Geraldine McChaughreen es una reconocida autora británica, ampliamente aclamada por su trabajo en libros para niños y novelas para jóvenes adultos. Ha escrito más de 170 novelas a lo largo de su carrera, incluyendo varias series populares como la serie Orchard Myths, la serie Cissy Sissney, The Heroes series, la serie Roman Myths y la serie Monacello. Su obra ha sido traducida a más de 44 idiomas y ha ganado numerosos premios prestigiosos.
Nacida en 1951 en North London, McChaughreen estudió en Christ Church College of Education, Canterbury y trabajó en una casa editorial de Londres durante 10 años antes de convertirse en escritora a tiempo completo en 1988. Ha escrito más de 120 libros, 50 obras de teatro cortas para escuelas y una obra de radio. Sus novelas para adultos incluyen Fires’ Astonishment (1990) y The Ideal Wife (1997), pero es mejor conocida por sus libros para niños. Ha ganado el Carnegie Medal en dos ocasiones, junto con un Michael L. Printz Award y varios otros premios prestigiosos. McChaughreen tiene la habilidad única de escribir para niños de todas las edades, desde libros de primera lectura e imágenes hasta novelas y colecciones de historias.
Uno de los puntos destacados de la carrera de McChaughreen es su escritura de la secuela oficial de Peter Pan llamada Peter Pan in Scarlet, que fue comisionada por el titular del copyright de Peter Pan, Great Ormond Street Hospital. El libro fue publicado en 2004 y ha sido traducido a muchos idiomas. Otros trabajos notables de McChaughreen incluyen A Little Lower than the Angels (1987), Gold Dust (1993), y Not the End of the World (2004), cada uno de los cuales ha ganado el Whitbread Children’s Book Award. También ha escrito varias colecciones de historias, incluyendo historias bíblicas y cuentos de hadas, y es conocida por su retelling de clásicos como The Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, Moby Dick y El Cid.
McChaughreen vive en Berkshire y su libro, Not the End of the World, actualmente se está adaptando para el escenario. Ella continúa escribiendo e inspirando a jóvenes lectores con sus historias imaginativas y atractivas.
Brambledown Tales Books
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Blackberry Bunny
1989
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Henry Hedgehog's Hat
1989
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Little Brown Mouse
1989
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TINY CHICK'S TAIL
1989
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Tiny Chick's Tail
1989
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Hoppity Hare's Adventures
1989
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Piggy Goes to Market
1989
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The Rabbit's New Home
1989
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Yellow Duckling's Story
1989
Geraldine McCaughrean's Adult Novels
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The Maypole
1990
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Fires' Astonishment
1990
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Vainglory
1991
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Lovesong
1996
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The Ideal Wife
1997
Geraldine McCaughrean's Retellings Books
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El Cid
1989
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The Odyssey
1993
Greek Myths Books
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Greek Myths
1993
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The Twelve Labours of Heracles
1997
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Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa
1997
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Daedalus and Icarus
1997
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The Wooden Horse
1997
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Theseus and the Minotaur, Orpheus and Eurydice, Apollo and Daphne
1997
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Jason and the Golden Fleece
1997
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Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds
1997
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The Adventures of Odysseus
1997
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Athena and the Olive Tree
2000
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Zeus Conquers the Titans
2000
12
Hermes Tricks the Gods And Other Stories
2000
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Phaeton and the Sun Chariot
2001
Farmyard Books
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Baabra Lamb
1994
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Good Dog
1994
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Gregorie Peck
1997
Myths and Legends of the World Books
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The Golden Hoard
1995
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The Silver Treasure
1996
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The Bronze Cauldron
1997
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The Crystal Pool
1998
Wizziwig Books
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Wizziwig and the Crazy Cooker
1995
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Wizziwig and the Wacky Weather Machine
1996
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Wizziwig and the Singing Car
1996
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Wizziwig and the Sweet Machine
1996
Roman Myths Books
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City of Dreams And Adventures in the Underworld
2000
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Romulus and Remus
2000
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Burning the Books And The Guardian Geese
2000
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A Shot in the Dark
2000
Cissy Sissney Books
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Stop The Train
2001
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Pull Out All the Stops! / The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen
2010
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Pull Out All the Stops!
