General Children's

Terence Blacker / Pride and Penalties

 Seven girls and one football don't exactly make a team, but that's not going to stop any of them. The boys may laugh, but when Eve manages to get the best football coach around, things start to look different. This is the first of a four-book...

Tony Bradman / Mixed Up Madness: "The Two Jacks", "Screw Loose"

 popular stories in 1, this good value volume includes The Two Jacks by Tony Bradman and Screw Loose by Alison Prince. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexicBarrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant,...

Marjorie Newman / Yo Ho Ho!

 Class 4 have a very strange new teacher. Mr Cutlass wears a spotted scarf around his neck and has a parrot on his shoulder. Could he possibly be a ...pirate? And can Class 4 help him solve a secret message that could lead to hidden...

Ruth Eastham / Memory Cage

 Alex's grandfather keeps forgetting things, and Alex has overheard his adoptive parents say that they're going to put granddad in a home. His grandfather begs Alex to save him from that, and it's a promise Alex is desperate to keep. But Alex once...

Greg James / Kid Normal

 The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT'Outrageous capers' GUARDIANSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEA TOM...

Karen McCombie / Wonderland

Jude's never had much luck with boys. In fact, all the blokes in her life seem to be allergic to treating her right - including her dad...Then she meets Gareth. He's not like the others: he's sensitive, caring and actually listens to her. Could it be...

Trevor Pye / The Big Race

 Duck Lake Primary School has only eleven children, so it's a problem choosing the best runner to represent the school in The Big Race. Trevor is picked because he has the longest legs in the school - but can he run? * Skyracer Yellow titles...

Wes Magee / So, You Want to be a Wizard?

 In Wes Magee's new book of spellbinding poems, you'll find magic, mysterious places, and a cast of creepy characters. You can visit a ruined castle in Scotland, attend the Vampire's 'Bite Fright' party, and discover what's behind the green curtain...

Andrew Cullen / The Recovery Squad : Diamonds of Ishemar

      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...

Allan Drummond / Aussie Notables: Mary Gilmore

 The second title in the Aussie Notables. Born and raised in Wagga Wagga, Dame Mary was a schoolteacher, utopian socialist, journalist, poet and girl friend of Henry Lawson, whose adventures took her to Paraguay, Patagonia and Casterton(!)...

Allan Drummond / Aussie Notables: John Monash

What's the connection between the man on our $100 note and bushranger Ned Kelly? Be inspired by the story of John Monash, child of migrants, who went on to become one of the greatest, wisest, generals of World War One and an engineer who literally...

Terry Deary / War Games

 Two stories about George and Esther, growing up in England and Germany during the Second World War, with only their passion for sport to help them along. A wonderful contrast of England and Germany at war. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for...

Leslie Goldman / "Night at the Museum" - Novelisation

 The new night guard at New York's Museum of Natural History soon discovers there is more to the exhibits than meets the eye. Every night they come to life! This is an exciting novelisation of the film for young readers. Larry Daley is a loser. At...

Karen McCombie / Indie Kidd Bk 4: Are We Having Fun Yet?

 More adventures with Indie Kidd, her animal-mad mum, best-est friends Soph and Fee and geeky (but loveable) step-brother Dylan. When Fee's cat gets run over, Indie thinks she knows exactly how to cheer her best friend up. But a trip to the Animal...

Merida Woodford / The Bogwater Witches

 When, one stormy night, the witch sisters Thora and Sybil Weird find a baby on the doorstep, they are thrilled- for this can only be the seventh child of a seventh child, with more power in her little finger than all the members of the Witches'...

Oisin McGann / The Harvest Tide Project

 Taya and Lorkrin are Myunans - shape-changers who can sculpt their flesh like modelling clay. They accidentally release Shessil Groach, a timid botanist working in captivity on the top-secret Harvest Tide Project. A massive manhunt is launched by...

Gillian Cross / The Great Elephant Chase

 When the elephant came to town, Tad and Cissie went to the show like everyone else. Little did they know it would change their lives for ever. Because of the elephant, Tad and Cissie get involved in a chase across America, by train, by flatboat,...

