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1 9781416917052 Aliens love underpants! Claire Freedman and Ben Cort Simon & Schuster 2007 Childre> 2 9781842551325 Horrid Henry robs the bank Francesca Simon ; illustrated Orion Children's 2008 by Tony Ross 3 9781405020466 The Gruffalo's child Julia Donaldson ; illustrated by Macmillan Children's 2005 Axel Scheffler Boo> 4 9780007215997 The tiger who came to tea written and illustrated by Judith HarperCollins 2006 Kerr Children's 5 9780552548335 Pants Giles Andreae: Nick Sharratt David Fickling 2003 [illustrator] 6 9780333963968 The smartest giant in town Julia Donaldson: ill Axel Macmillan Children's 2002 Scheffler 7 9780747577652 The bear in the cave Michael Rosen and Adrian Bloomsbury 2007 Reynolds 8 9781408700518 The front by Patricia Cornwell Little Brown 2008 9 9780752893686 No time for goodbye Linwood Barclay Orion 2008 10 9780006647553 Mog's Bad Thing Judith Kerr HarperCollins 2001 Publishers 11 9780099451082 Biscuit Bear Mini Grey Red Fox 2005 12 9781842556122 Horrid Henry rules the Francesca Simon ; illustrated Orion Children's 2008 world by Tony Ross 13 9780333636220 Whatever next! Jill Murphy Macmillan Children's 1995 Boo> 14 9780552554411 ; illustrated Corgi Children's 2008 by Nick Sharratt 15 9780755309511 The island Victoria Hislop Review 2006 16 9780719564567 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones John Murray 2007 17 9780340944257 First Kipper: colours Mick Inkpen Hodder Children's 2008 18 9780752868608 Exit music Ian Rankin Orion 2007 19 9780099448037 A bunch of daisies Kes Gray & Nick Sharratt Red Fox 2006 20 9780370326528 Eat your peas Kes Gray: ill Nick Sharratt Bodley Head 2000 21 9780439943178 The Big Book of Crazy Nick Sharratt Scholastic 2008 Mix-ups 22 9780141383378 Sizzles is completely not Lauren Child Puffin 2007 here 23 9780140566864 Give the dog a bone Allan Ahlberg ; Andre Amstutz Puffin 2005 24 9780330448444 The house at Riverton Kate Morton Pan 2007 25 9780141382111 But excuse me that is my Lauren Child Puffin 2005 book 26 9780385610124 My sister Jodie Jacqueline Wilson ; illustrated Doubleday 2008 by Nick Sharratt 27 9780747582977 A thousand splendid suns Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury 2007 28 9781846050916 Wedding Season Katie Fforde Century 2008 29 9780333982242 The snail and the whale Julia Donaldson: ill Axel Macmillan Children's 2003 Scheffler 30 9780140567854 Red rockets and rainbow Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt Puffin 2004 jelly 31 9780099513421 The outcast Sadie Jones Chatto & Windus 2008 32 9780340944271 First Kipper: counting Mick Inkpen Hodder Children's 2008 33 9780007252671 A cure for all diseases Reginald Hill HarperCollins 2008

