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The Rocketship Bookshop
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Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
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It’s time for another Half Price Sale! A big range of new and bestselling books at half price until Bank Holiday Monday on the 5th of May. In store and online today rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
Photo of our logo with Half Price Sale text and 63 products text
April 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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A whole host of beautiful new books available from us, in store and online! rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
Four shelves of new titles, ranging from baby books, picture books, graphic novels and chapters books to MG, teen and YA
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Our GIGANTIC 50% off MEGASALE is still in full flow BUT we also have lots of wonderful new titles arriving in time for the weekend. So we hope to see lots of visitors, and if you can’t come to us, our website is jam packed with all sale items and new stock! rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
A table of new and bestselling teen and YA titles The Great Unicorn Rescue and Unicorn Babies. Two new picture books A Valentines Display featuring Our Love, Love Grows Here, Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love and the original Ten-Word Tiny Tales A table of new and bestselling Middle Grade titles
January 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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No way, no chance, I won’t say I’m in love (with this absolutely stunning new book)!
Available online and in store today

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Front cover of Disney’s Hercules: The Art of Gerald Scarfe Double spread featuring original illustrations of Pain and Panic Death of the Minotaur Original illustrations and character development of Philoctetes (Phil)
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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This weekend…
📚 Jo Clarke will be here on Sat 11-12 to sign copies of the latest & final book in the Travelling School Mysteries series, Libby and the Egyptian Escapade!
📚 We have a big sale on with many books at half price or less
📚 lots of excellent new titles to help chase away the January blues
A table of brand new books All four books in the Travelling School Mystery series by Jo Clarke, illustrated by Becka Moore
January 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Another brilliant book for 2025 and it’s arriving 06/02. Preorder it with us right here rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/mart...
Marty Moose: First Class Mischief by Claire Powell is going to be a BIG hit here. A chapter book for younger readers, it’s lively, exciting and adorably absurd. Wonderful!
Marty Moose in his uniform on his first day as a Postmouse
January 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Hot damn! A tin store and via our website today 😍
January 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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There are some lovely new picture books arriving this month, and they’re in excellent company with some of our most popular titles here. All available on our website and in store today!
January 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Dear Customers, We are so grateful to everyone who has been shopping with us and placing orders. Normally, we are able to get your books for you for the next day, however our wholesaler is currently unable to provide this service due to what they describe as unprecedented level of orders. We haven't received any orders this week and it doesn't look like we will receive anything tomorrow. We are emailing and contacting customers who are expecting our normal level of excellent customer service to explain that this is a situation out of our control and we sincerely hope our wholesaler will be able to swiftly resolve their issues. We are confident that things will return to normal next week and we hope you will continue to place your orders with us. We are looking a little sparse for the weekend but we still have a lot of lovely books for you to choose from. Please accept our apologies and we would like to thank our customers for their patience, understanding and continuing support. Jo
December 6, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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A reminder that you can request free gift wrapping when you order online, and you can request it in person at the shop too!
A pile of wrapped books in red berry paper and Robin egg blue ribbon with coloured string and tags.
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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Unsurprisingly a very popular picture book for us this year is Flip Flap Build Rockets! Written by Stuart Atkinson and Ben Newman. It looks amazing and it’s full with facts and fun, a great gift for curious minds this Christmas rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/flip...
The front cover of Flip Flap Build Rockets! Inside Flip Flap Build Rockets! The page is split into 3, giving children an interactive element to create lots of different rocket combinations The back cover: "We need a rocket that's FAST." "Big and powerful with boosters that BLAST!" Aspiring space explorers Bo and Mo want to enter the Great Space Race. Flip the pages to help them build their very own racing rocket and blast off for an outer space adventure - with over 180 different combinations of rockets and space rovers to create! With space facts for little explorers! Stimulates the imagination Encourages interactive play With tips for reading together
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Here’s what’s needed to bring a bit of festive cheer, that old Kemp & Ogilvie magic returns with The Muttcracker! rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/the-...
