General Children's

Alex Wheatle / The Humiliations of Welton Blake

Welton Blake has done it! He's asked out Carmella McKenzie - the best-looking girl in school - and she's only gone and said yes! But just as he thinks his luck is starting to change, Welton's phone breaks, kick-starting a series of unfortunate and...

Stephen Moore / Spilling the Magic

Spilling the Magic #1 Spending the summer holidays with boring relatives, life looks bleak for Billy and Mary, until . . . They discover a strange book of spells, stolen from its owner, and find themselves whisked into the mysterious, multi-coloured...

Nina Bawden / The White Horse Gang

To raise money for one of them to join her parents in America, three youngsters plan a kidnapping which fortunately backfires but places them in greater danger.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Marjorie Darke / Comeback

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Paul Jennings / Unbelievable!

A collection of short stories by the author of "Uncanny!", "Unbearable!", "Unreal!" and "Quirky Tales". Why the punk ghost cab't pass his spook exam, where Souperman gets his strength from, and how an old lady grows up to be 16.....

Hilary McKay / Happy and Glorious

The Queen #1 Queens have two birthdays, one on the day they were born and one on the day it would have been most convenient for them to have been born on. It is the convenient one that counts. This Queen is not a happy little Queen. It's her...

Nigel Hinton / The Finders

When Rosie posts a parcel for a frail old man she has no idea that it contains the Djinn Star - Whose evil magic threatens to take her over. But she is tracked down by the Finders, the only ones who know how to save her. Together they set out to find...

William Mayne / Over the Hills and Far Away

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Nigel Hinton / The Dark Dream

Beaver Towers #4 In this fourth Beaver Towers adventure, Philip and old Mr. Edgar set off on their travels so that Philip can learn how to use his powers to fight evil. But while they are away, the island itself is under threat from a strange...

Ann Coburn / The Granite Beast

Ruth is forced to move from the city to the Cornish coast after her father's death. Tormented by her new classmates, lost and alone, she begins to have nightmares with premonitions of a catastrophic disaster. Ben, the village outcast, becomes her...

Tom Palmer / Rocky Takes the Lead

Rocky Race loves football so much that she moved to the United States to train at a high school with an amazing soccer team. She's made new friends, even won a state championship! Now her best friends from her home in Melchester, England, have come to...

Jenny Nimmo / The Bronze Trumpeter

The Count has gone to the Great War leaving his son Paolo alone under the eye of his sinister governess, Fraulein Helga. Friendless, Paolo explores the neglected wilderness of the garden until one day he comes upon the bronze Trumpeter, who proves to...

Paul Jennings / Unmentionable!

Stare, if you dare, into Paul Jennings's wild world. What will you tell the lie detector? Could graffiti come true? Why are you magnetic - to rubbish? What could a mouth organ play - after you swallowed it? Nine stories that you would never dream of,...

Gillian Cross / Twin And Super Twin

When David, Ben and Mitch decide to wreck the Wellington Street Gang's bonfire, it seems an easy thing to do. But then something amazing David's arm changes into a firework, and then a sausage, and then a snake. Things come to a head when David,...

Ann Coburn / Worm Songs

Borderlands Adventures #1 Four young members of the local photography club do a shoot in a ruined castle but mysterious happenings take place and they find themselves investigating the legendary Borderlands worm.     This book...

Leon Garfield / Black Jack

"Leon Garfield is unmatched for sheer, exciting storytelling." -- Lloyd AlexanderA swarthy villain, nearly seven foot tall and presumed hanged, seems to wake from the dead in the presence of young Bartholomew Dorking. Having outwitted the noose, Black...

Theresa Tomlinson / The Forestwife

Forestwife Saga #1 Fleeing an arranged marriage, an orphaned young woman joins the forest community of a healer woman, takes the name of Marian, and falls in love with Robert, a young outlaw. By the author of Summer Witches...

Margaret Mahy / The Chewing Gum Rescue and Other Stories

Eleven splendid new stories by the witty and perceptive author of some of the best children's fiction of recent years. This collection ranges from the hilarious title story to the pure fantasy of "The Traveling Boy and the Stay-at-Home Bird" and "The...

Lucy M. Boston / The Sea Egg

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Nina Bawden / The Runaway Summer

Already upset by her parents divorce, an eleven-year-old girl finds matters just get worse when she helps hide a boy who immigrated to England illegally.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Nina Bawden / Rebel on a Rock

A family's visit to a country under the rule of a dictator involves the children in a startling revolutionary secret and leads them to suspect that their stepfather is a spy.       This book is second hand, and while you may not...

Nigel Hinton / The Dangerous Journey

Beaver Towers #3 In this third Beaver Towers adventure, Baby B, the little beaver, and his friend Nick the hedgehog fetch Philip to help once again in the quest to save Beaver Towers from the powers of evil. The Prince of Darkness is always just...

Lucy M. Boston / An Enemy at Green Knowe

Green Knowe #5 L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century.The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with...

Mike Lacey / Trucks and Cars (Large Paperback)

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Carole Marsh / The Mystery of the Alamo Ghost (Large Paperback)

Carole Marsh Mysteries -  Book 4 The Mystery of the Alamo Ghost       One ghostly figure, four kids in jail, seven miles of snaky river, too many clues and time is running out! Four real kids visit the Alamo and become...

David Lewis / Mr. Dunfilling and the Toothy Monster (Large Paperback)

Mr Dimfilling is a brilliant dentist, and is used to looking at all sorts of teeth. But he gets a terrible fright when the zoo-keeper makes an appointment for an animal with ten thousand teeth! How will the daring dentist deal with the terrible toothy...

