General Children's

Holly Willoughby / School for Stars

     The enchanting debut novel from the immensely popular SCHOOL FOR STARS series, written by sisters Holly and Kelly Willoughby. This book is for every girl who has ever danced in front of the mirror, sung into a hairbrush, or dreamed...

Terry Deary / Flight of the Fire Thief

   It's 1795 and plucky 12 year old Nell and her crafty Pa are swindling Eden City with their travelling stage show. Meanwhile, up on Mount Olympus, Zeus and Hera are bickering as never before. Their latest plan for Troy can only end in...

Michael Morpurgo / The Fox and the Ghost King

   A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, lavishly illustrated by Michael Foreman."Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan... And we all have an...

Sandy McKay / Mr Tripp Smells a Rat

     Join Mr Tripp and Room Five for three great stories about an escaped rat, a surprise birthday party and an itchy insect invasion.Room Five's teacher, Mr Tripp, is good at telling jokes, loves riddles and is great at using his nose...

Derek Fridolfs / Study Hall of Justice

   The team behind DC Comics LIL' GOTHAM takes readers to the halls of Ducard Academy in Gotham City, where a young Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman start their very own Junior Detective Agency!Young Bruce Wayne is the new kid at Ducard...

Sonya Hartnet / Sadie and Ratz

     Sadie and Ratz are Hannah's hands - and they turn into wild beasts when Baby Boy is around!Sadie and Ratz are the names of Hannah's hands. They aren't animals but they behave like wild beasts, especially when four-year-old Baby Boy...

Liam Farrell / The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

     The first in a new series 'Elephants' for ages 6+. With an easy to read format and an illustration on almost every page it will hold a child's fascination and parents will find the entertaining problems addressed (inept officials...

Polly Nolan / Giants of Sun

   The 14 stories in this collection range from contemporary to historical, from funny to poignant, from the south of Ireland to the north, each one reflecting some aspect of being Irish. Contributers include: Siobhan Parkinson, Gordon Snell,...

David Almond / Heaven Eyes

   Erin, January and Mouse live in a children's home, Whitegates. Running away is something they know all about - their dreams of escape frequently lead them into the outside world. But this time will be different. January has built a raft,...

Tony Hickey / Flip n Flop and the Movies

 This is the fifth book in the highly popular Irish series about two rambunctious and lovable border terriers. Others include Adventures with Flip 'n' Flop, Flip 'n' Flop in Kerry, and More About Flip 'n' Flop, all available from Dufour...

Lewis Carroll / Through the Looking-Glass

   Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn't as easy as she expects: at...

Margaret Simpson / 10 Best Arthurian Legends Ever

   In this title, the ten best Arthurian Legends are re-told ...with a modern twist. Read the news of Arthur's sensational rise to fame in the Celtic Clarion, find out who proves to be the best in the quest for the Holy Grail and why Guinevere...

Dan Jerris / Dragon Blood Pirates: Jewels of the Jolly Roger : Book 4

 There is treasure to be found on Cannibal Island...if you can get past the gruesome shrunken heads that chant from the trees, "Dinner you'll be!" Will Jack and Al make it out of there alive and find the mysterious Dragon Blood Sabre?Every Dragon...

A.A Milne / Winnie the Pooh

     Makes a perfect gift. 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...

Carole Mortimer / A Puppy for Christmas

     3 Brand-New Christmas Romances with Canine Charm!On the Secretary's Christmas ListBree has landed an amazing job but her new boss is a difficult, unreliable playboy - who is also infuriatingly gorgeous... When Bree looks after...

Andy Griffiths / The Day My Bum Went Psycho

   'This is my story. It really happened Not even the names have been changed. Like most people I took my bum for granted. I agreed to tell my story in the hope that others could learn from it. If this book can save even just one person from...

Jay Asher / What Light

   Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon - it's an idyllic place for a girl to grow up, except that every year they have to pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two...

