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Free Activity Pack Giveaway
What can you do to help your world? It's a big question but we think we have the answers! Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World is a beautifully simple book by Melanie Walsh, written in a way that pre-schoolers will understand but with an important message that people of all ages must learn. The transforming pages reveal ten things that everybody can do to help conserve their world, from walking to school to growing plants from seed. All will encourage children to look at how their actions will help in saving the planet.
Here we have put together some fun activities that children will love, from making a junk robot to growing cress. Download them here and help to save the world!
http://www.walker.co.uk/bookshelf/10-things.aspx
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Proof Giveaway - Amy Green
Meet Amy Green - teenage agony aunt extraordinaire! When Amy's seventeen-year-old Aunt Clover lands a dream job giving advice for teen mag The Goss Amy quickly realizes that this is no ordinary column. Clover - being Clover - doesn't just want to answer her readers' letters, she wants to solve their problems ... personally. From stamping out malicious rumours to handling first kisses and creating the perfect Bebo page, the pair bring happiness to many unhappy girls. But when Amy falls for the cute boy in her art class, she finds she's in need of a little help of her own...
A brilliant new series for teenagers aged 10-13 years from a talented new author, Sarah Webb, Amy Green will find a place in the hearts of teenage girls everywhere. For 10-13 year olds, publishing February 2009.
For your free proof copy, please email jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk
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Free Scream Street Display Pack Giveaway
Welcome to Scream Street! Spook yourself silly this Halloween with this hilarious new series from Tommy Donbavand for 7-9 year old ghouls and boys who want to scare themselves silly AND laugh their socks off.
To find out more about Scream Street, visit Tommy's spine-chilling website http://screamstreet.co.uk/.
For your free super scary Scream Street window display and activity pack - perfect for Halloween activities - please email jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk
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Anthony Horowitz Poster Giveaway
Welcome to the City of the Dead! Necropolis, the eagerly-awaited fourth book in Anthony Horowitz's bestseliing 'Power of Five' series is out 30 October. For all the latest news, cool downloads and much much more, please visit http://www.powerof5.co.uk/flash.html
For your free Necropolis poster, please email jo.humphreys--davies@walker.co.uk
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Special discounts for reading groups
September - October 2008
Every month on panmacmillan.com, we offer you 20% off a selection of our best new titles for reading groups. This month's featured titles are The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni and How Not to Murder Your Mother by Stephanie Calman.
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Meg Cabot public talk and signing
The author of the hugely successful THE PRINCESS DIARIES series will be in Milton Keynes to talk about her books and sign copies afterwards. Tickets £2, available in-store and redeemable against purchase of the book on the night.
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayDetailEvent.do?searchType=1&author=Meg|Cabot
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Meg Cabot public signing
Top teen and now tween author, Meg Cabot, will be talking about her 2 new books AIRHEAD and ALLIE FINKLE: THE NEW GIRL and giving an exclusive sneaky peak at the 10th, and final, installment of THE PRINCESS DIARIES! http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayDetailEvent.do?searchType=1&author=Meg|Cabot
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Exclusive Book Club Discount
September 2008
Special discount for reading groups on our rBooks website! Get 30% off and free P&P! Just enter BOOKCLUBSEP08 at the check-out.
www.rbooks.co.uk
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Proof Giveaway - Guyaholic by Carolyn Mackler
A hockey puck knocks V Valentine out and into the lap of Sam Almond. This is a turning point in V's life as Sam turns out to be a wonderful and caring boy, and he and V have a long and lasting relationship. But ultimately V is unable to deal with commitment...
An unforgettable ride of missed exits, misadventure and the kind of epiphanies that come only when you're on a route you've never taken before!
Age 12+
For your FREE proof copy, please email jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk
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Proof Giveaway - Goldsmith's Daughter by Tanya Landman
A young girl's struggle to change her destiny set against the destruction of the Aztec empire, the new novel from the brilliant Carnegie 2008 nominated author, Tanya Landman.
In the golden city of Tenochtitlan, Emperor Montezuma rules with an iron rod and people live in fear of the gods. Itacate, a girl born under an ill-fated sky, is destined for a life of submission and domestic drudgery. But when her father, a goldsmith, discovers her talent for his craft, she starts to work as his apprentice, a secret she must keep in order to protect the lives of herself and her family. But danger awaits as Spanish strangers invade the city. And when Itacate's work comes to the emperor's attention and she falls in love with a stranger, her life takes an even more perilous turn. Can Itacate change her destiny and survive in this harsh new world?
Age 12+
For your FREE proof copy, please email Jo.Humphreys-Davies@walker.co.uk
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Proof Giveaway: Olaf the Viking by Martin Conway
The Vikings are coming! Join the pillaging and plundering with Martin Conway's riotous new adventure...
Olaf is desperate to find his father. It's been a long time since he disappeared, and it could be Olaf's big chance to be a hero. So with the help of a strangely-gifted slave named Loki, a magical war-hammer, and two barmy ravens, Olaf sets off to adventure. Before he knows it, Olaf finds himself caught up not only in the struggles between the Angles and the Vikings, but also between the Norse gods and the giants...
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Proof Giveaway: The Meaning of Life
Joanna Nadin's The Meaning of Life is the third instalment of the hilarious, best-selling diaries of Rachel Riley. A compelling read, The Meaning of Life, Rachel's (Not) Doing It Diary, follows another year in the tragically normal life of Rachel Riley as she struggles with boys, school, friendships, family, and GCSE's!
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Proof Giveaway: The Prison Runner
Deborah Ellis has done it again. The Prison Runner is a powerful and exciting novel based on truth, and set in the prisons and jungle of Bolivia. It is the thought-provking story of an unforgettable boy called Diego.
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Proof Giveaway: The Mark of Edain
Pauline Chandler's new historical novel The Mark of Edain is an epic tale set in one of the most intriguing and popular periods of history. It tells the story of Aoife, a Roman slave fighting to realize her dream of returning to Britannia, and of her adventures along the way.
From a writer fast becoming established as a key voice in historical fiction for children.
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Poster Giveaway: Dinosaur Cove
Are you ready for the best adventures ever?! Request a Dinosaur Cove poster - the new young fiction series guaranteed to appeal to every child that knows its Tyrannosaurus from its Triceratops.
For more Dino facts and games check out www.dinosaurcove.co.uk
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Special Dump Bins from Mills and Boon
July - Sept 2008
Special Mills & Boon centenary FSDUs is able to fit both standard Size A & B format books.
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Proof Giveaway - Savvy by Ingrid Law
New talent Ingrid Law has written a charming and funny coming-of-age story with a difference. Published last week to critical acclaim, it is a fresh, warm, coming-of-age fantasy adventure with real appeal for boys and girls aged 8+
GET YOUR FREE PROOF COPIES by sending your request to louise.heskett@uk.penguingroup.com. Truly original and feelgood, Ingrid Law is a name to watch!
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