Children's Books

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Trillion the Three-Headed Lion

The peace of Avantia has been shattered by a fearsome new Beast - Trillion the Three-Headed Lion. If he is to save the kingdom, Tom must defeat Trillion and collect all the pieces of magical golden armour. Will he succeed? Don't miss: ZEPHA THE...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Soltra the Stone Charmer

Tom's quest to collect the golden armour takes him to his home village, which is being terrorised by Soltra the Stone Charmer. Can he defeat the fearsome Beast and free the frightened villagers? Or will he join her victims and be turned to stone himself?...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Zepha the Monster Squid

The Evil Wizard Malvel has stolen the magical suit of golden armour and scattered it throughout Avantia. Tom vows to find the pieces - but they are guarded by six terrifying new Beasts! Will Tom survive an underwater battle with Zepha the Monster Squid...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Nanook the Snow Monster

The magical Beasts of Avantia are under the power of an evil wizard. Tom journeys to the wilds of the frozen north, searching for Nanook the snow monster. Can he survive the ice and snow, and set the Beast free? Don't miss FERNO THE FIRE DRAGON -...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Tagus the Horse-Man

Avantia needs a hero. Under the spell of an evil wizard, the magical beasts that once protected the land are destroying it. Tagus the horse-man is terrorising the people and animals in the plains - can Tom stop him? Don't miss FERNO THE FIRE DRAGON,...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Arcta the Mountain Giant

Tom must free the magical beasts of Avantia from an evil spell. Armed with a sword and shield from the Wizard Aduro, Tom sets off to face Arcta the mountain giant. Can Tom save his land from destruction? Don't miss FERNO THE FIRE DRAGON, SEPRON THE...

Gyles Brandreth / Max: The Boy Who Made A Million

Set in the 1890s, Max is in danger of being sent to a children's home when his wealthy father is falsely accused of embezzling a million dollars. Max escapes to the streets of New York to clear his father's name and teams up with the Great...

Tony Bradman / Jason And The Voyage To The Edge Of The World

To win back his father's kingdom, Jason must find the fabled Golden Fleece. Many have attempted the perilous journey in search of it and never returned. But Jason and his band of Argonauts set sail determined to succeed!Part of a collection of...

Wendelin Van Draanen / Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Grams always told her those binoculars would get her into trouble. Now Sammy's witnessed a crime at the Heavenly Hotel-a light fingered thief stealing $4,000 from Madame Nashira, the astrologer with the fire-hazard hair-do. Thing is, while she was...

Megan McDonald / Stink and the Incredible Supergalactic Jawbreaker

Stink puts his letter writing skills to the test when he complains about a jawbreaker that did not break his jaw - with surprising results. He gets sent a huge box full of sweets! But he's so intent on getting freebies that he forgets his best...

Tom Palmer / Football Academy: Boys United

Jake loves football and dreams of becoming a professional footballer. He's worried about his height though - what if he's too small for football? But on the day of his trial Jake is quick on the ball and scores - he's made it! Jake can't...

Mary Hoffman / Virtual Friend

This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 with a reading age of eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent...

Rob Childs / The Big Game

An Andrew and Chris Weston football story. Andrew is about to make his debut for the school team, but first the brothers take part in an annual six-a-side tournament. A young winger in the Selworth team gives Andrew a difficult time - and Selworth are to...

Orla Melling / The Druid's Tune

While visiting distant relatives in Ireland, a teenage brother and sister, curiously uneasy about the strange workman on their cousin's farm, discover his strange powers when they are all transported back in time to take part in the struggle between...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Stealth the Ghost Panther

Wizard Malvel's final Beast has reached the doors of King Hugo's Palace! Stealth the Ghost Panther lassoes victims with his tails and makes good people bad. To rescue his father, Tom must capture the final piece of Amulet from Stealth's...

Sally Nicholls / Ways to Live Forever

To view the synopsis (blurb) from the back of this book click on the picture to enlarge it. 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 condition. Removing...

