Children's Books

Creena Mansfield / It Wasn't Me

   When Ronan, the school bully, turns his attentions to Jack, Jack knows he has to think fast to save his skin. He comes up with the idea of a twin brother, a tough, fearless, not-to-be-messed-with twin brother who, he says, attends a...

J. Philip Holden / Birds

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Frank Boyce Cottrell / Framed

   The perfect crime - it's a work of art, in Frank Cottrell Boyce's ingenious story, Framed.Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny Welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage - and when he's not trying to...

David Harmer / the prime minister is 10 today

   A very funny anthology of poems exploring what children would do if they were in charge. Bossing parents around? Yes! Only ever eating ice cream? Maybe. Going to school? Read it and see . . . from `The Prime Minister is 10 Today' by David...

Pamela Freeman / Lollylegs

     Laura befriends a little lamb, Lollylegs, and hopes to keep him for ever.Laura's dad brings a lamb home to give away at the school fete. In the meantime, Laura takes care of the lamb and calls him Lollylegs. But by the end of the...

Beverly Clearly / Ramona the Brave

     The summer before first grade sure isn't an easy one for Ramona. There are a lot of changes going on at the Quimby house and Ramona's not sure she likes them one bit. She has a new bedroom that terrifies her, and she's positive that...

Ivan Jones / The Ghost Hunter

   Roddy's got a new friend called William, who is a ghost. William's in big danger because the Ghost Hunter is out to get him - and he's getting closer all the time! He must be stopped, but can Roddy find the Ghost Hunter before he catches...

Theresa Breslin / Body Parts

   Strange things are happening at the Genetic Clone Unit where replacement human organs are grown. It seems that someone is trying to sabotage the work which will revolutionize spare part surgery. But who would want to do this,and why? This...

Alision Prince / The Sherwood Hero

     Kelly thinks it's all over, her crazy effort to feed the poor. At first it seemed so right, but it became an obsession, and it made her do something so terrible her parents never spoke about it afterwards. Now her best friend is...

Jennifer Gray / Atticus Claw Goes Ashore

   Atticus is on beach tidying duty with the kittens when he finds a message in a bottle from Fishhook Frank. Fishhook is marooned on a desert island, but he promises Atticus treasure in exchange for his rescue!The treasure in question is the...

Jeremy Strong / Let's Do The Pharaoh!

     Sennapod ('he whose name mumbles down the ages'), the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, is still living at 27 Templeton Terrace with the Lightspeed family. By accident, he wins a competition to find the Face of the Future, and soon designer...

Emma Thompson / Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

     Nanny McPhee embarks on a brand new adventure in this brilliant, funny and captivating novel based on the new Nanny McPhee film. The Green family is trying to survive the war in their house in the country, but unfortunately they are...

Anthony Horowitz / The Devil and His Boy

     Chase through the streets of Elizabethan London in this historical adventure from the creator of Alex Rider.London is dirty, distant and dangerous ... but that's where orphan Tom Falconer is heading. And he's got a whole assortment...

Angela Wilkes / The Adventures of King Arthur

     Usbornes Young Reading books combine good stories with easy reading text for reades who have just started reading alone. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our...

Clare Powell / Date with Disaster Level 1

   Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in theELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatwill instantly appeal to students. Date with Disaster! is a funstory about a teenage girl, Kate, who can't make...

Michelle Bates / A Horse for the Summer

   Sandy Lane Stables is a series of full length fiction, based on the people who live or work at the ridin g school. In this story Tom is lent a horse for the summer, but he is wild and uncontrollable bu Tom is determined to train him...

Chris d.Lacey / Fly, Cherokee, Fly

   I lifted Cherokee up to the sky. She cocked her head at the passing clouds, her dark blus neck feather ruffling in the breeze. I could feel the beat of her heart in my hands and her warm toes scratching against my skin. I waited for an...

Dan Greenburg / My Son, the Time Traveller

 Zack has saved enough money to buy a rare and precious baseball card for his collection. But someone has got there first, and that someone is three years older than Zack. He comes from the future - and he claims that Zack is his...

