General Children's

Jo Nesbo / Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: The Great Gold Robbery

 When a Russian billionaire robs the Norwegian Gold Reserve and melts the last remaining gold bar into the Premier Soccer League trophy, it's up to Doctor Proctor, Nilly and Lisa to get the trophy and save Norway. But with a failed break-in...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: Much Ado About Nothing

 A lively retelling of Shakespeare's famous work about the foolish ways people behave when they're in love. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Lies in Much Ado About Nothing. The tales have been retold using accessible...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: Twelfth Night

 Twins cause trouble in this classic Shakespeare comedy! With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Appearance in Twefth Night. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: Antony and Cleopatra

 A wonderful retelling of Shakespeare's thrilling tale of love torn apart by history. With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe theatre and Love and Death in Anthony and Cleopatra. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: Richard III

   Andrew Matthews brings another historical tale to life for young readers. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Villainy in Richard III. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: As You Like It

 A wonderful retelling of Shakespeare's thrilling tale of love torn apart by history. With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe theatre and Love and Death in Anthony and Cleopatra. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help...

Stacy Gregg / The Princess and the Foal

   A novel of heart and courage inspired by the incredible story of a real-life princess and the foal she loves.Princess Haya, daughter of the King of Jordan, loves her family more than anything. So when tragedy strikes at its heart, she is...

Gillian Cross / Roscoe's Leap

 Roscoe's Leap - that's the name of the strange old house where Stephen and Hannah had grown up. For Hannah, it was a place where the heating was always breaking down and she was the one who had to fix it. But for Stephen, it was a place of secrets,...

Gillian Cross / Chartbreak

 When Janis Finch storms out of a family row, it starts a chain of events which transforms her whole life. For it's in the motorway cafe, minutes later, that she meets the unknown rock band, Kelp, who talk her into coming to their gig that night...

Dave Lambert / Trouble Times Ten

   Ten-year-old Ben has many fears as he witnesses Moses call down a series of plagues on Egypt; then, when the Israelites follow Moses out of Egypt, their escape through the parted Red Sea forces Ben to confront his greatest fear, water. ...

Pat Thomson / A Chest Of Stories For 9 Year Olds

 Featuring classic, mythological and humorous tales, this is a collection of stories especially selected for children aged nine     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our...

Megan McDonald / Stink And The Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown

 Stink needs a sport, fast! Can his alter-ego, Shark Hammersmash, wrestle a win at thumb wars? Or will a perfect karate kick lead him to vistory? Crackdown! Smackdown! Thmackdown! Stink Moody, family brain, brings home a report card that isn't...

Colin McNaughton / Captain Abdul's Pirate School

   Fabulous new title in the Sprinters series relauneh; a rumbustious pirate romp, featuring the same pirates as the award-winning Jolly Roger. Written in diary form, this is the swashbuckling story of reluctant pirate pupil Pickles. packed off...

Christopher Edge / Twelve Minutes to Midnight

 Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author. One day, a letter she...

Hilary McKay / Caddy Ever After

   It's Valentines Day and everything's changing in the Casson household. Indigo sets out to do something special to win over Sarah and ends up organising the Valentines Day disco and playing cupid. Saffy has a strange new boyfriend who...

Holly Webb / Jess the Lonely Puppy

 When Chloe's big brother Will breaks his leg, he's stuck in hospital for weeks. Mum and Dad are frantic, and there's no one to look after Will's Border Collie puppy, Jess. Jess is miserable and lonely, and so is Chloe. But Chloe doesn't really like...

Peter Regan / Riverside: Dynamo Rouge

   The 'A Star is Born' Street League is about to explode on the Under-10s scene. The Riverside boys have a new continental sounding name - Dynamo Rouge - (even though Ginger Mullin says it sounds like the name of a lipstick because someone's...

John Ryan / Captain Pugwash and the Midnight Feast and Pugwash and the Wreckers

 Captain Pugwash and his crew are tucking into a delicious midnight feast when they are rudely interrupted by Cut-Throat Jake and his buccaneers who briefly take over. There's more in store when Jake plots to wreck the Black Pig just as she's about...

