Children's Books

The definitive - and only - book for anyone interested in learning more about the alarmingly elusive author. Here is a collection of evidence - writings, annotated photographs, mysterious diagrams,...

Arriving at Dark Avenue, the three Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus and little Sunny, begin their new life with Jerome and Esme Squalor. Jerome is a kind man, but he agrees...

Gillian Cross's brilliant retellings and Neil Packer's clever illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, two of the greatest stories ever told.When first published Walker's versions of the Iliad...

This unique anthology of Spike's poems and stories for children presents his classic children's books in a way they have never been seen before. The large format gives ample scope...

The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. His life is that of a perfectly ordinary army officer's son: boarding school, good manners, a classical education - the backbone...

HEROES AND UNICORNS AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE. The epic adventure continues . . . Don't miss the unputdownable new book in the international bestselling SKANDAR series, for readers...

The first book by brilliant new comic author, Will Mabbitt, shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award.--------------When Mabel Jones unknowingly commits 'The Deed' she finds herself swiftly bundled into a sack...

Isadora Moon is special because she's different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she's a bit of both. When Isadora wins an amazing holiday...

On the banks of the Mississippi River, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night in the graveyard they witness a murder. The...

Winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award. Full of doodle-style illustrations. Me, Derek and Norman need some...

This takes the form of Tom's battered homework diary - crammed with his doodles and stories. "Exciting News! Mr Fullerman announces that class 5F are going on an 'Activity Break'!...

Learn all about the infamous Cruella De Vil's past in this fantastic new story from Disney's Villain Tales series

Discover a world where Sleeping Beauty never woke up in this exciting twist on the classic story

A Whole New World explores the life of Aladdin if he'd never found the genie in the lamp and how events would unfold differently

What if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince? Following her beloved mother's death, the kingdom falls to Snow White's stepmother, known as the Evil Queen. At first, Snow keeps her...

The sixth entry in the hugely-popular Villains Tales series. Introduces the Odd Sisters - three witches who have changed the lives of the greatest villains ever know.

EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES by Erich Kastner has been in print ever since it was first published in 1928.Young Emil is robbed on his first real railway journey of money...

The epic Anglo-Saxon legend is brilliantly recreated by an award-winning author/illustrator team.In fifth-century Denmark, a murderous monster stalks the night, and only the great prince of the Geats has the...

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS returns! When we last saw our heroes, George and Harold, they had been turned into evil zombie nerds doomed to roam a devastated, post-apocalyptic planet for all eternity....

What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very, very late? In the latest book from the hugely-popular Twisted Tales series, eighteen-year-old Alice returns to the place of nonsense...

The latest book in the hugely popular Twisted Tales series, travel to the icy kingdom of Arendelle to discover what would have happened if Anna and Elsa never knew each...

Hercules is number 19 in the highest-grossing traditionally animated films of all-time list and is rumoured to have a live-action remake due in 2022

In Reflection, discover what would have happened if Mulan travelled to the underworld

A wonderful selection of 22 fantastical summer stories to read and share by one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton.School's out! So go on a picnic in the...

It's a world where everything seems pretty normal. But the weird, the sinister and the truly terrifying are lurking just out of sight. Like an ordinary-looking camera with evil powers,...

"Tim," I asked. "What's the French for 'murder'?" Tim shrugged. "Why do you want to know?" "I don't know." I stepped onto the escalator and let it carry me down....

It's been five years since the infamous sea witch defeated the little mermaid... taking King Triton's life in the process. Ariel is now the voiceless queen of Atlantica, while Ursula...

Why was the queen so desperate to be the fairest of all? Find out in this fun addition to the Snow White story

Everyone knows the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast, but what if it was Belle's mother who had cursed the prince?

When the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, he expects to have to do nothing more taxing than a little levitation or a few simple...