Children's Books

Margaret Mahy / The Chewing Gum Rescue and Other Stories

Eleven splendid new stories by the witty and perceptive author of some of the best children's fiction of recent years. This collection ranges from the hilarious title story to the pure fantasy of "The Traveling Boy and the Stay-at-Home Bird" and "The...

Lucy M. Boston / The Sea Egg

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Nina Bawden / The Runaway Summer

Already upset by her parents divorce, an eleven-year-old girl finds matters just get worse when she helps hide a boy who immigrated to England illegally.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Nina Bawden / Rebel on a Rock

A family's visit to a country under the rule of a dictator involves the children in a startling revolutionary secret and leads them to suspect that their stepfather is a spy.       This book is second hand, and while you may not...

Nigel Hinton / The Dangerous Journey

Beaver Towers #3 In this third Beaver Towers adventure, Baby B, the little beaver, and his friend Nick the hedgehog fetch Philip to help once again in the quest to save Beaver Towers from the powers of evil. The Prince of Darkness is always just...

Lucy M. Boston / An Enemy at Green Knowe

Green Knowe #5 L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century.The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with...

Mike Lacey / Trucks and Cars (Large Paperback)

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Carole Marsh / The Mystery of the Alamo Ghost (Large Paperback)

Carole Marsh Mysteries -  Book 4 The Mystery of the Alamo Ghost       One ghostly figure, four kids in jail, seven miles of snaky river, too many clues and time is running out! Four real kids visit the Alamo and become...

David Lewis / Mr. Dunfilling and the Toothy Monster (Large Paperback)

Mr Dimfilling is a brilliant dentist, and is used to looking at all sorts of teeth. But he gets a terrible fright when the zoo-keeper makes an appointment for an animal with ten thousand teeth! How will the daring dentist deal with the terrible toothy...

Jenny Tyler / Escape from the Blood Castle (Large Paperback)

Usborne Puzzle Adventures #1 Graham Round Join Intrepid Ivor as he pursues his quest for the all-important Papers and tries to escape from Blood Castle. This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition...

Allan Ahlberg / Master Track's Train (Large Paperback)

Master Track is adopted as a baby when he is found by Mr and Mrs Track on a railway station platform. Little do they realize that he's going to grow up to be a hero and rescue a train that's been stolen by Mr Creep the Crook and his family.   This...

Rob Lewis / Hide and Seek with Grandpa (Large Paperback)

Here are three more colorful stories about Finley's and Grandpa's adventuresGrandpa lives by himself, and Finley thinks he must be lonely. But whenever Finley visits, Grandpa is busy. Finally they find a perfect solution. They will save Sundays for each...

Tom McCaughren / The Children of the Forge (Large Paperback)

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Wolfram Hänel / Lila's Little Dinosaur (Large Paperback)

 Alex de Wolf (Illustrator), J. Alison James (Translator) When her father takes her to the museum, Lila, who likes dinosaurs more than anything else, finds a little live dinosaur who becomes so fond of her that he follows her home...

Natalie Standiford / The True Story of Balto (Large Paperback)

The Bravest Dog Ever David Cook (Illustrator) Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog - until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish - and the closest supply is 650 miles away!...

Anne Forsythe / Tall Tale Tom (Large Paperback)

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Penelope Lively / Princess By Mistake (Large Paperback)

When their argument annoys a neighbour a brother and sister are magically transformed into a fairytale princess and a rescuing knight.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

Enid Blyton / Brer Rabbit Has Some Fun!

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Adam Kay / Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor (Large Paperback)

It was clear from an early age that Dexter Procter was different.He started speaking at four seconds old. By the age of three, he had 87 A-levels, from Afrikaans to Zoology.And by ten, he was working as a paediatrician at Lilydale General Hospital...

Tom Richards / Hotfoot

So you want to be a professional footballer, do you? You'd do anything to get there? Well, think again, because that's what Larkin's lot wanted, and all they got was hell...       This book is second hand, and while you may not...

Jon Cramer / Amy and the Weather Wizard

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Julian Atterton / Robin Hood and the Sheriff

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Mick Gowar / The Guard Dog Geese

A further adventure in the SPARKS series, set in Roman times, featuring Gaius and Livia. Uncle Titus' country villa was hot and boring, and he was always worried about bad omens and signs from the gods. But when Livia is chased by geese, she begins...

Mick Gowar / A Runaway Donkey

This is the fourth Roman story in the Sparks series, continuing the adventures of Gaius and Livia. At th e back of the book is a facts section, to reinforce and cons olidate the information covered. '       This book is second...

Karen Wallace / Dancing for Captain Drake

The daring tearaway Arthur Knucklebone finds himself working as a cabin boy for Francis Drake on the Golden Hind, but will his dancing really save the Captain's life?       This book is second hand, and while you may not get...

Michael Coleman / Fizzy Hits the Headlines

Fizzy tells her classmates that she is going to have her picture taken with Pete Za of the chart-topping Red Hot Peppas. This leaves Fizzy with the problem of making it come true. Michael Coleman has also written "Tutankhamun is a Bit of a Mummy's...