Karen McCombie / Meet the Real World Rachel

 Stella's new life in Portbay is going well. The only hassle is Rachel and her gang, who still manage to make Stella feel like she doesn't belong...Then all this weird stuff happens to Rachel and her so-called mates start avoiding her. Should Stella...

Peter Regan / Riverside: Setbacks

   The good news: Mad Victor and Mad Henry are back from Birmingham. The bad news: They've nowhere to stay. The Irish soccer team must come up with a solution to keep the team together.    All of our books are second hand, and while...

Jeremy Strong / My Brother's Famous Bottom Goes Camping

 Nicholas's dad has had an idea - always a cue for disaster! This time he's planning to take the whole family camping. Sounds great, but Tomato is taking her pet carrot (don't ask) and Cheese is smuggling his pet hen into the camping van, while...

Natasha May / Poppy Love Faces the Music

 Samba, quickstep, tango and waltz - Poppy loves to dance them all! Poppy Love, her dance partner, Zack, and Zack's cousin, Anna, attend a tea dance and dance the waltz for everyone; Poppy turns her brother's birthday party into a real surprise...

Hilary McKay / Indigo's Star

 Indigo's going back to school after a long bout of glandular fever. He's not looking forward to it, as he knows the bullies will be waiting for him. But he's determined to stand on his own two feet - so when Saffy and Sarah break up a fight in the...

Karen McCombie / Candy Girl

 Dixie's landed a dream work experience placement at Candy magazine. But rather than interviewing celebs and mingling with models, Dixie spends all her time making tea! And then the problem page editor makes her read all the letters from readers...

Vivian French / The Bag of Bones

   The good witches of Wadingburn are worried - there's a new witch in town with a bag of magic bones, and she's so evil she makes their toes ache... Another fun-filled fantasty in the Tales from the Five Kingdoms stories that started with The...

Tiffany Mandrake / Mal the Mischievous Mermaid

 Mal the Mischievous Mermaid' is one of two titles in a new series from Tiffany Mandrake with fabulously mischievous creature illustrations from the renowned Martin Chatterton.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may...

Lou Kuenzler / Shrinking Violet Absolutely Loves Ancient Egypt

 The fourth book in this hilarious series - with lovely illustrations throughout. Violet Potts is CRAZY about Ancient Egypt. When Gran wins a cruise down the River Nile, Violet thinks she might EXPLODE with excitement. Especially...

Frank Lampard / Frankie's Magic Football: Frankie vs The Cowboy's Crew

 Frankie and his team love playing football. There's always time for a game. And now that they have their magical football they're playing against teams they never imagined!When they're transported back into the Wild West, Frankie's team will have...

Karen McCombie / Summer Special Sunshine Sunburn and Not-So-Sweet Nothings

 Ally's back, and this time she's on holiday! The Love household depart en masse for some summer fun - bringing merry mayhem in their wake.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Alf Proysen / Mrs Pepperpot Stories

   A fantastic collection of much-loved, classic stories for all the family! Mrs Pepperpot can't choose when she will shrink to the size of a pepperpot - it just happens! But whatever she encounters, whether it be a monstrous mousetrap, a...

Patricia Leitch / Night of the Red Horse

      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...

Keith Brumpton / The Mystery of the Missing Moggie

 Who stole Alison Hitmarsh's cat? Help Police Dog 99 solve the mystery! This book is part of a series of easy-to-read texts with integrated drawings, maps, clues, brainteasers, wacky jokes, speech bubbles and quizzes. By the author of "Ig and Tig's...

Linda Chapman / The Goblin King

 Exciting new 6 book character-led series for 7+ girls who love adventure! Very few people ever enter the Shadow Woods, for these woods are like no others. Hidden deep within them is the Gateway to the Shadow Realm - a dark and chaotic world...

Jeanne Willis / Gabby The Vampire Cabbie

   Crazy Jobs is all about the jobs of different characters in fairytale land. Meet Gabby, who drives a cab carrying all sorts of odd passengers - she's taken Granny Riding Hood to watch Wolves play football, and the Gingerbread Man (who leaves...