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34 9780192792006 Winnie at the seaside Korky Paul and Valerie Oxford University 2006 Thomas Press 35 9780007254668 Notes from an exhibition Patrick Gale Harper Perennial 2008 36 9780718154578 Silks Dick Francis and Felix Francis Michael Joseph 2008 37 9780439950923 Ouch! I need a plaster! Nick Sharratt Scholastic 2006 38 9781846164538 Charlie and Lola's Lauren Child Orchard 2007 opposites 39 9780007200283 Half of a yellow sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Harper Perennial 2007 40 9780746071472 That's not my dragon Fiona Watt ; illustrated by Usborne 2006 Rachel Wells 41 9781842550717 Horrid Henry and the Francesca Simon ; illustrated Orion Children's 2006 football fiend by Tony Ross 42 9780746070857 Curly's friends illustrated by Stephen Usborne 2006 Cartwright 43 9780140566833 Skeleton crew [text] Allan Ahlberg ; Puffin 2005 [illustrations] Andre Amstutz 44 9780224015790 The enormous crocodile Roald Dahl: with pictures Cape 1978 Quentin Blake 45 9781409102519 East of the Sun Julia Gregson Orion 2008 46 9780755343591 The pirate's daughter Margaret Cezair-Thompson Headline Review 2008 47 9781843629290 The fairy party dress Daryl Stevenson Orchard 2005 48 9780316724234 Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell Little Brown 2006 49 9780907349501 Hairy Maclary of Lynley Dodd Spindlewood 1983 Donaldson's dairy 50 9781405223300 What's the time, Thomas? Egmont 2006 51 9780333647608 Peace at last Jill Murphy Macmillan Children's 1995 52 9781862330887 Harry and the bucket full of wr Ian Whybrow: ill Adrian David & Charles 1999 dinosaurs Reynolds Children> 53 9781842550670 Horrid Henry's underpants Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 2003 Ross 54 9780140569537 Harry and the dinosaurs at Ian Whybrow and Adrian Puffin 2005 the museum Reynolds 55 9780140566802 The Black Cat Allan Ahlberg Puffin Books 2004 56 9780747591054 Harry Potter and the J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury 2007 Deathly Hallows Publishing PLC 57 9780723254133 Where's Spot? Eric Hill Frederick Warne 2005 58 9780752876283 This year it will be different Maeve Binchy Orion 2007 59 9781405220026 Miffy : a first lift-the-flap Dick Bruna Egmont 2005 book 60 9781848540958 Down river John Hart John Murray 2008 61 9780753821787 Salmon Fishing in the Torday, Paul Orion Publishing Co 2007 Yemen 62 9780006646846 I love you, Blue Kangaroo! Emma Chichester-Clark PictureLions 2000 63 9780141323572 My brother's famous Jeremy Strong ; illustrated by Puffin 2008 bottom goes camping Rowan Clifford 64 9780140567878 Faster, Faster! Nice and Nick Sharratt & Sue Heap Penguin Books Ltd 2006 Slow! 65 9780091920593 Not in the flesh Ruth Rendell Hutchinson 2007 66 9780340879016 Kipper's Beach Ball Mick Inkpen Hachette Children's 2004 Books 67 9780140569377 Yo ho ho! A-pirating we'll Kaye Umansky ; illustrated by Puffin 2008 go Nick Sharratt 68 9781842555897 Horrid Henry's jolly joke Francesca Simon ; illustrated Orion Children's 2007 book by Tony Ross 69 9780746073339 First colours Felicity Brooks ; illustrated by Usborne 2006 Jo Litchfield 70 9780140566857 Dinosaur dreams Allan Ahlberg ; illustrated by Puffin 2005 Andre Amstutz

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71 9780439944748 Tom and the tinful of Nick Sharratt and Stephen Scholastic 2007 trouble Tucker 72 9780192721976 Winnie the witch Korky Paul and Valerie Oxford University 1989 Thomas Press 73 9780744511352 We're going on a bear Michael Rosen + illus Helen Walker 1989 hunt Oxenbury 74 9780140567861 One to ten and back again Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt Puffin 2005 75 9780340835463 My sister's keeper Jodi Picoult Hodder & Stoughton 2004 76 9780141382104 We honestly can look after Lauren Child Puffin Books 2005 your dog 77 9781846160585 The talent show Jeanne Willis, Penny Dann Orchard 2006 78 9780744555370 Where's Wally Now?: 10th Martin Handford Walker Books Ltd 1997 Anniversary Special Edition 79 9780192790262 Winnie flies again Valerie Thomas: ill Korky Paul Oxford University 1999 Press 80 9780141382401 My wobbly tooth must not Lauren Child Puffin 2006 ever never fall out 81 9781846164590 Louise the lily fairy Daisy Meadows ; illustrated by Orchard 2007 Georgie Ripper 82 9780571232765 The resurrectionist James Bradley Faber 2008 83 9780333997611 Daddy on the moon Cressida Cowell, Edward Macmillan Children's 2005 Eaves 84 9781905417360 Big smelly bear Britta Teckentrup Boxer 2007 85 9781858816500 Horrid Henry's haunted Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 1999 house Ross 86 9780340944264 First Kipper: weather Mick Inkpen Hodder Children's 2008 87 9780552553193 The teddy robber Ian Beck Picture Corgi 2006 88 9780140566826 The pet shop Allan Ahlberg, Andre Amstutz Puffin Books 2004 89 9780723241775 Spot bakes a cake Eric Hill Frederick Warne 1998 90 9780340944240 First Kipper: opposites Mick Inkpen Hodder Children's 2008 91 9780192790040 Winnie in winter Korky Paul and Valerie Oxford University 1996 Thomas Press 92 9780230016163 Never use a knife and fork written by Neil Goddard ; from Macmillan Children's 2008 an original idea by Elizabeth Per> 93 9780385608350 Jacqueline Wilson ; illustrated Doubleday Children's 2005 by Nick Sharratt 94 9780552772433 Case histories Kate Atkinson Black Swan 2005 95 9780752877327 Labyrinth Kate Mosse Orion 2006 96 9781846168888 Helena the horseriding by Daisy Meadows Orchard 2008 fairy 97 9780723254850 Who's There, Spot? Eric Hill Penguin Books Ltd 2005 98 9780385613972 Jacqueline Wilson Doubleday Children's 2008 99 9780593057735 The way we were Marcia Willett Bantam 2008 100 9780007223671 The killing ground Jack Higgins HarperCollins 2007

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