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Minecraft: The Official Construction Handbook (Hardback)

There's nothing that can't be built in Minecraft, but with so many possibilities, where do you start? And how will you ever match the creative style of the experts? The official Minecraft Construction Handbook is packed with tips and step-by-step...

Matthew Sweeney / Fox

age-range 10+ 'The day after I moved to the city I saw the fox. He was wrapped round the neck of a man, his red brush of a tail hanging down one side, his little head with its bright eyes on the other side. And the eyes were watching me - he was a...

Terry Deary / Knights Tales: The Knight of Spurs and Spirits

The violent and cruel Sir Robert Hylton terrorises his servants in grand Hylton Castle. Whilst they suffer from cold, hunger and his temper, Sir Robert drinks wine and sits by the fire. When his violence goes one step too far, Sir Robert uses friends and...

Terry Deary / Knights Tales: The Knight of Silk and Steel

The locals all fall off their tavern stools with surprise when a strange figure arrives to the village. He says he is a knight, and he does have a magnificent horse and a gleaming silver sword. But he is wearing...a dress! Sir Ulrich has not dedicated...

Terry Deary / Tudor Tales: The Maid, the Witch and the Cruel Queen

The day Queen Mary Tudor - or 'Bloody Mary', as she's called, because she has anyone who doesn't go to church burned - came to town was the most terrifying day of young Meg's life. Everyone wants to impress Her Majesty, and what...

John farman / The short and bloody history of ghosts

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...

Terry Deary / Knights Tales: The Knight of Sticks and Straw

Cristina is just a frightened servant girl who works in the palace. Until, that is, she gets tangled up in a cunning plot. She will be crucial in the success of the great knight El Cid's last battle and the safety of the entire city against the...

Redvers Brandling / Spilling the Beans on Robin Hood

The Spilling the Beans series reveals the horrible truth about history's famous and infamous characters. While enjoying the irreverent and bean-spilling contents, children will be gathering facts about events, people and past ways of life.All of our...

Andrew Matthews / Love Street

Suzanne is pretty ordinary, apart from Love Street. She has the equivalent of a TV inside her brain, the only thing is that the same programme is playing day in and day out and she's lost the remote control. Whenever she is stressed out, furious or...

Louis Sachar / The Boy Who Lost His Face

CURSED! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other boys steal an old lady's cane. But when the plan backfires, he is the one whom she 'curses'. Now David can't seem to do anything right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are...

Rob Kidd / Jack Sparrow: The Siren Song

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...

Oisin McGann / Mad Grandad's Flying Saucer

A MAD GRANDAD AND ME STORY Lenny and his mad grandad buy a flying saucer and shoot into space together. But space is full of all sorts of creatures -- some are friendly, some are not so friendly...Getting into space is easy. Getting home again -- alive...

Paul & Riddell Chris Stewart / Freeglader

Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, Rook Barkwater and his colleagues - the librarian knights, Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends - must lead the escaping population to a new life in the Free Glades. But perils aplenty are ahead for the crowd -...

Michael Morpurgo / From Hereabout Hill

A spellbinding collection of short stories from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo - with a brand new cover look Included in this collection of short stories is a poignant tale about civil war, wherein a young girl...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Tecton the Armoured Giant

Great for boys, with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the cards in the back of the books, and links to an excellent interactive website. Malvel has created another ferocious Beast for Tom to battle! Tecton is a massive creature that even Tom...

Andy Baxter / Shark Shock

Max Murphy thinks his mum and dad are weird. They're zoologists, so they're always flying off to different countries to study exotic creatures in their natural habitats. And, as if that didn't make life strange enough, Max has to live in his...

Terry Deary / The Spark Files: Bat and Bell

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 science...

Sue Bentley / Magic Kitten: Classroom Chaos

Four Magic Kittens titles to be published simultaneously for an instant must-have collectable package for all little girls. Flame is prince and heir to the Lion throne but he is not yet strong enough to stand up to the evil uncle who killed his parents...

