General Children's

Joan Lennon / Case of the Cambridge Mummy

When the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is plagued by attacks of random violence reducing ancient Egyptian artefacts to mere rubble, even the most high-minded of scholars start to suspect supernatural involvement - especially since there are...

Alex Cliff / The Tusked Terror

Superpowers #4   Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the strongest boy in the world? Or the fastest? Or even the noisiest? Two ordinary young boys are about to find out!When the castle walls of Max and Finlay's den start...

Richmal Crompton / More William

Just William #2   When Aunt Lucy tells William that `a busy day is a happy day`, William does his best to keep himself very busy indeed. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates his efforts to cheer up Christmas Day - and when a conjuring...

Adam Blade / Slivka the Cold-hearted Curse

Beast Quest #75   Tom's enemy, the Judge, has sent him to the Warrior's Road. If Tom fails to reach the end, he will no longer be Master of the Beasts. Standing in his way is cunning Slivka - will an old friend come to Tom's...

Emma Adams / The Nutcracker and other stories

Step in side the enchanting world of ballet and meet the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Swan Princess, the Mouse King, and a whole host of magical characters...With six beloved ballet stories, including The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle,...

Eleanor Updale / Johnny Swanson

"The secret to instant height?" Stand on a box."Want to make your money go further?" Roll it down a hill."The answer to smelly feet?" Wear a clothes pin on your nose.Eleven-year-old Johnny Swanson is in business. He's raking in the money with his...

Jasper Cooper / Gordo

From the author of the NUMBER ONE BEST SELLING Kingdom of Gems Trilogy!Gordo is a thrilling fictional adventure based on the true event of one of the first monkeys into space in 1958.Gordo, a little squirrel monkey, is the target of several sinister...

Caroline Wakeman / Verity Fairy: Cinderella

Join Verity and her magical fairy friends in this enchanting retelling of Cinderella, a much-loved fairy-tale classic, full of magic, mystery and more!Author Caroline Wakeman takes you on a journey to a magical Fairy Kingdom alongside lovable Verity and...

Rachel Delahaye / The Glove of Death

Jim Reaper #3   When Mum asks Jim to rid their garden of snails, he has an idea. Using the white glove from Dad's study, Jim is going to give each snail a swift and painless death. But can he go through with it? When Mr Darcy the cat gets...

Adam Frost / The Epic Book of Epicness

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Jenny Nimmo / Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa

The Children of the Red King #3   Charlie's Uncle Paton has dashed off to try to stop the Yewbeam aunts' latest plan, but when Grandma Bone greets the arrival of Belle with delight, could this be what Paton left hoping to...

Jeramey Kraatz / The Moon Platoon

They’re not on Earth anymore. And they’re not alone… An action-packed, high-stakes new adventure series for fans of Rick Riordan and STAR WARS. In the year 2085, Benny Love is pretty used to surviving on what he and his family can...

Lisa Thompson / The Rollercoaster Boy

Todd and Laurie's dad is either on top of the world, taking them on fun adventures, or down in the depths and sleeping all the time.In the middle of the night, he bundles them into the car and drives them to the Paradise Hotel. He paints a picture of a...

Robert Muchamore / Piracy, Paintballs & Zebras

Robin Hood #2   Robin Hood lives...When Clare Gisborne and Little John returns to school after the Locksley Riot, there's rebellion in the air and Robin Hood's name graffitied on every wall. Power dynamics are shifting - now, instead of being a...

Geraldine Kaye / The Dragon Upstairs

When a girl moves from Hong Kong to England to live with her family, she doesn't expect the large egg she finds in her bedroom to hatch into a dragon. Can the children keep the growing dragon a secret from their parents in the chinese restaurant...

Joyce Ballou Gregorian / The Broken Citadel

Brought to a strange world where strength of mind and spirit are constantly required of her, Sibby finds friends, adventure, and a sense of belonging.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Julia Eccleshare / Stories for 8 Year Olds

A classic collection of stories by Michael Rosen, Alexander McCall Smith, Ted Hughes, Michael Morpurgo and others, specially chosen for young readers of around eight by children’s book expert, Julia Eccleshare.Mary Poppins takes Jane and Michael on...