The front cover of The Muttcracker by Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie My dog is not like other dogs. My dog is a ballerina who dreams of being the Sugar Plum Fairy. So when Miss Polly announces the parts in our Christmas show. The Nutcracker, will my dog's dream come true? Or will we both just be ... bonbons? An irresistible story about friendship. positivity and the joy of being the very best bonbon in the box! Two little Bon-bons, looking less than thrilled
November 26, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Here’s a picture book that I’m a big fan of: Tove and the Island with No Address by Lauren Soloy, which imagines a young Tove Jansson on a windswept adventure. Beautiful!

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The front cover of Tove and the Island with no address. A windswept Tove stands at the edge of a cliff, looking out to the sea Tove and her family go to the island with no address every summer. After checking to make sure that everything in her bunk is exactly as it should be, young Tove sets off on an adventure. She finds some interesting salvage on the beach, she visits the grotto and she offers to babysit her strange little friend's boisterous daughters. But when the weather takes a turn, Tove finds this adventure is more than she bargained for ... This imagined day on the island with no address pays tribute to the wild and beautiful imagination of author and artist Tove Jansson and explores both the exhilaration of adventure and the comfort of coming home. The summer Tove turned seven, her family, as they did every summer, packed a boat with only what was essentisl and moved to an island with no address. "The world is full of great and wonderful things for those who are ready for them." -Moominpappa, from the book Moominpappa at Sea
November 25, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Yikes, due to the weather we are unsurprisingly quiet today, a bit nerve wracking for small businesses on a Saturday. So, here’s a look at our current bestsellers and a selection of books we also love. All available here at the shop and online

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Our recent bestsellers: Great Phoenix of London, Dungeon Runners, Heavy Metal Badger, The Snow Thief, Dragons Love Underpants, MurrayThe Viking, The Wild Robot, The Night Train, Bunny Vs Monkey, Flip Flap Rockets, Christmas with Frof and Toad, Bluey, Secrets of the Snakestone, The Dark Friars, Haunting of Fortune Farm, Wimpy Kid, Lottie Brooks, Libby and the Highland Heist Some of our favourite gift books: Houses with a story, At home in a book, Tiny Jenny, Grimms Fairy Tales, King of Dead Things, Starspill, Tempke Alkey Summer, Santa’s first Christmas, Pandora and the Story forge, War of the worlds, Detective Beans, Song of the sea, Carosel Horse, Flower Block, Beto and the little round house, Fox goes north, Lockett and Wilde, Birdie, Beanie the bansheenie, the shortest day, the last zookeeper, Mr Lepron’s Mystery soup, Drawn along, the lightbringers
November 23, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Happy to see this one back in stock. Lord Of The Flies, the graphic novel, adapted and illustrated by Aimée De Jongh. Incredible! rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/lord...
Lord of the Flies graphic novel front cover. A boy with his back to us, wandering into a deep dark jungle, armed with a red tipped spear
November 22, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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A customer very kindly bought me an old bookmark from when Everyman became The Salisbury Bookshop back in the ‘90’s in this building. Oh, to have run a bookshop before Bezos came along, fax machines and all
THE SALISBURY BOOKSHOP for good books Customer Order Service Book Tokens Cards Wrapping Paper 5 Bridge Street Salisbury SP1 2ND Tel: (0722) 421132 Fax: (0722) 421152 The Salisbury Bookshop is a locally managed, independent bookshop. We stock a large range of books on a wide variety of subjects. We offer a fast special order service for any British book not in stock. Of the half a million titles in print we can normally obtain copies to order within two weeks. 50,000 of the more popular titles are usually available within 24 hours. We aim for a high degree of customer service and bookselling expertise. Our knowledgeable staff are always willing to assist. Should you have any query or comment do please let us know.
November 22, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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One of my 2024 highlights is the truly beautiful Mr Lepron’s Mystery Soup by Giovanna Zoboli & Mariachiara Di Giorgio, translated by Denise Muir. Every single page is a delight and the story is unique, sometimes surreal and hilarious. Not to be missed!