Ingrid Law / Savvy

     For Mibs Beaumont's family, the day of their thirteenth birthday could be an adventure or a disaster. It's when they get their savvy - an extra-special talent and know-how. Her brother Rocket is Mr Electric, he can send static...

Jack Smsonite / One Seriously Messed-Up Weekend

   Jack Samsonite's Foolish Plan for Being Amazing at Everything(including getting a life, getting into Film School, and getting into a girl's knickers)1.Make an amazing(ly bad) short film about zombies . . . or maybe superheroes . . . or just...

Rachel Cohn / Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List

     From the dream team David Levithan and Rachel Cohn who brought you Nick and Norah's Infinite playlist. Naomi and Ely prove that any great friendship can be as confusing, treacherous, inspiring and wonderful as any great romance...

Lee Nichols / Betrayal

   Emma Vaile is the most powerful ghostkeeper in centuries. Which is great when she's battling the wraith-master Neos, but terrible when she's flirting with fellow ghostkeeper (and love interest) Bennett. When ghostkeepers fall in love, the...

Steve Jackson / Creature of Havoc

   Evil is festering in Trolltooth Pass. The Necromancer Zharradan Marr is close to stealing the secrets of Elven magic, which will make him invincible. Nothing could then prevent him and his legions of Chaos from taking over the world of...

Virginia Bergin / Who Runs the World?

 Welcome to the Matriarchy.Sixty years after a virus has wiped out almost all the men on the planet, things are pretty much just as you would imagine a world run by women might be: war has ended; greed is not tolerated; the ecological needs of the...

Maureen Johnson / The Name of the Star

   Thrilling ghost-hunting teen mystery as modern-day London is plagued by a sudden outbreak of brutal murders that mimic the horrific crimes of Jack the Ripper."A gorgeously written, chilling, atmospheric thriller. The streets of London have...

Rosemary Clement- Moore / The Splendour Falls

     Sylvie Davies is a ballerina who can't dance. A broken leg ended her career, but what broke her heart was her father's death, and what's breaking her spirit is her mother's remarriage. Still reeling Sylvie is shipped off to stay...

P. D. Eastman / Are You My Mother? (Large Paperback)

    A new edition of the classic illustrated storybook, ideal for children just beginning to read on their own. A simple illustrated story of a baby bird's journey to find his mother. Children who have just started to read on their own will...

Marguerite Tonery / Air (Large Paperback)

      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...

Mary Risk / Farewell to the Wood

      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...

Grace Norwich / Ashley Tisdale: Life Is Sweet! : An Unauthorized Biography

   Highlights the life of actress Ashley Tisdale, who stars in the hit Disney Channel television show, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody."   All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Shannon Hale / Ever After High: Once Upon A Time : A Short Story Collection

   Read these exclusive introductions to all your favourite characters to find out what their lives are like at home! A new chapter is about to begin at Ever After High, and all the students are preparing to start their Legacy Year. In just a...

David Cody Weiss / Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 13: Go Fetch

   The thirteenth in a series accompanying the remake of the 1960s TV series "Bewitched". A stolen talisman sends Salem into hiding and Sabrina on a search-and-rescue mission to save her cat from dreaded Drell.   All of our books are...

Allan Ahlberg / The Better Brown Stories

 The Brown family really don't like the stories being written about them - so they go to the author to complain. The result is a very funny collection of short stories about a monstrous dog, some Mysterious Men, a forgotten baby, baffled police, and...

Christopher Edge / Shadows of the Silver Screen

   A mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn Montgomery Flinch's sinister stories into motion pictures. With Monty installed as the star of his production, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange...

Emily Rodda / The Forests of Silence

   On his sixteenth birthday, Lief, the son of a blacksmith, faces the greatest challenge of his life. He must venture into the darkest and most terrible places in all of Deltora to find the seven magical gems stolen from the Belt of Deltora...

