Secondhand Children's Fiction Books

This fascinating book combines reference and carefully retold myths and legends. A detailed history of world mythology is told in easy-to-read bulleted facts, with fantastic images and artwork to illustrate....

Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers,...

Calling all DIRTY BERTIE fans! Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers,...

B is for boy . . . but in Alison Jay's ABC, B also stands for basket, beehive, and butterfly. Featuring a simple format and beautiful paintings, this acclaimed alphabet...

The fourth in the Snow Sisters series. Three brave sisters must race to discover their magical powers and save their home and their parents from the evil Shadow Witch! Luckily,...

When your best friend is a unicorn, magical adventures are guaranteed! Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the...

The earth is thriving - with wilderness status protecting land and wildlife, and scientific organisations researching new ways to support human life sustainably. Rory's mum is a geologist on one...

The Philippines, 100 years ago. A boy called Samkad wants to become a man. He is desperate to be given his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend, Luki,...

Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world!Joe knows he has no chance of catching the mysterious scout's eye - he loves football, but...

Book 4 in the Cass and the Bubble Street Gang series!Cass, Lex and Nicholas investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They've even got their own secret clubhouse.Cass is...

'Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you're sad. Sometimes you're good. Sometimes you're bad.' But one little elephant will always know his mother's love, in this picture book treasure from the ever-popular...

Let it be flour babies. Let chaos reign.When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get to work on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or...

'Enchanting, immersive and beautifully imagined. Once I'd finished, I couldn't stop dreaming of this magnificent magical world' A.F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief A breathtaking adventure for...

A beautiful collection of specially-commissioned new poems for children of all ages. Includes poems from leading Irish poets: Seamus Heaney, Thomas Kinsella, Maighread Medbh * Paula Meehan * Brendan Kennelly...

'The scream was awful - a horrible desolate cry ... the child led my unresisting brother up the path and further into the tangled garden. Out of my sight.'My name...

The circus has come to town. But it's no ordinary circus, it's Monty's Marvellous Monkey Circus and all the performers are monkeys! All the kids from Budsville are really excited,...

Marion 'Mick' Mulligan is a failed sci-fi author who dreams of escaping his humdrum life. His dreams become nightmares when he is abducted by extraterrestrials and abandoned on a lawless...

Cass and her best friends, Lex and Nicholas, are the Bubble Street Gang! They investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They've even got their own secret clubhouse.After the...

Book 2 in the Cass and the Bubble Street Gang series! Cass and her best friends, Lex and Nicholas, are the Bubble Street Gang! They investigate crimes, solve mysteries and...

Each spread in "The Graveyard Guide" features a different category of fantastical creatures, such as skeletons, ghosts, zombies, or werewolves - or a supernatural setting, such as a haunted house...

Scarlett and Crimson are two 13-year-old best friends who see the world differently than other girls their age. They love the colour black; their favourite time is night-time; and their...

A jam-fuelled week of disaster is set in motion by a single doughnut!Roman Garstang is obsessed with food - particularly Squidgy Splodge raspberry-jam doughnuts - but he is about to...

'Isla Fisher is hilarious' DAVID WALLIAMS'Charming, funny, delightful' DAVID BADDIELYo ho ho, me hearties. Marge is back! This time there's a baby on the loose.Meet Zara, the naughty little cousin,...

A stirring and heart-warming tale of a young deaf girl who is determined to make a difference, the perfect read for fans of Wonder.Iris was born deaf, but she's never...

The American classic - now a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black and Kyle MacLachlanLewis Barnavelt doesn't have time on his side...When Lewis...

The first book in the Primrose Leary trilogy from the multi-awarding author of Tangleweed and Brine.Primrose Leary has just started secondary school.Likes: her pet rat, Roderick; her best friend, Joel;...

A powerful novel from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller... Never have Aman and his mother needed a friend more than when a Springer Spaniel appears - thin and war-ravaged...

"Gives children a story of poem for every day of the year?with wonderful illustrations, kids won't be able to wait for the following day's tale." Good Housekeeping"This book is an...

The original volume in our best-selling "Children's Miscellany series". Packed full of fascinating facts that will astound and amaze, this irreverent but intelligent guide to the weird, wild and wonderful...

At last a book that no boy, young or old, should be without; a book that guarantees hours of fun; a book that shows readers exactly how to be the...

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...

Mucker, Boogster, Cheesy and Bob, also known as The Abominators, are the most mischievous characters you will ever have come across.Their interests include chaos, mayhem and filling the school toilets...

Age range 3 to 8From daredevil doubledeckers leaping overTower Bridge to drunkenbarristers unable to standup to toast the King, thispocket A-Z is filled withfun and quirky factsabout London. Thisis first...

The second installment of the Primrose Leary trilogy from the multi-awarding author of Tangleweed and Brine.It's all most improper. Ciara has stopped eating her hair and is practically married to...

A fast-paced adventure story full of heart, courage - and horses.Ella and Johnny are distraught when Johnny's horse Storm disappears from his field. Johnny knows that he has been taken...

The very first dragon adventure from the legendary author of Inkheart, Cornelia Funke - now a major film, over 1 million English language copies sold worldwide and a New York...

Perfect for fans of Louise Rennison!Molly Darling wants life to be as simple as wellies and porridge - this is rural Ireland after all. Instead, Mum's hiding in the attic;...

Enchanted meets BMX in this hilarious, spellbinding adventure!Trust me, the fairy tales have it so wrong. Dingy towers and wicked step-mums are the least of my worries: it's the boredom...

Bumpfizzle is an alien, sent to Earth from Planet Plonk on a research mission. Or is he really just a ten-year-old boy who is feeling a bit disgruntled at all...

"The best animal adventure since Watership Down" - The Times The children's debut by Booker-longlisted author Sam Thompson is an engrossing, thoughtful, beautifully written story about humans and animals, voice...

A wonderfully cosy fantasy story - perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli! Can Morgana be a witch and an engineer? 'Fun, fresh and exciting.' CHRIS RIDDELL Morgana Mage loves robots,...

'Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket' - a Book of the Year in the i News'A whirligig of adventure' - The Telegraph_______________Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents...

From the bestselling authors of Can You See Me? comes the fourth exceptional Tally book! Year 9 can be tough for everyone, but for Tally it feels even tougher. Everything...

'A great debut. You'll be itching to read more.' Anthony HorowitzMeet Itch - an accidental, accident-prone hero. Science is his weapon. Elements are his gadgets. All-action adventure perfect for fans...