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The front cover of the superb Mr Lepron’s Mystery Soup The back cover: Mr Lepron loves his hare family and takes great joy in making his vegetable soup. But when he decides to build a factory that churns out mountains of soup cans, will he lose the original recipe for a happy life? A modern cautionary tale about greed, celebrating love and family. A double spread with no text. Mr Lepron’s family and friends enjoy his soup inside and outside of the burrow
November 21, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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We hope we’ll have lots of visitors this weekend, despite the weather forecast! If you can’t visit the shop, you can support us via our website, have a look at our 2024 gift guide here rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
A big round table of our 2024 bestselling MG titles Our main room, our shelves of 5-8 chapter books and middle grade titles Our picture book display of mainly festive titles and some of our bestsellers Our display of some of our favourite gift books
November 20, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Our little shop has a long history. From being a distillery, to becoming City Chambers, almost a sweet shop in the 1920’s, the much loved Everyman Bookshop from the 70’s - 90’s. It was the Moloko Vodka bar after that & a series of bars until we turned it back to books in 2020. I love this old place!
The building that my shop is part of, under construction in 1874 The shop in the 70’s when it was The Everyman Bookshop The shop when it was Moloko Vodka Bar from the late 90’s. The interior of the shop last night before I locked up
November 17, 2024 at 11:01 AM
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BIG 2024 Highlight for us! Dungeon Runners by the brilliant team of @kieranlarwood & Joe Todd-Stanton. Outside of school orders/events, it’s our bestseller this year & children LOVE it. It’s been popular with both developing readers & older children looking for a fun read & I think it’s fantastic!
The front cover of Dungeon Runners: Level 1 Hero Trial. Our intrepid team, Kit, Sandy and Thorn, stand together against a backdrop of all kinds of weirdness and danger and eyes and teeth! The back cover of Dungeon Runners, the synopsis starts with “Calling All Heroes! Become a dungeon runner! Fight your way to the top!” Indeed! The first page to show Joe Todd Stanton’s illustrations and the type of text and language used. Chapter One: The Trial
November 16, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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A big thank you to Annelise Gray for coming to visit us and signing our copies of Circus Maximus: Return of the Champion. Now available online and in store! rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/circ...
Annelise holding up two signed copies of Return of the Champion behind our MG table
November 16, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Santa’s First Christmas by Mac Barnett and Sydney Smith. Who makes Christmas magical for Santa once his work his done? That first image of Santa!? Sydney Smith is some kind of wizard. rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/sant...
Stunning artwork by Sydney Smith. Santa looking exhausted as he wakes up on Christmas morning, the morning light streaming in. Behind the dust jacket, Santa in a smashing cardigan with two Elves Our copies of Santa’s First Christmas by Mac Barnett and Sydney Smith. Santa and some elves decorating a Christmas tree
November 15, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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Now strictly speaking, this came out last year, but it’s still a 2024 highlight for me! The extraordinary Houses With A Story by Seiji Yoshida. Pretty much the ideal gift for lovers of fantasy worlds, dystopia and the supernatural. It’s just phenomenal rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/hous...
Three copies of Houses with a Story by Seiji Yoshida in the shop Double spread of ‘Secluded Information Broker’ and cross section of his decommissioned tank/home Double spread of ‘A Girl in a Submerged City’ including illustration of her gazing over the city and a detailed plan of her home
November 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Pandora and the Story Forge by Gaynor Andrews and Marie-Alice Harel. The artwork is exquisite, the story is beautiful, ah this book! It is a breathtaking creation. You can find it here in our 2024 Gift Guide rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
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The front cover of Pandora and the Story Forge by Gaynor Andrew’s and Marie-Alice Harel. The back cover: Discover the magical world of storyteller Pandora, adorer of brave and beautiful words, weaver and forger of tales. Pandora is an explorer, a collector of words (even ones that misbehave). Once she has the words she needs, she watches them flower and then forges them into the most magical stories. Friend to all the story-starved children, Pandora knows a secret: once read, a story unfurls in your heart. Enter her world and you’ll never see words in quite the same way again.
November 14, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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Another 2024 highlight and it’s my favourite teen read this year. King of Dead Things by Nevin Holness (cover: Hanson Akatti). A London based fantasy adventure, steeped in West Indian mythology. Loved the main characters, especially Malcolm and Sunny, it’s exciting, unpredictable & so entertaining!
The King of Dead Things by Nevin Holness, cover illustration by Hanson Akatti The back cover of the book
November 13, 2024 at 3:52 PM