Children's Books

Polly Nolan / Giants of Sun

   The 14 stories in this collection range from contemporary to historical, from funny to poignant, from the south of Ireland to the north, each one reflecting some aspect of being Irish. Contributers include: Siobhan Parkinson, Gordon Snell,...

David Almond / Heaven Eyes

   Erin, January and Mouse live in a children's home, Whitegates. Running away is something they know all about - their dreams of escape frequently lead them into the outside world. But this time will be different. January has built a raft,...

Tony Hickey / Flip n Flop and the Movies

 This is the fifth book in the highly popular Irish series about two rambunctious and lovable border terriers. Others include Adventures with Flip 'n' Flop, Flip 'n' Flop in Kerry, and More About Flip 'n' Flop, all available from Dufour...

Ellie Boswell / Witch of Turlingham Academy: Box of Tricks : Book 4

   Sophie and Katy shouldn't be friends: witches and witch-hunters just aren't meant to get along! Now that their friendship is out in the open, both girls are in danger. But if they stick together, they feel like they can overcome anything...

Pamela Butchart / Secret Seven : Mystery of the Skull ( NEW Secret Seven Mystery)

   Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! A brand-new, action-packed Secret Seven adventure by prizewinning author Pamela Butchart.When Peter discovers an old skull hidden in his bedroom, it's time for...

Dan Jerris / Dragon Blood Pirates: Jewels of the Jolly Roger : Book 4

 There is treasure to be found on Cannibal Island...if you can get past the gruesome shrunken heads that chant from the trees, "Dinner you'll be!" Will Jack and Al make it out of there alive and find the mysterious Dragon Blood Sabre?Every Dragon...

Carole Mortimer / A Puppy for Christmas

     3 Brand-New Christmas Romances with Canine Charm!On the Secretary's Christmas ListBree has landed an amazing job but her new boss is a difficult, unreliable playboy - who is also infuriatingly gorgeous... When Bree looks after...

Jay Asher / What Light

   Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon - it's an idyllic place for a girl to grow up, except that every year they have to pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two...

Ingrid Law / Savvy

     For Mibs Beaumont's family, the day of their thirteenth birthday could be an adventure or a disaster. It's when they get their savvy - an extra-special talent and know-how. Her brother Rocket is Mr Electric, he can send static...

Jack Smsonite / One Seriously Messed-Up Weekend

   Jack Samsonite's Foolish Plan for Being Amazing at Everything(including getting a life, getting into Film School, and getting into a girl's knickers)1.Make an amazing(ly bad) short film about zombies . . . or maybe superheroes . . . or just...

Lee Nichols / Betrayal

   Emma Vaile is the most powerful ghostkeeper in centuries. Which is great when she's battling the wraith-master Neos, but terrible when she's flirting with fellow ghostkeeper (and love interest) Bennett. When ghostkeepers fall in love, the...

Virginia Bergin / Who Runs the World?

 Welcome to the Matriarchy.Sixty years after a virus has wiped out almost all the men on the planet, things are pretty much just as you would imagine a world run by women might be: war has ended; greed is not tolerated; the ecological needs of the...

Maureen Johnson / The Name of the Star

   Thrilling ghost-hunting teen mystery as modern-day London is plagued by a sudden outbreak of brutal murders that mimic the horrific crimes of Jack the Ripper."A gorgeously written, chilling, atmospheric thriller. The streets of London have...

Rosemary Clement- Moore / The Splendour Falls

     Sylvie Davies is a ballerina who can't dance. A broken leg ended her career, but what broke her heart was her father's death, and what's breaking her spirit is her mother's remarriage. Still reeling Sylvie is shipped off to stay...

Marguerite Tonery / Air (Large Paperback)

      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...

Mary Risk / Farewell to the Wood

      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...

Grace Norwich / Ashley Tisdale: Life Is Sweet! : An Unauthorized Biography

   Highlights the life of actress Ashley Tisdale, who stars in the hit Disney Channel television show, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody."   All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Allan Ahlberg / The Better Brown Stories

 The Brown family really don't like the stories being written about them - so they go to the author to complain. The result is a very funny collection of short stories about a monstrous dog, some Mysterious Men, a forgotten baby, baffled police, and...

