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The retailer, whose brand is intended to be both mass market and family friendly, responded by shutting down its website for a number of days while it. These cookies contain no personal information and no data that they do contain are shared with anyone, or used outside of this site. Bookstore owner and recent widow amanda sternberg is fleeing nazi germany with her two young daughters, heading towards unoccupied france. Strong year for childrens publishing as w h smith unveils books of. Browse our amazing range of books for children aged 9 12 years. If there is anyone else in british publishing that can draw as well or as quickly. We have therefore taken the difficult decision to close our submissions pages until further notice. He s also a restaurant critic, literary blogger, and the author of the play s the thing, a complete ya guide to the plays of william shakespeare published by pentian, as well as more than 30 ya biographies and histories for chelsea house publishers.
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