General Children's

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...

Brian Gallagher / Taking Sides

   In the Dublin of 1922 with Civil War about to break out, working class Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles Street Convent School. A little frozen out by her old friends, yet not wholly accepted by all of her new...

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...

Seuss / Green Eggs and Ham (Large Paperback)

   When Sam-I-am persists in pestering a grumpy grouch to eat a plate of green eggs and ham, perseverance wins the day, teaching us all that we cannot know what we like until we have tried it!With his unique combination of hilarious stories,...

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...

Sarah Prineas / Magic Thief : Found

   Conn is following a shooting star through a wilderness of woods and mountains, far from his home. What is he up to? Conn thinks the star will lead him to his locus magicalicus, or wizard stone. He needs this to save his city of Wellmet,...

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...

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...

K.M Peyton / Flambards

   This wonderfully written story is the first in K.M. Peyton's Flambards quartet, and was the runner-up for the Carnegie medal. This paperback edition is in a smaller mass-market format.   All of our books are second hand, and while...

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...

Russell Punter / The Magic Ring

   Stranded on a desert island, Josh and his dog Kip find a magic ring that might just help them get home...Part of the award-winning "Usborne Very First Reading" series specially developed in consultation with literacy experts to help...

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...

Jeanne Betancourt / A Pony in Trouble

   Make friends with the Pony Pals. Pam's father is a vet so she's used to being around sick animals. But when her pony, Lightning, is taken ill, nobody seems to know how to help her. Time is running out for the troubled pony...Can the Pony...

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...

Ruth Fitzgerald / Emily Sparkes and the Friendship Fiasco : Book 1

 Join Emily Sparkes for hilarious observations about life, parents and how to handle the grossest boys in the universe! Perfect for fans of Cathy Cassidy and Dork Diaries. Now shortlisted for the Scholastic Laugh Out Loud Book Award (The Lollies)...

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...

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...

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...

Ellie Boswell / Witch of Turlingham Academy : Book 1

   It's not easy being the only day girl at Turlingham Academy: Sophie misses out on all the midnight feasts and late night gossip. And when new girl Katy turns up it feels like she's bewitching all of Sophie's friends! Katy's no witch, but...

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...

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...

Kevin Kiely / A Horse Called El Dorado PB

   In the commune at the edge of a forest in Colombia, life is blissful. Until the guerrillas come. Then Pepe must flee with his mother to the city, leaving behind his favourite horse, El Dorado.His future looks grim until his Irish...

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...

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...

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer / Jo of the Chalet School

      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...

Russell Punter / Captain Mac

   Captain Mac needs a crew for his ship - quick! Part of the award-winning "Usborne Very First Reading" series specially developed in consultation with literacy experts to help children learn to read. Features superb illustrations to...

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...

Sarah Hawkins / My Adorable Puppy

   MY ADORABLE PUPPY is guaranteed to keep animal lovers enthralled,packed with illustrations, facts and care tips. The perfect companionto MY ADORABLE JOURNAL series.Olivia's Mum and Dad don't think she is responsible enough to havea puppy...

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...

Susan Gates / Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran

   Maggot's gran is upset when her fiance, the explorer Jack Dash, stands her up at the altar. All she can find at his farm is the last bucket of mushrooms he picked with the words "help me" carved on the side. Maggot is suspicious as Jack has...

Linda Newberry / Shop Cat

   This title presents purrfect tales about fab furry felines from celebrated author Linda Newbery.Hattie loves going to visit her great-uncle Theo's toyshop, especially since the arrival of a tortoiseshell cat with intelligent green eyes...

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...

Wendelin Van Draanen / Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy

   Sammy is spending her school detention time helping out at St Mary's church - boring, but peaceful, she reckons. Unfortunately not. A trio of singing nuns arrive in a motorhome, and prepare to turn the whole place upside down! Plus Father...

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...

Kate Dicamillo / Raymie Nightingale

   New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo returns to her roots with a moving yet witty story of an unforgettable summer friendship. For fans of Jacqueline Wilson, David Almond and Katherine Rundell.In her seventh novel, international...

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...