2010
The Heroes Books
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Hercules
2003
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Perseus
2003
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Theseus
2003
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Odysseus
2003
Monacello Books
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Monacello
2011
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The Wish-Bringer
2012
Novelas independientes
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A Little Lower Than the Angels
1987
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A Pack of Lies
1989
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Gold Dust
1993
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The Quest of Isis
1995
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Cowboy Jess
1996
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Plundering Paradise/The Pirate's Son
1996
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Cowboy Jess Saddles Up
1996
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King Arthur and the Round Table
1996
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Forever X
1998
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Casting The Gods Adrift
1998
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Too Big!
1999
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Brave Magic
1999
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The Stones Are Hatching
2000
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The Great Chase
2000
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The Kite Rider
2001
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Six Storey House
2002
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Gilgamesh The Hero
2002
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Show Stopper!
2003
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The Jesse Tree
2003
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Doctor Quack
2003
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Dog Days
2003
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Jalopy
2003
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Smile!
2004
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Not the End of the World
2004
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The White Darkness
2005
26
Cyrano
2006
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Mo
2006
28
Peter Pan in Scarlet
2006
29
Tamburlaine's Elephants
2007
30
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
2009
31
The Positively Last Performance
2013
32
The Middle of Nowhere
2013
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Where the World Ends
2017
34
The Supreme Lie
2021
35
Rollercoasters: Where the World Ends
2022
36
Under a Fire-Red Sky
2025
Colecciones de cuentos cortos
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One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
1982
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The Canterbury Tales
1984
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The Orchard Book Of Stories From The Ballet
1994
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Stories from Shakespeare
1994
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The Orchard Book Of Greek Gods And Goddesses
1997
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The Doubleday Book of Princess Stories
1997
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God's People
1997
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The New Windmill Book of Greek Myths
1997
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Orchard Book Of Ballet Stories
1998
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The Orchard Book of Starry Tales
1998
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Greek Gods and Goddesses
1998
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God's Kingdom
1998
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Golden Myths and Legends of the World
1999
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The Orchard Book of Roman Myths
1999
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Britannia: 100 Great Stories from British History
1999
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My First Oxford Book Of Stories
2000
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The Orchard Book of Love and Friendship
2000
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Starry Tales
2001
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100 World Myths and Legends
2001
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Knights, Kings and Conquerors
2001
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Roman Myths
2001
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John Bunyan's a Pilgrim's Progress
2001
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Rebels & Royals
2001
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Daredevils and Desperadoes
2002
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Ghosts, Rogues and Highwaymen
2002
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Movers, Shakers and Record Breakers
2002
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Oxford Treasury of Fairy Tales
2003
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Treasury of Fairy Tales
2003
29
Sky Ship and Other Stories
2004
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The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen
2004
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Greek Heroes
2007
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Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow and a World of Other Stories
2011
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King Arthur and a World of Other Stories
2011
34
George and the Dragon and a World of Other Stories
2011
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The Orchard Book of Greek Myths
2013
Obras de teatro
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Britannia on Stage
2000
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The Greeks on Stage
2002
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Doctor Faustus
2006
Libros de imágenes
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The Story of Noah and the Ark
1989
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Saint George and the Dragon
1989
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The Story of Christmas
1989
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The Cherry Tree
1991
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Blue Moon Mountain
1994
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Little Angel
1995
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Unicorns! Unicorns!
1997
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Noah and Nelly
1998
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Never Let Go
1998
10
Aesop's Fables
1998
11
Hope on a Rope
1998
12
The Story of the Nativity
1998
13
Beauty and the Beast
1999
14
Grandma Chickenlegs
1999
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How the Reindeer Got Their Antlers
2000
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My Grandmother's Clock
2002
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One Bright Penny
2002
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Fig's Giant
2005
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Wenceslas
2005
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Father and Son
2006
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The Nativity Story
2007
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Twelve Dancing Princesses
2011
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Pittipat's Saucer of Moon
2012
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The Nutcracker
2012
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Go! Go! Chichico!
