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 Children


1. The Anotated Hans Christian Andersen
( Illustrated with more than a hundred and fifty rare images)
Edited By Maria Tatar
Description:
In her most ambitious annotated work to date, Maria Tatar celebrates the stories told by Denmark's "perfect wizard" and re-envisions Hans Christian Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. Andersen's most beloved tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid", are now joined by "The Shadow" and "Story of a Mother", mature stories that reveal his literary range and depth.Tatar captures the tales' unrivalled dramatic and visual power, showing exactly how Andersen became one of the world's ten most translated authors, along with Shakespeare, Dickens and Marx. Lushly illustrated with more than a hundred and fifty rare images, many in full colour, by artists such as Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, "The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen" will captivate readers with annotations that explore the rich social and cultural dimensions of the nineteenth century and construct a compelling portrait of a writer whose stories still fascinate us today.
Hardcover
CZK 850

2. The Dangerous Book For Boys
Gonn Iggulden
Description:
If ever there were a book to make you switch off your television set, The Dangerous Book for Boys is it. How many other books will help you thrash someone at conkers, race your own go-cart, and identify the best quotations from Shakespeare? The Dangerous Book for Boys gives you facts and figures at your fingertips -- swot up on the solar system, learn about famous battles and read inspiring stories of incredible courage and bravery. Teach your old dog new tricks.
       Make a pinhole camera. Understand the laws of cricket. There's a whole world out there: with this book, anyone can get out and explore it.

The Dangerous Book for Boys is written with the verve and passion that readers of Conn Iggulden's number one bestselling novels have come to expect. This book, his first non-fiction work, has been written with his brother as a celebration of the long summers of their youth and as a compendium of information so vital to men of all ages. Lavishly designed and fully illustrated in colour and black and white throughout, it's set to be a perfect gift for Father's Day and beyond.

Chapters in The Dangerous Book for Boys include: The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, Conkers, Laws of Football, Dinosaurs, Fishing, Juggling, Timers and Tripwires, Kings and Queens, Famous Battles, Spies, Making Crystals, Insects and Spiders, Astronomy, Girls, The Golden Age of Piracy, Secret Inks, Patron Saints of Britain, Skimming Stones, Dog Tricks, Making a Periscope, Coin Tricks, Marbles, Artillery, The Origin of Words and The Solar System.
Hardback
CZK 760

3. TheGreat Big Glorious Book For Girls
Rosemary Davidson
Sarah Vine

Description:
All girls know that there's more to them than just make-up and gossiping - although they're not averse to a little bit of both. Boys aren't the only ones to like a little danger, a little adventure in the Great Outdoors and a lot of fun, wherever they can find it.And that's what makes "The Great Big Glorious Book for Girls" just so glorious. It's big enough to cover every element of girlhood, from the luxurious pampering of a home made spa to the quiet delight of reading the stars on a clear summer's night.

It's great enough to satisfy the whims of diehard tomboys and devoted flower fairies. And it's certainly glorious enough to provide inspiration, come rain or shine, to girls of all ages. So if you've never been quite sure how to do the perfect French Plait, or if you are in need of a dastardly trick to keep your pesky brother in line, or you feel a friendship bracelet would be just the thing to show your best friend how much you love her, delve into "The Great Big Glorious Book for Girls" and discover all the other treats waiting inside.



Hardback
CZK 760


4. The Very Happy Hen
Jack Tickle
Description:
Hen is very happy. She sits in the straw, laying lots of speckled eggs. The humorous rhymes in this title should be enjoyed by young children and the pop-ups can be played with again and again.
Hardback Pop Out
CZK 360

5. The Very Bouncy Bear
Jack Tickle

Description:
Polar Bear loves bouncing. She plays the whole day through. She crouches down, then leaps up high, and shouts out "Peek-a-boo!".




Hardback Pop Out
CZK 360

6. Diary of Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Ian Whybrow & Adrian Reynolds
Description:
Catch the hapless Greg Heffley as he navigates his way through family and school life with his best friend, Rowley, by his side in a brand new "Wimpy Kid" adventure!


Hardback
CZK 440

7. Little Miss Giggles
Roger Hargreaves
Also Available at Big ben Bookshop Little Miss Bossy, Little Miss Noughty Little Miss Sunshine,
Little Miss Helpfull...and 50 more,
Colourfull, funny, friendly...

Paperback
CZK 120

8. Ottoline Goes to School
Chriss Riddell
Description:
Meet Ottoline and her hairy, helpful friend Mr Munroe. No secret is ever too scary for the two of them to discover together. Ottoline is off to the Alice B.

Smith School for the Differently Gifted. She is rather worried that she doesn't have a special gift. Mr Munroe is worried about the ghost who is said to haunt the school halls at night.

Does Ottoline discover how to be different and can they expose the spook?
Hardback
CZK 360

9. The Great Paper Caper
Oliver Jeffers

Description:
An exciting picture book, featuring brand new characters from highly-regarded, best-selling, multi-award-winning talent, Oliver Jeffers. When life in the forest begins to change; when trees mysteriously lose their branches, when whole tree trunks start to disappear, when homes are lost, the only course of action for the forest dwellers is to begin a full scale investigation. Alibis must be proved, clues must be sought but even so, blame is never far from anyone's thoughts.

Who is the perpetrator of this heinous crime? Will justice be done?


Picture Book
CZK 240

10. How to Live Forever
Colin Thompson
Description:

"Beautiful illustrations and one of the nicest stories I have ever read to my kids (Andrija and Luka twins, first time did hear the story when they were 8)"
-Miro Peraica- the owner of Big ben Bookshop

" In a quiet street of tall trees there is a library with a thousand rooms. On the Shelves are copies of every book that has ever been written.
But one book is missing. Two hundred years ago someone hid its record card under the bottom drawer of filing cabinet, and the book quietly vanished.

The book is called How to Live Forever."
ˇPicture Book
CZK 240