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In the post-apocalyptic, neo-medieval city of Ark, speech is constrained to 500 sanctioned words. If somewhere were to speak outside that approved lexicon, they'd face banishment. The only exceptions to this rule are the Wordsmith and his apprentice, Letta. Together, they are the keepers and archivists of all language. But when Letta's master dies, she is suddenly promoted to Wordsmith and finds the situation more complicated than she knew.

Brought to you by Puffin. The Christmasaurus is back! Get ready for the magical NEW festive adventure from bestselling author, Tom Fletcher! You know about the Naughty and Nice List, right? Santa's top-secret tracker that he ALWAYS checks twice? Well, this year, the Christmasaurus is on a...

When Aisling and Joe antagonise their tough new babysitter, she writes to Santa asking for them to be put on the 'naughty list'. Determined not to be denied their Christmas presents, they end up stealing the Santa List. After all, if Santa doesn't have the list, then he can't tell if you've been naughty or nice, can he? But when the kids have a change of heart, they face a race-against-time adventure to return the list to Mr Claus, before Christmas is ruined. And when they are stopped by someone who absolutely hates Christmas...the day may not be saved after all!

Paddington is a polite little bear from Darkest Peru who lives with a family called the Browns at 32 Windsor Gardens. He is kind, curious and rather accident-prone. When Paddington learns all the Browns have a list of jobs to do around the house, he can’t wait to have his own. But chaos follows when he takes the wrong list! Taking a lead from Michael Bond’s original books and the spirit of the hugely successful Paddington movies, each new Paddington story is packed with vibrancy, humour and charm.

While trialing a secret flying invention on the outskirts of Santa’s Grotto, factory elf Alabaster Snowball discovers a mysterious, abandoned cub shivering in the snow. Against Santa’s wishes, he decides to adopt the animal in secret - one that quickly snowballs out of all control and earns Alabaster’s name entry on the Naughty List.

It’s her dream come true: Martha’s cousins are about to come for a six-week summer visit. But instead of hustling to meet her parents and head to the airport to pick them up, she finds herself rescuing a pregnant cat from a garage sale free box. Things get messy when her parents find out and, even worse, when the cat runs away before giving birth to the kittens.

Enlisted in Santa's mission to deliver rotten fruitcake and one pirate toy to all the children on the Naughty List, Captain Snowbeard sets sail in his jolly boat with eight flying sharks, along with an angler fish to light the way, in this imaginative twist on a classic.