Jeanne Willis / Delilah Darling is on the Stage

 Delilah Darling - Queen Delilah from the Land of Far, Far Away to you - is desperate to play the part of the gingerbread man in the school play. So when Horrible Charlotte Griggs gets the part instead, Delilah is cross. But she soon discovers that...

New Scientist / How to Make a Tornado : The strange and wonderful things that happen when scientists break free

 Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so...

Karen Wallace / Star Spooks

  The 3rd book in the spooky series, and this time a film crew turn up at Creakie Hall. From the author of "Raspberries On The Yangtze". Illustrated by Tony Ross. Ages: 7+        All of our books are second hand, and...

Eva Ibbotson / One Dog and His Boy

 All Hal ever wanted was a dog - but a dog would damage the expensive carpets in his parents' glamorous home, and they refuse to consider one. That's until they discover Easy Pets, a dog-rental agency. Fleck the terrier arrives on Hal's birthday,...

Karen McCombie / Twists, Turns & 100% Tilda

      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...

Gary Blackwood / The Shakespeare Stealer

 Fourteen year-old Widge has very little going for him, no family, no real name, but he can write shorthand and that is a very valuable asset to the man who wants to steal William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In those days there was only one copy of...

Karen McCombie / Happiness, and all that Stuff

 Sadie isn't anything like her stage-school obsessed twin brother, Sonny. She's not into sing-a-longs or smiley faces or group hug. Sonny wants to be a superstar. Sadie just wants a quiet life. But when a girl's surrounded by nutcases, maybe that's...

Jacqueline Wilson / Video Rose

Rose loves watching videos and is sat in front of the telly ALL the time. So when the video player breaks, it's a total nightmare! But then a very mysterious repair man comes to fix it. He gives Rose the power to forward and rewind her life and then Rose...

Rose Impey / Introducing Scarlett Lee

Scarlett is a drama queen in every sense. Larger than life, she lives to act and sometimes has trouble remembering when the drama lesson ends and real life resumes. When her father seems to 'disappear', Scarlett suddenly finds herself in a real-life...

Arthur Robins / Seriously Silly Stories: Ghostyshocks and the Three Scares

 Ghostyshocks is as jittery as a jellyfish when she gets lost in the forest - and has to go to the hairy, scary bears' house for help.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture,...

Michael Bond / Paddington Marches On

  To celebrate Paddington Bear’s 60th birthday in 2018 this hilarious classic novel from master storyteller Michael Bond has been given a fresh new look. Paddington is now a major movie star! Paddington’s fondness for marmalade earns...

Siobhan Rowden / Wild Moose Chase

 Twins Bert and Camilla are in competition with each other about everything. So they jump at the chance when they hear about the ultimate competition that will guarantee just one person eternal glory. The Queen wants moose cheese. Moose cheese is...

Ellen Miles / Snowball (Puppy Place)

 The Peterson family hear about Snowball - a fluffy puppy somebody left in a tattered box at a petrol station. Snowball is sick and hungry. He needs a family of his own. Can Jack and Lizzie find one that is just right     All of our...

Sorrel Anderson / The Clumsies Make A Mess

  Three crazy, funny stories, featuring the two clumsiest talking mice you’ll ever meet… ‘The mouse started to trundle away, glancing at Howard over its shoulder, nervously. “You may well glance at me nervously," said...

Maetin Chatterton / Stunt Monkeys: Four Boys Go Ape (Stunt Monkeys)

 How fast can you move with a shark snapping at your bum? Kurtis, Stench, Einstein and Grunt live in Sludgeville - officially the most boring town in the whole world. Then they discover a fantastic book, The Official League of Unbelievable and...

Mary Regan / The Spirit of the Foyle (Brod of Bres Trilogy.)

      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...

Jo Nesbo / Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: Time-Travel Bath Bomb

 The Fart Powder was such a successful invention that Doctor Proctor couldn't stop there. Next up: a Time-travel Bath Bomb. Throw the Bath Bomb in the tub, lather up and imagine where you'd like to visit. The battle of Waterloo? No problem. The...

Don Conroy / The Lizard of Oz

      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...

Nigel Quinlan / The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox

Neil and Lizzie's Dad is a Weatherman. But not the boring kind that you see on TV. He's one of the people who make sure that the Seasons change every year. But this year the Autumn hasn't arrived. Who is stopping it. Why? And can Neil and Lizzie...