Tina Nolan / Harry : The Abandoned Hamster

   In a perfect world there'd be no need for Animal Magic. But Eva and Karl Harrison, who live at the animal rescue centre with their parents, know that life isn't perfect. Every day there's a new arrival in need of their help...When Eva finds...

Sue Mongredien / The Secret Mermaid Reef Rescue

   Swimming with the turtles and tropical fish in the ocean reefs has always been such fun for the mermaids, until the reefs begin to die. Molly must help her friend Coral find her magic shell so she can rescue the reef - but the wicked Dark...

Una Leavy / Barry's New Bed

   Panda number 14Illustrated by Moira McNamara.Your first real bed is a big adventure - but a little scary too!   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...

Laurence Anholt / The Fried Piper Of Hamstring

   The Mayor of Hamstring is the bossiest man in the world. He loves making up rules and he's banned chocolate, chattering, even CHIPS! The children are FED UP. They want FUN and FRIED FOOD. And that's where the Fried Piper comes in.....

Jeff Brown / Stanley, Flat Again

 Join everybody's favourite flat boy for another magical adventure - It's Jeff Brown's Flat Stanley.Stanley, Flat AgainStanley is back, and he's flat - again! Even his brother Arthur can't come up with a plan to re-inflate Stanley this time. But...

Catherine Coe / The Owls of Blossom Wood: To the Rescue

   A gorgeous animal series set in the beautiful BlossomWood - where children turn into magical creatures.Katie, Eva and Alex know a secret - whenthey hide inside a hollow tree trunk at the bottom of Katie's garden,they find themselves whisked...

Beverly Cleary / Ramona's World

   Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary's final book in the Ramona series has all of the warmth, realism, and humor of its predecessors.Ramona Quimby can't wait to start fourth grade. With a new baby sister to brag about, new calluses...

Sue Reid / My Story: Mill Girl

   In spring 1842, Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest,...

David Grimstone / Undead Ed: Undead Ed and the Demon Freakshow

   Forget everything you've ever seen or heard about werewolves, zombies and vampires because Ed Bagley's going to tell you the single most important fact you'll ever learn: BEING UNDEAD SUCKS ...especially if you're a kid. As if Ed hasn't...

Gweneth Rees / The Magic Princess Dress

   New from the wonderful Gwyneth Rees, an irresistible series about the power of wishes and imagination.When Ava enters Marietta's dress shop on the hunt for her missing cat, she has no idea how magical it will be - but before she knows it,...

Gillian Johnson / 1: Thora

   'Ten years at sea, ten years on land ...' It's time for Thora - half-mermaid, half-human - to leave the sea and join the rest of us on dry land. She's ten now, and the Sea Shrew's prophecy says that her days on the deep are done. Leaving...

Frank Rodgers / Pirate Penguins and the Sardines of Doom

   Paisley, Posso, Kelty and Spott have a new mission. Three baby polar bears have been kidnapped by the dastardly pirate Goldflipper, and it's up to Paisley and his crew to save them. At the same time, the waters of the far north sea are...

Ali Sparkes / Monster Makers : Electrotaur and Slashermite

   Jack and Lewis love creating monsters\. But they didn't expect Electrotaur and Slashermite to turn up in their bedroom! Keeping them out of sight and out of trouble is going to be tricky. But who said being a monster creator was...

Anne Fine / The Same Old Story Every Year

   Maya longs to be in the Nativity Play but when she's given the part of Mary she's shocked to see the pink baby Jesus doll. She offers not to be Mary as she knows she's too brown to have a pink baby. The children bring in their dolls hoping...

Jan Page / The Chocolate Monster

   Lucy Locket lost her pocket,' teases Lucy's brother, Matthew.Lucy doesn't lose things, she insists to her brother, they just disappear! But who'd have guessed that a monster under her bed was taking them? Finally Lucy discovers the monster...

Kaye Umansky / The Night I Was Chased by a Vampire

   The spooky story in verse of a young boy lost in the depths of the forest one winter's night.Cold and tired he seeks refuge in a tumbledown castle.A rather odd looking-and smelling-butler answers the door and offers a bed for the night.He...

