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Sue Mongredien / The Secret Mermaid Seahorse SOS

 Dive into this magical mermaid series from bestselling author Sue Mongredien, featuring gorgeously girly illustrations. There's trouble in the Undersea Kingdom. All the seahorses have vanished and the Animal-Keeper mermaids are desperate to find...

Gene Kemp / The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler

 Tyke Tiler and Danny Price are best friends, much to the despair of the headmaster of Cricklepit Combined School - because wherever the pair go, trouble is never far behind. There are surprises galore in this story about their last term, when Tyke...

Keren David / Almost True

 Ruthless killers are hunting Ty so the police move him and his mum to a quiet seaside town. But a horrific attack and a bullet meant for Ty prove that he's not safe. On the road again, Ty's in hiding with complete strangers ...who seem to know a...

Ian Ogilvy / Measle and the Wrathmonk

 A magical adventure story about an orphan called Measle who lives with his horrible guardian, Basil Tramplebone. Basil is a Wrathmonk - the worst kind of wizard - and when he find Measle playing with his beloved train set he zaps him with an evil...

Caroline Logue / A Clock or a Crown?

   Planned as the first in a series of stories about a young girl's fantasy travels to various European capitals, this is a humorous and adventurous trip to London in the company of Ben - a boy who lives in a rather famous clock.After Jenny...

Poppy Collins / Buttercup in Glitter Ocean

 The fairy princesses' friends are having a party in Glitter Ocean. They're so excited and set off in a pearl-encrusted shell boat, wearing full-length mermaid gowns. But then the boat gets caught in a glitter storm! Luckily,...

Poppy Collins / Honey in Shimmer Island

 It's the school holidays, but the fashion fairy princesses are feeling glum. They're missing Rosa, who has gone to stay with her cousin Princess Honey on Shimmer Island. Then a hummingbird flies through the castle window carrying an important...

Colin McNaughton / Another Day on Your Foot and I Would Have Died

   This anthology, featuring poems from five contemporary poets, aims to make the reader giggle!    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...

Terry Deary / Tudor Terror: The Prince Of Rags And Patches

 Two intertwined narratives each build to a thrilling climax, and reveal Terry Deary as a magnificent storyteller. Packed with colourful vignettes of life in Tudor times, the novel races along with the vitality and complusive readability that have...

Mara Bergman / Nick Mack's Good Luck

 One of an innovative new series of linked stories designed to build reader confidence. Nick Mack's best friend, Ellie, has a dog called Newton, whom she says is as much Nick's dog as hers. But Nick still wants a pet of his own. When Aunt Terri...

Jane Yolen / How Do Dinosaurs Learn Colours and Numbers?

      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...

Julian Gough / Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit's Bad Habits

   Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books. 'A...

Max Chase / STAR FIGHTERS 2: Deadly Mission

 It is the year 5012 and the Milky Way galaxy is under attack. After the Universal War, a war that almost brought about the destruction of every known universe, the planets in the Milky Way banded together to create the Intergalactic Force - an...

Pippa Goodhart / Toffee and Pie

 John and his horse each make a new friend when they travel to a new place. John and his family are always on the move: they live in a trailer that is drawn by their cob, Pie, and they never stay in one place for very long. When they arrive at...

Philip Reeve / Horribly Famous: Horatio Nelson and His Valiant Victory

 Horribly funny . . . Horribly gripping . . . Horribly famous! Everybody knows that Horatio Nelson won the Battle of Trafalgar and lost an arm and an eye. But in this book readers can discover all the fascinating facts they didn't know, including...

Ellie Phillips / Dads Geeks and Blue-haired Freaks

 One girl's search to find her father, using the internet, some boys and quite a lot of hairspray from debut YA novelist Ellie Phillips.Sadie Nathanson spends her life trying to survive the excruciating embarrassment of simply existing. It's hard...

Addy Farmer / Grandad's Bench

 This is a beautiful, sensitively told story of love and loss and of a special relationship between grandfather and grandson. Jake loves playing in Grandad's workshop. One autumn day, Grandad teaches Jake how to chisel his name in a piece of...

Mary Murphy / Parrot Park

 One of an innovative new series of linked stories designed to build reader confidence. The Murphys live at 53 Parrot Park, Dublin. There's Mammy, Rory, Anna and Mary (the twins), Cormac, Catherine and Susan (who is only one - she is full of...