Helen Cresswell / Absolute Zero

The Bagthorpe Saga #2   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 damage...

Alex Martin / Zeus Perkins and the Exploding Planet

The world is a mess and who is to blame The anwer is simple - grown-ups - and the solution is that children should take over. Zeus Perkins enlists the help of Piglet and Darryl to fight injustice and when a couple of girls enter the scene, a TV...

Pauline Fisk / The Beast of Whixall Moss

One day Jack finds a boat hidden on the creek, and in the boat is a fabulous beast. At once he is filled with wild he must own it. But the mysterious inhabitants of the boat have other ideas and, in the struggles that follow, Jack's world is changed...

Anne Fine / Round Behind the Ice-House

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Kenneth Lillington / The Real Live Dinosaur: And Other Stories

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Eileen Dunlop / Finn's Roman Fort

The sequel to "Finn's Island", this title develops the friendship between Finn and Chris and introduces the themes of conservation and of bullying. When news is leaked that a gravel pit may be sited in an area of archeological interest the community...

Tracey Turner / How to Tell a Wizard from a Warlock: Life-saving Differences You Should Know

Just what is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite, a germ and a virus, or rugby league and rugby union? This mad miscellany is for anyone who has found themselves pondering the exact qualities that make a stoat a stoat, and not a weasel,...

Mary C. Ryan / Frankie's Run

As she and her best friend really start to grow up and enter the boy-watching stage, thirteen-year-old Mary Frances wonders if she should try to be like everyone else or fight for her own identity.       This book is second...

Kate Tym / Pig Tales

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Benjamin Zephaniah / Talking Turkeys

Wanna be in our gang? We cause Peace, Fighters fear us, On de streets The very first ground-breaking children's poetry collection from street poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Playful, clever and provocative, this is performance poetry on the page at its very...

Kaye Umansky / Wilma's Wicked Revenge

When Wilma is denied the opportunity to become a Wicked Queen even though she has earned her Grade Three Magic certificate, she decides to get her revenge by devising a cunning plan that involves a girl named Snow Drop.       This...

Chris Blake / Gladiator Clash

Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history’s mightiest warriors. The first book in a new time-travelling series – perfect for fans of Beast Quest.When ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum he...

Heidi Heilig / The Girl from Everywhere

Nix has spent her entire life aboard her father’s ship, sailing across the centuries, across the world, across myth and imagination.As long as her father has a map for it, he can sail to any time, any place, real or imagined: nineteenth-century...

Sean Taylor / Alligator Swamp

A novel for 8-11 year olds. When Ant travels to a farm owned by a relative, he gets caught up in a tense mystery involving piranha-fish-infested rivers, guns and illegal traffickers of animal skins. An eco-adventure set in the swamplands of western...

Jonathan Stroud / Ptolemy's Gate

Bartimaeus #3   The tremendous climax of the Bartimaeus sequence.Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with strikes, riots and general unrest. The Prime Minister is...

J.D. Irwin / Edwin Spencer: Shadow Magic

School loser Edwin must go back to Hysteria. He MUST. Why Well, erm, to help his doppelganger Prince Auvlin win a triathlon... *cough cough* But Edwin and Perpetua are happy to use even the flimsiest excuse to return to Hysteria. Only things aren t...

Liz Kessler / Emily Windsnap: A Tangle of Tails: 3 Books in 1

An omnibus of the first three bestselling Emily Windsnap adventures about a girl who is also a mermaid.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it...

Lindsay Eagar / The Bigfoot Files

From the author of Hour of the Bees comes another captivating story that deftly blurs the line between reality and magic – and will leave you wondering What if? The Loch Ness Monster. The Frogman. Bigfoot. Twelve-year-old Miranda Cho used to...

Zibby Oneal / The Language of Goldfish

Thirteen-year-old Carrie, clinging to memories of her idyllic early childhood, struggles to communicate with family and classmates       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Helen Abramson / It Can't Be True!: Incredible Visual Comparisons (Coffee Table Book)

Get ready to believe the unbelievable! 'It Can't be True!' lets you in on life's little secrets that seem unbelievable but are totally true. Did you know that the moon is the same size as Australia? Or that a blue whale's heart is as large as a car?...