Dav Pilkey / Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus

   With more than 1.8 million books in print, Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot are a big hit with children. Their latest adventure is the best one yet! Ricky Ricotta loves his Mighty Robot, but sometimes it's hard for a little mouse to...

Annie Dalton / Winging it

 Meet Melanie Beeby! Mel is a trainee time-travelling angel. She's feisty, witty, streetwise and...dead! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Melanie Beeby, just thirteen, has been permanently removed from the late 20th Century by a...

Karen McCombie / Boys, Brothers and Jelly-belly Dancing

 Boys are weird things...and just lately, the boys in my life have been acting even MORE weird. Take Billy, for example. He's been behaving like a total muppet and what's worse is I've been having unexplained feelings for the big dweeb. Not only...

Felice Arena / Race Car Dreamers

      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...

Julia Green / Tilly's Moonlight Fox

 The fox called again. Its eerie cry echoed into the night. The sound wove in and out of the night garden, and into Tilly's dreams.' One night, awoken by a strange noise, Tilly looks out of her bedroom window and sees a wild fox watching her from...

Michael Northrop / The Book of the Dead

 For fans of Alex Rider and The History Keepers comes a brand newepic Egyptian adventure!Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what all the doctorssay, but his mother knows it's not true. She knows that the LostSpells of the Egyptian Book of...

Jeanne Willis / Bert The Fairies' Fashion Expert

 Meet Bert, fashion designer to the stars of Fairyland! He made Cinderella's wedding gown and new coats for the Seven Dwarfs. But then the Wicked Fairy turns up, and she wants a special magic cloak!      All of our books are second...

Jim Eldridge / Disgusting Dave and the Farting Dog

   Meet Dave. He's disgusting - everyone says so. Even his mum is fed up with him examining his nose pickings. So now Dave's got a challenge: if he can avoid doing anything disgusting for a week, he gets a GBP20 reward. He thinks he can do...

David O'Connell / Monster and Chips

 Meet the amazing monster customers and sample the foul-food served up daily at Fuzzby's diner - the brilliant setting for this innovative series from debut author and illustrator, David O'Connell.Somewhere in suburbia, or maybe smack-bang in the...

Geri Halliwell / Ugenia Lavender

 Thoughtful, brave and sassy, Ugenia Lavender is one amazing kid. With loads of energy, tons of attitude and brainwaves like thunderbolts of lightning, Ugenia leaps into adventures that are as packed with personality as their creator, Geri Halliwell...

Una Leavy / A Garden for Tom

   Panda Number 7 Illustrated by Margaret Suggs. Tom would love to have his very own garden and Dad arranges it for him. But Tom is impatient. Things are not growing fast enough for him ...    All of our books are second...

Gordon Snell / Amy's Wonderful Nest

 Amy, a little robin, is alone and has to fend for herself. She decides to build a nest, but she doesn't know how! Amy sets out to find out- with strange results. Her home is an amazing collection of objects, full of interest and surprises. ...

Felice Arena / Space Invaders

      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...

Janet Foxley / Muncle Trogg

   Giants live on top of Mount Grumble, hidden from humans below.But not all of them are big. Muncle Trogg is so small that he's laughedat by the others for being human-sized.Fed up, he decides to take a look at the 'Smallings' that he's...

Liz Weir / Boom Chicka Boom

      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...

Alan Nolan / Conor's Caveman : The Amazing Adventures of Ogg

 Life could be better for Conor Corcoran. Class bully Damian Deegan is always teasing him about being small and having no friends - when in fact Conor has the only friend he needs in Charlotte `Charlie' Finch, the toughest girl in school.But when...

Judy Waite / Eerie Encounters

Part of the Literacy World series that provides support to deliver shared reading and writing, guided reading, ICT and speaking and listening at Key Stage 2 and Junior level.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get...

Beverley Naidoo / Journey to Jo'burg

 This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid. Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from...