Christopher Edge / Shadows of the Silver Screen

   A mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn Montgomery Flinch's sinister stories into motion pictures. With Monty installed as the star of his production, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange...

Emily Rodda / The Forests of Silence

   On his sixteenth birthday, Lief, the son of a blacksmith, faces the greatest challenge of his life. He must venture into the darkest and most terrible places in all of Deltora to find the seven magical gems stolen from the Belt of Deltora...

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home / Battersea Dogs & Cats Home : Buddy and Holly's Story

   Best friends Jo and Helen are alike in every way - apart from their choice in pets! But Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is making both of their Christmas wishes come true this year ...in the form of a cuddly golden Labrador puppy for Jo, and...

Lindsay Camp / Cabbages From Outer Space

   One of a series intended for children who have mastered reading and need simple, funny and exciting books to encourage their interest. While she's playing her favourite computer game, Cabbages from Outer Space, Emma is whisked aboard a...

Wendy Meddour / Wendy Quill is a Crocodile's Bottom

   Wendy's plans don't always work out but that's never stopped her having the best time ever! When she fails to get the lead part in the school production, Wendy stuns the audience with her debut as a crocodile's bottom! Then Wendy is dragged...

Gregory Maguire / The Good Liar : A Dramatic Story Set in Occupied France During World War II

     Set in France in the Second World War, a story about secrecy, in which lying becomes a matter of life and death. For readers ten and above. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Natasha May / Poppy Love In the Spotlight

   Samba, quickstep, tango and waltz - Poppy loves to dance them all!Four further stories in this wonderful ballroom dancing series starring Poppy Love. Poppy and her friends practise for their Nationwide Finals by playing a dancing game at...

Nataue Standiford / Space Dog and the Pet Show

   One of a series intended for children who have mastered reading and need simple, funny and exciting books to encourage their interest. Space Dog is an alien hound from the planet Queekrg. It's a dog's life on Earth, but he puts up with it...

Anna Wilson / The Great Kitten Cake Off

   Ellie Haines despairs of her family. Her younger brother is so desperate to be on TV he's tried everything from sending films of his hamster to SpringwatchLive to auditioning Mum for Looking Good Naked (urgh!). Mum appears to be going...

Jackie Burke / The Secrets of Grindlewood - The Secret Scroll

      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...

Grace Cavendish / The Lady Grace Mysteries : Conspiracy

   Usually I hate hunting, because I'm not a very good rider and I always end up on my bum. But today the hunt was very exciting, and a little scary too! Because there was almost a terrible accident - and it looks as though someone is trying...

Ted Hughes / The Iron Man

   Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way...

Ellie Boswell / Witch of Turlingham Academy : Book 1

   It's not easy being the only day girl at Turlingham Academy: Sophie misses out on all the midnight feasts and late night gossip. And when new girl Katy turns up it feels like she's bewitching all of Sophie's friends! Katy's no witch, but...

Debbie Thomas / Monkie Business

   Another fantastic adventure from the zany world of Abbie, Perdita and the 'eefil' Dr Hubris Wildebeest Klench!Enthusiastic and pro-active author available for in-store eventsWonderfully playful use of languageIncorporates elements of Irish...

Dennis Hamley / An Oxford Anthology of Mystery Stories

 From creepy school computers to bungling bank robbers; from lost villages to deadly Christmas presents...Funny and serious, exciting and intriguing, here are fourteen wonderful new mystery stories to perplex and amaze you.     All of...

David Donohue / Alien Timebomb

 Walter Speazlebud, the boy who can spell backwards and travel back in time, returns for a new adventure! Walter Speazlebud - first person on the moon - is back in Nittiburg, going to kung fu lessons with Annie and trying to come to terms with the...

David Baddiel / Birthday Boy

   A hilarious rollercoaster ride of pure entertainment for 9+ readers everywhere, Birthday Boy is the new Baddiel Blockbuster: featuring David's inimitable and award-winning combination of wish-fulfilment, heart and hilarity, all brought to...

Pamela Butchart / To Wee or Not to Wee

   Hamlet could NEVER make his mind up about ANYTHING. And one time he actually went to school in just his pants and got sent home because he couldn't decide what to wear.When Izzy (star of The Spy Who Loved School Dinners) is asked to tell...