Frank Cottrell Boyce / Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth

Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by award-winning author Frank Cottrell Boyce, with illustrations by Steven Lenton, will send your imagination into orbit! The Blythes are a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes foster...

Tina Nolan / Dilly: The Lost Duckling

In a perfect world there'd be no need for Animal Magic. But Eva and Karl Harrison, who live at the animal rescue centre with their parents, know that life isn't perfect. Every day there's a new arrival in need of their help...When Eva spots a...

Karen MaCombie / Life According to... Alice B. Lovely

Edie Evans is sick of being treated like a kid. And she doesn't, repeat, doesn't need a babysitter! And then along comes the strange, the shy, the captivating Alice B. Lovely. But is she too good to be trueAll of our books are second hand, and...

Gordon Snell / The Supermarket Ghost

It seems like another boring summer for Maria, that is until she meets Davy. Did Davy really appear out of nowhere and why can't anyone else see him? Is he linked to the tragic accident that happened twenty years ago? And are all the dark rumours...

Don Conroy / The Tiger Who Was a Roaring Success

Who is making strange noises and leaving big footprints in the woods? Barny Owl and his friends decide to investigate, with some very surprising results.All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all...

Andy Baxter / Snake Scare

Max Murphy thinks his mum and dad are weird. They're zoologists, so they're always flying off to different countries to study exotic creatures in their natural habitats. And, as if that didn't make life strange enough, Max has to live in his...

Sue Bentley / Magic Puppy: Classroom Princess

A world of magic, adventure and cute puppy antics from the bestselling author of the Magic Kitten series. Kelsey is feeling very frustrated. Her dad's girlfriend's twin daughters are very loud and are always taking over. If only it was just...

Tony Hickey / Granny Learns to Fly

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...

Nicola Pierce / Spirit of the Titanic

Fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott died while building the Titanic. As the ship sails to her doom, his ghost moves restlessly alongside the passengers and crew: Frederick Fleet: the young look-out who spotted the iceberg and who survived in a life-boat with...

Cathy Hopkins / Mates, Dates and Sleepover Secrets

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...

Cathy Hopkins / Mates, Dates and Tempting Trouble

Friendships are threatened when a boy that Nesta has been dating declares his passionate love for TJ. TJ doesn't know what's hit her and does her best to keep out of the way but then she and the boy are chosen to work on a newsletter for the...

Cathy Hopkins / Mates, Dates The Secret Story

Tony has no idea that he is about to fall for the lively, elfin Lucy. But the course of true love never did run smoothly - and reading his side of the story as well as hers is an irresistible treat for all 'Mates, Dates' fans.All of our books are...

Roddy Doyle / The Meanwhile Adventures

Mr Mack is out of a job and sets his mind to inventions - whilst unbeknownst to him Mrs Mack decides to walk around the world without telling anyone. Unfortunately Mr Mack's inventions get him into trouble when he's arrested for inadvertently...

Dav Pilkey / Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-boxers

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS returns! When we last saw our heroes, George and Harold, they had been turned into evil zombie nerds doomed to roam a devastated, post-apocalyptic planet for all eternity. But why, you might ask, didn't the amazing Captain Underpants...

Andrew Cope / Spy Dog: Superbrain

She drives cars. She's a PlayStation champ. She's got a black belt in karate ...She's AGENT GM451 (or LARA to you - Licensed Assault and Rescue Animal). A gang of villainous head teachers are plotting to make their school the very best...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Rashouk the Cave Troll

Lurking in the Dead Peaks is Rashouk the Cave Troll. The Ghost Beast smells out his victims' fear - and turns them to stone. It will take all of Tom's courage to capture Rashouk's piece of the Amulet of Avantia, but failure means never seeing...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Equinus the Spirit Horse

Equinus the Spirit Horse crashes through the forests of the Forbidden Land, stealing the life force of other creatures. Tom must dodge the Ghost Beast's flying hooves and take the fragment of Amulet that Equinus guards - or Tom's father will...

