Children's Fiction

'Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent' - The TimesCrow has lived her whole life on a tiny, starkly beautiful island. Her only companions are Osh, the man who rescued her from a washed-up skiff as a baby and raised her, and Miss...

A beautiful, moving and heartwarming tale about bravery, kindness and welcoming strangers, from the team behind The Building Boy.Once, in an old rusty bin in an old rusty playground in an old empty park . . . . . . there lived a little tortoise.But...

Poppy is frightened of bumblebees, that is until she meets Bernard! He teaches her just how important bees are as they form a beautifully heartwarming friendship along the way.About the AuthorMike Byrne grew up on the Wirral near Liverpool and studied...

Satisfying both as a story and as an exploration of story, The Three Pigs takes visual narrative to a new level. When the wolf comes a-knocking and a-puffing, he blows the pigs right out of the tale and into a whole new imaginative landscape, where...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful and War Horse. There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying...

Join Pinocchio, Geppetto, Cricket, and many more characters as they visit Toy Land, join a puppet show, and escape from inside a ginormous whale! Then watch naughty Pinocchio's nose grow and grow and grow before he finally learns how to be a good puppet...

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Little Miss Brainy knows the answer to almost everything. She loves going to Cleverland where everyone is just as clever as she is! The Mr Men and...

Reema runs to remember the life she left behind in Syria. Caylin runs to find what she's lost.Under the grey Glasgow skies, twelve-year-old refugee Reema is struggling to find her place in a new country, with a new language and without her brother. But...

Lenny the Lemur is on holiday in the Amazon rainforest. He's just settling down for a nice snooze, when a very yucky smell wafts past . . .Poo-ie! What or who could it be?Lenny sets off to track down the source of the nasty niff . . . Along the way, he...

An introduction to crazy colours and the world of Dr. Seuss, perfect for babies and toddlers! Flip the flap – what can you see? Full of Dr. Seuss’s craziest characters and wittiest rhymes, this brilliant board book explores a range of colours. Bright,...

Mrs Blackhat the witch likes everything to be black. So what will she do with a GINGER cat? A hilarious rhyming picture book, perfect for Halloween! Meet Mrs Blackhat, a witch who just loves the colour black. Black broom, black boots, black wand, black...

"A sunny, smart, tongue-in-cheek tale." The New York Times Book Review "Sweet and affirming." Kirkus Reviews"With a gentle message of inclusion and helping others, this title reaches beyond a mere friendship story."School Library Journal"Heartening...

Duggee and the Squirrels are on a dino-tour in this new hide-and-seek lift-the-flap story!What creatures will they find? And, hang on, where are all the Squirrels?Join the hunt and lift the flaps to find out on this dinosaur adventure!About the AuthorHey...

An exciting chapter book series inspired by Sticker Dolly Dressing, perfect for fans of Rainbow Magic and Holly Webb. Each book comes with a page of stickers to dress the Dolls.The Animal Rescue Dolls have a new mission... to rescue some bunnies on the...

How many black dots? One? Two? Three? What can you make? Read this book and see!About the AuthorDonald Crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Books Freight Train and Truck. He and his wife, Ann...

The heroine of this beautifully illustrated story feels her anger like a storm in a dark forest. It sweeps her away, and she thunders and howls. She pours down her emotions like sheets of rain; rage surges like a wind whipping angry waves. Her anger...

There's a commotion in the classroom as Goat and the other animals spend the day at playgroup. The musical instruments and the dressing up box are lots of fun, but - oh dear! - Goat gets into a muddle or two.Even the smallest toddler will enjoy the...

The fourth book in the international bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series. Perfect for readers aged 9+ and fans of Harry Potter, Rick Riordan and Amari and the Night Brothers. Sophie Foster is on the run - but at least she's not alone. Her...

Now in paperback, this sweet tale follows Yasmeen, a seven-year-old Pakistani-American girl, as she celebrates the Muslim holidays of Ramadan, "The Night of the Moon" (Chaand Raat), and Eid. With lush illustrations that evoke Islamic art, this beautiful...

Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked - but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and worst...

Join the hunt to find the hidden treasure in this new hide-and-seek lift-the-flap story!It's time for the Squirrels to earn their Treasure Hunt Badges.About the AuthorHey Duggee is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning animation about an adorable dog and his...

* WINNER OF THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2022* WINNER OF THE JHALAK CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT PRIZE 2022* SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2022* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2022Eleven-year-old Danny Chung loves drawing more than...

Combining scooped-out die-cuts with raised, shaped elements, two new TouchThinkLearn books offer youngest learners an irresistible opportunity to explore their universe in a hands-on, multisensory way. See the image, trace its shape, say its name: these...

The bestselling Mother's Day story, My Mummy, now in a brand new board book format! The Little Miss will help you show your mummy just how special she is to you. From making you smile, even when things are...

Percy the Park Keeper helps his animal friends in this new board book edition of the popular story from highly regarded, bestselling author and illustrator Nick Butterworth. Percy the park keeper always feeds the animals in the park where he...

Five enormous dinosaurs, letting out a roar. One stomped away... and then there were four! Children will love stomping, roaring and singing along to this fun rhyme, which will help to develop number skills. Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting...

This fun early reader is based on the major motion picture Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, inspired by the beloved children's books by Bernard Waber!When the Primm family moves to New York City and into the house on East 88th Street, they are surprised to find a...

This beautiful book of stories takes readers on a journey with 50 tales, featuring themes of nature from all around the world. Sit back, get comfortable and delve into this beautifully-illustrated collection of beloved nature stories from every corner of...

You can be late for many things in life, but you should never keep an adventure waiting... In Griselda Bone's gloomy orphanage, daydreaming is banned, skipping is forbidden and Christmas is well and truly cancelled. But for Phoebe and her sausage dog...

Jamie Lee wants to be normal. But his ADHD makes him feel like his brain is full of butterflies.Elin Watts wants to be perfect. If she can be, surely her dad will come home. When Jamie and Elin's families blend, the polar opposites of chaotic Jamie and...

Take flight with a truly inspirational tale of courage and self-belief, inspired by the incredible life of Sophie Blanchard, the world's first female hot-air balloonist Scaredy-Cat Sophie is afraid of everything! So when a balloonist comes to...

The ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans, now updated to include Apocalypse Kings AND six more new stories for this edition - 22 stories in all! ENTER A WORLD OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101932421Author Britta TeckentrupFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Doubleday Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Second in a hilarious six-book series about a highly unusual pet hamster. MY HAMSTER IS A GENIUS was shortlisted for the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2013A spate of burglaries has hit the neighbourhood, and the Jinks household hasn't...

This is a delightful book for young children containing beautifully designed, high-contrast images. The sound panel has magical Christmas sounds, which bring the pictures to life. They include sparkly snowflakes, twittering birds on festive branches and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570918995Author Jerry PallottaPage Count 10Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Weight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593175422Author Silvia LopezFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Join Vetman, Imogen, Findlay and a whole cast of incredible bionic animals as they save animal companions everywhere from the evil plans of The Man With No Name - just in time for Christmas! An amazing animal adventure for readers aged 7-11 from Noel...

'You look as if you've seen a ghost!'Jade is used to living in the shadow of her best friend, Vicky. Vicky's sparkly, hilarious and full of life. And, she's certainly not going to let a small thing like being dead stop her from living life to the full...