Noel Langley / The Land of Green Ginger

 When Prince Abu Ali, son of Aladdin, is born his destiny has already been foretold: he is the one who has been chosen to break the spell of the mysterious Land of Green Ginger. His quest brings him into contact with flying carpets, button-nosed...

Paddington 2: The Story of the Movie

 Paddington returns for another fun-filled instalment of marmalade and mishaps in the star-studded new movie!Join the irresistible Brown family and their adopted bear, plus a whole new cast of characters to love and hate including Hugh Grant as the...

Arthur Robins / Seriously Silly Stories: Snow White and The Seven Aliens

 The ugly old Mean Queen is jealous of Snow White, because she has a pretty little nose and wants to be a pop star. The Mean Queen tries to stop Snow White's dream coming true, but will she be a match for seven singing aliens?     All...

Emily Bearn / Tumtum and Nutmeg: A Circus Adventure

 It's The Borrowers meets The Wind in the Willows. Enter the world of Tumtum and Nutmeg for a wonderfully enchanting story full of warmth and humour. Suddenly the General looked up and saw the most astonishing sight: It was a circus! When General...

Jan Stardling / The Lost Treasure

   Ahoy there! It's a new Walker Story with a fun pirate theme. Pirate Pete is a bad pirate who loves taking treasure while Pirate Ruby is a good pirate who loves helping people. When they discover a pirate is stuck on an island, they...

Veronica Bennett / Monkey

 By teenager Harry Pritchard's own admission, he's a dork. At school he's taunted and bullied, at home he's weighed down by chores. Harry's mum volunteers him to visit a severely disabled patient, Simon Schofield. After meeting Simon, Harry's life...

Josh Lacey / The Dragonsitter

   Dear Uncle Morton. You'd better get on a plane right now and come back here. Your dragon has eaten Jemima.' It had sounded so easy: Edward was going to look after Uncle Morton's unusual pet for a week while he went on holiday. But soon...

Tommy Donbavand / Scream Street 12: Secret of the Changeling

 The twelfth crazy adventure in this hugely popular comedy horror series for ghouls and girls! Just as Luke, Resus and Cleo are working out how to return the fifth relic, a whole new problem presents itself: Eefa Everwell's toddler niece,...

Tommy Donbavand / Scream Street 8: Attack of the Trolls

 The eighth crazy adventure in this hugely popular comedy horror series for ghouls and girls! Now that Luke, Resus and Cleo have worked out how to rid Scream Street of invading normals, they're keen to begin their new quest right away. First...

Wendy Constance / Brave

 13,000 years ago. Wild Horse has been sent to prove his bravery by bringing a runaway girl back to her tribe before she's taken by wolves. But Blue Bird doesn't want to be found, and persuades Wild Horse to join her...

Barbara Allen / Spark Files 5: Dog Run

   This is one of a series which takes an experiment-based approach to science and is designed to fit directly with the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2. The books feature episodes in the life of an eccentric family with a fascination with...

Ellen Miles / Buddy

 A new puppy to love in every story. Lizzie and Jack are fostering a whole family of dogs, but then little Buddy falls ill. He's so sweet and helpless! How will the poorly puppy find a home?      All of our books are...

Jean Harmeling / The Incredible Will of H.R.Heartman

      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...

Helen Cresswell / A Gift From Winklesea

 A classic and enduring tale about Dan and Mary's seaside souvenir, a beautiful bluish egg-shaped stone which sits on the mantelpiece for all to admire, until one day it hatches...      All of our books are second hand, and while...

Jackie Andrews / Blood Feud

 One-time street urchin and Ellanoi firemage, Silke, has kick-started her new career as private investigator by landing a plum job finding out who is threatening to bump off Veelya, princess of Elginagen. In the course of her investigations, Silke...

Ross Montgomery / Alex the Dog and the Unopenable Door

 Alex Jennings is a boy with a problem.His mum's sent him away to boarding school because his father, the most famously failed explorer in the history of the Cusp, has escaped from hospital again, yelling 'squiggles'.Make that two problems.Now the...

