General Children's

Chris Pascoe / A Cat Called Birmingham

In the long history of mankind's relationship with felines, one cat stands head and shoulders below the rest. Highly inflammable, the glass-jawed Birmingham lurches from one catastrophe to the next. Through encounters with washing machine spin cycles...

Janet Rising / The Pony Whisperer: The Word on the Yard

Pia immediately gets off on the wrong foot with Cat, 'queen' of the stables, but starts to make friends when her newly-discovered talent helps save a pony from colic. Word spreads about Pia's pony-whispering powers - then it all goes wrong...

Jeff Brown / Flat Stanley

The classic adventures of everybody’s favourite flat boy – It’s Jeff Brown’s Flat Stanley.Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. One night, a giant pinboard falls on top of him leaving him completely...

Mary Arrigan / Spirits of the Attic

Arty and Susy are exploring Heather Grange, an abandoned house with a tragic history. It is now shuttered and deserted. Or is it?The light faded and the hall became dark. It wasn't so much the lack of light that freaked me - I put that down to a...

Harry Horse / The Last Polar Bears

Grandfather is on an expedition to the North Pole in search of the last polar bears. He is accompanied by Roo, a dog of character and strong views, and they carry all their equipment in a golf bag. Eccentric, poignant and comic, their story is told...

Andrew Matthews / The Tempest: Shakespeare Stories for Children

A charming retelling of this magical tale of power and justice. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Power in the Tempest. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white...

Caroline Lawrence / The Code of Romulus

Hot-headed as ever, Flavia Gemina is determined to prove to her handsome tutor Aristo that she really is a detective of the highest order. At first, the mystery of the missing bread rolls seems like an easy - and rather dull - case to solve. But it...

Summer Waters / Double Danger (Silver Dolphins)

Exciting new magical adventure series for girls – will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin – she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding...

Fiona Waters / Best Friends: poems chosen by Fiona Waters

A gorgeous collection of poems about best friends and friendship.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...

Creina Mansfield / Cherokee

Gene's grandfather, Cherokee, is a famous jazz musician and Gene travels the world with him. He loves the life and his only ambition is to be a musician too. But his aunt is totally opposed to the idea and when Gene is left on an island by accident,...

Gillian Perdue / Conor's Concert

Conor is learning the piano. But the tunes he must practise are boring.Conor wants to play something exciting. He makes up his own very special music.But will it do for the concert?All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact...

Fergus Lyons / Shoestring Soup

The poor man is TIRED of shoestring soup. He tries eating a cookerybook sandwich -- yuck! He even tries being a duck -- Quack Quack! -- to get some nice crusts of bread. But nothing works. What can he do?Panda number 30All of our books are second hand,...

Tom Palmer / Foul Play

Foul Play: the second book in this crime fighting series by Tom PalmerDanny is obsessed with two things: football - especially City Football Club - and investigating crimes. So when England and City footballing hero Sam Roberts is reported missing the...

Nik Kershaw / Spilling the Beans on Making it in Music

Spilling the Beans on Making it in MusicAll 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...

F.R. Hitchcock / Shrunk!

A squirrel, a hot dog stand, the planet Jupiter... what will get shrunk next? After Tom moves in with his grandmother next to the Bywater-by-Sea Model Village, he discovers a curious ability to shrink things. With the Earth slowly being drawn towards the...

Siobhan Parkinson / Call of the Whales

Over three summers, Tyke journeys with his anthropologist father to the remote and icy wilderness of the Arctic. Each summer bring short intense friendships with the Eskimos, and adventures 'which Mum doesn't need to know about'.Tyke is saved...

Cherith Baldry / Mutiny in Space

Cadets Jake and Ellie are determined to overthrow Lt Quentin when he and half of the crew of the spaceship "Venture" mutiny. But the situation becomes doubly difficult as it seems that Quentin is not the only one who wants control of the ship...

Lucy M. Boston / A Stranger at Green Knowe

This series of Bookworms offers younger readers the chance to enjoy lively and accessible adaptations of the best classic and modern fiction. Each title is highly illustrated to engage the reader in the world of the book and help with specific vocabulary...