Ann Bryant / Princess at Silver Spires

   African princess Naomi hates being the centre of attention. So when an older girl asks her to model in a fashion show, Naomi only agrees because the proceeds will go to her favourite charity. But when she discovers the designer wants to...

Martin Ford / The Imagination Box

   There is a box. Anything you imagine will appear inside. You have one go, one chance to create anything you want. What would you pick?"That's exactly the question ten-year-old Timothy Hart gets to answer after discovering The Imagination...

Lindsay Camp / Cabbages From Outer Space

   One of a series intended for children who have mastered reading and need simple, funny and exciting books to encourage their interest. While she's playing her favourite computer game, Cabbages from Outer Space, Emma is whisked aboard a...

Wendy Meddour / Wendy Quill is a Crocodile's Bottom

   Wendy's plans don't always work out but that's never stopped her having the best time ever! When she fails to get the lead part in the school production, Wendy stuns the audience with her debut as a crocodile's bottom! Then Wendy is dragged...

Gregory Maguire / The Good Liar : A Dramatic Story Set in Occupied France During World War II

     Set in France in the Second World War, a story about secrecy, in which lying becomes a matter of life and death. For readers ten and above. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Natasha May / Poppy Love In the Spotlight

   Samba, quickstep, tango and waltz - Poppy loves to dance them all!Four further stories in this wonderful ballroom dancing series starring Poppy Love. Poppy and her friends practise for their Nationwide Finals by playing a dancing game at...

Nataue Standiford / Space Dog and the Pet Show

   One of a series intended for children who have mastered reading and need simple, funny and exciting books to encourage their interest. Space Dog is an alien hound from the planet Queekrg. It's a dog's life on Earth, but he puts up with it...

B. Strange / Stage Fright

   St Sebastian's School in Grimesford is the pits. No, really - it is. Built on the boggy remains of a medieval plague pit, this once proud school's dodgy nineteenth-century foundations are causing it to slowly subside. Every year it sinks a...

Tom Mason / Life is Unfair

    Around here, being smart is like being radioactive" Meet Malcolm. People used to think he was weird. But ever since his school put him in a class for brainiacs - they know he is. Good thing his family is so normal. Wait that must be...

Robert C O'Brien / Mrs Frisby and the Rats Of NIMH

      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...

Jackie Burke / The Secrets of Grindlewood - The Secret Scroll

      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...

Jackie Burke / The Secrets of Grindlewood: Othelia's Orb

      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...

Grace Cavendish / The Lady Grace Mysteries : Conspiracy

   Usually I hate hunting, because I'm not a very good rider and I always end up on my bum. But today the hunt was very exciting, and a little scary too! Because there was almost a terrible accident - and it looks as though someone is trying...

Victoaia Parker / Spilling the Beans on Joan of Arc

      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...

Debbie Thomas / Monkie Business

   Another fantastic adventure from the zany world of Abbie, Perdita and the 'eefil' Dr Hubris Wildebeest Klench!Enthusiastic and pro-active author available for in-store eventsWonderfully playful use of languageIncorporates elements of Irish...

Dennis Hamley / An Oxford Anthology of Mystery Stories

 From creepy school computers to bungling bank robbers; from lost villages to deadly Christmas presents...Funny and serious, exciting and intriguing, here are fourteen wonderful new mystery stories to perplex and amaze you.     All of...

David Donohue / Alien Timebomb

 Walter Speazlebud, the boy who can spell backwards and travel back in time, returns for a new adventure! Walter Speazlebud - first person on the moon - is back in Nittiburg, going to kung fu lessons with Annie and trying to come to terms with the...

David Baddiel / Birthday Boy

   A hilarious rollercoaster ride of pure entertainment for 9+ readers everywhere, Birthday Boy is the new Baddiel Blockbuster: featuring David's inimitable and award-winning combination of wish-fulfilment, heart and hilarity, all brought to...