James Black / Mash Ups: Robin Hood vs The Plague Undead

 His lungs were gone. He was completely hollow inside. But he was not dead. Not quite. What happens when Robin Hood and his Merry Men are faced with a plague of zombies? Somehow, Robin must figure out a way to defeat the most difficult and dangerous...

Disney Fairies: Queen Clarion's Secret

 Fairies chapter books fit for a queen!"Queen Clarion is missing! One minute Prilla was flying right behind her, then POOF!--the queen was gone. Meanwhile, someone has taken the precious heart seed from Lily's rare Fairy Pink rose. Could the queen's...

Dick King Smith / The Hodgeheg

 The story of Max, the hedgehog who becomes a hodgeheg, who becomes a hero!Max's family dreams of reaching the Park. But no one has ever found a safe way of crossing the very busy road. Can Max really solve the problem?     All of our...

R.L. Stine / TV Special: It Came from Beneath the Sink

 Kat and Daniel have moved to a great house, but their dog keeps growling at something under the sink - something that could ruin their lives. Larry tries out a bottle of "INSTA-TAN", but nothing seems to happen. Then Larry notices the dark spiky...

P.L. Travers / Mary Poppins Comes Back

 Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery in time for the release of the 2018 movie.Just when Jane and Michael Banks thought she was gone...

Tom Fletcher / The Creakers

 Lucy Dungston has woken up to find all the grown-ups in her town have disappeared.Lucy's friends are thrilled there are no more grown-ups. They're running wild! They're building roads of trampolines, and eating cereal for every meal.But Lucy wants...

Sue Limb / Girls Muddy Moody Yet Magnificent

 Zoe and Chloe have already survived one threat to their friendship in the form of the devilish Beast, who toyed cruelly with Chloe's affections. Now the girls are back on track and hatching a plan to go down to Newquay, rent a caravan and have a...

Catherine Coe / The Owls of Blossom Wood: Save the Day

 A gorgeous animal series set in the beautiful BlossomWood - where children turn into magical creatures.Katie, Eva and Alex know a secret - whenthey hide inside a hollow tree trunk at the bottom of Katie's garden,they find themselves whisked away to...

Karen Macombie / It's All Good (in Your Dreams)

 Attack of the cheesy grins! Naff dance-routines, corny tunes and psychedelic shorts galore - yep, having a brother in a boy-band is big time cringey. Sadie can deal with the local papers interviewing her brother, the crazy fan following him, and...

Don Conroy / Witches The W Files

      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...

Eoin Colfer / Warp: The Reluctant Assassin

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Kathryn Lasky / Legend of the Gaurdians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

 Now a major motion picture!Enter the world of the owls and meet the heroes who keep it safe...Born in the forest of the barn owls, Soren loves life's little pleasures, like the feel of a centipede pattering down his throat. But evil lurks in the...

Ellie O'Ryan / Littlest Pet Shop: Terriers and Tiaras On Stage : Book 1

 Former dog model Zoe once appeared on the reality show Terriers and Tiaras. Now they've asked her to come back! It didn't go too well the first time she was on the show - will the doggy diva make a better impression this time...

Dan Freedman / World Class

 It's the big one! The World Cup Finals beckon for Jamie Johnson but first he must answer a huge question: Which country will he play for? With brand new characters and all the trademark jaw-dropping footy action, Dan Freedman and Jamie Johnson...

Jenny Nimmo / The Witch's Tears

 Wonderfully spooky and atmospheric story for newly confident readers, by an award-winning author. A Collins Roaring Good Read for confident young readers. In a whirl of rainy weather, a strange woman appears on Theo and Dodie's doorstep making Theo...

Maeve Friel / Witch in Training: Broomstick Battles

 A fifth magical adventure about everyone's favourite witch-in-training.Witches and magic, spells and potions... there's so much to learn when you are a witch-in-training!The fifth adventure for ten-year-old Jessica, who is training to be a witch...

Ellen Miles / Puppy Place: Shadow

 I'm trying so hard to be good! When the Petersons meet Shadow, they know he's very special. Everyone agrees that Shadow will be the perfect puppy for someone. But who will be the perfect owner for him?     All of our books are second...

Hazel Townson / Lift off

   This story features Ronnie, who gets more than he bargains for when he tries to miss his school sports day   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...