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>From classics to board books and everything in between, your children will never be without an intriguing read to stimulate their minds. This newsletter features what's new on the shelf, Exclusive Books's top ten children's bestsellers, and a recommended reading guide for young readers from toddlers to teens. Do you like to read about enchanting adventures set in magical landscapes? Then click here to sign up for Other Worlds, our new Science-Fiction and Fantasy e-newsletter. |
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Get 20% off the four titles below when you buy them online. The price listed on the website is the discounted price. This offer is valid until 30 June 2008. (Terms) |
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The nursery class is lined up in two's and ready to go out with Miss Moo Hoo. Little Bat Jack is on his own at the back, but he doesn't mind. As they walk through the woods, they hear, feel and see something rather unusual... what on earth could it be? (Toddlers) Usually R97, Online price NOW R77.60  
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Boobela is fed up! She's bored with routines and she's secretly missing Mum and Dad who are still abroad. She knows she shouldn't take it out on Worm, but she can't help herself. The Boobela and Worm stories go from strength to strength as Joe Friedman's vividly imagined world unfolds. (Ages 6 - 9) Usually R97, Online price NOW R77.60
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Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins' 'family' – a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the beautiful Bella, who can charm any rich young man out of his fortune; Sam, an escaped slave and Cato himself, who Mother Hopkins has taught everything she knows. But old age is slowing Mother Hopkins down, and she wants to carry out one last con. (9 - 12) Usually R105, Online price NOW R84 |
It's been many years since fourteen-year-old Freya's life was ruled by an obsession with angels – an obsession which destroyed her family. She has a burgeoning social life at school, and feels adjusted in the world. But then the angels return, and Freya discovers that she herself is a guardian angel. What makes matters worse is the arrival of the strange new girl, Stephanie, who craves for herself the angelic power that Freya resists. (Teens) Usually R113, Online price NOW R90.40 |
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This Month's Top Seller The first novel in Stephenie Meyer's riveting series of gothic novels for teens. |
Notable Mover This pink-and-purple activity book is a great hit with fairy-lovers around the country. |
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Come and meet the Perky Penguins! They're inviting you to join them for some snow-filled fun – how could you resist? The brilliantly colourful illustrations and terrific text make this a picture book to be enjoyed time and time again.
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Digger is a very determined dog. He has started looking for the bone that he buried and he just won't stop digging. Deeper and deeper he goes, unearthing all sorts of extraordinary things. But he's also getting hungrier and hungrier...
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When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father, he's looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he and his friend, Tom, discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints, it takes them to another world: a world of dinosaurs!
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Glitterwings Academy is the fairy school to go to, and Twink is so excited to be starting her first term. But she is also a little nervous. Will she make friends? Will she be able to find her way round the dizzying, huge oak tree that is Glitterwings Academy?
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Centuries from now, the p***t Clandoi is frozen and exists without sun or stars. For Solly and Lalune a life of darkness is what they know, along with their forbidden friendship. Solly is a Wayfarer, the lowest caste on the p***t, while Lalune is a rich, pampered Appaloosian. But now, sadistic ruling forces have trapped Lalune and her parents in the sinister cyberclinic, intent on harvesting their body parts, while Solly's parents have been arrested and taken away from him.
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Maddy Blue lives her whole life through magazines. She wishes she could trade her boring lifestyle for an exciting, action packed adventure – just like she reads about in her favourite mags! Through the influence of magazines, Maddy and Starr become new-age fans, and plunge themselves into a world of astrology, numerology, dreams and spells. Scott despairs at their new interest, which he thinks is a waste of time. But trouble surfaces when Maddy makes a spell.
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In the realm of Faerie, the time has come for Roiben's coronation. Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of only one thing – her love for Roiben. But when Kaye, drunk on faerie wine, declares herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye can't see or speak to Roiben unless she can find the one thing she knows doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie. |
When she was 14, Emily joined the Kissing Club. She became a professional virgin and also gave up telling lies. The first bit was pretty easy – the second was pretty hard. Emily loves being part of the Kissing Club. She loves the feeling of being special, and she loves the ruby ring her parents bought her when she joined. It's a symbol that means everyone knows she's made a promise not to have sex until she gets married. So how on earth has she ended up pregnant? |
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See you in July ... The Exclusive Books.Com Team |
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