2013
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The White Elephant
2017
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The Little Mermaid
2020
Geraldine McCaughrean Pop-Up Books
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My First Earth Book
1989
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My First Space Book
1989
Flashbacks Books
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Casting the Gods Adrift
1998
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Final Victory ( By: Herbie Brennan)
2009
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Put Out The Light (By: Terry Deary)
2010
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A Slip in Time (By: Maggie Pearson)
2012
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Better Than Gold (By: Theresa Tomlinson)
2014
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The Night Run (By: Bali Rai)
2014
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The Ghost of the Trenches and other stories (By: Helen Watts)
2014
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The Lost King (By: Alison Prince)
2014
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The Viking's Revenge (By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross)
2014
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The Samurai's Assassin (By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross)
2015
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The Gladiator's Victory (By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross)
2015
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The Dance of Death (By: Andy Croft)
2015
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Katy Parker and the House that Cried (By: Margaret Mulligan)
2015
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Land of the Gods (By: Sally Prue)
2016
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Shield Maiden (By: Stuart Hill)
2016
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The Pharaoh's Charioteer (By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross)
2017
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The Spartan's March (By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross)
2017
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Mark of the Cyclops: An Ancient Greek Mystery (By: Saviour Pirotta)
2017
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Revolt Against the Romans (By: Tony Bradman)
2017
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Secret of the Oracle (By: Saviour Pirotta)
2017
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Attack of the Vikings (By: Tony Bradman)
2017
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The Silver Hand (By: Terry Deary)
2018
23
Pirates of Poseidon (By: Saviour Pirotta)
2018
24
The First King of England (By: Stuart Hill)
2018
25
Shadow of the Centaurs (By: Saviour Pirotta, Freya Hartas)
2018
26
The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad (By: Saviour Pirotta, Freya Hartas)
2019
27
Winter of the Wolves (By: Tony Bradman)
2019
28
Queen of Darkness (By: Tony Bradman)
2019
29
The Unstoppable Letty Pegg (By: Iszi Lawrence)
2020
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Mohinder's War (By: Bali Rai)
2020
Collins Big Cat Books
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Horses’ Holiday
2005
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Bones
2009
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Morris Plays Hide and Seek
2010
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Great Expectations
2013
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014
6
The Tempest
2015
7
The Battle of Passchendaele
2016
8
Antony and Cleopatra
2017
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The Fall of Julius Caesar
2017
10
Rat Naps
2017
11
The Farmer’s Lunch
2017
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The Lonely Penguin
2017
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The Woman who Fooled the Fairies
2017
14
Olympic Heroes
2017
15
A Letter to New Zealand
2017
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If
2017
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The Magic Pen
2017
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How The Elephant Got His Trunk
2017
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The Lion and the Mouse
2017
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The Amazing Adventures of Batbird
2017
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The Brave Baby
2017
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Chewy Hughie
2017
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The Porridge Pincher
2017
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What’s Underground
2017
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The Journey of Humpback Whales
2017
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Fire! Fire!
2017
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What Is CGI?
2017
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Tod and the Trumpet
2017
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Around the World
2017
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Crunch and Munch
2017
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Building High
2017
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Wild Weather
2017
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When Arthur Wouldn’t Sleep
2017
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The Stone Cutter
2017
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War School for Dogs
2017
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Were They Real?
2017
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How to Draw Cartoons
2017
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Swimming with Dolphins
2017
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Jodie the Juggler
2017
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The Very Wet Dog
2018
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Pet Detectives
2018
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A Day Out
2018
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The Sneezles
2018
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Living Dinosaurs
2018
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How to be a Pirate
2018
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Monster Mess
2018
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Bart the Shark
2018
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Tig in the Dumps
2018
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Mountain Mona
2020
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Rally Challenge
2020
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Pet Detectives: Tortoise Trouble
2020
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Chicken Licken
2020
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One Night in the Zoo
2020
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Fabulous Creatures – Are they Real?