Jenny Tyler / Escape from the Blood Castle (Large Paperback)

Usborne Puzzle Adventures #1 Graham Round Join Intrepid Ivor as he pursues his quest for the all-important Papers and tries to escape from Blood Castle. This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition...

Dr. Seuss / Thidwick the Big-hearted Moose (Large Paperback)

"Up at Lake Winna-Bango... the far northern shore...Lives a huge herd of moose, about sixty or more..."Join one of most kind-hearted characters in the classic picture book Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose. Poor Thidwick's generosity proves the adage that...

John Cunliffe / Postman Pat and the Spring Cleaning Day (Large Paperback)

Joan Hickson Everyone in Greendale is busy spring cleaning. When Postman Pat stops at Mrs Thompson's to deliver his letters, Jess joins in with some with very surprising results. This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

John Cunliffe / Day in Bed (Large Paperback)

Postman Pat Postman Pat feels terrible. He has got the flu and has to stay in bed. But who will deliver the letters? This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Allan Ahlberg / Master Track's Train (Large Paperback)

Master Track is adopted as a baby when he is found by Mr and Mrs Track on a railway station platform. Little do they realize that he's going to grow up to be a hero and rescue a train that's been stolen by Mr Creep the Crook and his family.   This...

Rob Lewis / Hide and Seek with Grandpa (Large Paperback)

Here are three more colorful stories about Finley's and Grandpa's adventuresGrandpa lives by himself, and Finley thinks he must be lonely. But whenever Finley visits, Grandpa is busy. Finally they find a perfect solution. They will save Sundays for each...

Tom McCaughren / The Children of the Forge (Large Paperback)

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Tom McCaughren / The Legend of the Phantom Highwayman (Large Paperback)

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Wolfram Hänel / Lila's Little Dinosaur (Large Paperback)

 Alex de Wolf (Illustrator), J. Alison James (Translator) When her father takes her to the museum, Lila, who likes dinosaurs more than anything else, finds a little live dinosaur who becomes so fond of her that he follows her home...

Natalie Standiford / The True Story of Balto (Large Paperback)

The Bravest Dog Ever David Cook (Illustrator) Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog - until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish - and the closest supply is 650 miles away!...

Anne Forsythe / Tall Tale Tom (Large Paperback)

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Penelope Lively / Princess By Mistake (Large Paperback)

When their argument annoys a neighbour a brother and sister are magically transformed into a fairytale princess and a rescuing knight.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

Enid Blyton / Brer Rabbit Has Some Fun!

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Adam Kay / Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor (Large Paperback)

It was clear from an early age that Dexter Procter was different.He started speaking at four seconds old. By the age of three, he had 87 A-levels, from Afrikaans to Zoology.And by ten, he was working as a paediatrician at Lilydale General Hospital...

Tom Richards / Hotfoot

So you want to be a professional footballer, do you? You'd do anything to get there? Well, think again, because that's what Larkin's lot wanted, and all they got was hell...       This book is second hand, and while you may not...

Jon Cramer / Amy and the Weather Wizard

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Julian Atterton / Robin Hood and the Sheriff

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Mick Gowar / The Guard Dog Geese

A further adventure in the SPARKS series, set in Roman times, featuring Gaius and Livia. Uncle Titus' country villa was hot and boring, and he was always worried about bad omens and signs from the gods. But when Livia is chased by geese, she begins...

Mick Gowar / A Runaway Donkey

This is the fourth Roman story in the Sparks series, continuing the adventures of Gaius and Livia. At th e back of the book is a facts section, to reinforce and cons olidate the information covered. '       This book is second...

Karen Wallace / Dancing for Captain Drake

The daring tearaway Arthur Knucklebone finds himself working as a cabin boy for Francis Drake on the Golden Hind, but will his dancing really save the Captain's life?       This book is second hand, and while you may not get...

Michael Coleman / Fizzy Hits the Headlines

Fizzy tells her classmates that she is going to have her picture taken with Pete Za of the chart-topping Red Hot Peppas. This leaves Fizzy with the problem of making it come true. Michael Coleman has also written "Tutankhamun is a Bit of a Mummy's...

Selina Young / Owl and Pussycat's Picnic / Owl and Pussycat's Bike Ride

Two stories about a pair of best friends, Owl and Pussycat. In the first story, they set off on a picnic in their rowing boat and in the second story they go for a bike ride, but Owl gets a flat tyre. The author's other books include "Grandpa Has Big...

Karen Wallace / Flash Harriet and the Fiendishly Wicked Whistle Mystery

Karen Wallace, Judy Brown   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may...

Mary Hooper / Poppy's Big Push

This is the second Victorian story in the Sp arks series, aiming to introduce children to the events, peo ple and ways of life in that era. The story follows the rags to riches adventures of a young village girl named Poppy...

Harriet Castor / Wondaglop Plot

Joe Burger's father wants him to be a tightrope walker, and his mother would be happier if he was an astronaut, but Joe wants to be a supersleuth. When a sinister, cream Wondaglop falls into the wrong hands, there's trouble in town, as the cream...

Jan Mark / The Snow Maze

One day, on the way to school, Joe finds a large, heavy key in the long grass. Joe thinks a giant might have dropped it; Irrum thinks it might be magic; Akash says the key is no good because it doesn't open anything. But when Joe tries the key in the...