Patrick Skene Catling / Chocolate Magic

Mary Midas has fallen in love with chocolate. She has read every book about it, spends all her pocket money on it and she can't stop gobbling it! But a holiday in America is no fun when everything Mary touches turns to chocolate - even the President...

Kaye Umansky / The Spooks Step Out

The verse is catchy and on every page there are bold and comic drawings, making this a book new readers can really laugh over.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...

Anne Mackintosh / The Ghosts of Bracken Hill

The "Treetops" titles in Oxford Reading Tree's series of fiction offer built-in progression for pupils aged 7 to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, the stories are accessible,...

Chris Pascoe / A Cat Called Birmingham

In the long history of mankind's relationship with felines, one cat stands head and shoulders below the rest. Highly inflammable, the glass-jawed Birmingham lurches from one catastrophe to the next. Through encounters with washing machine spin cycles...

Mary Arrigan / Spirits of the Attic

Arty and Susy are exploring Heather Grange, an abandoned house with a tragic history. It is now shuttered and deserted. Or is it?The light faded and the hall became dark. It wasn't so much the lack of light that freaked me - I put that down to a...

Harry Horse / The Last Polar Bears

Grandfather is on an expedition to the North Pole in search of the last polar bears. He is accompanied by Roo, a dog of character and strong views, and they carry all their equipment in a golf bag. Eccentric, poignant and comic, their story is told...

Andrew Matthews / The Tempest: Shakespeare Stories for Children

A charming retelling of this magical tale of power and justice. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Power in the Tempest. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white...

Caroline Lawrence / The Code of Romulus

Hot-headed as ever, Flavia Gemina is determined to prove to her handsome tutor Aristo that she really is a detective of the highest order. At first, the mystery of the missing bread rolls seems like an easy - and rather dull - case to solve. But it...

Summer Waters / Double Danger (Silver Dolphins)

Exciting new magical adventure series for girls – will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin – she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding...

Fiona Waters / Best Friends: poems chosen by Fiona Waters

A gorgeous collection of poems about best friends and friendship.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 condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Creina Mansfield / Cherokee

Gene's grandfather, Cherokee, is a famous jazz musician and Gene travels the world with him. He loves the life and his only ambition is to be a musician too. But his aunt is totally opposed to the idea and when Gene is left on an island by accident,...

Gillian Perdue / Conor's Concert

Conor is learning the piano. But the tunes he must practise are boring.Conor wants to play something exciting. He makes up his own very special music.But will it do for the concert?All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact...

Fergus Lyons / Shoestring Soup

The poor man is TIRED of shoestring soup. He tries eating a cookerybook sandwich -- yuck! He even tries being a duck -- Quack Quack! -- to get some nice crusts of bread. But nothing works. What can he do?Panda number 30All of our books are second hand,...

Tom Palmer / Foul Play

Foul Play: the second book in this crime fighting series by Tom PalmerDanny is obsessed with two things: football - especially City Football Club - and investigating crimes. So when England and City footballing hero Sam Roberts is reported missing the...

Nik Kershaw / Spilling the Beans on Making it in Music

Spilling the Beans on Making it in MusicAll 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 condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so...

F.R. Hitchcock / Shrunk!

A squirrel, a hot dog stand, the planet Jupiter... what will get shrunk next? After Tom moves in with his grandmother next to the Bywater-by-Sea Model Village, he discovers a curious ability to shrink things. With the Earth slowly being drawn towards the...

Siobhan Parkinson / Call of the Whales

Over three summers, Tyke journeys with his anthropologist father to the remote and icy wilderness of the Arctic. Each summer bring short intense friendships with the Eskimos, and adventures 'which Mum doesn't need to know about'.Tyke is saved...

Cherith Baldry / Mutiny in Space

Cadets Jake and Ellie are determined to overthrow Lt Quentin when he and half of the crew of the spaceship "Venture" mutiny. But the situation becomes doubly difficult as it seems that Quentin is not the only one who wants control of the ship...

Lucy M. Boston / A Stranger at Green Knowe

This series of Bookworms offers younger readers the chance to enjoy lively and accessible adaptations of the best classic and modern fiction. Each title is highly illustrated to engage the reader in the world of the book and help with specific vocabulary...

