Children's Books

Deirdre Madden / Thanks for Telling Me, Emily

Murphy the cat, Bubbles the dog and Captain Cockle the parrot live in a pet shop. When the owner's niece Keira comes to stay, she is entranced by the animals but a bit puzzled, because her Aunt Emily never seems to actually sell any of them. But then...

Leon McAuley / Albert and the Magician

When Mr Curry the headmaster announces The Great Gazebo is coming to visit the school, Albert's big sister Fionnuala tells him awful tales of the powers of magicians, especially over seven-year-old boys. 'They appear in a cloud of smoke and red...

Mitchell Symons / Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You

EVER WONDERED ...Why we have tonsils? Is there any cream in cream crackers? Why is the sea blue? And if kangaroos keep their babies in their pouches, what happens to all the poo?! Mitch Symons answers all these crazy questions and plenty more in this...

Aidan Herron / Girlfacts

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Brendan O'Carroll / Jimmy's Joke Book

This is a selection of humour from Jimmy, a regular contributor to Ian Dempsey's "Breakfast Show" on 2FM for over ten years. At 8:07 am each morning, he telephones Ian and they chat. Jimmy is always good for a gag or a funny observation on...

Phoebe Bright / Lucky Stars: the Perfect Pony Wish

One night Cassie is gazing at the twinkling sky, when suddenly a shooting star zooms into her bedroom and transforms, into Stella Starkeeper. Stella and Cassie fly to the secret world of the stars, and Cassie discovers she is destined to be a Lucky Star...

Andrew Matthews / The Kingfisher Treasury of Funny Stories

These funny stories all contain favourite characters such as Posy Bates, Dilly the Dinosaur, flying dogs and dancing cows.All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good...

Jennifer Curry / Family Poems

This title presents brilliant poems to entertain your whole family. In here you'll find rhymes from favourite poets including Michael Rosen, Jack Prelutsky and Kit Wright, as well as some poems written by kids like you. There are happy poems and sad...

Disney "High School Musical": Broadway Dreams Bk. 5

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Martin Waddell / Star Striker Titch

A fun football story by an award-winning author in this popular series for young readers. It's the school five-a-side World Cup. Titch has new boots and he's ready to score goals. But Bungo's the striker and he doesn't want tinies like Titch in his team...

Margot Bosonnet / Red Belly, Yellow Belly

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Janet Perkins / Haffertee's First Christmas

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Dick King Smith / The Fox Busters

The Foxearth fowls have a tradition of battling with the crafty foxes whose cunning is hard to outwit. Then the bold rooster fathers three exceptional chicks - Ransome, Sims and Jeffries - who fly faster, higher and further than any chicken has ever done...

Pete Johnson / Help! I'm a Classroom Gambler

Harvey thinks school is the most boring place on earth - and so he and his friends devise a way to help relieve their boredom. Lessons are actually quite interesting when you have more at stake than just whether you'll get through it without being...

Niki Daly / Pa's Perfect Pizza

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Creina Mansfield / My Nutty Neighbours

After the strange events of My Nasty Neighbours, David and his family have moved from the city to the country - much to his disgust! David says: I'm telling you, nothing is worse than living in the country. And I should know. You think when people...

Jonny Duddle / The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon

Ahoy there shipmates! Climb aboard with a new fiction series from Jonny Duddle featuring the crew from The Pirates Next Door. Join Jim Lad and Matilda as they sail the seven seas (and the coast of Dull-on-Sea) in search of adventure and pirate loot...

Marie Burlington / Dear Me!

Dear Me, Grandad took me to town today and let me buy whatever clothes I wanted. Mum would never have let me off so lightly! Everything's changed for Cathy - she's moved in with Grandad while Mum's in hospital and she has to go to a new...

Jackie Burke / The Secrets of Grindlewood

With Wanda the good witch defeated, all that stands between Worfeus the warlock and ultimate power is just one spell. That is, until the Grindles arrive on the scene. The children and their pets move into an old rambling house and discover a collection...

Emily Smith / Joe v. the Fairies

Joe is sure he's right, but his sisters are obsessed by them. They've turned the climbing frame into a fairy bower, there are fairy cakes for tea and no one wants to do his assault course any more. Then a new neighbour arrives, who loves climbing trees...

Joe O'Brien / Feile Fever

Danny Wilde and his teammates are finding the Under-14s Division tough going. They've lost one of their best goal-scorers to injury and it looks like they'll have no chance of winning the County Feile! Could Todd, the new Australian kid, be the...

Edgar J. Hyde / The Scarecrow

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Enid Gibson / The House in Angel Lane

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Katie Price / Katie Price's Perfect Ponies: Here Comes the Bride : Book 1

Jess, Mel, Amber, Sam and Cara are lucky enough to be able to spend as much time as they can with their favourite ponies at Vicki's Riding School. Grooming, sweeping the yard, even mucking out is fun when you love ponies as much as they do! When...

Shaun Traynor / Hugo O'Huge: The Children's Giant

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Terrance Dicks / Sally Ann Goes to Hospital (Streamers)

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Erika McGann / The Fairytale Trap

Who's afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf ...? When Grace and her witch apprentice friends sign up for the school pantomime they get much more than they bargained for. A mysterious enchanted object turns the entire school into a real medieval village, with a...