Jill Tomlinson / The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

A heart-warming classic full of animal antics by Jill Tomlinson.Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing – he is afraid of the dark. "Dark is nasty" he says and so he won't go hunting with...

Deirdre Madden / Snakes' Elbows

Extraordinary things happen in Woodford when kind and timid pianist, Barney Barrington, and his enemy, Jasper Jellit, both want to buy the same painting...An extraordinary tale...on toast!All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the...

Stephanie Dagg / Katie's Cake ( O'Brien Press - Panda Series )

Illustrated by Stephan HallKatie finds that it's not easy to replace icing once you've licked it all off the cake.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...

Eleanor H. Porter / Pollyanna Grows Up

Her crippled legs cured, Pollyanna takes her glad heart to cheer new friends in Boston before travelling to Europe with Aunt Polly and Dr chilton. But growing up brings sorrows as well as joys, and when she returns after six years, with Dr Chilton dead...

Anne Cassidy / Sammy and the Starman

When an interstellar postman breaks down on earth, his only hope of safe return rests with Sammy. But can Sammy save Jax from the greedy clutches of Dennis? A fantastic flight of alien adventure. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant,...

Helen Paiba / Funny Stories For 7 Year Olds

This is acollection of 20 amusing stories from around the world, with stories from the past and from the present, and both classic tales and those less familiar."All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Sam McBratney / Cyclops and the Greenbeans

Pocket Tales is part of Pocket Reads, a superb collection of quality books that really capture children's imaginations! Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Sci-Fi, Pocket Facts and Pocket Chillers making up the rest...

Bill Condon / Loco Zombies

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 price sticker on a...

Jean Ure / Dazzling Danny

Danny loves dancing, but not the funky, popular variety that would have his friends green with envy; no, Danny loves Ballet. A ‘Billy Elliot’ for younger readers by this renowned ballet-loving author.Danny loves ballet, but he daren’t...

Debi Gliori / Witch Baby and Me At School

Lily is 9. Her sister Daisy is 1. And she's no ordinary baby. Somehow, when she was born, something went rather wrong... and now Daisy is a Witch Baby. Nobody knows this but Lily - she's the only one who can see when Daisy makes the fridge float...

Cerrie Burnell / Harper and the Sea of Secrets

The Songs of the Sea festival is about to start, but disaster has struck! The royal musicians will be performing, but all their instruments have disappeared! Will Harper and her friends have the courage to walk along the pitch-black smugglers'...

Cornelia Funke / Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost!

Watch out for ghost goo| Tom's stuck at home with his horrible sister, Lola. But there's something stickier hiding out in his cellar - a slime-dripping ghost called Hugo| But harmless Hugo is in the goo too, because he's being haunted - by a...

Mary Pope Osborne / Magic Tree House: Night of the Ninjas

Eight-year-old Jack and his little sister, Annie, are playing in the woods during their summer holiday, when they find a mysterious tree house full of books. But these are no ordinary books . . . And this is no ordinary tree house . . .Morgan le Fay -...

Joe O'Brien / Alfie Green and a Sink Full of Frogs

Hundreds of tiny eyes peep up at Alfie Green from the sink in his garden. Frogs! Who invited them? And when the frogs tell their friends and relations about their great new swimming pool, the place is invaded. Alfie needs help -- fast. This is a job for...

Dr Mike Goldsmith / Fantastic Future

In 30 years' time will you be holidaying on the moon? In 100 years' time could you genetically engineer your own pet? In 1000 years' time will you travel through space in an anti-matter-drive spaceship? This eye-opening guide predicts the...

Mary Arrigan / Milo and the Long Lost Warriors

TRAPPED IN TIMEMilo and his best buddy Shane are on a school trip to a museum and a mock battle. So far, so cool.Milo’s ghostly friend Mister Lewis joins in. He wants to help three lost warriors who are trapped in the museum. They’re from the...

