General Children's

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...

Brian Gallagher / Spies : Ireland's War of Independence

   Orphan Johnny Dunne has fled Balbriggan, where he spied for the rebels in Ireland's War of Independence. Now he has a new and even more dangerous mission. Rebel leader Michael Collins engages in a cut-throat secret war with British...

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...

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...

Pat Boran / All the Way from China

      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...

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...

Philip Ardagh / The Grunts all at Sea

   Mr Grunt's a man with a mission. He has to get a Person of Great Importance (or POGI) to someone called Mrs Bayliss by the twenty-fifth. Alive and well. And he can't tell anyone more than that, not even his lovely wife, Mrs Grunt, because...

Kate Thompson / Midnight's Choice

   Two things that Kevin told Tess have remained etched on her memory. She will meet someone else who has the extraordinary skill to switch into the animal of their choice and she will pass on to them the knowledge that this ability ends on a...

Steve Cole / Z-Raptor

   A sensational thriller about hyper-evolved dinosaurs, battling for supremacy on a small Pacific island - with fourteen-year-old Adam and a few friends struggling to survive in their midst. Who should Adam trust, and where can he turn for...

Rosemary Hayes / Follow That Lion!

   Hector's mum has found an unusual pet. She says it is gentle. Hector knows better ...   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...

Gitty Daneshvari / School of Fear: Class is Not Dismissed! : Book 2

   Have no fear! The frightened foursome are back in this this wickedly funny and phobia-inducing sequel to School of Fear!Everyone is (still) afraid of something...Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs, especially spiders;Theodore...

Jo Simmons / I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

   'I can get a new brother? On the internet?' Jonny muttered. 'Oh sweet mangoes of heaven!'Everyone has dreamed of being able to get rid of their brother or sister at one time or another - but for Jonny, the dream is about to become a reality...

Alexander Besher / Rim

   It's 2027. Tokyo has survived the mega-quake of the millennium and Satori Corporation, the owner of a virtual-reality entertainment empire, is embroiled in cut-throat corporate warfare to preserve its market share, and save the lives of...

Bear Grylls / Mission Survival 5: Claws of the Crocodile

   A gripping Australian adventure story from Bear Grylls, packed with real survival details and dangers at every turn!When Beck Granger follows a mysterious clue to the town of Broome in Northern Australia, it is just the beginning of an...

Josephine Feeney / Robin Hood's Day

   Join Jimmy and Patchy Pat on a fun day out in Sherwood Forest.This weekend it's Jimmy's turn to take Patchy Pat, the class doll made by his teacher, home with him. Jimmy and his family take Patchy on a day trip to Nottingham, where they...

Hilary McKay / Charlie and the Big Birthday Bash

   Charlie can't believe his big brother Max hates parties and doesn't want to celebrate his birthday. So Charlie sets out to give him a surprise birthday bash that he'll never forget. This is the eighth book in this hilarious series, which...

Bear Grylls / Mission Survival 7: Rage of the Rhino

   Young adventurer Beck Granger is invited to South Africa by an old friend of his parents' to help out on a project to prevent rhino poaching. But when he arrives all is not as it seems, and Beck is caught up in something more dangerous than...

Chris Hoy / Flying Fergus 1: The Best Birthday Bike

   The first in a fantastically fun, magical cycling adventure series from Sir Chris Hoy.Fergus Hamilton is a boy with a big imagination. Living with his mum and grandad and his dog, Chimp, he dreams of a state-of-the-art Sullivan Swift and...

Robert Hull / Everest and Chips : Poetry Collection

   If you like playing with words - or yodelling - or rumbling tums - or wondering how the world began - or even if you just like chips - then here is a book full of wonderful, magical, funny, serious, spine-tingling poems for you. From the...

Ellis Dillon / The Five Hundred : A Thrilling Adventure Story

   Luca, an ambitious antique dealer, buys his heart's desire, a Fiat 500. When his car is stolen, life becomes dangerously exciting! Red Flag 2   All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Janine Beacham / Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers : Book 1

 The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton AbbeyWhen Rose Raventhorpe's beloved butler is found (gasp!) murdered in the hallway of her own house, she's determined to uncover the culprit. Especially since he's the third butler to die in a week!Rose's...

Nigel Auchterlounie / Dennis and the Chamber of Mischief

  Beanotown - for the first time in Dennis's life - has become boring. All Dennis's pranks are backfiring and he seems to have lost his awesomeness. Even his faithful hound, Gnasher, seems fed up with him these days. If only there was some way to...

James Patterson / I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story : (I Funny 2)

 Middle schooler Jamie Grimm has big dreams of being the best stand-up comic in the world - and he won't let the fact that he's in a wheelchair get in his way.After winning the New York state finals in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest,...

Elizabeth Lindsay / Winter Special, Snow Bandits

   Penelope has broken Smudger's bike and he wants revenge. Natty overhears a plan to kidnap Penelope, Smudger wants ransom money to pay for the bike. Natty and magic pony Ned are on red alert. Then something happens that leads them on a...

Paul Shipton / Oxford Reading Tree: Level 13: Treetops More Stories A: Bones

 This book is part of TreeTops Fiction, a structured reading programme providing juniors with stories they will love to read. Offering chapter books with full-colour illustrations, written by well-known authors, these stories are full of humour and...

Jenny Oldfield / When Shah Went Weird

   Hands off. Keep out! No one reads this diary, OK! It's all here, blow by blow. I write my diary a lot. And that's what I wanna be - a mega famous blockbusting, big-time WRITER! But not yet, so don't go snooping ...This is the sixth book...

Sue Mongredien / Truffle's Secret Hideaway ( Kitten Club Series)

   Welcome to Kitten Club! Amy, Molly, Lily, Ruby, Ella and Mia meet whilst choosing their adorable new kittens. Eager to stay in touch, the girls form Kitten Club so that they can get together each week and swap stories about their cute...

Cindy Jefferies / Rivals!

   Talent, stardom, hard work and heartache...welcome to Fame School. Aspiring popstars will love following the kids at Rockley Park as they try to make their dreams come true in this cool new series, from a fresh and funny voice in children's...

Rob Childs / The Great Team Omnibus

   Great Catesby Village School has its first football team - the Greats.In "Great Save!," every goal the team score is sponsored; Tom can't seem to find the net in "Great Shot!"; the team are determined to create a new record in "Great Hit!";...