Deirdre Madden / Snakes' Elbows

Extraordinary things happen in Woodford when kind and timid pianist, Barney Barrington, and his enemy, Jasper Jellit, both want to buy the same painting...An extraordinary tale...on toast!All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the...

Eleanor H. Porter / Pollyanna Grows Up

Her crippled legs cured, Pollyanna takes her glad heart to cheer new friends in Boston before travelling to Europe with Aunt Polly and Dr chilton. But growing up brings sorrows as well as joys, and when she returns after six years, with Dr Chilton dead...

Helen Paiba / Funny Stories For 7 Year Olds

This is acollection of 20 amusing stories from around the world, with stories from the past and from the present, and both classic tales and those less familiar."All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Sam McBratney / Cyclops and the Greenbeans

Pocket Tales is part of Pocket Reads, a superb collection of quality books that really capture children's imaginations! Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Sci-Fi, Pocket Facts and Pocket Chillers making up the rest...

Bill Condon / Loco Zombies

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 condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a price sticker on a...

Debi Gliori / Witch Baby and Me At School

Lily is 9. Her sister Daisy is 1. And she's no ordinary baby. Somehow, when she was born, something went rather wrong... and now Daisy is a Witch Baby. Nobody knows this but Lily - she's the only one who can see when Daisy makes the fridge float...

Cerrie Burnell / Harper and the Sea of Secrets

The Songs of the Sea festival is about to start, but disaster has struck! The royal musicians will be performing, but all their instruments have disappeared! Will Harper and her friends have the courage to walk along the pitch-black smugglers'...

Cornelia Funke / Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost!

Watch out for ghost goo| Tom's stuck at home with his horrible sister, Lola. But there's something stickier hiding out in his cellar - a slime-dripping ghost called Hugo| But harmless Hugo is in the goo too, because he's being haunted - by a...

Mary Pope Osborne / Magic Tree House: Night of the Ninjas

Eight-year-old Jack and his little sister, Annie, are playing in the woods during their summer holiday, when they find a mysterious tree house full of books. But these are no ordinary books . . . And this is no ordinary tree house . . .Morgan le Fay -...

Dr Mike Goldsmith / Fantastic Future

In 30 years' time will you be holidaying on the moon? In 100 years' time could you genetically engineer your own pet? In 1000 years' time will you travel through space in an anti-matter-drive spaceship? This eye-opening guide predicts the...

Mary Arrigan / Milo and the Long Lost Warriors

TRAPPED IN TIMEMilo and his best buddy Shane are on a school trip to a museum and a mock battle. So far, so cool.Milo’s ghostly friend Mister Lewis joins in. He wants to help three lost warriors who are trapped in the museum. They’re from the...

Sue Mongredien / Oliver Moon and the Spider Spell

Oliver's mum has caught Green Flu so Oliver is in charge of all the housework. There's a lot to do - recharging the wands, washing the cloaks, not to mention looking after the Witch Baby and her pet spider! Everything is okay until Oliver tries a...

Megan McDonald / Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

Stink is short. And he's shrinking! Every day he makes his moody older sister, Judy, measure him and he is always the same size. When one day he measures up shorter, Stink decides that the time has come to take some action! Failing to make himself...

David Roberts / Dirty Bertie: Mud!

Meet Dirty Bertie - world's grubbiest trouble magnet! Join Bertie in three hilarious new stories as he faces a barrage of footballs as the school's new goalie, battles to stay clean for the school photographer and has a spookily terrifying...

Sarah Lean / Jack Pepper

The story of an unforgettable dog, from the bestselling author of A Dog Called Homeless.Someone special will never be forgotten…When Ruby and Sid see a poster about a missing dog, they can’t believe it. It reminds them of an adventure they...

David Roberts / Dirty Bertie: Worms!

Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further - Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it. Join Bertie as he...

Ann M. Martin / The Babysitters Club: Dawn and the Impossible Three

When the Dirksen Intelligence Transfer System malfunctions again, Jake Sherman switches bodies with an alien from a planet of big-eyed TV watchers!All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our...