Explore the entrancing world of the fairies in this gorgeously illustrated collection of traditional folk tales. Eighteen timeless tales, brought to life with dreamy watercolor illustrations, will transport you to the beguiling land of the fae, where boundaries blur, love is tested, and all is not what it seems. A mortal steps into a magical dance circle and spends seven years in fairyland.

A selkie searches for her stolen seal skin, longing to return to the sea. A herd-boy’s life changes when he finds a tiny pair of glass shoes. This compilation, filled with enchanted animals and mysterious forests, encompasses the beloved folk traditions of Ireland and the British Isles, as well as fairy stories from Sweden, Japan, and beyond.

Creamy pages and a satin ribbon marker make this giftable volume an elegant addition to any folklore lover’s collection.

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This is a companion to your journaling journey, with 52 weekly prompts and ideas encouraging you to tap into your creative side.

Whether you’re brand new to junk journaling or already hoard paper scraps and washi tape, this book will gently guide you through a year of playful, imperfect creativity:

• COLLECT everything that inspires you or reminds you of something you want to remember
• REFLECT to take a mindful moment for yourself to pause and think about what you are creating
• CREATE with practical steps to try new crafty techniques in your junk journal

You’ll find heaps of fun, original ideas for what to include in your scrapbook. And tips on how to brainstorm and source materials.

The 52 projects are built to inspire you. You’ll create a portrait of you, celebrate your favourite snacks, play with textures and colour palettes. Send yourself future notes, reflect on meaningful holidays and be encouraged to use your precious sticker stash. Embrace imperfection, expand your creativity, preserve your memories and get stuck in!

A Year of Junk Journaling : 52 creative prompts to transform scraps of your life into art – Martina Calvi – 9781837834303

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This collection brings together all of Arnold Lobel’s engaging, warm and funny stories about Frog and Toad, and features a special foreword by Julia Donaldson. A collectable classic treasury that every child should read and own.

Julia Donaldson says “I hugely admire and envy Arnold Lobel; he is my hero”.

Once upon a time there were two good friends, a frog and a toad… From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other – just as best friends should be. The Frog and Toad stories from Arnold Lobel have been loved by generations.

This beautiful treasury brings together all twenty stories from Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad All Year, Frog and Toad Together and Days With Frog and Toad.

Frog and Toad : The Complete Collection – Arnold Lobel – 9780008136222

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Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark. The northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing.

There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. His family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya. And his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse. Unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.

Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south. Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister. The first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.

Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki. Whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.

A Game of Thrones boxset – George RR Martin – 9780345535528

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The gorgeous, enthralling hardcover deluxe edition of the bestselling novella spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Including new cover art, stenciled edges, designed endpapers, and a deluxe printed and debossed case.

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.

Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions.

Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic; something romantic; something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win.

That’s how war works, right?

Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an ‘;exquisitely crafted tale’ (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that spans time and space. Now fans can rejoice with the beautiful new design, which perfectly complements the novella’s breathtaking exploration of time travel, heart-pounding romance, and the intense rivalry that spans across the ages.

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A gorgeously designed limited edition of William Goldmans beloved classic, featuring sprayed and stenciled edges, and a gold foil cover. A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles and fencing. And a frightening assortment of wild beasts that is a modern storytelling classic.

As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, Princess Buttercup is devastated when her one true love dies at sea. But instead of being able to grieve in peace, she finds herself kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchmen. Then she’s rescued by a pirate and forced to marry Prince Humperdinck. And finally rescued once again by the very crew who absconded with her in the first place.

In the course of this dazzling adventure, she’ll meet Vizzini the criminal philosopher who’ll do anything for a bag of gold. Fezzikthe gentle giant; Inigothe Spaniard whose steel thirsts for revenge; and Count Rugenthe evil mastermind behind it all.

Foiling all their plans is Westley, Buttercup’s true love who survived after all, and becamea very good friend to a very dangerous pirate.

The Princess Bride was unforgettably depicted in the 1987 cult classic film directed by Rob Reiner.

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•  A gleaming redesigned cover.
• Stunning illustrated endpapers and matching sprayed edges that will take you poolside in sunny Palm Springs.
• A copper foil-stamped case.
• A new letter from the author and exclusive postcard art.

Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart–she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown–but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together–lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?

People We Meet on Vacation (Deluxe Hardcover) – Emily henry – 9780593956229

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This newly created edition has a beautiful bespoke cover design from the original edition cover illustrator, with a specially designed sprayed fore-edge and exquisitely foiled board.

She’s an assassin on the run Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. Until a rival assassin devastates her world, and she is captured by a group of powerful fae.

He’s the dragon rider who’ll stop at nothing to save her Crushed by the loss of his great love, Kaan Vaegor hunts the world for answers. Then a clue lures him to the capital’s high-security prison, where he finds Raeve … Together, they’ll burn it all down Now they seek truths that threaten to shatter everything they knew about their world – and each other.

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Celebrating 85 years of Sparking Imaginations

A beautiful clothbound edition of the much-loved modern classic Matilda. Bound in real cloth with two coloured foils and sprayed coloured edges, this deluxe edition is a perfect gift or collector’s item. Part of an eight book set published to mark the 85th anniversary of Puffin Books.

With a brand-new foreword from Robin Stevens. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone.

Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind. But her parents have decided she’s just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories. And her headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up. Now it’s time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be .

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A stunning hardcover collector’s edition of Ali Hazelwood‘s debut novel, beloved bestseller and TikTok sensation.

Featuring:

• A shimmering, revamped cover.
• Endpapers with all new art from Lilithsaur featuring Olive and Adam.
• STEM stencilled spredges.
• A sunny, foil stamped case.
• And… a brand new bonus chapter featuring THAT KISS from Adam’s point of view!

When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships. But her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is on her way to a happily ever after was always going to be tough, scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting woman, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive’s career on the Bunsen burner. Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding.. six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

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