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The  tale of a hog - and his friend Candy Stripe Lil - kept awake by  mysterious noises in the night is sure to delight adults and children  alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292632461685,"sku":"9780571316977","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571316977_2a30df0d-e56b-4991-b606-a36849f05a53.jpg?v=1786014807"},{"product_id":"9780571284573","title":"The World's Two Smallest Humans","description":"Julia Copus's poems bring humanity and light to some of our most  intimate and solitary moments, repeatedly breathing life into loss. In  two previous collections, she has been feted as among the most  compelling poets to have emerged in recent years; now, in The World's  Two Smallest Humans, she is writing at her most captivating yet. These  finely tuned poems are the fruit of her upbringing in a musical family,  an affinity with the Classics, a fascination with the arc of time, and  an unflinching scrutiny of love and personal relationships. Born out of a  powerful sense of place, the poems navigate through a beguiling  sequence of interior and exterior landscapes, whether revisiting Ovid,  negotiating the perils of one composer's attempt to step into the shoes  of another or describing, from shifting perspectives, a young girl's  escape from suburban ennui. The book concludes with a moving arrangement  of pieces that explore the author's experience of IVF: poems written  with wry humour and with grace, which celebrate the mysteries of  conception alongside the sometimes surreal business of medical  intervention. The World's Two Smallest Humans is an unforgettable read.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292637147509,"sku":"9780571284573","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571284573_26e50cb3-26a8-44ca-8f3c-f09cf9b7735c.jpg?v=1786014521"},{"product_id":"9780571347711","title":"My Bed is an Air Balloon","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen night falls my bed is an air balloon.\u003cbr\u003eI sail through the slipsiverse, close by the moon.\u003cbr\u003eI float above treetops where fluttertufts are sleeping\u003cbr\u003eAnd flowering hills where the whifflepigs go creeping;\u003cbr\u003ePonds strung with starlight that glitter like glass,\u003cbr\u003eA floog with her velvet nose bent to the grass. \u003cbr\u003eSuch treasures I spy on! My bed in the trees\u003cbr\u003eSwings me up high, like a circus trapeze.\u003cbr\u003eNow the cool, night-rustling air\u003cbr\u003eSlips through my finger-gaps, ripples my hair;   \u003cbr\u003eNow we glide over water, the moon’s silver light\u003cbr\u003eBlown by a cloudpuff into the bight,\u003cbr\u003eAdrift on the sea where the dream-shapes float;\u003cbr\u003eWhen night falls my bed is a sailing boat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully presented picture book with two front covers, the text can be read from front to back and vice versa. The mirror form poem meets in the middle in a stunning centrepiece image as the two children in the story (twins, one in an air balloon, the other a sailing boat) meet in the clouds!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56292717265269,"sku":"9780571347711","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57688238063989,"sku":"9780571334841","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571347711.jpg?v=1792686182"},{"product_id":"9780571351077","title":"Girlhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia Copus’s new collection, \u003ci\u003eGirlhood\u003c\/i\u003e, is a book of transgressed boundaries and seductive veneers. Restlessly inquisitive, it exposes the shifting power balance between things on the verge of becoming and the forces that threaten to destroy them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading these poems, we have the sense of encountering a series of filmic installations arranged by episode in a gallery. Lost, censored or disparaged voices speak out from secluded spaces and moments of hidden history: from within a professor’s office and a deserted department store; from kitchens, bedrooms, hallways and upstairs windows; through changing weathers, fidgety shadows and the witching hour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirlhood\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with a sequence set in a psychiatric hospital that reimagines Jacques Lacan’s treatment of his most famous case study, Marguerite Pantaine. This dramatic meeting of minds has us questioning who is the more delusional – doctor or patient: like other victims in this exhilarating new collection, Marguerite may initially appear vanquished, but a closer look reveals how little of herself she has really surrendered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292798431605,"sku":"9780571351077","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571351077_63d1fe0a-b9d9-477c-8b48-8f43b320c79c.jpg?v=1786014585"},{"product_id":"9781350439573","title":"Brilliant Writing Tips for Students","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must have for anyone who needs help improving their academic writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with top tips on grammar, structure and style, this handy guide provides succinct and practical guidance on students' most common writing concerns. 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