and what it takes to be an astronaut, but you'll also sharpen up your broader knowledge. For anyone interested in the space race and the imminent journey to Mars, here's the perfect stocking filler.

The Astronaut Selection Test Book is available in hardback for £20.

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Kain's Christmas Picks - Adult Fiction

Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind. When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.

When you get the dreams too, it's weird. When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity. But teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping and stamp collecting, ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food, and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk.

But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.

Early Riser is available in hardback for £20.

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Jenna's Christmas Picks - Adult Fiction

The Girl with All The Gifts by M.R. Carey

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh. Melanie is a very special girl.

Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, The Girl with All The Gifts is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will read this year.

The Girl with All The Gifts is available in paperback for £8.99.

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Jenna's Christmas Picks - Children's Non-Fiction

Emmeline Pankhurst Book and Paper Doll Gift Edition Set by Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Part of the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, meet Emmeline Pankhurst - the leader of the Suffragettes - in this book and paper doll gift edition set. Read the story of this inspiring activist's life, and role play in an interactive learning experience. Press out Emmeline to set up your own protest, with placards, banners, people and more.

Emmeline Pankhurst Book and Paper Doll Gift Edition Set is available in hardback for £12.99.

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Jenna's Christmas Picks - Children's Fiction

Armistice Runner by Tom Palmer 

Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible story of bravery help her reconnect with her gran and even give her the inspiration she needs to push through and win?

The Armistice Runner is available in paperback for £6.99.

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Imogen's Christmas Picks - Children's Non-Fiction

The Human Body: A Pop-Up Guide to Anatomy

It's 1839 and you are a medical student working on your first human body dissection! Under the watchful eye of Dr Walker, peel the flaps back to reveal the inner workings of the human body, from bone and muscle, to the brain, eyes, heart, lungs and everything in-between. 

Victorian-inspired illustrations meet with medical notes and sketches to give a complete in-depth exploration of how the human body works. 

Available in hardback for £19.99.

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Imogen's Christmas Picks - Children's Fiction

Wunderlust

Imagination, discovery and friendship await Morrigan Crow when she escapes her deadly curse and joins the Wundrous Society.

It promises her protection and belonging for life - but then Morrigan doesn't receive the welcome she hoped for... Morrigan is a much-feared Wundersmith. So, instead of the Society helping Morrigan to embrace her power, she is only taught that all Wundersmiths are evil and she must suppress her mysterious ability at all costs.

To make things worse, Nevermoor is quickly turning from a place of safety into one of danger. Society members are going missing, someone is blackmailing Morrigan's new friends, turning them against her. And Ezra Squall, the most evil man who ever lived, is determined to lure Morrigan from the Society by promising to reveal the true nature of the Wunder that calls to her, which is becoming ever harder to resist...

Has Morrigan's dream of escaping her cursed life ended before it truly began?

Available in hardback for £12.99. 

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Imogen's Christmas Picks - Children's Picture Book

Super Happy Magic Forest is a prize-winning series for budding fantasy fans. In this latest title, winter is coming - and the residents of the forest do not like it one little bit. The snow is too cold, the ice is too slippery, and the frost is destroying their prize winning gardens.

Five brave heroes (a unicorn, a mushroom, a faun, a fairy, and a gnome) must travel to the Frozen North to overthrow the Snow Queen and save the forest. But will they be able to outwit the army of snowmen?

Perfect for any age and jam packed with references to Lord of the Rings, Frozen and other pop-culture that will have adults cackling.

Available in paperback for £6.99.

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