Children's Books

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: * how to be very rude...without anybody knowing? * some murky Medieval jokes? * what to say if someone...

Conner Bailey thinks his fairy-tale adventures are behind him - until he discovers a mysterious clue left by the famous Brothers Grimm. With help from his classmate Bree and the...

One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treas ure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert...

Rich, complex, affecting and beautiful, Wonderstruck is a staggering achievement from a uniquely gifted artist. In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick sails into...

Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there's...

Bestselling author Holly Webb revisits the much-loved classic A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is 1913, nine years after the end of A Little Princess saw Sara Crewe...

Harry is furious that he has been abandoned at the Dursleys' house for the summer, for he suspects that Voldemort is gathering an army, that he himself could be attacked,...

The first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice...

Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress...

The companion novel to the hugely popular THE THORNTHWAITE INHERITANCEAfter a lifetime of plotting each other's demise, orphan twins Lorelli and Ovid Thornthwaite have reached an uneasy truce. No longer...

Every nook and cranny of the body is packed with individual parts. Each part has a job to do, both alone and with the parts around it. It is difficult...

From cave to skyscraper, from candle to lightbulb, here in one volume is the story of how it all began. Starting at the beginning, the book explains the origins of...

Nikki Maxwell, Queen of the Dorks, is back in the eleventh instalment of the NYT bestselling series! Nikki is spending a week at North Hampton Hills as part of the...

Imagine all the Wimpy Kid laughs you've had from reading the diaries, all the best bits you talk about with your friends and all the cartoons of Greg Heffley you've...

Come with Claude on a smashing adventure! These waggy tales are perfect for new readers, with illustrations on every page. As seen on TV - Claude is the star of...

'A magical, fairy-filled read with a twisty plot and main character you'll adore' A.F. Steadman, author of the internationally bestselling Skandar and the Unicorn ThiefLooming ahead of them, black against...

THE PERFECT GIFT for anyone who not only loves watching their favourite TV series over and over, but also enjoys reading online forums about their favourite TV series over and...

Compiled by well known critic, writer and broadcaster, Mary Cadogan, and Blyton archivist, Norman Wright, this treasury contains extracts, short stories and an out-of-print novel from across the range of...

From tools and techniques to fantastic projects, everything in this kid-friendly guide to the art of beautiful writing has been chosen specifically for children. Youngsters can use special felt-tipped pens...

This is a colourful and entertaining survival kit for teenagers visiting (or living in) Florence. It was thought up, written and designed in collaboration with Amici Musei Fiorentini.

Fire! Fire! tells the story of a young boy trapped in London as the Great Fire takes hold. Now over 350 years since fire swept through the city in 1666,...

For children aged 8 and over, this easy-to-use illustrated dictionary contains full sentence definitions, example sentences, parts of speech (noun, verb, etc) as well as synonyms, word histories, cross-references and...

The ULTIMATE boredom buster for Disney fans!Join your favourite Disney characters and challenge yourself to solve 100 word, logic, number, memory and picture puzzles.Featuring Anna and Elsa, Dory, Belle, Aladdin,...

At the end of his thousand-year reign of the Copper Mountains, old King Mansolain is tired and his heart is slowing down. When his attendant, the Hare, consults The Wonder...

Perfect for people lacking inspiration, "Things To Do With Dad" is packed with cool, fun and original games, projects and activities that will captivate both kids and dads alike. A...

A special mini edition retailing for GBP1 to celebrate World Book Day 2017. Join Wally on his quest through magical and bizarre fantasy lands. Hidden in every intricately-detailed scene are...

Boy and Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume. ***With a new Quentin Blake cover and a whole new end section of fascinating facts...

Poems deal with grown-ups, parents, crayons, friendship, play, television, monsters, baths, bedtime, food, and animals.