2020
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Unusual Traditions
2020
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Famous Explorers: Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong
2020
57
Catching Flies
2020
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Melrose and Croc Beside the Sea
2020
59
Where on Earth?
2020
60
Hercules: Superhero
2020
61
I'm Growing a Truck in the Garden
2020
62
Puss in Boots
2020
63
How to Be a Viking
2020
64
Spider McDrew and the Egyptians
2020
65
Great Architects
2020
66
How to be an Ancient Egyptian
2020
67
Tara Binns: High-Flying Pilot
2020
68
The Story of Nian
2020
69
The Fisherman and his Wife
2020
70
Monster in the Mirror
2020
71
Bungleman
2020
72
Caribbean Carnival
2020
73
Spider’s Big Match
2020
74
Plants, Pollen and Pollinators
2020
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You Are Here: Maps and Why We Use Them
2020
76
The Olympic Games
2020
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Tara Binns: Big Idea Engineer
2020
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Early Kings of England
2020
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How to be a Roman
2020
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Flash Harriet and the Mystery of the Fiendish Footprints
2020
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The Games Player of Zob
2020
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Boudica
2020
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How to Build a House
2020
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Great Greek Myths
2020
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As You Like It
2020
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The Arabian Desert
2020
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How to be an Ancient Greek
2020
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The World’s First Women Doctors
2020
89
The Secret Garden
2020
90
Nightmare
2020
91
Fearless Flynn and Other Tales
2020
92
How to be a Victorian in 16 Easy Stages
2021
93
The Story of the Suffragettes
2021
94
The Story of the Electric Guitar
2021
95
King Lear
2021
96
Spotlight on Russia
2021
97
Dani Binns: Fix-it Farmer
2021
98
Dani Binns: Talented Train Driver
2022
99
Dani Binns: Fair-play Footballer
2022
100
Dani Binns: Promising Police Officer
2022
101
Sea Turtles
2022
102
Robots
2022
103
A Time-Traveller's Guide to the Future
2022
104
The Mysterious World of Microorganisms
2022
105
Kings of the Wild
2022
106
How To Be A Knight
2022
107
Cats
2022
108
How to be a Tudor
2022
109
Breath
2022
110
Big Cat Babies
2022
111
Mega Plants
2022
112
Recycling Plastic
2022
113
Our World
2022
114
Top Dinosaurs
2022
115
Minibeasts
2022
116
Animal Ancestors
2022
117
Blast Off to the Moon
2022
118
Spines, Stings and Teeth
2022
119
Wheels
2022
120
Let’s Go to Mars
2022
121
Plants that Eat Animals
2022
122
Growing and Changing
2022
123
The Tour de France
2022
124
In the Jungle
2022
125
Antarctica: Land of the Penguins
2022
126
Your Brain
2022
127
What Happened to the Dinosaurs?