Stephen Foster / Walking Ollie : Winning the Love of a Difficult Dog

 One winter's afternoon, Stephen Foster walked into a dog re-homing centre with the intention of picking up a retired greyhound. Instead, he acquired an abandoned lurcher pup. Foster's knowledge of dogs was so vague that he had to look up 'lurcher'...

Paula Harrison / The Rescue Princesses: The Ice Diamond

 Princess Maya is delighted to welcome the Rescue Princesses to the Kingdom of Lepari. It's a beautiful land, where the King has sworn to protect the rare snow leopards that live in the mountains. So Maya and her new friends are devastated to learn...

Henry Winkler / Hank Zipzer Bk 1: Niagra Falls Or Does I

 Hank Zipzer wants to be number one, not the one who always gets it wrong. A likeable, struggling hero that readers will adore. Hank Zipzer is smart, creative and funny. He wants to do well in school - he really does. He tries not to be lazy and he...

Libby Gleeson / Happy Birthday

 Birthday surprises are in store for the triplets in this enjoyable family story. The triplets' sixth birthday is coming up and the girls insist on buying individual presents for each other. They set out on a big shopping trip, but it's hard to...

Ellen Richardson / The Flip-Flop Club Star Struck

 Elly, Tash, and Sierra are back for another Flip-Flop Club adventure! It's time for the Sunday Island Music Festival, and stages, tents, and ice-cream stands cover Melody Meadows. The headline act is being kept top-secret, so when the three girls...

Isla Fisher / Marge and the Pirate Baby

 'Isla Fisher is hilarious' DAVID WALLIAMS'Charming, funny, delightful' DAVID BADDIELYo ho ho, me hearties. Marge is back! This time there's a baby on the loose.Meet Zara, the naughty little cousin, who never sleeps and loves to steal treasure...

Oisin McGann / The Goblin of Tara

 Every Halloween, the Goblin brings death and destruction to Tara. This year, a new hero has stepped up to face him - Finn MacCool. Irish myth of danger, adventure and courage. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and...

Oisin McGann / Mad Grandad and the Kleptoes

 Have you ever wondered where the other sock goes, or those keys or your earring or pen? Grandad wonders that all the time.Things keep disappearing down the back of Grandad's sofa -- who, or what, has taken them?When Lenny and Grandad discover the...

Tony Hickey / Granny Green, Flying Detective

CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS / IRISH / FICTION      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...

Diana Wynne Jones / Enna Hittims

 Anne Smith is sick of being sick. So she invents stories about the adventurer Enna Hittims but doesn't expect Enna to come to life! An extraordinary, imaginative romp. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic...

Joey Pigza / Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key

 Joey is a good kid, maybe even a great kid, but his teachers never know what he's going to do next. He sharpens his finger in the pencil-sharpener and swallows his house key. He can't sit still for more than a minute - Joey is buzzing! Told from...

Paila Harrison / The Rescue Princesses: The Magic Rings

Princess Lottie and her three friends are the new Rescue Princesses! And they're set for their first adventure. A beautiful foal has mysteriously disappeared from the palace stables. The girls have a plan of action, but Lottie is worried. What if they're...

Morris Gletitzman / Grace

 In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins. And talk about happy families, we were bountiful. But it came to pass that I started doing sins. And lo, that's when all our problems began...      All of our...

Sylvia Green / The Lonely Chick

There are lots of birds living by the lake in Poppy's garden but Archie, a chick hatched by a mallard duck, can't find anyone who looks like him. Poppy feels sorry for the little chick, especially as she doesn't like her new life in the country - she can...

Philip Ardagh / Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky : Grubtown Tales

 You won't find Grubtown on any maps. The last time any map-makers were sent anywhere near the place they were found a week later wearing nothing but pages from a telephone directory, and calling for their mothers. It's certainly a town and...

Sara Volger / Eerie McLeery : Little Terrors Book 2

 George and the Little Terrors--a crazy bunch of Ghoulstone ghosts--fall into the clutches of Eerie McLeery, the ghostly teacher who haunts the school room at George's school. McLeery thinks the Little Terrors should stay at school forever to make...