Enid Blyton / Naughty Amelia Jane

A classic children's story from the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton Amelia Jane is big, bad and the terror of the toy cupboard! In this book, she snips the tail off the pink rabbit, squirts Tom the soldier with water and...

James Patterson / Middle School: Ultimate Showdown

Rafe Khatchadorian is getting the Hollywood treatment in a film version of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle and Thomas Barbusca. Readers get a chance to participate in James Patterson's wildly...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Torno the Hurricane Dragon

The fourth book in a brand new series featuring fabulous adventures for Tom and his companions! Great for boys, with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books, and links to an excellent interactive...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Nixa the Death Bringer

Taladon the Swift has returned! But to Tom's horror, his father is a ghost. To save Taladon, Tom must battle the Ghost Beasts and collect the pieces of the shattered Amulet of Avantia. First is Nixa the Death-Bringer - will her deadly disguises lure...

Jill Marshall / Jane Blonde: Sensational Spylet

Janey Brown feels like she is practically invisible. With her stick-thin legs, mousy brown hair and grey eyes, no one ever notices her. Then a crazy woman turns up at the school gates, claiming to be Janey's godmother. According to hip-hop-talking,...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Bloodboar the Buried Doom

The final book in a brand new series featuring fabulous adventures for Tom and his companions! Great for boys, with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books, and links to an excellent interactive...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Kronus the Clawed Menace

The fifth book in a brand new series featuring fabulous adventures for Tom and his companions! Great for boys, with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books, and links to an excellent interactive...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: The Pirate's Curse

Be the hero in this exciting adventure! Join Tom and his companions on a brand new Beast Quest, where your decisions determine the outcome. Sanpao the Pirate King has returned to terrorize Avantia, bringing with him two fearsome Beasts: Polkai the Shark...

Adam Blade / Beast Quest: Raksha the Mirror Demon

A special bumper edition of the exciting adventure stories that are as gripping as a computer game! Great for boys, with a huge collectability factor, and links to an excellent interactive website. Tom faces a terrifying new Quest...Two evil wizards from...

Anne Fine / Anneli the Art Hater

Anneli hates art - art lessons are awful and trips to galleries just make her squirm. Now she's got to try to find something precious in her attic to make some money to save the big house on the road, now a home for children with disabilities. It...

Gwyneth Rees / The Twinkling Tutu

What could be better than a magic dress shop, where each gorgeous outfit takes you on an adventure through time and imagination . . .?!In this second book in the series, Ava puts on a beautiful twinkling tutu and finds herself magically whisked away to...

Terry Deary / True Detective Stories

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...

Lucy Daniels / Jess The Border Collie: The Challenge

It's lambing season at the farm, and there are more orphaned lambs to look after than ever. When Jenny sees how gentle Jess is with the tiny lambs, she wonders if there's a way he can help...All of our books are second hand, and while you may not...

Michael Bond / Paddington at Work

The irresistible Paddington Bear, who was found on Paddington station, returns in this reissued novel, with a brand new cover design. Paddington has a knack for 'smelling out things', and his sharp nose, supported by marmalade sandwiches, leads...

Terry Deary / The Fire Thief

The story of Prometheus the Titan is well known. He stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humans. Zeus and the gods then decided to punish Prometheus by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle tear out his liver every day. The gods made his liver grow...

Roy Apps / How to Handle Your Brother

Do you suffer from brother bother? Is your sister always nicking your clothes? Then Bratman and Dobbin are here to save the day in this flip book, which gives advice on how to stop your brother and sister embarassing you.All of our books are second hand,...

Justin Somper / Vampirates: Dead Deep

When Connor Tempest and his swashbuckling pirate buddies get a rare break in their duties, they're in the mood for fun, sun and adventure. A chance meeting with the crew of The Lorelei seems to offer all that and more. Soon, Connor and co are...