2022
128
The Baby Turtle
2022
129
Animals in Hiding
2022
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Football Spy
2022
131
Cars
2022
132
The Life and Times of William Shakespeare
2022
133
World of Football
2022
Dramascripts Books
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Werewolf (By: Adrian Flynn)
1642
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Werewolf
1642
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The Valley of Fear (By: Adrian Flynn)
1915
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The Valley of Fear
1915
5
All My Sons
1947
6
All My Sons (By: Arthur Miller)
1947
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Death of a Salesman
1949
8
Death of a Salesman (By: Arthur Miller)
1949
9
The Crucible
1953
10
The Crucible (By: Arthur Miller)
1953
11
A View from the Bridge
1955
12
A View from the Bridge (By: Arthur Miller)
1955
13
Brother in the Land (By: Robert Swindells)
1984
14
Brother in the Land
1984
15
Across the Barricades
1990
16
Across the Barricades (By: Joan Lingard)
1990
17
A Question of Courage
1990
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A Question of Courage (By: Marjorie Darke)
1990
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Paper Tigers
1991
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Paper Tigers (By: Steve Skidmore, Steve Barlow)
1991
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The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
1991
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The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler (By: Gene Kemp)
1991
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Hot Cakes (By: Adrian Flynn)
1992
24
Hot Cakes
1992
25
Burston School Strike
1992
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Burston School Strike (By: Roy Nevitt)
1992
27
A Tale of Two Cities (By: Steve Skidmore)
1996
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A Tale of Two Cities
1996
29
Jane Eyre
1998
30
Jane Eyre (By: Steve Skidmore, Steve Barlow)
1998
31
The Labyrinth: Play (By: David Calcutt)
2000
32
The Labyrinth: Play
2000
33
Working Parts (By: Nick Jones)
2000
34
Working Parts
2000
35
Dracula
2003
36
Dracula (By: David Calcutt)
2003
37
The Canterbury Tales
2003
38
The Canterbury Tales (By: Martin Riley)
2003
39
The Deamon Headmaster
2003
40
The Deamon Headmaster (By: Nick Stafford)
2003
41
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
2003
42
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (By: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs)
2003
43
Johnny and the Dead (By: Terry Pratchett)
2003
44
Johnny and the Dead
2003
45
Frankenstein
2003
46
Frankenstein (By: Philip Pullman)
2003
47
Lady Macbeth
2005
48
Lady Macbeth (By: David Calcutt)
2005
49
The Snake-Stone (By: Berlie Doherty)
2005
50
The Snake-Stone
2005
51
Doctor Faustus
2006
52
Troy 24
2007
53
Troy 24 (By: David Calcutt)
2007
54
The White Rose and the Swatiska (By: Adrian Flynn)
2007
55
The White Rose and the Swatiska
2007
56
Salem (By: David Calcutt)
2007
57
Salem
2007
58
The Three Musketeers
2008
59
The Three Musketeers (By: Ken Ludwig)
2008
60
Cry, the Beloved Country (By: Roy Sargeant)
2008
61
Cry, the Beloved Country
2008
62
Bog Child
2008
63
Bog Child (By: Siobhan Dowd)
2008
64
Solace of the Road (By: Siobhan Dowd)
2009
65
Solace of the Road
2009
66
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2011
67
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (By: Adrian Flynn)
2011
68
King of Shadows
2011
69
King of Shadows (By: Susan Cooper)
2011
70
The Invisible Man (By: Adrian Flynn)
2012
71
The Invisible Man
2012
72
The Garbage King
2013
73
The Garbage King (By: Oladipo Agboluaje)
2013
74
The Devil Walks
2013
75
The Devil Walks (By: Anne Fine)
2013
76
A Christmas Carol
2013
77
A Christmas Carol (By: Conor McReynolds, Richard Kidd)
2013
78
Our Day Out
2014
79
Our Day Out (By: Willy Russell)
2014
80
Blood Brothers (By: Willy Russell)
2014
81
Blood Brothers
2014
82
Flesh and Blood
2014
83
Flesh and Blood (By: Benjamin Hulme-Cross)
2014
84
Dodger
2014
85
Dodger (By: Stephen Briggs)
2014
86
The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty (By: David Calcutt)
2014
87
The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty
2014
88
Stone Cold
2014
89
Stone Cold (By: Robert Swindells)
2014
90
Beowulf (By: David Calcutt)
2014
91
Beowulf
2014
92
Homer's Odyssey (By: David Calcutt)
2014
93
Homer's Odyssey
2014
94
Arson About
2014
95
Arson About (By: Mark Wheeller)
2014
96
Treasure Island (By: David Calcutt)
2014
97
Treasure Island
2014
98
Unman Wittering and Zigo (By: Giles Cooper)
2014
99
Unman Wittering and Zigo
2014
100
The Diary of Anne Frank
2014
101
The Diary of Anne Frank (By: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett)
2014
102
The Hound of the Baskervill (By: John O'Connor)
2014
103
The Hound of the Baskervill
2014
104
Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror (By: Philip Pullman)