Lois Lowry / The Giver

It is a world without conflict, poverty and inequality. Conformity and happiness are a way of life. But for Jonas, things are different. While his friends are selected to be doctors or teachers, Jonas is sent to the Giver where he discovers the secrets...

Sue Mongredien / Oliver Moon and the Spider Spell

Oliver's mum has caught Green Flu so Oliver is in charge of all the housework. There's a lot to do - recharging the wands, washing the cloaks, not to mention looking after the Witch Baby and her pet spider! Everything is okay until Oliver tries a...

Megan McDonald / Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

Stink is short. And he's shrinking! Every day he makes his moody older sister, Judy, measure him and he is always the same size. When one day he measures up shorter, Stink decides that the time has come to take some action! Failing to make himself...

David Roberts / Dirty Bertie: Mud!

Meet Dirty Bertie - world's grubbiest trouble magnet! Join Bertie in three hilarious new stories as he faces a barrage of footballs as the school's new goalie, battles to stay clean for the school photographer and has a spookily terrifying...

Catherine Doolan / Bad Hair Day

Finn wants to be cool. But what can he do about his wild, frizzy hair? The other children tease him and call him names. So Finn decides to do something drastic. He collects all his mum's hair products and mixes them up into a potion. But the potion...

Paul Cookson / Don't Get Your Knickers in a Twist

A superb collection of very clever, very funny poems based on idioms, figures of speech and generally playing with words for example - Giving a Dog a Bad Name, Raining Cats and Dogs, Losing Your Marbles, Keep Your Eyes Peeled and many many more. Paws For...

Sarah Lean / Jack Pepper

The story of an unforgettable dog, from the bestselling author of A Dog Called Homeless.Someone special will never be forgotten…When Ruby and Sid see a poster about a missing dog, they can’t believe it. It reminds them of an adventure they...

David Roberts / Dirty Bertie: Worms!

Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further - Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it. Join Bertie as he...

Gabriel Fitzmaurice / But Dad!

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 price sticker on a...

Gillian Perdue / Adam's Starling

Adam's Starling tells the story of a nine year old boy who is finding life difficult. At home, no-one has any time for him.At school things are even worse - a gang of bullies has singled Adam out for punishment. Life is becoming increasingly...

Debi Gliori / Witch Baby and Me

Lily is 9. Her sister Daisy is 1. And she's no ordinary baby. Somehow, when she was born, something went rather wrong... and now Daisy is a Witch Baby. Nobody knows this but Lily - she's the only one who can see when Daisy makes the fridge float...

Gareth P. Jones / Ninja Meerkats: The Eye of the Monkey

Hidden in the remotest reaches of the Red Desert, in a place called Mystic Rock, legend tells of an elite fighting force of meerkats - The Clan of the Scorpion. Under the guidance of their mentor, the wise (and cryptic) Grandmaster One-Eye, and armed...

Mick Gowar / Julius Caesar and His Friends, Romans and Countrymen

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 price sticker on a...

Kate McMahon / Growing Pains

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 price sticker on a...

Jill Murphy / A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch

A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch is a classic Worst Witch story by Jill MurphyA Bad Spell for the Worst Witch is the third of Jill Murphy's classic, much-loved The Worst Witch series, the original story of life at a magical boarding school, perfect...

lauren Brooke / Chestnut Hill: Helping Hands

Competition and excitement are top of the list this term at Chestnut Hill. With important events to prepare for, everyone is feeling the pressure. But when old rivalries come to a head, Dylan starts to wonder if maybe there are more important things than...

Caroline Plaisted / Glitter FM (Glitter Girls)

Meet the Glitter Girls-they're the coolest girls you know! Hannah Charly, Zoe, Meg and Flo are the best of friends-they do everything together, and formed their extra-special gang (complete with secret passwords and their own jackets with GG...

Robert Westall / Blitzcat

Winner of the Smarties Award in 1989, and set in World War II, this is the story of a courageous cat who led the way to safety out of the blazing ruins of blitz-torn Coventry. People touched her for luck, yet feared her as an omen of disaster. Wherever...