Selina Young / Owl and Pussycat's Picnic / Owl and Pussycat's Bike Ride

Two stories about a pair of best friends, Owl and Pussycat. In the first story, they set off on a picnic in their rowing boat and in the second story they go for a bike ride, but Owl gets a flat tyre. The author's other books include "Grandpa Has Big...

Karen Wallace / Flash Harriet and the Fiendishly Wicked Whistle Mystery

Karen Wallace, Judy Brown   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may...

Mary Hooper / Poppy's Big Push

This is the second Victorian story in the Sp arks series, aiming to introduce children to the events, peo ple and ways of life in that era. The story follows the rags to riches adventures of a young village girl named Poppy...

Harriet Castor / Wondaglop Plot

Joe Burger's father wants him to be a tightrope walker, and his mother would be happier if he was an astronaut, but Joe wants to be a supersleuth. When a sinister, cream Wondaglop falls into the wrong hands, there's trouble in town, as the cream...

Jan Mark / The Snow Maze

One day, on the way to school, Joe finds a large, heavy key in the long grass. Joe thinks a giant might have dropped it; Irrum thinks it might be magic; Akash says the key is no good because it doesn't open anything. But when Joe tries the key in the...

Brennan Herbie / Mario Scumbini And the Big Pig Swipe

Mario Scumbini lives in New York where his grandfather and uncles are training him to be a gangster. Hannah lives in Dorset with her rotten family and goes to a school where the headmaster does not believe in children reading books that are not...

David Henry Wilson / Superdog

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Pippa Goodhart / Pest Friends

Maxine and Minnie are very different—Maxine is big and bold while Minnie is quiet and shy—but they become best friends. These are simple stories of friendship for beginning readers—staying at another's house overnight, losing a...

Robert Swindells / The Siege of Frimly Prim

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Vivian French / Captain Jennifer Jellyfish Jones

The Ghastly Ghoul #1 Jennifer has always known that she wants to be a pirate.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author...

Rose Impey / We Want William! The Wisest Worm in the World

Rose Impey, Shoo Rayner   William is the wisest, most worldly worm in Wiggleton. So when the World Worm Charming Competition threatens the worm population again, it is William everyone turns to, with great success...

Rose Impey / Pipe Down Prudle: The Most Talkative Parrot in the World

Designed for building reader confidence, "Animal Crackers" are stories based on real animals featuring easy-read type and half illustrations and half text. This title follows the adventures of Prudle, the talkative parrot who becomes a heroine when...

Hiawyn Oram / Beetle and Bug Go to Town

Second in the series about Beetle and Bug's adventures. In this story the two friends go into town with their rug, and discover that "always-full- purses" are not so easy to find. The book's large type and many illustrations are designed to give the...

Geraldine McCaughrean / Wizziwig and the Crazy Cooker

Wizziwig is the greatest inventor the world has ever known, except the world doesn''t know about her yet. This is a lively and fun read, with lots of repetition in t he text and illustrations throughout '       This book is...

Branwen Thomas / Roxy's Italian Diary

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Vivian French / Kelly and the Crime Club

Kelly's mum is the school janitor and she lives with her brothers and sisters in a house in the playground. Her new friend Tom is sure there are lots of mysteries to be solved around the school.       This book is second hand,...

Helen Cresswell / The Little Sea Horse

Molly's father, a fisherman, brings home a tiny pure white sea horse with hooves of gold. They plan to return him to the sea, but when the townspeople hear of his existence they want to keep him as the village mascot. When mysterious things start to...

Malorie Blackman / The Secret of the Terrible Hand

Pick up a Puzzle Planet Adventure & zoom thr ough the universe saving planets, moons & all kinds of creat ures. You''ll have to solve riddles, spot the differences & f ind your way through mazes before you can help Emma & Zach, the...

Hiawyn Oram / Dog In Danger

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Michael Rosen / Mind Your Own Business

This is a collection of poetry for children, written by Michael Rosen, and illustrated by Quentin Blake.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it...

Margaret Mahy / Operation Terror

One moment the doorway had been dark and empty. The next, someone was there, looking at David and Harley. A girl older than they were - 16 or 17, perhaps - hugging around her a disintegrating leather jacket that fell almost to her knees. The boys...

Ann Jungman / Little Luis and the Bad Bandit

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Jonathan Allen / Potion Commotion

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Pat Moon / Just You Wait, Turtle!

Turtle''s off to the best place on earth and everyone else wants to go too. But he''s so small he''ll need all the help he can get. '       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Jean Ure / Soppy Birthday

Woodside School #4 From a series in which each title deals with a different pupil and a different issue - from peer pressure to truancy. Ben is a member of the Zombies who hate anything soppy - especially birthdays. So Ben keeps quiet about his,...

Jean Ure / King of Spuds

Woodside School #5 The story of Nicky, a pupil who often plays truant to help on a market stall.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will...