Blair Polly / Three You Say Which Way Adventures (Large Paperback)

Blair Polly, D.M. Potter Three interactive adventures, each with multiple endings.Meet robots, space pirates and more in BETWEEN THE STARS.Go to a South Pacific island and stumble across smugglers while looking for lost treasure in DANGER ON...

Terry Denton / Terry Denton's Really Truly Amazing Guide to Everything (Large Paperback)

In this funny, brilliant, entertaining book - highly illustrated with cartoons and diagrams - Terry Denton talks you through all you need to know about Earth, Life, the Universe and EVERYTHING (almost).Perfect for anyone from the ages of 8 to 80 (and...

Philip Ardagh / Off the Leash: Stick and Fetch Investigate

Stick and Fetch Adventures #3   The third story about detective duo (and best friends!) Sally Stick and her dog Fetch. Together, they're Stick and Fetch: Detectives. A girl. A dog. A detective agency.Stick and Fetch are on holiday, but even in...

Iain Lawrence / The Buccaneers

High Seas Adventures #3 A swashbuckling thriller, part three of THE HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES, set on the oceans at the turn of the nineteenth century – drama, horror, adventure… "There's pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook...

Poppy Shire / Crystal

Magic Pony Carousel #6   "Roll up, roll up for the most exciting ride of your lives Choose your favourite pony and let the Magic Carousel whisk you away on an amazing adventure "Emily can't wait to ride on the Magic Carousel, and picks...

Kate DiCamillo / Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package

Tales from Deckawoo Drive #4   What will it take for a cynical older sister to realize she's a born accordion player -- with music in her heart?Eugenia Lincoln is a practical person with no time for gee-gaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity. When...

Howard Selina / The World's Deadliest Vacuum Cleaner

It's the last week of school holidays, by now, Kien and Tim, should have nearly finished their homework, a "school holiday invention project". But they haven't. Then fate steps in, in the form of the local dump - where they find a deadly vacuum...

Alan MacDonald / Starstruck!

A fantastically funny series from Alan MacDonald and David Roberts, creator of Dirty Bertie. Angela Nicely is already well known to fans of Dirty Bertie after he struggled to escape her clutches in Kiss!, and now she has her very own series! Angela is...

Susan Moore / Indigo Island

Nat Walker Trilogy #3   The third riveting story about orphan heiress, Nat Walker, and her robot dragon, Fizz. Nat has faithfully followed the clues her father has left her from beyond the grave, and she is closing in on the prize. Soon, all...

Jenny Pearson / The Incredible Record Smashers

A record-smashing, feel-good adventure packed with heart, humour and Guinness World Records from Costa Award-shortlisted JENNY PEARSON, and Kid Normal illustrator Erica SalcedoLucy is a fixer of broken things. But there's one thing she can't fix and...

Angela Woolfe / Avril Crump

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Tenny Nelson / Disney Raya & The Last Dragon

From a young age, Raya trained to become a fierce Heart Warrior. Suddenly, when her home and family are threatened, Raya must leave her beloved Heart Island with her friend Tuk Tuk. Together, they begin a fantastical adventure filled with bravery,...

Caroline Lawrence / The Gladiators from Capua

March AD 80. In Rome, the Emperor Titus has announced that there will be a hundred days of games to open his new amphitheatre (now known as the Colosseum). Flavia, Nubia and Lupus take this opportunity to go to Rome and search for their missing...

Jennifer Killick / Alex Sparrow and the Zumbie Apocalypse

Alex Sparrow #3   The Zumbies are on the rampage - members of the Cherry Tree Lane zumba class are apparently dying and then mysteriously coming back to life! Alex, Jess and Dave have to put a stop to it before Alex's mum and nan join the...

Nicholas O. Time / Going, Going, Gone

In Due Time #1 Three middle schoolers travel back in time on a madcap adventure with the help of a library book in this laugh-out-loud start to the brand-new series, In Due Time.Going, Going, Gone opens in the library at Sands Middle School...