Eileen Browne / Handa's Surprising Day

 Featuring Handa, star of Handa's Hen and Handa's Surprise, this innovative storybook contains three linked stories and is designed to build reader confidence. Join the ever popular Handa, a young African girl living in a Kenyan tribe, as she...

Chris Hoy / Flying Fergus 2: The Great Cycle Challenge

 The second in Sir Chris Hoy's fantastically fun, magical cycling adventure series. Fergus Hamilton lives and dreams bikes and is really excited about training for the Great Cycle Challenge with his friends. But he's also got a secret. If the...

Cathy Cassidy / Angel Cake

 Anya used to dream of moving to Britain to start a brand-new life. But as she sits in a school where nobody understands her, she dreams of Polish summer skies and the place where she once belonged. Then Anya meets bad boy Dan. He's no angel,...

Ripley's Bureau / Running Wild

 Join the Ripley's Bureau of Investigation - a group of teen agents with special gifts - as they embark on a series of action-packed adventures, travelling the world in pursuit of extraordinary events and tales. These wonderful new stories are...

Witch: The Other Truth

 Build your W.i.t.c.h. library with another gripping adventure! Nerissa is haunting the guardians' nightmares. Can they find a way to end her reign of terror without losing the Heart of Candracar? Plagued by nightmares or Nerissa, the Guardians of...

Witch: The Fire of Friendship

   Tempers rise and tensions build in this new chapterbook -- W.i.t.c.h. will need to learn to control more than the elements if their friendships are to stand the ultimate test. Things are heating up for Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay...

RSPCA: The Abandoned Kitten

 Eight-year-old Lily is always surrounded by animals. Her mum works at an RSPCA centre as an Animal Care Assistant. Lily thinks it's the best job ever. Sometimes Mum has to care for animals at home, and on one rainy evening, Mum...

Sherry Ashworth / Paralysed

 It was just like any other Saturday morning for Simon - a rugby match at school, with his girlfriend Emma in the crowd. But then an accident changes everything; leaving Simon paralysed, Emma devastated and Simon's best mate Danny stricken with...

Joan Lingars / Tilly And The Badgers

 Who is making badgers fight dogs for sport near Tilly's home? Do the new boy at school and his family have anything to do with it? Tilly and William are determined to find out.      All of our books are second hand, and while you...

Robin Benway / Audrey Wait

 Audrey Cutler is a normal Southern California girl. OK, her cat is overweight, but her best friend is awesome, and her parents might be hippies, but they adore her - because Audrey is funny, charming, and she likes her music loud. So she struggles...

Edward Blishen / Children's Classics to Read Aloud

 A collection of 20 excerpts from the classics of children's literature, chosen for reading aloud. Each excerpt has an introduction by Edward Blishen, with further information about the authors and their other books, and there is also a...

Joshua Mowll / Operation Red Jericho

 This work is set in Shanghai, in 1920. While on board the Expedient, Doug and Becca MacKenzie stumble across an amazing secret. What unfolds is a story of two young people caught up in an astonishing adventure and a story of an ancient order...

Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Book of the Film

 Relive the movie with Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Book of the Film featuring eight full-colour frames from the film.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture,...

Cliff Mcnish / The Silver Child

 Six children leave the comfort of their homes. They are drawn to Coldharbour - an eerie wasteland of wind, rats, seagulls and rubbish tips. Emily and Freda, the twins, scuttle bright eyed and insect-like in search of the others. They find Thomas on...

Paul Dowswell / Auslander

 When Peter's parents are killed, he is sent to an orphanage in Warsaw. Then German soldiers take him away to be measured and assessed. They decide that Peter is racially valuable. He is Volksdeutscher: of German blood. With his blond hair, blue...

Gregory Hughes / Unhooking the Moon

 Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father's death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York. Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her...

Christianna Brand / Nanny McPhee

 Mr and Mrs Brown are always having great difficulty with their numerous and incredibly naughty children. They try all the agencies but the nurses, governesses and nannies never stay long with the Brown children. 'The person you want is Nurse...

Patricia Murphy / The Chingles from the East

  Legend has it that the giant Balor of the Evil Eye will return bent on revenge to destroy the remote island of Inish Alainn in his search for a magical stone. The only ones who can stop him are the mysterious “Chingles from the East”...