Children's Fiction

Helping animals, having fun! The best-selling Animal Ark series has been reimagined for a new generation of children. Perfect for animal lovers and fans of Holly Webb and Magic Animal Friends. When a poorly pup comes into Animal Ark vets, no one knows...

Successful film and TV star, Chris O' Dowd, collaborates with friend and screenwriter Nick Vincent Murphy in Moone Boy: The Blunder Years, the first in this hilarious, illustrated series.Martin Moone is eleven and completely fed up with being the only...

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Literature Suitable for the 2024 exams Everything you need to revise for your...

Laugh-out-loud school-based fun in two-colour stories, perfect for encouraging independent reading!Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. An unexpected visitor, a bewitched violin and an invasion of bunnies! What can it all...

Dylan Thomas's classic account of his childhood Christmases, with full colour illustrations by Peter Bailey. The special gift edition for Thomas's centenary now in paperback, with a beautiful gold-foiled cover.All the Christmases roll down toward the...

Hello Kitty meets Star Trek under the sea! Dive in for adventure in this exciting picture book, featuring global sensations The Octonauts! Enjoy the original books that inspired the hit animated TV series, broadcast around the world! ...

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets One of Us is Lying in this fast-paced suspense thriller following five teens who must cover up the suspicious death of their teacher. Nothing ruins summer vacation like a secret . . . especially when that secret is a...

The Gruffalo said it wid come tae nae guid If a gruffalo roamed in the deep mirk widd. "How no, how no?" "Because, hae nae doot, The Muckle Mad Moose will find ye oot." But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's Wean ignores her father's warning and...

Learn to the letters of the alphabet with Percy the park keeper and his animal friends in this fun first concept book from highly regarded, award-winning author/illustrator Nick Butterworth. Learning the letters of the alphabet is much easier...

Albert is so desperate to get a pet, he'll take anything - a cat, a dog, giraffe... he's not fussy, so he's super excited when Dad finally brings a pet home. There's just one problem: it's a potato. Potatoes can't do anything a proper pet does... can...

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's purr-fect picture book is now available in an appealing read-alone format. "Me, you and the old guitar. How perfectly, perfectly happy we are. MEEE-EW and the old guitar. How...

Set sail with Odysseus as he fights to find his way back home after the brutal Trojan War. On his ten year journey, he endures harrowing ordeals, battles monsters and learns what it means to be a hero. Award-winning professional storytellers Hugh Lupton...

A girl considers her future while she people-watches at her local outdoor pool. Choices, both insignificant and life-changing, are all around us. Whether we want to make a splash or just dip our toes into new experiences, there's always a decision...

'Immensely, cheerily silly' Guardian Dog lost in space? Grown an extra head and don't know why? Pocket money stolen by a green blob? You need the Space Detectives! Connor and Ethan are spending their summer holidays aboard the world's first...

Little Red Riding Hood is off to visit her grandmother, but the forest is full of danger ...This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time is the second book in the delightful sequel series by Frank Cottrell Boyce, that began with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. Featuring black and white illustrations by Joe Berger, this magical story...

The story of the boy pharaoh and the discovery of his tomb and treasures vividly retold for young readers. Illustrations and hand-coloured photographs of real-life places, people and objects bring the story to life. Part of Young Reading Level 3, created...

Hettie the Highland cow has lots of hair to keep her warm and cosy. But other animals want to be cosy too... In springtime two blackbirds stop by and build their nest in Hettie's hair. She's a cow not a hedge! In summertime some butterflies lay their...

'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY'I grew up reading her. It was one of the few books about black people, so I felt seen.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'The most...

Bathe the floor? Sweep the dishes? This riotous romp of a picture book follows a frantic family as they try to get some chores done-with no help from the family cat, who keeps scrambling the list of chores with hilarious effects. Get ready for a...

My Story: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh - the thrilling story of the princess and suffragette. Born in Britain to Indian and Egyptian parents, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was a prominent suffragette and campaigned for...

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher endures as one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It tells of an optimistic and slightly accident-prone frog, who sets off on a fishing expedition across the pond, only to find himself bitten on the toe...

This is the fourth book in the Astrid the Astronaut chapter book series about a young girl determined to be the first hard-of-hearing astronaut in space!When Astrid and the rest of the Shooting Stars find out that their teacher, Ms. Ruiz, is about to...

'I devoured The Light Jar whole and insist you do the same. Pure, breathtaking genius' Maz Evans, bestselling author of Who Let the Gods Out? The second read-in-one-sitting mystery from the bestselling author of The...

Pages of alien counting chaos will have youngsters laughing ... and learning! The follow-up to the hilarious Knock Knock Dinosaur and Knock Knock Pirate - from award-winning author Caryl Hart, creator of How To Grow A Dinosaur, and bestselling...

Get ready for blast-off on an adventure to the moon! With stunning original artwork by John Hare and charming text by bestselling and award-winning author Jeanne Willis, Field Trip to the Moon is a wonderfully witty story about exploration, creativity...

Thomas the Tank Engine is here to help engage children and inspire them to read with confidence. This book includes two stories. One about about Thomas' tall friend Kevin the crane and the other about the shiny red engine who runs the Sodor...

The circus comes to town, full of conjurors, clowns, tightrope walkers and trapeze artists. But dark secrets lurk beneath the sawdust and spangles - secrets that are part of a dangerous mystery that might prove impossible to solve!The fifth book in this...

The third book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien! SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ... The Trials are over. WICKED have...

*Learn to count with Roald Dahl's 123*Introduce titchy toddlers to numbers with these colourful board books from the world's NUMBER ONE storyteller.2 little chiddlers waiting for their friend. Can you spot 1 enormous crocodile hiding in the grass? As...

Up, down . . . in, out . . . happy, sad. Lift the flaps to learn the opposites with Peppa!It's a lovely sunny day, and Peppa and her family are going on a picnic in the countryside. So off they go on their bikes, to their favourite picnic spot. Let's...

Someone is stealing teddies. But who could it be? Who is the Teddy Robber? When Tom's own teddy is snatched in the dead of night, he is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery...A friendly, warmhearted and cheerful story that makes the perfect...

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Good is very good. He always makes his bed. He always cleans his teeth. And he always wipes his feet. However Mr Good lives in a place called Badlands. A...

"BLOOMING CHRISTMAS, HERE AGAIN!"Reissued in a mini hardback gift edition, with a letter from Raymond Briggs, this is the perfect stocking filler.On Christmas Eve morning, a very grumpy Father Christmas is dreaming about summer, and certainly doesn't...

'Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases... a great cheer-up book' The Guardian 'HILARIOUS! Proper laughs!' Pamela Butchart ______________________________ A laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin, perfect for...

Chaos at Christmas! Join a whole host of animals in silly situations as they try to celebrate the festive season. You can't let an elephant pull Santa's sleigh, if you want your presents on Christmas Day . . . He'll do his best to tug it up to the...

Play hide and seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book!Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny?Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! A fun first introduction to woodland creatures and their...

William is scared of the place under the stairs. He is absolutely sure there's a great big and probably hungry grizzly bear lurking there. He is utterly convinced that the bear will gobble him up if he doesn't feed it, so every day he carefully opens the...

**Soon to be a major motion picture**It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he's figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist...

Peppa and George Love Mummy Pig! This delightful story shows the many reasons why Peppa and George love their mummy, from her comforting cuddles to her fierce fire fighting. Show your mummy just how special she is with the perfect present for Mummy Pigs...