Philip Ardagh / The Grunts all at Sea

   Mr Grunt's a man with a mission. He has to get a Person of Great Importance (or POGI) to someone called Mrs Bayliss by the twenty-fifth. Alive and well. And he can't tell anyone more than that, not even his lovely wife, Mrs Grunt, because...

Kate Thompson / Midnight's Choice

   Two things that Kevin told Tess have remained etched on her memory. She will meet someone else who has the extraordinary skill to switch into the animal of their choice and she will pass on to them the knowledge that this ability ends on a...

Steve Cole / Z-Raptor

   A sensational thriller about hyper-evolved dinosaurs, battling for supremacy on a small Pacific island - with fourteen-year-old Adam and a few friends struggling to survive in their midst. Who should Adam trust, and where can he turn for...

Rosemary Hayes / Follow That Lion!

   Hector's mum has found an unusual pet. She says it is gentle. Hector knows better ...   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...

Gitty Daneshvari / School of Fear: Class is Not Dismissed! : Book 2

   Have no fear! The frightened foursome are back in this this wickedly funny and phobia-inducing sequel to School of Fear!Everyone is (still) afraid of something...Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs, especially spiders;Theodore...

Jo Simmons / I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

   'I can get a new brother? On the internet?' Jonny muttered. 'Oh sweet mangoes of heaven!'Everyone has dreamed of being able to get rid of their brother or sister at one time or another - but for Jonny, the dream is about to become a reality...

Holly Webb / Holly Webb's Kitten Tales : Sky the Unwanted Kitten, Ginger the Stray Kitten, Misty the Abandoned Kitten

   Three cute kitten stories to treasure in one book, from best-selling author Holly Webb. Holly Webb's Kitten Tales includes Sky the Unwanted Kitten, Ginger the Stray Kitten and Misty the Abandoned Kitten. This gorgeous collection would make...

Alexander Besher / Rim

   It's 2027. Tokyo has survived the mega-quake of the millennium and Satori Corporation, the owner of a virtual-reality entertainment empire, is embroiled in cut-throat corporate warfare to preserve its market share, and save the lives of...

Bear Grylls / Mission Survival 5: Claws of the Crocodile

   A gripping Australian adventure story from Bear Grylls, packed with real survival details and dangers at every turn!When Beck Granger follows a mysterious clue to the town of Broome in Northern Australia, it is just the beginning of an...

Josephine Feeney / Robin Hood's Day

   Join Jimmy and Patchy Pat on a fun day out in Sherwood Forest.This weekend it's Jimmy's turn to take Patchy Pat, the class doll made by his teacher, home with him. Jimmy and his family take Patchy on a day trip to Nottingham, where they...

Hilary McKay / Charlie and the Big Birthday Bash

   Charlie can't believe his big brother Max hates parties and doesn't want to celebrate his birthday. So Charlie sets out to give him a surprise birthday bash that he'll never forget. This is the eighth book in this hilarious series, which...

Holly Webb / Emily Feather and the Starlit Staircase

 Emily Feather is an ordinary girl in an extraordinary family of fairies.When Emily finds out her adopted mother is pregnant, shecan't help feeling upset. This means there will be another brotheror sister who will actually belong, unlike her. They...

Henry Brook / Don Quixote

      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...

Chris Hoy / Flying Fergus 1: The Best Birthday Bike

   The first in a fantastically fun, magical cycling adventure series from Sir Chris Hoy.Fergus Hamilton is a boy with a big imagination. Living with his mum and grandad and his dog, Chimp, he dreams of a state-of-the-art Sullivan Swift and...

Robert Hull / Everest and Chips : Poetry Collection

   If you like playing with words - or yodelling - or rumbling tums - or wondering how the world began - or even if you just like chips - then here is a book full of wonderful, magical, funny, serious, spine-tingling poems for you. From the...

Ellis Dillon / The Five Hundred : A Thrilling Adventure Story

   Luca, an ambitious antique dealer, buys his heart's desire, a Fiat 500. When his car is stolen, life becomes dangerously exciting! Red Flag 2   All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...