Nicholls, Sally – The Bell Bookshop

Godfather Death

Emma — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls and hauntingly illustrated by JÃºlia SardÃ which will spellbind and thrill readers of all ages.Nominated for a 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration!When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, he’s sure he’s made a good choice – for surely there’s no man more honest than Death? At the christening, Death gives the fisherman a gift that seems at first to be the key to the family’s fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death . . .

Yours from the tower

Emma — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize1896. Tirzah, Sophia and Polly are best friends who’ve left boarding school and gone back to very different lives. Polly is teaching in an orphanage. Sophia is looking for a rich husband at the London Season. And Tirzah is stuck acting as an unpaid companion to her grandmother. In a series of letters, they share their hopes, their frustrations, their dramas … and their romances. Can these three very different young women find happiness?’An addictive, romantic epistolary novel’ Guardian’This immersive, uplifting book is an absolute delight’ Irish Times’Thrilling and cleverly constructed’ Daily Mail’A gorgeous, immersive book’ Observer’An unputdownable friendship story’ Hilary McKay

Who makes an ocean?

Emma — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Discover how an ocean is made – and how life developed on Earth – in this stunning picture book by Waterstones award-winning Sally Nicholls and illustrated by rising star Carolina Rabei.Who made the oceans? An ancient god? A magic spell? A billion firefighters and all their hoses? Come on a trip to the Sea Museum with Dad, and find out how the oceans came to be, and why they’re so important to our planet.Also in the Who Makes… series:Who Makes a Forest?

The nose, toes and tummy book

Emma — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This is your nose. What happens when we press it? BEEEEP!From fingers that tickle to bellies that need to be gobbled up, join in with each family as they play their own games to name different bits of the body.From Waterstones Prize-winning Sally Nicholls comes this interactive book full of fun and play, illustrated with diverse young families by illustrator Gosia Herba.

Godfather Death

Emma — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls and hauntingly illustrated by JÃºlia SardÃ which will spellbind and thrill readers of all ages.When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, he’s sure he’s made a good choice – for surely there’s no man more honest than Death? At the christening, Death gives the fisherman a gift that seems at first to be the key to the family’s fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death . . .

Yours from the tower

Emma — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

1896. Tirzah, Sophia and Polly are best friends who’ve left boarding school and gone back to very different lives. Polly is teaching in an orphanage. Sophia is looking for a rich husband at the London Season. And Tirzah is stuck acting as an unpaid companion to her grandmother. In a series of letters, they share their hopes, their frustrations, their dramas … and their romances. Can these three very different young women find happiness?

Who makes an ocean?

Emma — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The Knight’s Kiss

Emma — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Lady Elinor of Hardford has fallen in love for the first time, with Dan, her cousin and knight-in-training. But her father has other plans. She must marry his friend, Sir William of Courtney – and he’s nearly 50! Ellie must draw on all her skills to work out a solution to her dilemma. Can she change her father’s mind? And will she ever get to marry Dan?

Season of Secrets

Emma — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

On a wild and stormy night Molly runs away from her grandparents’ house. Her dad has sent her to live there until he Sorts Things Out at home now her mother has passed away. In the howling darkness, Molly sees a desperate figure running for his life from a terrifying midnight hunt. But who is he? Why has he come? And can he heal her heartbreak?A haunting tale of myth, magic and healing after grief.