Pete Johnson / How to Train Your Parents

Moving to a new area and a new school, Louis is horrified to discover his parents changing into ultra-competitive parents, wanting him and his younger brother to get straight As at school and join all sorts of after-school clubs and activities like the...

Julia Donaldson / The Giants and the Joneses

Jumbeelia, a girl giant, loves the stories of the iggly plop who climbed up the bimblestonk and was chased back down again by a giant. Growing her own bimblestonk, she climbs down it and finds a whole world of iggly plops - our world, in fact, where...

Gregory Maguire / Seven Spiders Spinning

Seven baby Siberian snow spiders, frozen since the Ice Age, defrost on their way to a science lab. They wake up in a wood where the Tattletales girls club are planning for the school Halloween Horror Pageant. Their goal is to wipe the floor with their...

Geronimo Stilton / The Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

It all started when my sister, Thea, discovered a mysterious map. It showed a secret treasure on a faraway island. In no time at all, my sister dragged me and my cousin Trap into her treasure hunt. It was an adventure I'd never forget...All of our...

Dick King-Smith / Mr Ape

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Mary Feehan / Book of Irish Children's Jokes

Why did the Kerry boy push his father in the fridge?What is the best food for athletes?What runs all the way from Cork to Belfast and still never moves?What nationality was Santa?What usually runs in Kerry families?What would you call Batman and Robin if...

Morris Gleitzman / Worry Warts

There's trouble in Keith's tropical paradise - his mum and dad are just as miserable as ever. Can Keith's adventure-packed trip to the opal fields save them from spending the rest of their lives as worry warts?All of our books are second...

Brigid Smith / In Flight: Our Gang and the Mystery of the Missing Parrot Level 1

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Peter Bird / Girlfacts

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Ann Jungman / LUCY AND THE WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING AND LUCY KEEPS THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR.

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Philip Reeve / The Teacher's Tales of Terror

"The Teacher's Tales of Terror" (Bloomsbury Children's Books). Chris Priestley has readers on the edge of their seats in this trio of terrifying stories as a teacher and his pupils share three spine-chilling tales. But, of course, with a very surprising...

Cathy Hopkins / Mates, Dates and Sizzling Summers

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Wendy Douthwaite / A Dog for a Day (Treetops)

Tree Tops Oxford Reading Tree - Stage 14. Mark wants to help the hungry little dog he finds tied to a fence at the dump. But bully Wayne Waring has other ideas and that's only a part of Mark's trouble. His best friendis away, his parents can't help and...

Ali Sparkes / S.W.I.T.C.H.: Bug Battle

BUG BATTLE: Mad genius Petty Potts has once again tricked Josh and Danny into trying some of her SWITCH serum. Josh finds himself with eight, hairy legs and Danny has an impressive pair of pincers! It's fun at first but to the twins' dismay,...

Gordon Korman / Chasing the Falconers

Your parents are in jail - for life. There's one piece of evidence that might save them, but it's hundreds of miles away. You're trapped on a prison farm in the middle of nowhere, and there's someone out there who wants you dead. But when...

David Horvath / THE Ugly Guide to Things That Go

It's ugly out there! And to get around in such an Ugly world, you need a pretty Ugly vehicle. Sometimes it will go and sometimes it won't, but that's okay . . . because it's Ugly! This guide to Ugly vehicles will give you the first-ever...

Patricia Murphy / Deadly Shot - Dan's War of Independence 1920-22

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Carolyn Swift / Bugsy Goes to Galway

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Barbara Park / Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth

'I need to talk to you very bad', I shouted some more. 'Cause I did a big fib. And now I don't know how to get out of it'. Junie B Jones says that when she grows up she'll have the bestest job in the whole wide world. Only, she...

Steve Dixon / What the Sword Said

Ruel's friends have been scattered to the four winds at Baladan's orders. As each travels a difficult road they find themselves drawn to Melech's tournament. But what are they meant to do there? And does Baladan have a plan ...? This is the...

Disney Wizards Fiction: Spellbound Bk. 4

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Minecraft: The Official Construction Handbook (Hardback)

There's nothing that can't be built in Minecraft, but with so many possibilities, where do you start? And how will you ever match the creative style of the experts? The official Minecraft Construction Handbook is packed with tips and step-by-step...

Minecraft : The Official Combat Handbook (Hardback)

In Minecraft, you're never alone and the threat of attack is constant. How can you survive? The Official Combat Handbook will teach you everything you need to know to defend yourself from hostile monsters and enemy players. You can learn how to build a...

Matthew Sweeney / Fox

age-range 10+ 'The day after I moved to the city I saw the fox. He was wrapped round the neck of a man, his red brush of a tail hanging down one side, his little head with its bright eyes on the other side. And the eyes were watching me - he was a...

Philip Ardagh's / Philip Ardagh's Book of Absolutely Useless Lists for Absolutely Every Day of the Year (Hardback)

Expect the unexpected in this ridiculously named, reassuringly chunky book, jam-packed full of eye-openingly absurd facts, lies, half-truths, thoughts, suggestions and musings with more footnotes than an orchestra of millipedes. The lists include:...